Center for Research on Families
135 Hicks Way, 622 Tobin Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: (413) 545-4631 Fax: (413) 545-4394
Email: crf@psych.umass.edu
Office Staff
Stephanie Covelli
Financial Manager
Email: scovelli@psych.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-3905
Gisele Litalien
Associate Director
Email: glitalien@psych.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-2335
Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
CRF Director
Email: mpj@psych.umass.edu
Angela Russo
Assistant Director, Communications & Events
Email: angelarusso@umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-4631
Methodology Consulting Services
Holly Laws
Lecturer, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Co-Director, CRF Methodology Program
Email: hlaws@umass.edu
Aline Sayer
Associate Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Co-Director, CRF Methodology Program
Email: sayer@psych.umass.edu
Lisa Fiorenzo
Data Manager & Analyst, Rudd Adoption Research Program
Methodology Consultant
Email: lfiorenz@umass.edu
Alice Coyne
Methodology Consultant
Email: acoyne@umass.edu
Student Program Assistants
Palista Kharel
Isenberg School of Management and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Masters in Business Administration and Public Policy and Administration ('18)
Email: pkharel@umass.edu
Faith English
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Masters in Health Promotion and Policy
Email: fenglish@umass.edu
Ambyr Braxton
College of Natural Sciences and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Bachelor of Science, Psychology and Legal Studies ('18)
Email: abraxton@umass.edu
Olivia Hammond
Isenberg School of Management
Bachelor of Science, Hospitality and Tourism Management, French & Francophone Studies ('19)
Email: ohammond@umass.edu