Mentoring Statement
Accepting new graduate students: Yes
Accepting new undergraduate students: Yes
Fun Facts
Lessons learned?
Don’t eat spaghetti at a job interview
Favorite books/movies?
Harry Dresden book series
Favorite quotes/sayings?
“When walking, walk. When sitting, sit. Above all, do not wobble.” – zen saying, author unknown
If you could study any random thing other than HDFS, what would it be? Birds? Architecture? Space?
Architecture of space birds
Education
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies, 2008
M.S. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies, 2005
B.S. Clemson University, Psychology, 2002
Research Interest
• Family and peer influences on child and adolescent development
• Health-risk behaviors
• Bioregulatory processes
Courses Taught
HDFS 2050: Research Methods in Developmental and Family Sciences
HDFS 8050: Structural Equation Modeling
HDFS 8060: Multilevel Modeling
HDFS 8070: Mediation and Moderation Analysis
Research Projects
Good Nights sleep intervention: Pilot of a randomized clinical trial to improve child and family sleep
Alabama Agricultural Experimental Station SEED Program
Sleep as a mechanism and moderator in the development of health disparities
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Selected Publications
Hinnant, B., Jager, J., Rauer, A.J., & Thompson, M.J. (2024). Developmental sensitivity, stasis, and disturbance: Linking concepts to analytic methods using impulsivity and alcohol use.
Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12963
Hinnant, B., Buckhalt, J.A., Brigham, E.F., Gillis, B.T., & El-Sheikh, M. (2023). Socioeconomic disparities, nighttime bedroom temperature, and children's sleep.
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 86, 101530.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101530
Hinnant, J.B., Gillis, B.T., Erath, S.A., & El-Sheik, M. (2022). Onset of substance use: Deviant peer, sex, and sympathetic nervous system predictors.
Development and Psychopathology, 34, 1506-1515.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421000158
Hinnant, J. B., Schulenberg, J.E., & Jager, J. (2021). Multifinality, equifinality, and fanning: Developmental concepts and statistical implications.
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45, 429-439.
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F01650254211020402
