Graduate Students
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Name: Lindsey Alley Area: Applied Social & Community Psychology Research Interests: Eating Behaviors and Spousal Support, Treatment Adherence for Prescribed Diets and Social Support, Health Promotion Adviser: Cynthia Mohr Email Address: AlleyL@pdx.edu |
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Name: Sarah Arpin Area: Social Research Interests: Social relationships, social integration and health behavior; positive relationship processes and well-being Adviser: Cynthia Mohr Email Address: sarpin@pdx.edu |
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Name: Jeffry Beers Area: Developmental Research Interests: Teacher Sterss and Coping, Mindfulness Advisor: Ellen Skinner Email Address: jcbeers@pdx.edu |
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Name: Ashley Boal Area: Social Research Interests: Domestic violence interventions, violence against women, offender populations Adviser: Eric Mankowski Email Address: aboal@pdx.edu |
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Name: Heather Brule Area: Developmental Research Interests: Use of Self Determination Theory to improve teaching, Empowerment Email: brule@pdx.edu |
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Name: Gabby Burlacu Area: I/O Research Interests: Aging and the workplace, employee performance appraisal perceptions, organizational creativity Adviser: Keith James & Mo Wang Email: burlacug@pdx.edu |
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Name: Amy L. Cannell-Cordier Area: Developmental Research Interests: Early Kindergarten Transition programs, Early Childhood Education environments and interventions Adviser: Andrew Mashburn Email Address: acordier@pdx.edu |
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Name: David Caughlin Area: Industrial Organizational Adviser: Liu-Qin Yang Email Address: caughlin@pdx.edu |
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Name: Una Chi Area: Developmental Research Interests: Motivation, Education Adviser: Ellen Skinner |
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Name: Hyuny Clark-Shim Area: Developmental Research Interests: Social Network Analysis & Network Diversity Adviser: Thomas Kindermann, Joel Steele Email Address: h.clarkshim@pdx.edu |
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Name: Ana B. Costa Area: Indstrial Organizational Research Interests: Applicant Reactions, Selection, Training, OHP (Work-Family Conflict; Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors) Adviser: TBD Email Address: costa@pdx.edu |
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Name: Tori Crain Area: Indstrial Organizational, Occupational Health Psychology Adviser: Leslie Hammer Email Address: torilcrain@gmail.com |
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Name: Adolfo Cuevas Area: Applied Social Psychology Research Interests: Social Psychological Aspects of Minority Health and Health Disparities; Patient Perspectives on Cultural Competency; Cultural Health Psychology; Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods Adviser: Kerth O'Brien Email Address: acuevas@pdx.edu |
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Name: Cailin Currie Area: Developmental Research Interests: Academic Motivation, Engagement, and Coping, and the Role of Peer Groups/Social Networks Adviser: Ellen Skinner Email Address: ccailin@pdx.edu |
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Name: Caitlin Demsky Area: Industrial/Organizational Research Interests: Occupational Health Psychology, Recovery from Work, Work-Life Balance, Leadership Adviser: Charlotte Fritz Email Address: cademsky@pdx.edu |
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Name: Allison Ellis Area: Industrial Organizational, Occupational Health Psychology Research interests: Employee health and well-being, especially as it relates to employee engagement, coping with workplace stressors, and positive performance-related behaviors (e.g., proactive work behavior). Adviser: Charlotte Fritz Email Address: ame2@pdx.edu |
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Name: Sylvia Ferguson Area: Applied Social Psychology Research Interests: Gender role beliefs, romantic relationships, sexuality Adviser: Eric Mankowski Email Address: sylvia.ferguson@pdx.edu |
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Name: Frankie Guros Area: Industrial/Organizational Research Interests: Proactivity, Leadership, Recovery Adviser: Charlotte Fritz Email Address: fguros@pdx.edu |
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Name: Ginger C. Hanson Area: Industrial Organizational Research Interests: Quantitative research methods, occupational health psychology, work-life integration, workplace violence Adviser: Leslie, B Hammer, PhD Email Address: Ginger.C.Hanson@kpchr.org |
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Name: Christopher Harper Area: Industrial Organizational Research Interests: Occupational Health Psychology, Human Resource Management, and Executive Coaching Adviser: Dr. Leslie Hammer Email Address: charper@pdx.edu |
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Name: Jessica Harrison Area: Developmental Research Interests: Mindfulness; Teacher Stress and Coping Adviser: Robert Roeser Email Address: jharr2@pdx.edu |
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Name: Laurie Jacobs Area: Social Research Interests: self-perception, stress and coping, well-being, substance use and abuse, emotion and emotion regulation, poverty Adviser: Cynthia Mohr Email Address: LMJACOBS@pdx.edu |
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Name: Price Johnson Area: Social Research Interests: Social Network Analysis, Social Roles, Peer Influence, Engagement, Motivation, Physiological Psychology Adviser: Thomas Kindermann Email Address: price.mccloud@gmail.com |
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Name: Colleen Kidney Area: Community Research Interests: Community based participatory research promoting well-being of individuals with disabilities and autistic individuals by access to research, access to health care, and involvement in online communities Adviser: Katherine McDonald Email Address: ckidney@pdx.edu |
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Name: Lee Anna Knox Area: Community Research Interests: Development of Healthy Sexuality, Attachment, Etiology of Juvenile Offending, and Resilience of child victims of family perpetrated violence Adviser: Keith Kaufman PhD. Email Address: knoxl@pdx.edu
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Name: Jenna LeComte-Hinely Area: Industrial Organizational Research Interests: Work Family Conflict, Work Family Positive Spillover, Occupational Health Psychology, Supervisor Support, Perceived Income Adequacy, Green/Sustainable Business, and Corporate Social Responsibility. Adviser: Dr. Leslie Hammer Email Address: jlecomte@pdx.edu |
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Name: Bing Chun Lin Area: Industrial-Organizational Research Interests: Interruptions at work, Recovery & Occupational Health Psychology Advisor: Charlotte Fritz Email: bclin@pdx.edu |
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Name: Layla Mansfield Area: Industrial/Organizational Psychology Research Interests: Applicant Reactions to Selection, Justice/Fairness, Leadership, Occupational Health & Safety, Socialization/Orienting New Employees Adviser: Talya Bauer and Donald Truxillo Email Address: laylam@pdx.edu |
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Name: Cameron T. McCabe Area: Applied Social & Community Psychology Research Interests: The Stress and Coping Process, Resiliency, Substance Use and Behavioral Health, Research Methodology Adviser: Cynthia Mohr Email Address: cmccabe@pdx.edu |
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Name: Jean McMahon Area: Applied Social Psych Research Interests: Stereotype Threat, Ambivalent Sexism, the intersection of race and gender, using research to inform public policy or design interventions. Adviser: Kimberly Kahn Email Address: mcmah@pdx.edu |
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Name: Shawn Mehess Area: Developmental Research Interests: Social networks research methods, creativity, neuroscience, physiological psychology, memory Adviser: Thomas Kindermann Email Address: mehess@pdx.edu |
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Name: David Meier Area: Industrial/Organizational Research Interests: Occupational Health Psychology, Work Family Conflict, Work Family Positive Spillover, Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors Adviser: Leslie Hammer Email Address: dmeier@pdx.edu |
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Name: Adam Murry Research Interests: Economic Development of Native American Communities, Native American Community Sustainability Adviser: Keith James |
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Name: Linda Newton-Curtis Area: Developmental Research Interests: Contextual influences on children's academic engagement/achievement; child welfare Advisor: Thomas Kindermann E-mail: newtonl@pdx.edu |
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Name: Mazna Patka Area: Community Research Interests: Integration and empowerment of Muslims with intellectual disabilities Adviser:Katherine McDonald Email Address: MPatka@pdx.edu |
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Name: Lindsey Patterson Area: Community Research Interests: population-specific and cross-cultural research on acculturation and family and community engagement Adviser: Dr. Keith Kaufman Email Address: lbp@pdx.edu |
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Name: Cristi Pinela Area: Developmental Research Interests: The role and mechanisms of mindfulness in self-regulation, optimal development, and eudaimonic growth; emotional intelligence, adaptive coping strategies, resilience; promotion of student engagement via programs informed by mindfulness and motivation research, that honor autonomy, agency, and diversity; self-determination theory, bio-ecological systems theory, integral theory. Adviser: Robert Roeser Email Address: pinela@pdx.edu |
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Name: Jennifer Pitzer Area: Developmental Research Interests: Development of motivation, particularly the effect of teachers' provision of autonomy support on students' re-engagement Adviser: Ellen Skinner Email Address: jpitzer@pdx.edu |
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Name: Diana Rempe Area: Community Research Interests: Violence against women; Immigrant and Worker rights; Feminist epistemology Adviser: Jan Haaken Email Address: drempe@pdx.edu |
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Name: Jenn Rineer Area: Industrial and Organizational Research Interests: Job Design and Aging, Occupational Health Psychology, Recruiting and Selection Adviser: Donald Truxillo Email Address: rineer@pdx.edu |
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Name: Brittany Sale Area: Industrial Organizational Research Interests: Occupational Health Psychology; work-family conflict, Family-supportive supervisor behaviors Adviser: Dr. Leslie Hammer Email Address: bsale@pdx.edu |
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Name: Joe Sherwood Area: I/O Psychology Research Interests: Organizational health, work-life balance, multicultural, productivity Adviser: Leslie Hammer Email Address: joseph.sherwood @pdx.edu |
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Name: Erin Stack Area: Social & Community Research Interests: Well-being and Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Community-based Participatory Research, & Empowerment Adviser: Katherine McDonald Email Address: estack@pdx.edu |
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Name: Aisha S. Taylor Area: Industrial/Organizational Psychology Research Interests: Organizational Justice, Creativity & Innovation, & Diversity in the Workplace Adviser: Dr. Keith James Email Address: aisha.s.taylor@gmail.com |
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Name: Hayley Tews Area: Applied Social and Community Psychology Research Interests: Intersection of Psychology and the Law; Modus Operandi of Child Sexual Abusers; Juvenile Offenders Transitioning Back into the Community Adviser: Keith Kaufman Email Address: haytews@pdx.edu |
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Name: Sara J. Valenzuela Area: Community Psychology Research Interests: Abuse Prevention, Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment, Family Structure, Resilience, Coping Adviser: Dr. Keith Kaufman Email Address: valensj@pdx.edu |
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Name: Sarah Van Dyck Area: Industrial/Organizational Research Interests: Occupational Health Psychology, Work-Family Conflict, Peer Support, Workplace Aggression Adviser: Dr. Leslie Hammer Email Address: vandyck@pdx.edu |
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Name: Wendy Viola Area: Community Research Interests: Domestic violence interventions, program and policy evaluation, quantitative methods Adviser: Eric Mankowski Email Address: violaw@pdx.edu |
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Name: Justin Vollet Area: Developmental Psychology Research Interests: The role peer groups play in influencing the development of children's academic engagement and how peer influence of a child's developing school engagement may vary depending upon a child's position within his or her social network, and their sense of relatedness to their peers. Adviser: Thomas Kidnermann Email Address: jwv@pdx.edu |
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Name: Jen Wallin-Ruschman Area: Community Research Interests: The role of identity and critical consciousness in liberation and oppression with a specific focus in hip-hop and education, participatory action reserach methodology. Adviser: Jan Haaken Email Address: jlwallin@pdx.edu |
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Name: Rita Yelverton Area: Developmental Research Interests: The Role of Teacher and Peer Relatedness in the Development of Academic Motivation/Satisfaction Adviser: Thomas Kindermann Email Address: rita.yelverton@pdx.edu |








