Behavioral Neuroscience
Courtney Alexander
Graduate student
Education: M.S. in Psychological Sciences, Pacific University
Interests: Long distance running, soccer, international travel, copious amounts of coffee, reading and keeping up to date with the latest Neuro research!
Emily Hilz
Graduate student
emilyhilz@yahoo.com |
9038217665
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: learning and memory, psychopharmacology, sex differences, appetetive conditioning/extinction
Julia Martz
Graduate student
jmartz@utexas.edu |
512-471-0272 |
SEA 6.114B
Interests: Neural-endocrine regulation of motivated behaviors and associated disorders such as addiction, anxiety, and depression
Celeste Saucedo
Graduate student
Education: B.S. Psychology, University of North Texas
Interests: Transcranial infrared stimulation, cognitive enhancement in healthy and clinical populations, mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease.
Krystal Schaar Valenzuela
Graduate student, Schallert Lab
Interests: Stroke, MCAo, motor function, rehabilitation, axonal sprouting, neural plasticity
Clinical Psychology
Scarlett Baird
Graduate student
scarlett.baird@utexas.edu |
CLA 4.600
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: CBT, Veteran Reintegration, Determinants of Treatment Adherence, Physical Activity
Alex Birdsill
Graduate student
acbirdsill@gmail.com |
SEA 4.111D
Interests: neuropsychology, aging, neuroimaging
Emily Carl
Anxiety & Health Behaviors Lab
emilycarl@utexas.edu |
CLA 4.600
Education: M.A., Boston University
Interests: Novel treatments, anxiety treatment, GAD, exercise, eating, smoking, rumination, mindfulness, personalized medicine, ecological momentary assessment, augmentative treatment strategies
Julia Chafkin
Graduate student
Julia.Chafkin@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.412
Interests: Neuroendocrinology, Perinatal Mental Health, Postpartum Mental Health, Neonatal and Child Development, Adolescent Endocrinology
Adam Cobb
Adam R. Cobb, MA, LPC
adamrcobb@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.112e
Education: MA, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Interests: Etiology and treatment of anxiety, fear and traumatic stress-related disorders.
Darius Dawson
Graduate student
dariusblake@utexas.edu |
512-471-9116 |
SEA 2.314
Education: M.A., San Diego State University
Interests: Ethnic Differences in Substance Use Behaviors; Behavioral Change Mechanisms
Alexandra Dowd
Child Development in Context Lab
alexandradowd@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-5414 |
CLA 4.102
Ariel Handy
Graduate student
arielbhandy@gmail.com |
SEA 3.318
Education: BA, University of Vermont
Interests: Brief interventions for sexual dysfunction, sexuality in special populations, sexuality across cultures
Jolene Jacquart
Graduate student
jolene.jacquart@utexas.edu |
CLA 4.600
Education: M.A., The University of Texas - Austin
Interests: Health Behaviors, CBT & Exposure Therapy, Exercise, Mindfulness
Ellie Shuo Jin
Graduate Student
ellieshuojin@utexas.edu |
512-232-2215 |
SEA 3.426F
Education: B.A., McGill University
Interests: Psychoneuroendocrinology
Chelsea Kilimnik
Graduate student
chelseakilimnik@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.318
Education: M.Sc, Trent University
Interests: Sexual violence, non-consensual sexual experiences and subjective identification, sexual well-being and functioning, sexual self-schemas
Travis Mallard
Graduate student
Interests: Genetics, alcohol and drug abuse, addiction, externalizing psychopathology
Michael Mullarkey
Graduate student
michael.mullarkey@utexas.edu |
Seay 4.310
Interests: Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, Beliefs About Emotions, Brief Interventions
Stephanie Oleson
Graduate student
stephanieoleson@utexas.edu |
SEA 4.111D
Education: MA, San Diego State University
Interests: Vascular mechanisms of cognitive decline; identifying modifiable risk factors for dementia
Santiago Papini
Graduate student
Education: MA, CUNY-City College
Interests: experimental psychopathology, latent growth mixture modeling, network analysis, machine learning
Derek Pisner
Graduate student
dpisner@utexas.edu |
703-200-8389 |
CLA 4.600
Education: B.A., The University of Virginia
Interests: Clinical Diagnostics and Treatment, Personalize Medicine, Machine Learning/ Data Mining, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, rsfMRI, BCI's, Connectomics
Carey Pulverman
Doctoral Candidate
pulverman@utexas.edu |
(512) 232-4805 |
SEA 3.318
Education: MA, Hunter College, CUNY
Interests: Sexual violence and sexual functioning.
Leslie Rice
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Wake Forest University
Interests: Neuropsychological rehabilitation, neuropsychoendocrinology, stress-linked mental illness, first responders, CBT and functional impairment
Aliza Stein
Graduate Student
atstein@utexas.edu |
CLA 4.600
Education: B.A., Boston University
Interests: Novel Interventions for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, CBT, Expsosure Therapy
Eric Zaizar
Graduate student
Education: B.A., University of Texas
Interests: Anxiety-related disorders, clinical trials, experimental psychopathology, mechanisms of exposure therapy, translational research.
Cognitive Neuroscience
Mary Abbe Roe
Graduate student
maroe@austin.utexas.edu |
SEA 2.204B
Education: B.S., University of Rochester
Interests: Developmental disorders, neuroimaging, brain networks, typical and atypical developmental trajectories of executive functions
Jessica Cooper
Graduate student
jessica.cooper@gmail.com |
SEA 4.120E
Interests: Decision-making, learning, cognitive aging, depression, category learning, working memory, cognitive training, computational modeling
Guadalupe Gonzalez
Graduate student
lupitagon@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.312
Education: B.A., Bethel College
Interests: Racial Bias, Ethnic Bias, Cognitive Neuroscience, Attention, Memory
Nicholas Griffin
Graduate student
ngriffin@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.210B
Education: B.S., Michigan State University
Interests: Memory distortion, attention bias, depression, EEG.
Seth Koslov
Graduate student
Koslov@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.218
Education: B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Mechanisms of working memory and prospective memory, individual differences in learning and decision-making
Remington Mallett
Graduate student
remym@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.218
Education: B.S., Univ of Missouri - St. Louis
Interests: neural representations of working memory
Robert Molitor
Graduate student
rjmolitor@utexas.edu |
NHB 3.340
Education: B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interests: Cognitive neuroscience of memory, attention, category learning
Cognitive Science
Justin Busch
Graduate Student, Legare Lab
Interests: causal reasoning, science understanding, reasoning about the supernatural, folk biology
Lydia Crooks
Graduate Student, Gilden Lab
lydiacrooks@utexas.edu |
SEA 5.118E
Interests: embodied cognition, human time perception, philosophy of science / queer science, affect theory
Nicole Wen
Graduate Student; Cognition, Culture, & Development Lab (Legare)
nicole.wen@utexas.edu |
512-232-1289 |
SEA 1.316E
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Cognitive development, cultural learning, social cognition, mechanisms of cultural transmission
Developmental Psychology
Jessie-Raye Bauer
Graduate Student, Booth Lab
jessie.raye@utexas.edu |
512-471-2055 |
SEA 1.318E
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: scientific literacy, STEM, causal reasoning, executive function, early childhood education, early intervention
Kelsey Kelley
Graduate Student, Woolley Lab
kelsey.kelley@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.316 C
Education: B.A., University of San Francisco
Interests: Supernatural explanations across development; Individual differences in belief
Haeyeon Lee
Graduate student
haeyeon.lee@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.318A
Education: B.A. in Psychology, Seoul National University
Interests: Adolescent social cognitive development; Social/academic stress and health outcomes in adolescence; Sensitivity to social status; Psychological intervention and behavioral change in adolescence
Fortunato Medrano
Graduate student
Education: B. S., Northwestern University
Interests: Social Cognitive Development; Adolescent Psychological Interventions; Scalable Interventions; Psychological Measurement
Jenny Nissel
Graduate student
jenny.nissel@utexas.edu |
1.316C
Education: B.A., Yale University
Interests: Development of imagination, fantasy-reality distinction
Mayra Chantal Ramirez
Graduate student
mayrachantal@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.318C
Education: B.A., Texas A&M University
Interests: Bilingual language processing and development, learning strategies in early bilinguals and second language learners, dual language education
Dolly Rojo
Graduate student
drojo@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.318C
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Social and Cognitive Psychology, Language Development, Language Processing, Spanish-English Bilinguals, Dual-Language Education
Margaret Shavlik
Graduate Student, Booth Lab
margaretshavlik@utexas.edu |
1.316B
Education: B.A., Northwestern University
Interests: Early language learning, individual differences, and the effects of socioeconomic status on school readiness and literacy
Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology
Jessie-Raye Bauer
Graduate Student, Booth Lab
jessie.raye@utexas.edu |
512-471-2055 |
SEA 1.318E
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: scientific literacy, STEM, causal reasoning, executive function, early childhood education, early intervention
Daniel Conroy-Beam
Graduate student
Interests: Evolutionary psychology, mate preferences, mate selection, agent-based modeling
Laura Engelhardt
Graduate student
lauraeng@utexas.edu |
512-471-2221 |
SEA 2.204
Education: B.A. Indiana University, M.A. University of Texas at Austin
Frank Mann
Graduate student
frankdmann@utexas.edu |
518-471-3516 |
SEA 3.314
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Anna Sedlacek
Graduate student
agbs@utexas.edu |
7327353911 |
SEA 3.324F (E as of Fall 2016)
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Evolutionary psychology of self-esteem, perceptions of physical attractiveness, religiosity, and much more
Joy Wyckoff
Graduate student
jwyckoff at utexas dot edu |
SEA 3.324
Education: BA, MA, PhD, University of California Santa Barbara, The College of William & Mary, University of Texas at Austin
Perception, Brain and Behavior
Social and Personality Psychology
Amy Arndt
Graduate student
Interests: prosocial behavior, perspective taking, media influence and interaction
Ashwini Ashokkumar
Graduate student
ashwinia@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.426A
Interests: identity fusion, group identity, intergroup conflict, morality, online research methods
Ryan Boyd
Graduate student
Interests: language, social processes, behavioral assessment of personality, motivational processes, mental health, computational psychology
Skylar Brannon
Graduate student
Interests: Social Cognition, Belief Updating, Cognitive Consistency, Morality, Impression Formation
Kayla Jordan
Graduate student
kaylajordan91@gmail.com |
SEA 3.426 E
Interests: language, political psychology, morality, health, computational psychology
Anastasia Rigney
Graduate student
Interests: social cognitive neuroscience, self-perceptions, motivated biases
Sanaz Talaifar
Graduate student
stalaifar@gmail.com |
SEA 3.426 HA
Interests: identity fusion, the self, relationships between health and identity, morality, psychology of physical spaces
Mohini Tellakat
Graduate student
mtellakat@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.426 C
Interests: social behaviors, social perception, mental health, computational psychology, language
Postdoctoral and other Research Personnel
James Ashenhurst
Postdoctoral Fellow, SAHARA (Fromme) Lab
james.ashenhurst@gmail.com |
512-471-7276 |
2.302F
Education: PhD, UCLA
Katherine Blackburn
Postdoctoral Fellow
k8blackburn@gmail.com |
3.424F
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: language, close relationships, technology
Alejandro De La Vega
Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychoinformatics Lab
delavega@utexas.edu |
5.108C
Education: PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
Rachel Watson-Jones
Postdoctoral Researcher, Legare Lab; Project Coordinator, Booth Lab
watsonjones@austin.utexas.edu |
936-217-2466 |
SEAY 1.214 and 1.308B
Education: Ph.D., University of Oxford
Interests: Cognitive and evolutionary approaches to understanding religion, cultural transmission, social learning, and ritual.
