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Past Laboratory Staff

Laxmi Annapureddy, B.S., B.A.

Past Lab Technician

Summer 2022 - Summer 2024

Laxmi Annapureddy earned her B.S. degree in Neuroscience and her B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication from the University of Iowa. She has previously worked with Dr. Ece Demir-Lira in examining parent-child arithmetic interactions and math skill development. She is interest in the holistic approach to examining the effects of biopsychosocial factors on behavioral development. Laxmi is currently interested in pursuing a medical career.

Benjamin Swanson, B.A.

Past Lab Coordinator

Summer 2021 - Summer 2023

bs093@uark.edu

Ben Swanson earned his B.A. degree in Neuroscience and Psychology from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. During his time at Concordia, Ben worked with Dr. Dwight Peterson examining organization principles of visual working memory. Broadly, Ben is interested in studying the associations between child neural development and later behavioral outcomes. Ben went on to pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Arkansas.

Mary Taylor (MT) Goeltz, B.A.

Past Lab Coordinator

Summer 2020 - Summer 2021

Mary Taylor "MT" Goeltz received her B.A. in Psychology from Dickinson College, where she worked with Dr. Suman Ambwani as a research assistant in the CARE (Clinical Assessment and Research) lab. After graduation, MT worked as a lab manager for Dr. Audun Dahl's Early Social Interaction Lab at UC Santa Cruz. She joined the Clinical-Health Psychology program at UC Denver in Fall 2021, where she studied social behavior development in infancy under the mentorship of Dr. Kevin Everhart.

Jamie Page, B.S.

Past Lab Coordinator

Summer 2018 - Summer 2020

jamiepag@buffalo.edu

Jamie Page received her B.S. in Psychology from Eastern Michigan University where, under the mentorship of Dr. Angela Staples, she developed and ran a grant-funded study investigating personality, coping, and internalizing problems in students. Broadly, her research interests lie at the intersection of developmental and clinical research. She joined the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at the University at Buffalo in the Fall of 2020, where she studied the influence of psychological, social, and contextual factors on the development of problem behaviors in adolescents and young adults under the mentorship of Dr. Craig Colder.

Chad McPherson, Ph.D.

Past Lab Coordinator

Winter 2017 - Summer 2018

Dr. Chad M. McPherson (he/him/his) is a trained sociologist. His areas of interest include institutions and organizations, group and organizational identities, higher education, culture and cognition, social psychology, mental health, and more broadly still, theory. His research explores how macro-cultural systems of beliefs and practices are influential—how they are experienced, understood, and used—at the micro-level of various professional realms. As a qualitative researcher, his work is primarily rooted in organizations and organizational sociology.

Past Research Assistants

Tatum Koch

Tatum went on to pursue a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at St. Edward's University

Anika Jain

Mackenzie Becker

Kasia Janik

Megan Diep

Megan went on to become a Inside Sales Executive for DHL Express.

Emma Chase

Emma went on to become a Population Health Intern at Innovative Captive Strategies.

Avery Bandstra

Avery went on to pursue RBT certification at Wild Sun Behavioral Sciences in Erie, Colorado and then a Counseling Psychology PhD at the University of Illinois.

Cheyenne Nelson

Cheyenne went on to pursue a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Mount Mercy University.

Sadie Flatland

Sadie went on to become a Clinical Trials Research Assistant/Coordinator at the University of Iowa Healthcare in the Neurology Department and pursue a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Upper Iowa University.

Sidney Swartzbaugh

Sidney went on to attend the Perfusion Education Program at the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.

Souad "Susu" Ahmed

Susu went on to pursue her Master's degree in Social Worker at the University of Michigan.

Samantha "Sammy" Stoll

Sammy went on to become a Data Analyst in the Psychiatric & Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit as Massachusetts General Hospital.

Hannah Rickert

Hannah went on to become a Finance and Operations Manager at the Iowa Women's Foundation.

Natalie McCord

Natalie went on to become a Direct Support Professional at Systems Unlimited Inc.

Cassidy Kilcoin

Cassidy went on to become a Software Engineer at Enterprise Mobility.

Katie Hilt

Katie went on to become a Marketing Associate at Loftus & Preusser Wealth Partners.

Destiny England

Destiny went on to be a Donor Engagement Specialist at NMDP. Her main role is to convey medical information to doctors and manage confidential medical information. NMDP helps those in need of a bone marrow or stem cell transplant find donors.

Georgia Carrol

Georgia went on the become a Judicial Law Clerk.

Kali Alexakos

Kali went on to become a Law Clerk at Delgado Rompf Bruen LLC.

Stella Mesch

Mallika Huynh

Anya Nanjappa

Ethan Stallman

Ethan went on to attend medical school at Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.

Madison Einck

Madison went on to attend a Counseling PhD program at Marquette University.

Zach McKay

Zach went on to get a Master's in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling at the University of Iowa.

Gloria Chang

Gloria went on to pursue a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Iowa.

Jessica Pham

Jessica went on to become a Medical Lab Technician at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Divija Sharma

Max Frost

Max went on to pursue a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Westminster University in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Gracie Wilson

Sarah Smith

Sarah went on to become a Marketing Manager at United Way Quad Cities.

Millenama Prasai

Millenama went on to become a Brain Injury Specialist at Community NeuroRehab of Iowa.

Suzi Mason

Tallie Kerr

Tallie went on to become a Pre-Need Counselor at Iles Funeral Homes. Her main role is helping plan funerals preemptively when a loved one is expected to pass soon.

Zeya Han

Zeya went on to work as an Audit Associate at PwC in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Elleh Driscoll

Elleh went on to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Dakota.

Lindsay Bright

Lindsay went to become an Occupational Therapist at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Additionally, she works as an Operations Assistant for Amplify OT where she authors courses for OT students.

Jordyn Gustafson

Jordyn went on to pursue a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling here at the University of Iowa.

Cayde Schmedding

Micah Williams

Micah went on to become a Lab Coordinator for the THRIVE Lab (PI: Emily Thomas) here at the University of Iowa.

Abbey McConeghey

Abbey went on to pursue a Master's in Mental Health Counseling at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Krisha Keeran

Krisha went on to attend medical school at Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.

Emily Lancaster

Emily went on to attend Rocky Vista University, Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Adeline Bradley

Sean Flanagan

Carlie Shrupsha

Carlie went on to Physician Assistant school at the University of Toledo.

Emily Huber

Emily went on to work in the Signaling Section lab within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and the NIH's Office of Intramural Training and Education, and then pursued a PhD in Psychology at the University of Arkansas.

Ameen Taha

Ameen went on to pursue his Master's in Public Health at the University of North Carolina.

Summer Slininger

Summer went on to a Master of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies at St. Ambrose University and became a Psychiatric PA.

Sarah Nunez

Sarah went on to become a Bilingual Student Therapist at Mercy Professional Services.

Kailin Lust

Kailin went on to become an Occupational Therapy (OT) Coordinator at St. Patrick Center in St. Louis, Missouri after attending Washington University for OT.

Emma Kenney

Emma went on to attend a Master of Social Welfare program at UC Berkeley.

Brynne Dochterman

Brynne went on to work as a Graduate Success Coach at Texas State University with a specialization in academic recovery.

Emma Avdic

Emma went on the pursue Physician's Assistant school at St. Ambrose University.

Lexi Andersen

Lexi went on to pursue a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of South Dakota.

Hannah Thomsen

Hannah went on to pursue a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Texas Tech University.

Jessica Monday

Jessica went on to pursue a Master's of Public Affairs at the University of Iowa.

Madalynn O'Neil

Madalynn continued as a Residential Officer with the Iowa Department of Corrections.

Dominic Marasco

Dominic went on to become Counter Salesman at Electrical Engineering and Equipment.

Abby Biddle

Abby went on to pursue a Master's in School Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Rylie Kelley

Lauren Squire

Amanda Barett

Amanda went on to attend a School Psychology PhD program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Evan Saltz

Evan Saltz went on to pursue a graduate degree in School Psychology at Miami University.

Kali Rickertsen

Kali went on to a pursue a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Wayne State University.

Kenzie Miller

Kenzie went on to pursue an Education Specialist degree at the University of Northern Iowa.

Katia Jackson

Katia went on to pursue her Masters in Public Health at brown University School of Public Health.

Elizabeth "Liz" Kenney

Liz went on to become a Licensed Professional Counselor.

Charles "Steve" Grugan

Steve went on to work in Dr. Susan Rivera's lab at the University of California Davis, in the NIAID division of NIH, and a post-bacc in Dr. Jesus Valenzuela's Vector and Molecular Biology lab.

Megan Crotts

Megan went on to become a D.O. student at A.T. Still University.

Chelsie Anderson

Chelsie went on to become a Physician Assistant.