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Jillian Umstead

Graduate Student

Department of Psychological Sciences


Graduate Degree

PhD

Education

  • M.S., 2026, Villanova University
  • B.A., 2024, Northwestern University

Graduate Major or Research Training Area

Social Psychology

Graduate Advisor

Christopher Agnew

Selected Publications

  • Slotter, E. B., & Umstead, J. (2026). What to expect when you’re blended: personal and perceived relational expectation alignment predict role clarity and well-being among stepparents. Self and Identity, 1-20.
  • Slotter, E. B., & Umstead, J. (2025). Motivated self-change to protect the relational self: romantic jealousy promotes spontaneous self-change, but only when aligned with the ideal self. Self and Identity, 1-21.