Emma Fontaine

Emma Fontaine

Doctoral Student

Home department:
VCU Department of Psychology

Doctoral program:
Developmental Psychology

Faculty adviser:
Terri Sullivan, Ph.D.


I earned my bachelor’s in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University in the spring of 2023 and worked as a research assistant for two years before joining the Developmental Psychology PhD program in the fall of 2023. Broadly, my research interests include exploring adverse childhood experiences, parent-child interactions, and emotional development in children.