She examines these relationships particularly among adolescents (10-18 years) and emerging adults (18-25 years), both in the short and long term. Tavernier teaches courses at Wesleyan including Sleep and Psychosocial Functioning in Youth; Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood; and Advanced Research in Sleep and Adjustment. She also has studied stress, coping, health and resilience among youth in Dominica following the impact of a tropical storm. Her work on sleep, psychosocial adjustment, and chronotype has been published in top journals in the field, including Developmental Psychology, Sleep, and Chronobiology. Learn More >