People

Current lab members

Current graduate student

  • Alissa Desmond (PhD expected in 2028)

Current honors students

  • Caden Fowler (expected graduation, spring 2026)
  • Mia Floriani (expected graduation, spring 2026)
  • Presley Priddy (expected graduation, spring 2026)
  • Claire Simpson (expected graduation, spring 2026)

Current undergraduate research assistants

  • Reece Compton
  • Aiden Horwitz
  • Ava Jackson
  • Audrey Marvin
  • Kaeda Nishita
  • Isabela Orellena
  • Samuel Witucki

Lab alumni Graduate students

  • Angel Houts, PhD, 2024
  • Kevin Autry, PhD, 2014 (Associate Professor of Psychology at Cal Poly Pomona)
  • William Battinich, PhD, 2011
  • Joel Hagaman, PhD, 2008 (Associate Professor of Psychology at University of the Ozarks)

Undergraduate honors students (with graduation dates and other info where I can find it or happen to know!)

  1. Alexia Dillard, 2025
  2. Sarah Naylor, 2025
  3. Ameila Ward, 2025
  4. Sophie Skrivanos, 2024
  5. Luke McClanahan, 2023 (MS, Operations Management, University of Arkansas)
  6. Taylor Suneson, 2023
  7. Trinity Walker, 2022
  8. Hannah Carothers, 2021 (candidate for an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of Arkansas)
  9. Xiaying Deng, 2021 (MA, Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2022)
  10. John Lee, 2021
  11. Zoe Pearson, 2021 (MFT student at Liberty University)
  12. Victoria Radke, 2021 (JD, Washington University, 2024; Extern at ACLU of Missouri)
  13. Olivia Chambers, 2020
  14. Bailey Parsons, 2020 (Physician Assistant Student at Oklahoma University College of Medicine)
  15. Cami Conroy, 2019 (MSW, University of Illinois, 2023)
  16. Savannah Raines, 2018
  17. Jessica (McCully) Kim, 2017
  18. Sussana Oad, 2016 (MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2020)
  19. Justin Dollman, 2015 (PhD candidate in Political Science at Stony Brook University)
  20. Michelle Betzner, 2015 (MSW,University of Arkansas)
  21. Audrey Dunn, 2014
  22. Madeleine Williams, 2013 (MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2020)
  23. Jason Park, 2012 (teaching social studies in Ft. Worth, TX)
  24. Natalie Conway, 2012
  25. Alia (Biller) Lancaster, 2010 (PhD in Second Language Acquisition, University of Maryland, 2018; Senior Research and Assessment Analyst at University of Maryland )
  26. Casey Trzcinski, 2010 (JD, University of Arkansas Law School, 2014)
  27. Kevin Lammers, 2010 (JD, University of Illinois Law School, 2014)
  28. Marisa Grippo, 2010 (MA, English, University of Arkansas)
  29. Neema Iyer, 2009 (Founder of Pollicy, Kampala, Uganda)
  30. Heather Lamons, 2008 (MPA, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2012)
  31. Matt Jewell, 2007
  32. Maggie Laue, 2007 (JD, University of Arkansas Law School, 2010)
  33. Heidi Blumenthal, 2006 (psychology PhD, University of Arkansas, 2012; Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas)
  34. Daniel Slaten, 2006 (psychology PhD, Northwestern University, 2015)
  35. Dorthie Cross , 2006 (psychology PhD, Emory University, 2014; Associate Professor of Psychology at Georgia Southern University)
  36. Carol Mullins, 2004 (JD, University of Illinois Law School)
  37. Nora Bowman, 2003 (General Manager of the Holiday Inn Tulsa City Center)

Undergraduate research assistants (not an exhaustive list!)

  • Shelby Bennett (MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
  • Julianne Brown (psychology PhD, University of Memphis, 2010)
  • Chandra Chappell (currently in the clinical psychology PhD program at the University of Nebraska)
  • Willie Curry (in the neuroscience PhD program at the University of Vermont)
  • Anne Edris Osburn (MSW, University of Arkansas Little Rock)
  • Rebecca Green (MFT, John Brown University)
  • Sara Ann (Hanson) Smith (MS in Rehabilitation Counseling, 2012)
  • Jennifer (Hutcheson) Kronkow (MSW, University of Arkansas, 2012)
  • Aneeqa Ishtiaq-Ibrahim (counselor education PhD, University of Arkansas, 2017)
  • Jami Langley (educational psychology & counseling MS, University of Tennessee, 2007)
  • Mollie Price-Blackshear (PhD in social psychology, University of Missouri, 2020, Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Central Arkansas)
  • James Wages (PhD in social psychology at Northwestern, Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Central Arkansas)