Madeline Klotz

Ms. Klotz (she/her/hers) is currently a doctoral student in Human Development and Family Studies, with a concentration in Child Development, at Michigan State University. Ms. Klotz’s program of research focuses on how to reduce risk and bolster resilience by identifying and promoting protective factors for children and families facing adversity. She is interested in understanding how early experiences of maltreatment affect relationships with a resilience-based lens of promoting healthy development in young children, including by reducing stress and supporting the psychosocial wellbeing of caregivers. Given the importance of relationships for children’s development, she is interested in further understanding what aspects of relationships (or relational quality) might buffer experiences of trauma, and the intergenerational effects thereof. Additionally, Ms. Klotz is interested in the development and promotion of empathy and self-concept in childhood and early adolescence.

Prior to pursuing her PhD at MSU, Ms. Klotz was the Research Coordinator at the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at the Yale Child Study Center. She graduated summa cum laude from State University of New York, College at Geneseo with a dual B.A. in Psychology and Sociology.