Hannah Evans is a graduate student in the Developmental Psychology program. She received her B.S. in Psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2022. Upon graduation, she continued her research career at UNC as a lab manager in Michael Hallquist’s lab, exploring how internal state and external social cues alter the neurobiological mechanisms that guide decision-making. Her…
Yanrong Chen is a graduate student in the Developmental Psychology program. She is broadly interested in how social experiences shape adolescent brain development and behavior. Yanrong received her B.S. degrees in Nursing and Psychology from Peking University, China in 2020. During her master’s study at South China Normal University, under the mentorship of Dr. Wei…
Elizabeth Escalante is a graduate student in the Developmental Psychology program. She received her B.S. in Cognitive and Brain Science from Tufts University in 2021. Following graduation, she worked as a research assistant for Dr. Nadine Gaab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, looking into the development of reading and math difficulties. In graduate…
Lance was a Project Coordinator at the Winston Center from summer 2024 to Spring 2026. He is currently a student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of New Mexico.
Lexi was a Project Coordinator at the Winston Center from summer 2024 to Summer 2026. She is currently pursuing a Developmental Science PhD at Virginia Tech.
Sarah was a Project Coordinator at The Winston Center from winter 2024 to summer 2026. She is currently a Clinical Psychology PhD student at the University of Toledo.
Steven Martinez is a postdoctoral research associate in the Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Temple University under the mentorship of Dr. Jason Chein and Dr. Deepu Murty. His research applies decision neuroscience frameworks to model digital media habits, with a recent focus on social media scrolling…
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…