Assistant Professor, UNC School of Education

Dr. Calhoun is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the UNC School of Education, where he serves as core faculty for the School Psychology doctoral training program. Broadly, Dr. Calhoun’s research examines the neurobiology and subjective experience of stress reactions, incorporating various methodologies (EEG, psychophysiology, neuroendocrine) to establish stress response profiles connected with increased…

Jack David

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…

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Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Dr. Karl Johnson serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Additionally Dr. Johnson currently works as a Behavioral Health Integration Specialist for the Granville Vance Public Health (GVPH) department, located in Granville and Vance Counties. In this role, Karl works…

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Jacqueline is an assistant professor at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her B.A. in psychology from Harvard University. Jackie’s research integrates interpersonal models of developmental psychopathology, peer and romantic relationships, and mass media and communications theories to examine the role of social…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Jolien is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She studies early adolescents’ development in a digitalized society that is dominated by normative ideals. Through a multidisciplinary approach, cognitive processes and individual difference factors underlying the effects of media use on well-being and self-image…

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Jessica is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from Florida International University in 2021. Jessica studies individual differences in affective and incentive processing neurocognitive mechanisms during critical developmental periods and among certain at-risk populations. She aims…

Fatimah Jangana

Winston National Center Manager

Fatimah is manager of the Winston National Center. She graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology and sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2022. Fatimah is interested in understanding how factors such as technology affect the psychological, emotional and mental wellbeing of individuals. She plans on pursuing a master of social work…