Janan is a third-year PhD candidate in Clinical Science at the University of Michigan. She received a B.A. in Psychology and Film Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is interested in using ecological momentary assessment methods to study the dynamic and idiographic nature of impulsivity and emotion regulation and how they relate to internalizing-externalizing psychopathology.
Sienna Nielsen
Sienna is a Clinical Science PhD candidate at the University of Michigan. She earned her B.A. in psychology from Harvard University with an interdisciplinary certificate in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. She then worked as a research coordinator at McLean Hospital before starting her PhD, first at the University of Pittsburgh before transferring with her lab to the University of Michigan in 2023. She is interested in processes for maintaining a cohesive identity despite changing social environments. Her research projects and clinical practice are oriented around development and maintenance of a stable self-concept.
Kallisse Dent
Kallisse is a third-year PhD candidate in Clinical Science. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience and M.P.H. in Global Health Epidemiology from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on mental health and suicide among older adults, with a specific interest in the role of chronic health conditions in suicide risk.
Violet Zhou
Violet is a second-year graduate student in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience. She earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Educational Psychology. Her research interest is to use neurocomputational modeling to understand neurodegeneration and cognitive aging.
Blake Glatley
Blake received his B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Anthropology and Sociology, from Denison University. He is currently a third-year student in the Combined Program in Education and Psychology (CPEP). He studies how youths’ peer relationships develop throughout the K-12 years and how these relationships relate to their academic experiences.
Rupsha Panda
Rupsha received her B.S. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz. After graduation, she worked in the tech industry as a User Experience Researcher for three years. Rupsha is currently a PhD Candidate in the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area within the Psychology department and is interested in how cognition plays a role in motor skill learning and what brain networks are involved/evolve over the course of learning. Rupsha’s journey through school and work would not have been possible without the help of all of the mentors along the way, and she is excited to be a part of a group that cultivates meaningful and practical professional relationships for both undergraduate and graduate students
