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Welcome Alumni

If you are an alum of the ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago Department of Psychology (either undergraduate or graduate student) please join our department groups on and so that we can both keep up to date with what is happening.

Please e-mail Adrienne Bohl at abohl@luc.edu if you would like to be added to this page.

Graduate Program Alumni

Applied Social Psychology

Name Degree Year Current Place of Employment Contact
Amanda Dykema-Engblade PhD 2005 Northeastern Illinois University .
Hilary Slover MA  2011 Social Science Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  
Jennifer Smith PhD 2012 Director of Research, Mather Lifeways
Amy Kerr PhD 2013 Senior Evaluatorm Professional Data Analysts, Inc.
Dana Wagner PhD 2013 Research Scientist, Rescue Social Change Group
Patrick Harrison PhD 2014 Full time instructor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill     
Bella Etingen PhD 2015 Research Director, Hines VA Hospital  
Mallory Grembowski MA 2015  Market Research Associate, GFK
Rachael Martinez PhD 2015 Research Director, Hines VA Hospital  
Kala Melchiori PhD 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University      
Erika Price PhD 2015 Senior Lecturer, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago  
Lisa Sandberg PhD 2015 Lecturer, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago             Web  
Mary Beth Talbot PhD 2015 Research Assistant Professor, Center for Science and Math Education, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago  
Joseph Bihary  PhD 2016 Senior Research and Strategy Analyst, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago
Katharina Castandeda PhD 2016 Senior Analyst of Strategic Research, Halverson Group  
Christine Poindexter-Harris PhD 2016 Senior Research Analyst, TCS Education Systems
Swati Srivastava PhD 2016 Research Analyst, Willis Towers Watson   
Amanda Egan PhD 2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Science, Marian University Indianapolis. 
Natalie Hallinger PhD   2018  Research & Implementation Support Specialist, Cook County Health & Hospital System
Hannah Hamilton  PhD  2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAAA Alcohol Research Center Training Program, University of Connecticut Health Center  
Rayne Bozeman PhD  2018 Assistant Professor, Chicago State University   
Chase Wilson  PhD  2018 Assessment Specialist, Indeed   
Darien Farrel MA  2018 Market Research in the Film/TV Music Licensing Department, Universal Music Group   
Michelle Adzido MA  2018 Research Associate, Advocates for Human Potential   
Lindsey Macella MA 2019 Research Associate, Comhar Partners
Joshua McMahan MA 2019 Market Research Project Coordinator, Numerator  

 

Clinical Psychology Program

Name Degree Year Current Place of Employment Contact
Nicole Arola PhD 2016 Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota School of Medicine  
Catherine Lee PhD 2016 Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University Health System  
Cynthia Pierre PhD 2016 Clinical Psychologist, Rush University Medical Center
Alexandra Psihogios PhD 2016  Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  
Christina Ross Holbein PhD 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Arie Zakaryan PhD  2016  Pediatric Psychologist, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Kimberly Burdette PhD 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford Children's Health  
Anne Fuller PhD 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center  
Alexandra Kirsch PhD 2017  Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN    
Caitlin Murray PhD 2017 Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Seattle Children's Hospital 
Emma-Lorraine Bart-Plange PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Project Heal Trauma, Los Angeles, CA  
Stephanie Brewer PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, Seattle, WA
Kyle Deane PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Shriners Hospitals for Children—Chicago, Clinical Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chicago, IL   
Grace Jhe PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical Center/Boston Children’s Hospital, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH), Division of Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA  
Lorri Kais PhD 2018 Neurology Resident, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Aurora, CO   
Jaclyn Lennon Papadakis PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Diabetes Fellowship Program, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, IL  
Dakari Quimby PhD 2018 Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, The University of Southern California University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (USC UCEDD), Los Angeles, CA  
Carolyn Bates PhD 2019 Psychology Postdoctoral Resident, Children’s Mercy and Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, MO ,  
Katherine Dorociak PhD 2019 Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Jenna Shapiro PhD 2019 Pediatric Psychologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ,  
Suzanna So PhD 2019 Child and Family Community Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, USC UCEDD/ Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA  
Stephanie Torres PhD 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Childhood Resilience, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL ,  
Evan Zahniser PhD 2019 Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency Program, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, American Lake Division, Tacoma, WA  
Colleen Bechtel Driscoll PhD 2020 Pediatric Psychology Fellowship, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Emphasis in Cardiology with minor rotation in Hematology/Oncology  
Kelly Polnaszek PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division, Seattle, WA   
Amanda Burnside PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Consultation/Liaison, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL  ,  
Amy Heard Egbert PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI  
Dorothy McLeod Loren PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology, Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Anna Maria Ros PhD 2020 Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Children’s Health Council (CHC), Palo Alto, CA  
Cara DiClemente PhD 2021 Adolescent DBT Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA  
Laura Distel PhD 2021 GI Psychology Service Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA  
Catherine (Rice) Dusing PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Pediatric Psychology, Michigan Medicine / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI  
Lauren Hindt PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Neuropsychology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN  
Brynn Huguenel PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for OCD and Related Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  
Alexa Stern PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric/Clinical Child Psychology, Pediatric Psychology Track, Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX  
Carol Hundert PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO  
Diana Ohanian PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Michigan/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Pediatric Rehabilitation Neuropsychology  
Cynthia Onyeka PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in the OCD and Anxiety Clinic (with Dr. Eric Storch)  
Ian Kahrilas PhD 2021 Data Scientist at Teladoc Health  
Laura Nicholson PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Residency at Northshore University Health System in Pediatric Neuropsychology  

 

Developmental Psychology Program

Name Degree Year Current Place of Employment Contact
Erin Wilkerson Jant PhD 2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University
Trisha Karr PhD 2011
Assistant Professor, Winona State University
  
Kelly Haas Bradley   PhD 2013  Senior Research and Assessment Associate, McHenry County Community College  
Maria Guzman PhD 2013 Program Evaluation Specialist, YMCA of the USA 
Vanessa Raschke Rainey PhD 2013  Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of West Florida    
Nancy Miller Wyss PhD 2013 Assistant Professor, City Colleges of Chicago
Sandra Vanegas PhD 2013
Tenure Track faculty member, Texas State
 
Laura Stockdale PhD 2014 Research Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University  
Valerie Flores-Lamb PhD 2015 Psychology Lecturer in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University  
Kathryn O’Toole 
PhD 
2015 Visiting Assistant Professor, North Park University
Maria Marcus PhD  2016 Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University   
 Lizzie Hilvert     PhD  2018 T32 post-doctoral training program in intellectual and developmental disabilities at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison
Amy Governale     PhD  2018 Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at NorthPark University

Alumni

Danielle Nesi

Training Track: Developmental
Labs: Garbarino Lab
Advisors: James Garbarino, Ph.D.

Lauren Pagano

Training Track: Developmental
Lab: Children's Memory and Learning
Advisor: Catherine Haden, Ph.D.

Iryna Chaban

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: Group-Decision Making Lab
Advisor: R. Scott Tindale, Ph.D.

Molly Driscoll

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: Group Decision Making
Advisor: Scott Tindale, Ph.D.

Lina Flores Wolf

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: JAM Lab and BROAD Lab
Advisor: Yael Granot, Ph.D.

Yvita Bustos

Training Track: Clinical
Lab: Children Adapting to Stress and Adversity (CASA) Lab
Advisor: Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Ph.D.

Nathan Lutz

Nathan Lutz

Training Track: Clinical
Labs: Promoting Adjustment in Children through Evaluation (PACE) Lab
Advisors: Scott Leon, PhD

Jenny Phan

Jenny Phan

Training Track: Clinical
Labs: Parents and Children Coping Together (PACCT) Lab
Advisors: Noni Gaylord-Harden, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Sargent

Training Track: Clinical
Lab: Parents and Children Coping Together (PACCT) Lab
Advisor: Noni Gaylord-Harden, Ph.D.

Elicia Wartman

Training Track: Clinical
Labs: Chicago Healthy Adolescents Transition Study (CHATS) Lab
Advisors: Grayson Holmbeck, PhD

Adrien Winning

Adrien Winning

Training Track: Clinical
Labs: Chicago Healthy Adolescents Transition Study (CHATS) Lab
Advisors: Grayson Holmbeck, PhD

Dakota Morales

Training Track: Developmental
Labs: Emotion, Language, and Cognition in Neurotypical and Atypical (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Development Research Lab
Advisors: Denise Davidson, Ph.D.

Chad Osteen

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: Social Cognition and Attitudes
Advisor: Victor Ottati, Ph.D.

Asli Bursalioglu

Training Track: Developmental
Lab: Bilingual Language Development
Advisor: Maggie Guy, Ph.D.

Zahra F. Naqi

Zahra F. Naqi

Training Track: Developmental
Lab: Self-Regulation, Early Development, and Settings (SEEDS)
Advisor: Christine Li-Grining, Ph.D.

Ajla Basic

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: Social Cognition and Attitudes
Advisor: Scott Tindale, Ph.D.

Emily Budde

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: BROAD Lab
Advisor: Robyn Mallett, Ph.D.

Yelyzaveta DiStefano

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: Social Cognition and Attitudes
Advisor: Victor Ottati, Ph.D.

Asura Osborne

Training Track: Applied Social
Advisor: Fred Bryant, Ph.D.

Mallory Smith

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: TBD
Advisor: Scott Tindale, Ph.D.

Whinda Yustisia

Training Track: Applied Social
Lab: Social Cognition and Attitudes
Advisor: Victor Ottati, Ph.D.

Welcome Alumni

If you are an alum of the ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago Department of Psychology (either undergraduate or graduate student) please join our department groups on and so that we can both keep up to date with what is happening.

Please e-mail Adrienne Bohl at abohl@luc.edu if you would like to be added to this page.

Graduate Program Alumni

Applied Social Psychology

Name Degree Year Current Place of Employment Contact
Amanda Dykema-Engblade PhD 2005 Northeastern Illinois University .
Hilary Slover MA  2011 Social Science Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  
Jennifer Smith PhD 2012 Director of Research, Mather Lifeways
Amy Kerr PhD 2013 Senior Evaluatorm Professional Data Analysts, Inc.
Dana Wagner PhD 2013 Research Scientist, Rescue Social Change Group
Patrick Harrison PhD 2014 Full time instructor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill     
Bella Etingen PhD 2015 Research Director, Hines VA Hospital  
Mallory Grembowski MA 2015  Market Research Associate, GFK
Rachael Martinez PhD 2015 Research Director, Hines VA Hospital  
Kala Melchiori PhD 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University      
Erika Price PhD 2015 Senior Lecturer, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago  
Lisa Sandberg PhD 2015 Lecturer, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago             Web  
Mary Beth Talbot PhD 2015 Research Assistant Professor, Center for Science and Math Education, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago  
Joseph Bihary  PhD 2016 Senior Research and Strategy Analyst, ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago
Katharina Castandeda PhD 2016 Senior Analyst of Strategic Research, Halverson Group  
Christine Poindexter-Harris PhD 2016 Senior Research Analyst, TCS Education Systems
Swati Srivastava PhD 2016 Research Analyst, Willis Towers Watson   
Amanda Egan PhD 2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Science, Marian University Indianapolis. 
Natalie Hallinger PhD   2018  Research & Implementation Support Specialist, Cook County Health & Hospital System
Hannah Hamilton  PhD  2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAAA Alcohol Research Center Training Program, University of Connecticut Health Center  
Rayne Bozeman PhD  2018 Assistant Professor, Chicago State University   
Chase Wilson  PhD  2018 Assessment Specialist, Indeed   
Darien Farrel MA  2018 Market Research in the Film/TV Music Licensing Department, Universal Music Group   
Michelle Adzido MA  2018 Research Associate, Advocates for Human Potential   
Lindsey Macella MA 2019 Research Associate, Comhar Partners
Joshua McMahan MA 2019 Market Research Project Coordinator, Numerator  

 

Clinical Psychology Program

Name Degree Year Current Place of Employment Contact
Nicole Arola PhD 2016 Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota School of Medicine  
Catherine Lee PhD 2016 Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University Health System  
Cynthia Pierre PhD 2016 Clinical Psychologist, Rush University Medical Center
Alexandra Psihogios PhD 2016  Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  
Christina Ross Holbein PhD 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Arie Zakaryan PhD  2016  Pediatric Psychologist, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Kimberly Burdette PhD 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford Children's Health  
Anne Fuller PhD 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center  
Alexandra Kirsch PhD 2017  Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN    
Caitlin Murray PhD 2017 Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Seattle Children's Hospital 
Emma-Lorraine Bart-Plange PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Project Heal Trauma, Los Angeles, CA  
Stephanie Brewer PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, Seattle, WA
Kyle Deane PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Shriners Hospitals for Children—Chicago, Clinical Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chicago, IL   
Grace Jhe PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical Center/Boston Children’s Hospital, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH), Division of Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA  
Lorri Kais PhD 2018 Neurology Resident, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Aurora, CO   
Jaclyn Lennon Papadakis PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Diabetes Fellowship Program, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, IL  
Dakari Quimby PhD 2018 Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, The University of Southern California University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (USC UCEDD), Los Angeles, CA  
Carolyn Bates PhD 2019 Psychology Postdoctoral Resident, Children’s Mercy and Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, MO ,  
Katherine Dorociak PhD 2019 Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Jenna Shapiro PhD 2019 Pediatric Psychologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ,  
Suzanna So PhD 2019 Child and Family Community Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, USC UCEDD/ Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA  
Stephanie Torres PhD 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Childhood Resilience, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL ,  
Evan Zahniser PhD 2019 Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency Program, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, American Lake Division, Tacoma, WA  
Colleen Bechtel Driscoll PhD 2020 Pediatric Psychology Fellowship, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Emphasis in Cardiology with minor rotation in Hematology/Oncology  
Kelly Polnaszek PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division, Seattle, WA   
Amanda Burnside PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Consultation/Liaison, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL  ,  
Amy Heard Egbert PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI  
Dorothy McLeod Loren PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology, Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Anna Maria Ros PhD 2020 Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Children’s Health Council (CHC), Palo Alto, CA  
Cara DiClemente PhD 2021 Adolescent DBT Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA  
Laura Distel PhD 2021 GI Psychology Service Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA  
Catherine (Rice) Dusing PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Pediatric Psychology, Michigan Medicine / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI  
Lauren Hindt PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Neuropsychology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN  
Brynn Huguenel PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for OCD and Related Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  
Alexa Stern PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric/Clinical Child Psychology, Pediatric Psychology Track, Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX  
Carol Hundert PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO  
Diana Ohanian PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Michigan/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Pediatric Rehabilitation Neuropsychology  
Cynthia Onyeka PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in the OCD and Anxiety Clinic (with Dr. Eric Storch)  
Ian Kahrilas PhD 2021 Data Scientist at Teladoc Health  
Laura Nicholson PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Residency at Northshore University Health System in Pediatric Neuropsychology  

 

Developmental Psychology Program

Name Degree Year Current Place of Employment Contact
Erin Wilkerson Jant PhD 2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University
Trisha Karr PhD 2011
Assistant Professor, Winona State University
  
Kelly Haas Bradley   PhD 2013  Senior Research and Assessment Associate, McHenry County Community College  
Maria Guzman PhD 2013 Program Evaluation Specialist, YMCA of the USA 
Vanessa Raschke Rainey PhD 2013  Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of West Florida    
Nancy Miller Wyss PhD 2013 Assistant Professor, City Colleges of Chicago
Sandra Vanegas PhD 2013
Tenure Track faculty member, Texas State
 
Laura Stockdale PhD 2014 Research Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University  
Valerie Flores-Lamb PhD 2015 Psychology Lecturer in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University  
Kathryn O’Toole 
PhD 
2015 Visiting Assistant Professor, North Park University
Maria Marcus PhD  2016 Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University   
 Lizzie Hilvert     PhD  2018 T32 post-doctoral training program in intellectual and developmental disabilities at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison
Amy Governale     PhD  2018 Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at NorthPark University