August and September 2022 Graduates

The Department of Psychology would like to congratulate the most recent graduate students (Chen, Kaubrys, Liu, Liu Mischel Abramowski, Palmer, and Velez) that have completed their long journey to a PhD.

Sijin Chen
Area: Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Advisor: Nicola Grissom
Dissertation: Sex-correlated variability in exploration strategy in uncertain environments

PhD Awarded: 8/31/22

McKenzie Kaubrys
Area: Counseling Psychology
Advisor: Patricia Frazier
Dissertation: Examining Mediators of the Association Between Child Maltreatment and Sleep Disturbance in College Students
PhD Awarded: 9/30/22

Xinyu Liu
Area: Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Advisor: Stephen Engel
Dissertation: Plasticity of face perception in the human visual system
PhD Awarded: 8/31/22

Siyun Liu
Area: Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Advisors: Gordon Legge, Daniel Kersten
Dissertation: Does Motion Parallax Enhance the Accuracy of Object Depth Perception?
PhD Awarded: 9/30/22

Emily Mischel Abramowski
Area: Counseling Psychology
Advisor: Patricia Frazier
Dissertation: The Role of Stressor Controllability in Regulatory Strategy Use Effectiveness: A Daily Diary Examination of Strategy-Situation Fit
PhD Awarded: 9/30/22

Riley Palmer
Area: Counseling Psychology
Advisor: Patricia Frazier
Dissertation: Investigating Psychotherapy No-Shows Using Latent Trajectory Analysis
PhD Awarded: 8/31/22

Melissa Velez
Area: Counseling Psychology
Advisor: Richard Lee
Dissertation: El Ingenio Mexicano: A cultural value among Mexican/Mexican Americans

PhD Awarded: 8/31/22