Mary Cate Komoski
Email: komoski@wisc.edu
Biography
Mary Cate Komoski is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology Department, Human Development Area. She received a B.Ed. in Child Development and Family Studies from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill in 2013. She then worked as a kindergarten teacher at a Title I school in Durham, North Carolina for two years. She now studies and works as a part of Dr. Robert Enright’s Forgiveness Lab.
Research Interests
Mary Cate’s interests focus on the relationship between early-life trauma and later juvenile criminal behavior, specifically focusing on family conflict and trauma. Her interests also extend into trauma-informed systems and what role they should play in juvenile delinquency.