Lab Alumni
Rawya Al Jabari, B.A.
Undergraduate Student
Summer 2008 - Spring 2010. Rawya graduated in Spring 2009 with a Dean's Award for Excellence and volunteerined in our laboratory after graduating. She will be attending graduate school in Clinical Psychology to work with both young children and adults with mental health issues. |
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Melinda Archacki, B.A.
Undergraduate Student
Summer 2008 - Summer 2010.
Melinda transferred from Collin College where she graduated with her Associates of Art, Magna Cum Laude. She graduated with a double major in Child Learning and Development as well as Psychology. She is also earning her Teaching Certificate for grades 4-8. A mother of two college-age girls, Melinda's experience with children also includes eleven years of teaching typical and exceptional children. She has also volunteered extensively as a coach, with the Girl Scouts, with the Children's Program through the PTA, and with Angel League. She will pursue graduate studies in Clinical or Developmental Psychology. |
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Samantha Arrington, B.A.
Undergraduate Student
Fall 2008 - Fall 2009. Samantha graduated with a double major in Psychology and Child Learning and Development. She enjoys working with children and intends to integrate them into her long-term career goals. She hopes to go on to graduate school in Clinical Psychology after graduation. |
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Dewayne Bettag, M.A.
Graduate student in Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders
Spring 2008. Dewayne graduated from UTD Magna Cum Laude with the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence in Psychology. He has worked with typical and special needs children for over seven years in private and public settings in the U.S., Switzerland, and France. He is currently enrolled in a doctoral program. |
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Megan Bills, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Spring 2007 - Fall 2007. Megan graduated in December and is attending a Masters program in counseling psychology. Her senior thesis examined question-asking in preschoolers. |
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Emily Corenblith
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2010 - Summer 2010. Emily majored in psychology and child development. Emily intends to pursue a masters and Ph.D. in psychology and eventually conduct research of her own. |
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Annette Davila, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Fall 2005 - Spring 2007. Annette, from Corpus Cristi, was one of the founding members of the Think Lab and did her senior thesis with the lab: "Preschoolers Use Different Levels of Punishment to Rate the Severity of Lies and True Statements." After graduation, she completed an MBA program. |
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Stephanie Drury, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Spring 2006. Graduated in Fall 2006 and pursued a M.A. |
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Charee Fontenette, B.S.
Graduate Student in the Masters Program for Psychological Science
Fall 2009. Charee earned a bachelors of science degree in Psychology with a minor in Performing Arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in December 2007. During her undergraduate career as a McNair scholar, she conducted a research study on "Race and Gender Differences in Interpersonal Relationships." During her career in the Masters program she hopes to gain experience in cognitive research and eventually pursue a Ph.D. |
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Urvashi Gandhi, M.A.
Graduate student in Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders
Fall 2006 - Fall 2007. Urvashi recently moved to Texas from Mumbai, India where she got her B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Mumbai. Urvashi aspires to be a clinical psychologist working towards the rehabilitation of disabled children. |
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Fernando Garcia
Undergraduate Student
Summer 2010 - Fall 2010. Fernando is a senior double majoring in psychology and child learning development. He is also working on his teacher certification for EC-6. He has three younger brothers and stays very involved with each of them. He has worked as a tutor and mentor with CISDR (Communities in Schools Dallas Region) and currently works as a tutor for AVID where he works with 9th and 10th graders. After graduating, Fernando hopes to become an elementary school math teacher and plans on going to graduate school to study either Developmental Psychology or Educational Psychology. |
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Jean Jacob
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2011. Jean is majoring in Neuroscience. She is the oldest out of four girls and one of thirty seven cousins in her family so she has had plenty of experience growing up with them as well as taking care of the little ones. She is currently a Sunday school teacher and the Youth Director at her church. She hopes to attend medical school after graduating to become a missionary doctor. |
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Derek Junek, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008. Derek graduated with his degree in psychology and is currently in law school (2010). |
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Amber Karnuth, B.A.
Undergraduate Student
Summer 2008. Amber is a Psychology Major. She plans to apply to graduate school, where she hopes to study counseling or clinical psychology. |
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Alaa Khalil
Undergraduate Student
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010. Alaa is a senior majoring in Child Learning and Development. She loves working with children and helping them out during their learning process. She will be working on her teacher's certificate in the fall. |
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Clarissa Lushaj
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2009 - Fall 2009. Clarissa is a senior double majoring in Psychology and Child Development. She has a large family and has many experiences interacting, teaching, and raising children of all ages. She finds working with children rewarding and has plans to incorporate these interactions in her future career plans. Clarissa will pursue graduate school as a Clinical Psychologist specializing in marriage and family counseling. |
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Tonya McIntosh, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Summer 2007. Tonya graduated with a major in Child Learning and Development and Psychology and Speech Language Pathology. She is now attending UTD in the Doctoral program for Audiology. |
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Alexis McKechnie, B.A., M.A.
Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders
Fall 2005 - December 2006. Alexis was another founding member of the Think Lab. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Simon Fraser University and her Master's Degree in Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders at UTD. She is now in Toronto pursuing speech pathology training (2010). |
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Caroline Mejias, B.A.
Undergraduate Student
Summer 2007 - Summer 2008. Caroline begin her undergraduate education at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College in Fine Arts and graduated in 2008 with both school and university honors. She wrote a senior thesis examining the relationship between self-theories of intelligence, confidence, and trait hope and their effects on resiliency. In 2009 she began work as a researcher with Dr. Margaret Owen at UTD. |
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Ashley Minor, B.A.
Undergraduate Student
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011. Ashley graduated with a double major in Psychology and Child Learning and Development. After graduating, her first new adventure is working for Teach for America. |
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Rosa Montelongo, B.A.
Undergraduate Student
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010. Rosa graduated in 2010 with her bachelor's degree in Psychology. She is the eldest of her two brothers and sister, and her experience working with children comes from growing up with a large family and relatives. Her activies, aside from classes, include reading, swimming, and staying involved in academic and service oriented organizations. She hopes to continue her education in graduate school studying Counseling Psychology.
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Erik Myrah, B.S., B.A.
Graduate Student
Fall 2010 - Summer 2011. Erik recently graduated from UTD with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.A. in Psychology. He is now working towards earning two Master's degrees concurrently: a M.S. in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering. Once he has earned these two degrees, Erik plans on applying to Ph.D. programs either in Neuroscience and/or Bioengineering. |
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Spencer Nix, M.A.
Graduate Student in Psychological Sciences
Fall 2008. Spencer earned his bachelor's of science degree from Texas A&M University and is currently a master's student in Psychological Science. Upon graduation he has plans to continue his education as a doctoral candidate.
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Erin Poe, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Spring 2006 - Fall 2006. Erin graduated in 2006 and will be applying to graduate school in psychology in the future. |
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Traci Sandoval, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Spring 2007 - Fall 2007. Traci graduated with her major in Psychology after completing her senior thesis in the Fall of 2007, looking at the relationship between mindfulness and appreciation of beauty. Traci is currently a lab manager in a research lab (2010).
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Chantal Sethi
Undergraduate Student
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011. Chantal is a junior double majoring in psychology and child development. She loves children and has had a lot of experience working with them including babysitting and student teaching. She plans on pursuing a Ph.D. in child psychology and eventually opening her own practice. |
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Belinda Smith, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Summer 2007 - Spring 2008. Belinda graduated with her major in Psychology and is attending graduate school in Organizational Psychology. |
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Michelle Speed, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007. Michelle moved to Oregon to pursue further education in Forensic Psychology. She then moved back to Texas to pursue education in library science. |
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Steven Beau Trimble, B.A.
Undergraduate student
Spring 2008. Steven was a Business and Psychology double major. Steven plans to apply to graduate school in Social Psychology, focusing studies on social influence, interpersonal relations, and group behavior.
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