Annette Kim (she/her) is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is co-mentored by Drs. Kaitlyn Burnell and Anne Maheux. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from New York University, with minors in Sociology and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies. Annette’s research…
Sarah is a graduate student in the Developmental Psychology program. She received her B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience at the University of Maryland. Following graduation, she worked as a Project Coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh Families, Emotions, Neuroscience, and Development (FEND) lab, developing and testing a novel fMRI task. Sarah’s research…
Jack Besser (he/him) is a first-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program working with Dr. Mitch Prinstein. Jack’s primary research interest is in the impact of social media on adolescents’ development, particularly in regards to boys’ engagement with masculinity influencers (the manosphere). He received his B.A. in Anthropology (Global Health) and Spanish in 2020…
Peter Baxter (he/him) is a first-year graduate student in the Clinical and Quantitative Psychology programs working with Drs. Mitch Prinstein and Zachary Fisher. After receiving his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, Peter worked as a college counselor, where he helped high school students and their families navigate the college application…
Jack is a graduate student in the Developmental Psychology program. He received his BS.c. in Psychology from the University of Jos, Nigeria, in 2019. Following graduation, he worked as a research assistant with the Culture and Mental Health Research Group, supervised by Dr. Dung Jidong at Nottingham Trent University. His research aims to explore social…
Maria is a graduate student in the developmental psychology program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her B.S. in neuroscience and education from Bates College in 2018. Following graduation, she worked as a research assistant and imaging coordinator with Dr. BJ Casey at Yale University. Her research aims to explore the…
Shedrick is a graduate student in the developmental psychology program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his B.S. in psychology and neuroscience with an area of emphasis in behavioral neuroscience from West Virginia University in 2021. As an undergrad, he also worked as a summer research assistant at the University of…
Kara is a clinical psychology student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and visual and media studies from Duke University in 2018. After Duke, she was a clinical research assistant under Dr. Anthony Spirito and Dr. Elizabeth Thompson at Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where…