Lab Members

Erin Maresh

Lab Alumni

Former Graduate Student

Self-focused thought allows us to reflect on our past, predict our future, and create a sense of having a stable, cohesive identity. At the same time, experiencing excessive self-focused thought...

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Joey Meyer

Statistics Consultant

My primary research interests include dynamic systems and time series analysis, as well as quantitatively analyzing communication and social cognition, including empathy, psycholinguistics, and...

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Nauder Namaky

Graduate Student

I am interested in the cognitive and neural profile underlying the onset and maintenance of symptoms related to mood and anxiety disorders, specifically the cognitive and neural profiles involved...

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Meg Reuland

Lab Alumni

Former Graduate Student

I conduct interventions for child and adolescent psychopathology that address the contexts in which development occurs. In one line of research, I studied the relationship between classroom...

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Jena Saporito

Lab Alumni

Former Graduate Student

My interests lie in the role of stigma in affecting individuals’ attitudes toward and likelihood of seeking mental health treatment.  While at UVA, I was involved in two primary studies.  The first...

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Gus Sjobeck

Statistics Consultant

My research interests are all related to dynamic systems in psychology. More specifically, I am interested in quantifying symmetry in dyadic time series and flexibility in responses for Ecological...

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Shannan Smith-Janik

Lab Alumni

Former Graduate Student

Interests: Anxiety and mood disorders, trauma, education and training in psychology, professional issues, supervision

Currently the Assistant Director, Training at the Center for Counseling and...

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Fred Smyth

Former Research Assistant Professor for the PACT Lab

My work in the PACT lab involved web-based study design, especially for implicit cognition measures, and advanced data analyses.  My research has focused on implicit cognition that promotes—or...

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