Lab Alumni

Graduate Students

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Kimberly Newberry, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: Influences of reading instructions and segmentation on memory over time
Dissertation Year: 2020

Currently an Assistant Professor at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VI

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Barbara Pitts, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2018-2021

Now conducting research with the U.S. Army at Fort Leavenworth in Leavenworth, KS

Undergraduate Students

Estefani Fernandez - Patlán
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2020 - Spring 2023

Kelly Krehbiel
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2020 - Spring 2023

Ryan Dix
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

Claire Weaver
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

Kayli Potter
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

Annie Taggart
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2022

Current Occupation: Graduate student.

Nikole Kuenzi
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022

Alexa Lightner
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022

Sam Hubbell
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022

Isabella Hubbell
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022

Cheyanne Brunner
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022

Katie Hutson
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2021 - Spring 2022

Molly Hendrick
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2021 - Spring 2022

Annie Harper
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Elizabeth Ayers
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2020

Maria Apel
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Current Occupation: Personal assistant to a man with ALS for the past year while studying pre-med in Sweden.

Shaelyn Ward
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2020 - Spring 2021

Samantha Schultz
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2020 - Spring 2021

Annie Harper
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2020 - Spring 2021

Ariana Coker
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2020 - Spring 2021

Whitney Applegate
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2020 - Spring 2021

Christopher Vitols
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2020

Chase Hubler
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2019

Elijah Augustine
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2019 - Spring 2021

Current Occupation: Full time graduate student at Kansas City University.

Sydnee Pachek
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2018 - Spring 2020

Marissa Muto
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019

Jameson Brehm
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2018 - Spring 2020

Current Occupation: Starts their PhD in Clinical Psychology at UMKC in Fall 2023.

Allison Griffin
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2018 - Fall 2019

Taylor Capko
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2018 - Fall 2019

Jaydan Bruna
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2018 - Fall 2019

Nicholas Parker
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2018

Rebecca Ryan
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2018

Andrea Rhodes
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2017

Cheyanne Helms
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2017

Adam Ernst
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2017

Christina DeGraffenreid
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2017

Honor's project titled "Influence of aging stereotypes on memory"

Michael Schiferl
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2017 and Fall 2017

Current Occupation: Therapist.

Margarita Tsipas
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2017

Katelyn Waldeier
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2016 - Fall 2017

Honor's Project titled "Older adults' perceptions of hearing aids"

Current Occupation: Audiologist.

Amanda Stultz
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017

Jennica Rogers
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2016 - Spring 2018

McNair Scholar, project titled "The influence of emotional event boundaries on memory"

After graduation Jenni worked as the lab manager for one year before starting her PhD studies at the University of California, Irvine in developmental psychology.

Current Occupation: Graduate student (PhD Candidate) at the University of California, Irvine.

Leanna McClintock
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017

Spencer Ingermanson
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2016 - Spring 2017

Amanda Grant
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2016 and Fall 2016

Chelsea Buckner-Lyons
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2016 and Fall 2016

Kellye Serna
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2016

Current Occupation: Production for a multi grammy winning artist.

Bailey Aiken
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2016

Kristen McGatlin
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2015-Spring 2018

Independent project titled "Effects of environment on cognition over time"

Logan Crawford
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2015-Fall 2016

Independent project titled "Testing the relationship between fitness and cognition"
Publication received the Elizabeth A Dahl, PhD., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

Current Occupation: Associate Study Manager at a Contract Research Organization.

Ciara Olden
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2015

Trevor Keller
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2015

Andrea Boyles
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016

Austin Preis
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2015 - Spring 2017

Kaitlyn Nichols
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2015 and Fall 2015

Sean Eubanks
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015

Chase Kitterman
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015

Caleb Hallauer
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015

Current Occupation: Psychology Doctoral Intern.

Logan Baughman
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2014

Christopher Umscheid
Undergraduate Research Assistant; Spring 2014 and Fall 2014

December (Lange) Treacy
Undergraduate Research Assistant; Spring 2014

Current Occupation: Director of Undergraduate Advising at the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Business Administration.

Kianna Harris
Undergraduate Research Assistant; Spring 2014