Kimberley Radmacher

Kimberley Radmacher, PhD

Associate Professor

Contact Information

(310) 243-2165
WH A-320C
kradmacher@csudh.edu

Education

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of California — Santa Cruz
M.A., General Experimental Psychology, California State University — Northridge
B.S., Business Administration – Marketing Emphasis, Montana State University — Bozeman

CSUDH Courses

CDV 180 – Introduction to Observation and Assessment
CDV 360 – Adolescence
CDV 363 – Development in Diverse Contexts
CDV 380 - Stress, Risk, and Resiliency
CDV 450 – Development in Poverty
CDV 490 – Senior Seminar
CDV 496 – Directed Field Experience
CDV 498 – Directed Research

Bio

Dr. Radmacher is a developmental psychologist and has been committed to student learning since she began teaching in 2000. Her research centers on the social and emotional development of adolescents and emerging adults with an emphasis on identity development and relationship processes with friends and family. She examines the everyday experiences that adolescents and emerging adults share with their friends and family to understand whether and how these experiences prompt them to explore the different aspects of their lives and how they use these experiences to consolidate a sense of self and purpose in the world. Her current research bridges the work on social class, stigma, and identity development to examine young adults’ conceptions of social class and the processes through which they come to perceive social class as an aspect of their own identity as well as its intersection with other social identities such as gender and ethnicity.

Radmacher, K. & Azmitia, M. (2013). Unmasking class: How upwardly mobile poor and working class emerging adults negotiate an invisible identity. Emerging Adulthood, 1(4), 314-329.

Azmitia, M., Syed, M. & Radmacher, K. (2013). Finding your niche: Identity, self-efficacy, and social support in emerging adults’ transition to college. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23(4), 744-761.

Reis, O., Azmitia, M., Syed, M., Radmacher, K., & Gills, J. (2009). Patterns of social support and mental health among ethnically-diverse adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Science, 3(1), 39-50.

Azmitia, M., Syed, M, & Radmacher, K. (2008). On the intersection of personal and social identities: Introduction and evidence from a longitudinal study of emerging adults. In M. Azmitia, Syed, M. & Radmacher, K. (Eds.), The intersections of personal and social identities. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 120, 1-16.

Radmacher, K., & Azmitia, M. (2006). Are there gendered pathways to intimacy in early adolescents’ and young adults’ friendships? Journal of Adolescent Research, 21(4), 415-448.

Azmitia, M., Ittel, A., & Radmacher, K. (2005). Narratives of friendship and self in adolescence. In N. Way & J. Hamm (Eds.), The experience of close friendships in adolescence. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 107, 23-39.

Plunkett, S. W., Radmacher, K. A., & Moll-Phanara, D. (2000). Adolescent life events, stress, and coping: A comparison of communities and gender. Professional School Counselor, 3, 356-366.

Kimberley Radmacher