Dr. Tawfiq’s teaching interests focus on fostering critical thinking and encouraging active learning through interactive and collaborative classroom experiences, incorporating technology to enhance learning.

Dr. Peluso’s research focuses on a multi-year study of the quality of the therapeutic relationship using observational coding of verbal and non-verbal behavior and using dynamical systems mathematics to model the relationship quality. In addition, Dr. Peluso runs an international study on the effectiveness of couples therapy for the treatment of couples dealing with infidelity.

Dr. Li’s research interests focus on children’s self-regulation, social-emotional development, health behaviors (e.g., sleep, screen use), parent-child coregulation, interactions, and relationships, as well as quantitative methods.