Co-Directors
![Jennifer Urban profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/2256/user/jurbanfinal12of12.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Professor, Family Science and Human Development
- Phone
- 973-655-6884
- urbanj@montclair.edu
![Miriam Linver profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/213/user/miriam2of2.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Professor, Family Science and Human Development
- Phone
- 973-655-6841
- linverm@montclair.edu
Staff
![Mirka Feinstein profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/9595/user/1218182492cehsryteinstitutestaff1.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Assistant Director of Operations, RYTE Institute, College for Community Health
![Colette Killian profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/2211/user/colettekillianheadshot.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
CSAM/PRISM Business Administrator/Assistant to Director, College of Science and Mathematics
- Phone
- 973-655-7553
- killianco@montclair.edu
Post-Doctoral Researchers
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Doctoral Research Assistants
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Education: MA, Montclair State University; BA, Shippensburg University
Research interests:
Tara Bennett is a research assistant at the RYTE Institute, working primarily on the BSA BEST Study. Tara is currently pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Her research interests include adolescent psychopathology and treatment, gender identity development, and improving multicultural competence among mental health providers. Tara also volunteers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Gender Clinic, and plans to specialize in working with transgender adolescents.
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RYTE Collaborators
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