Current Students
First Year Students
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Brooklin Davis
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education:
B.A. in Psychology - JMU
Advisor:
Trevor Stokes
Research Interests:
Parent-child Interaction Therapy and assessments and treatments for autism spectrum disorder
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Sarah Hammami
Quantitative Concentration
Education:
B.A. in Psychology, McGill University
Advisor:
Yu Bao
Research Interests:
Bayesian Statistics, Latent Variable Modelling, Psychometrics Applied to Psychology/Education
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Lindsey Histand
Applied Behavioral Analysis Concentration
Education:
Eastern Mennonite University
Advisor:
Trevor Stokes
Research Interests:
Preference Assessments
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Josiah Hunsberger
Quantitative Concentration
Education:
B.S. in Psychology, Liberty University
Advisor:
John Hathcoat
Research Interests:
Higher Educational Assessment, Student Motivation, Learning
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Stephanie LeRoy
Quantitative Concentration
Education:
B.S. in Psychology, Christopher Newport University
Advisor:
Brian Leventhal
Research Interests:
Item Response Theory, Test Development, Path Analysis
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Mara McFadden
Quantitative Concentration
Education:
B.A. in Psychology, Christopher Newport University
Advisor:
Sara Finney
Research Interests:
Creativity & intelligence, forensic psychology, assessment and measurement
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Meghan Mitchell
Applied Behavioral Analysis Concentration
Education:
B.A. in Psychology, JMU
Advisor:
Trevor Stokes
Research Interests:
Early intervention, Applied Behavior Analysis Treatment, Older teen & adult ABA treatment, Parent Child Interaction Therapy
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Peter Montwill
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B. S. in Psychology, JMU
Advisor:
Jeff Dyche & Lindsey Harvell-Bowman
Research Interests:
Research about people and their attitudes to death and how that affects decision making.
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Nicklas Phillips
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. in Neuroscience, Christopher Newport University
Advisor:
Sri Upadhyay
Research Interests:
Cognitive aging, especially with respect to executive functioning and reading
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Benjamin Stone
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.A. in Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
Advisor:
Michael Hall
Research Interests:
Auditory and Music Perception
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Autumn Wild
Applied Research Concentration
Education:
B.S. in Psychology, JMU
Advisor:
Bernice Marcopulos
Research Interests:
Schizophrenia Spectrum Illness, Psychosis, Inpatient Aggression
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Saleena Wilson
Applied Research Concentration
Education:
B.S. in Psychology, University of South Carolina
Advisor:
David Szwedo
Research Interests:
Emotional regulation, coping, and development
Second Year Students
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Ange-Dominique Akesse
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. Neuroscience, Georgia State University
Advisor:
Michael Hall
Research Interests:
Music and Emotion, Memory, Instrumentation and Vocalization Perception
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Allison Arp
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, JMU
Advisor:
Sri Upadhyay
Research Interests:
Discourse processing, deaf readers, inner voice, memory, psycholinguistics
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Megan Barnes
Applied Behavioral Analysis Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, Minor in Biology, JMU
Advisor:
Trevor Stokes
Research Interests:
Parent-child Interaction Therapy, Behavioral interventions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Assessment and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Kara Eversole
Applied Research Concentration
Education:
B.S. in Biology, minor in Psychology at Denison University
Advisor:
Bernice Marcopulos
Research Interests:
Cultural neuropsychology, clinical detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia, psychometrics and neuropsychological test development
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Morgan Ferretti
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, Minor in Substance Abuse Education, JMU
Advisor:
Jessica Irons
Research Interests:
Health risk behaviors, Health behavior change, Substance use intervention, Scholarship of teaching and learning
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Samantha Harmon
Quantitative Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, JMU
Advisor:
Yu Bao
Research Interests:
Cognitive Diagnostic Models, Assessment and Measurement Recruitment Strategies, Biopsychology.
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Jaylin Nesbitt
Quantitative Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, Spelman College
Advisor:
Deborah Bandalos
Research Interests:
Racial disparities in Neuropsychlogical tests, test assessment and construction, DIF and Item bias
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Stephanie Osborn
Applied Research Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Advisor:
JoAnne Brewster
Research Interests:
Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Police and Public Safety Psychology, Military Psychology, Forensic and Criminal Psychology
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Laura Reinert
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.A. Psychology, Arcadia University
Advisor:
Michael Hall
Research Interests:
Auditory perception and sensation, music cognition, cognitive psychology
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Kate Schaefer
Quantitative Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, University of Mary Washington
Advisor:
John Hathcoat
Research Interests:
Equity, diversity, and inclusion in assessment, evidence-informed programming, reliability
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Emily Shah
Applied Research Concentration
Education:
B.S. Psychology, Minor in Exceptional Education, JMU
Advisor:
David Szwedo
Research Interests:
Developmental psychopathology, Anxiety in childhood and adolescence, The intersection of anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Tiffany Schiflet
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education:
B.A. Human Development & Family Science, Messiah College
Advisor:
Dan Holt
Research Interests:
Behavioral economics and choice behavior, Assessment and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Motivation, Behavioral interventions for addiction
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Catharine Trice
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.A. Psychology, JMU
Advisor:
Jeff Dyche
Research Interests:
Sleep and pharmacology, psychopharmacology, sleep and exercise, circadian rhythm disorders
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Juno Rosemary Wild
Experimental Psychology Concentration
Education:
B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Biology, JMU
Advisor:
Kala Melchiori
Research Interests:
Environmental psychology, sustainable and eco-friendly behavior, behavioral neuroscience