Lab Alumni:
Next steps are listed for former lab members — if you have an update to your listing, please reach out! 🙂
Former Graduate Students
Lyne̩ Herrera, Ph.D. РResearch Analyst at VF Corporation
Former Undergraduate Students
Alex Boisvert (2018)
Mak Dempsey (2021-2022)
Brynn Dominice (2017)
Madison Eitniear (2017-2019) – Honors Thesis student & Shaklee Trowill Award winner for outstanding DU undergrad psychology thesis; now Registered Behavior Technician at Emerge Professionals in Autism, Behavior & Personal Growth
Betanya Esayas (2025-2026)
Claire Fox (2025-2026)
Avery Gholston (2018-2020) – Professional Science Master’s program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Denver
Elle Haines (2024-2025)
Bailey Harris (2017-2020) – Honors Thesis student & Trowill Award winner for meritorious work in psychology; now PhD student in Cognitive Psychology at UCLA
Chad Kashiwa (2020-2022) – MSc program in Music, Mind & Brain at King’s College London
Maddie Leake (2020-2023) – Honors Thesis student, Research Assistant at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, now MD student at UMass Chan Medical School
Shahked Levin (2025-2026) – Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado-Denver
Megan Lucyshyn (2022-2025) – MS in Physician Assistant Practice, Rosalind Franklin University
Amanda McKellips (2025-2026)
Romel Minassie (2020-2022) – Systems Engineer at Oracle
Audrey Ng (2021-2024) – Trowill Award winner for meritorious work in psychology
Haley Paez (2019-2020)
Natalie Platt (2019)
Natalie Shaffer (2018-2019)
Chase Spurbeck (2022-2024) – Honors Thesis student, now Professional Research Assistant at University of Colorado-Boulder
Addison Thomas (2018-2019)
Kyle Thurmann (2020-2022) — MS in Biomedical Sciences at Rocky Vista University, now MD student at Creighton University School of Medicine
Cory Vandenberg (2017-2020) – MA in International Security, Korbel School, University of Denver
Sasha Wintner (2025-2026) – MS in Kinesiology, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Former Lab Managers & Postbac Research Assistants
Sloan Ferron (2019-2021) – Clinical Research Coordinator at Philadelphia VA/University of Pennsylvania, now MS program in Counseling Psychology at Jefferson University
Naomi Sellers (2020-2021) – PhD student in Psychology (Language & Cognition) at University of Connecticut
Kevin Summers (2018-2019) – PhD student in Social Psychology at University of Denver