Meet Outstanding Master小蝌蚪APP檚 Mentor Dr. Hung-Chu Lin
Dr. Hung-Chu Lin is the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Professor in Liberal Arts. Her research focus includes the development of emotions, parenting, attachment relationships, and developmental disabilities. She runs the , which takes an interdisciplinary approach to examine the complexity of adjusted and maladjusted developmental processes.
The Graduate School has selected Lin as a recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Master小蝌蚪APP檚 Mentor Award. 
Lin is an accomplished researcher who has published 17 peer-reviewed papers within the last five years 小蝌蚪APP 10 as a first author and four with graduate student collaborators.
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Developing a mutual understanding with her students through effective communications is key to Lin小蝌蚪APP檚 approach to mentoring. She works with them to establish clear goals for addressing their research interests while efficiently completing degree requirements, and preparing them to be able to conduct research independently.
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