Co-Principal Investigators

Sandra Chafouleas headshot

Sandra M. Chafouleas, PhD
Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator

Professor of Educational Psychology
Neag School of Education
University of Connecticut

Amy Briesch

Amy M. Briesch, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator

Professor of Applied Psychology
Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Northeastern University

Jacqueline Caemmerer

Jacqueline Caemmerer, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator

Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
Neag School of Education
University of Connecticut

Jessica Koslouski

Jessica Koslouski, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator

Assistant Research Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
University of Connecticut

Collaborators

  • Project ESSY began in 2022. We are grateful to our school district partners whose collaboration made this vision a reality.

  • This work has continued to evolve. Thank you to our school-based and multidisciplinary advisory board members whose expertise has shaped the ESSY measure, informed the data report, and guided implementation planning for scaling screening.

  • Thank you to our project manager, Brittany Melo, PhD, and the many graduate research assistants across the University of Connecticut and Northeastern University who helped to facilitate this research.