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…
Destinee Ramos (she/her) is a Project Coordinator at the Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development. Originally from Wisconsin, she graduated from Harvard College in May 2026 with a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology and a language citation in Spanish. Destinee is interested in the effects of social media on child and adolescent brain development,…
Jack Nunn (he/him) is a Project Coordinator at the Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo in 2025 with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Child Development. His research interests include adolescent relationships, romance and sexuality, and the influence of technology and…
Lily Mae Cochell is a Project Coordinator in the Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development. She graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2026 with B.A.s in Psychology and Medicine, Health, and Society, as well as a minor in Neuroscience. Her research interests broadly center on the influence of psychosocial factors, including early-life adversity, family environment,…
Caitlin Dineen (she/her) is a Project Coordinator at the Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May 2026 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Business Economics. Caitlin is broadly interested in how social media influences child and adolescent peer relationships, with a particular…
Juliann Spara (she/her) is a Project Coordinator at the Winston Center. She graduated from Saint Joseph’s University with a B.S. in Psychology and minor in Health Care Ethics. Broadly, Juliann is interested in mind-body pathways and the role our digital environment plays in neurodevelopment. She plans to continue this line of research through graduate study…
William Malone (he/him/his) is a Project Coordinator in the DSN Lab and funded on projects in the Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Fall 2025 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Japanese. His research interests revolve around social media…
Maddie Valentino (she/her) is a lab manager for the Social Environments & Adolescence Lab and a project coordinator in the Winston Center. In May 2025, she graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a B.S. in Psychology and a Certificate in Social Work & Social Welfare. Maddie is interested in how technology and media…
James “Jim” Winston, Jr., Ph.D, is a psychologist and philanthropic leader, with more than 30 years of experience treating and studying addiction. A single father of two teenage sons, Winston brings both a professional and deeply personal perspective to his work on adolescent mental health and the deleterious effects of excessive digital technology exposure and…
Laura Claire (LC) Walker (she/her) is a Project Coordinator for the North Carolina Phones and Tech in Schools Study (NCPTS). She graduated from Temple University in 2025 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in digital media technologies. LC is broadly interested in the application and ethical implications of technology in psychological research. She…