First Year Students
Victoria Amaya-Rodriguez
Applied Research Concentration
Education: B.A. General Psychology, Minor Data Analysis, Trinity Washington University
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Blankenship
Research Interest: data analysis, social psychology, targeted violence, gender-based violence, racial discrimination, and gender inequality.
Meadowe Cislo
Applied Research Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychology, Minor in Military Science, James Madison University
Advisor: Dr. Tracy Zinn
Research Interests: Military psychology, organizational psychology, motivation, learning psychology, psychological research methodology
Ian Devine
Experimental Concentration
Education: B.A. Cognitive Science, Indiana University; B.A. Computational Linguistics, Indiana University
Advisor: Dr. Michael Hall
Research Interests: auditory perception, memory, speech and hearing
Luis Alberto Escalera Romero Jr.
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.A., Psychology, James Madison University, minor in Medical Spanish
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research interests: Treatment equity among LEP patients; overcoming language barriers to improve social significance.
Kobena K. Eshun
Quantitative Concentration
Education: B.A. Statistics with Economics, University of Ghana
Advisor: Dr. Yu Bao
Research Interests: Psychometrics, Machine Learning Application in Education.
Ethan Gutter
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.S. in Psychology from University of Florida
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research Interests: Autism spectrum disorder, pediatric feeding disorder, and substance abuse treatment
Kendall Hewitt
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.S. in Psychology from James Madison University
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research Interests: Early Intervention for children experiencing ASD; Identifying the impact of relationships and attachment on childhood development
Fatima Amparo Gallardo Ibarra
Quantitative Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychology, Certificate in Community-Based Assessment and Evaluation, St. Mary's University
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Kush
Research interests: Bayesian statistics, creation of assessments tailored towards better representation of minority populations
Chiamaka Madu
Applied Research Concentration
Education: B.A. Biology, minor in Chemistry, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Advisor: Dr. Haeyoon Chung
Research Interests: Minority mental health, mood disorders, and trauma
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Tatum Melone
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.S in Psychology, James Madison University
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research Interests: Early Intervention, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Social Skills Training (SST)
Emily Smith
Experimental Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychological Sciences, Minor in Literature
Advisor: Dr. Kethera Fogler Moore
Research Interest: Cognitive psychology, memory retrieval and forgetting comparison between adults and children
Anna Thomas
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.S. Rehabilitation Services, minor in History, East Carolina University
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research Interests: gender gap in treatment methods in ASD
Second Year Students
Art Beqiraj
Experimental Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychology, City University of New York - Hunter College
Advisor: Dr. Kethera Fogler Moore
Research Interests: Cognitive aging effects on memory, Chronic illnesses as a factor in cognitive decline, False memory phenomenon
Hunter Castleton
Quantitative Concentration
Education: B.S. Psychology, Southern Utah University
Advisor: Dr. John Hathcoat
Research Interests: Scale development and psychological research methodology
Anna Garst
Applied Research Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychology & Business, Organizations, and Management Studies, Gettysburg College
Advisor: Dr. Caitlyn Owens
Research Interests: child social-emotional and cognitive development, clinical intervention, learning disorders, resilience
Zoe Hannabass
Experimental Concentration
Education: B.S. Biology & Psychology, minor in Chemistry, Radford University
Advisor: Dr. Melanie Shoup-Knox
Research Interests: Behavioral neuroscience, and stress & anxiety
Caitlyn Hewitt
Applied Research Concentration
Education: B.S. Psychology, James Madison University
Advisor: Dr. Cara Meixner
Research Interests: Traumatic brain injury, neuropsychology
Madison McGuire
Applied Research Concentration
Education: B.S Psychology, Minor Health Promotion, University of Florida
Advisor: Dr. Cara Meixner
Research Interests: cognitive and behavioral effects following traumatic brain injuries, sports-related concussions, neurodegenerative conditions in minoritized communities.
Claire Piatt
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychology, North Carolina State University
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research Interests: Early intervention in children experiencing ASD, parent training
Francis (Trey) Powers III
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychology - James Madison University
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research Interests: Collection of empirical data in establishing treatment plans for patients
Neleah Richardson
Experimental Concentration
Education: B.S. Behavioral Science, United States Air Force Academy
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Salvatore
Research Interests: Social neuroscience, cognition, group interactions
Benjamin Troyer
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.A. Psychology, Goshen College
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research Interests: Environmental factors that impact behavior of individuals with ASD; effective reinforcement for behavior modification.
Emily Weinberg
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
Education: B.S. Psychology, B.A. Criminology, Christopher Newport University
Advisor: Dr. Trevor Stokes
Research interested: Forensic psychology, criminal justice, early intervention training
Jada G Willse
Quantitative Concentration
Education: B.S. Statistics and Analytics; B.A. Psychology, UNC - Chapel Hill
Advisor: Dr. Brian C Leventhal
Research Interests: Equity in analysis, innovative measurement techniques, and educating teachers and students about assessment and measurement.
