May 2022 Graduates
The Department of Psychology would like to congratulate the most recent graduate students (Aguilera, Clark, Fast, Gades, and Zellers) that have completed their long journey to a PhD.
Rafael Aguilera
Area: Social
Advisors: Chris Federico, Marti Gonzales
Dissertation: White Americans’ impending doom? How changing the narrative surrounding the majority-minority shift can attenuate perceived threat among White Americans and reduce hostility and negative affect toward minority outgroups
PhD Awarded: 5/31/22
Ziming Clark
Area: QPM
Advisors: Nate Helwig, Niels Waller
Dissertation: Analyzing Twin Data with Generalized Linear Mixed-Effects Models and Bayesian Computation
PhD Awarded: 5/31/22
Elizabeth Fast
Area: CAB
Advisor: Steve Engel
Dissertation: Limits of Adaptation in the Vergence System
PhD Awarded: 5/31/22
Mari Gades
Area: CAB
Advisors: Andrew Oxenham, Dorothy Hatsukami
Dissertation: The Abuse Potential and Appeal of Electronic Cigarettes for Adult Cigarette Smokers
PhD Awarded: 5/31/22
Stephanie Zellers
Area: PIB
Advisor: Scott Vrieze
Dissertation: Impacts of Recreational Cannabis Legalization: Substance Use Development, Pre-Existing Vulnerability, and Psychosocial Outcomes
PhD Awarded: 5/31/22