Alumni
Welcome Alumni
If you are an alum of the Loyola University Chicago Department of Psychology (either undergraduate or graduate student) please join our department groups on LinkedIn and Facebook so that we can both keep up to date with what is happening.
Graduate Program Alumni
Applied Social Psychology
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Name
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Degree
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Year
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Current Place of Employment
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Contact
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Amanda Dykema-Engblade
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PhD
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2005
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Northeastern Illinois University
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Northeastern Illinois U. |
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Hilary Slover
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MA
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2011
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Social Science Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Jennifer Smith
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PhD
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2012
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Director of Research, Mather Lifeways
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Amy Kerr
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PhD
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2013
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Senior Evaluatorm Professional Data Analysts, Inc.
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Dana Wagner
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PhD
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2013
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Research Scientist, Rescue Social Change Group
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Patrick Harrison
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PhD
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2014
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Full time instructor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Bella Etingen
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PhD
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2015
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Research Director, Hines VA Hospital
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Mallory Grembowski
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MA
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2015
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Market Research Associate, GFK
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Rachael Martinez
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PhD
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2015
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Research Director, Hines VA Hospital
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Kala Melchiori
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PhD
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2015
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University
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Erika Price
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PhD
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2015
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Senior Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago
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PhD
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2015
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Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago
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Mary Beth Talbot
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PhD
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2015
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Science and Math Education, Loyola University Chicago
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Web |
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Joseph Bihary
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PhD
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2016
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Senior Research and Strategy Analyst, Loyola University Chicago
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Katharina Castandeda
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PhD
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2016
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Senior Analyst of Strategic Research, Halverson Group
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Christine Poindexter-Harris
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PhD
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2016
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Senior Research Analyst, TCS Education Systems
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Swati Srivastava
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PhD
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2016
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Research Analyst, Willis Towers Watson
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Amanda Egan
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PhD
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2017
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Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Science, Marian University Indianapolis.
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PhD
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2018
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Research & Implementation Support Specialist, Cook County Health & Hospital System
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| PhD |
2018
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Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAAA Alcohol Research Center Training Program, Unviersity of Connecticut Health Center | ||
| PhD |
2018
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Assistant Professor, Chicago State University | ||
| PhD |
2018
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Assessment Specialist, Indeed | ||
| Darien Farrel | MA |
2018
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Market Research in the Film/TV Music Licensing Department, Universal Music Group | |
| Michelle Adzido | MA |
2018
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Research Associate, Advocates for Human Potential | |
| Lindsey Macella | MA |
2019
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Research Associate, Comhar Partners | |
| Joshua McMahan | MA |
2019
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Market Research Project Coordinator, Numerator |
Clinical Psychology Program
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Name
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Degree
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Year
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Current Place of Employment
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Contact
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Nicole Arola
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PhD
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2016
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Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
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Catherine Lee
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PhD
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2016
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Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University Health System
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Cynthia Pierre
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PhD
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2016
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Clinical Psychologist, Rush University Medical Center
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PhD
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2016
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Christina Ross Holbein
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PhD
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2016
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Arie Zakaryan
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PhD
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2016
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Pediatric Psychologist, Phoenix Children's Hospital
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PhD
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2017
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford Children's Health
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PhD
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2017
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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PhD
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2017
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Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
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PhD
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2017
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Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Seattle Children's Hospital
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PhD
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2018
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Project Heal Trauma, Los Angeles, CA
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PhD
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2018
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, Seattle, WA
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PhD
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2018
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Shriners Hospitals for Children—Chicago, Clinical Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chicago, IL
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PhD
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2018
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical Center/Boston Children’s Hospital, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH), Division of Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA
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PhD
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2018
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Neurology Resident, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Aurora, CO
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PhD
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2018
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Diabetes Fellowship Program, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, IL
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PhD
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2018
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Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, The University of Southern California University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (USC UCEDD), Los Angeles, CA
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| Carolyn Bates |
PhD
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2019
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Psychology Postdoctoral Resident, Children’s Mercy and Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
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Researchgate, LinkedIn |
| Katherine Dorociak | PhD | 2019 |
Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
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Researchgate |
| Jenna Shapiro | PhD | 2019 | Diabetes Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, JDRF National Diabetes Psychology Fellowship, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL | Researchgate, LinkedIn |
| Suzanna So | PhD | 2019 | Child and Family Community Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, USC UCEDD/ Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | Researchgate |
| Stephanie Torres | PhD | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Childhood Resilience, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL | Researchgate, LinkedIn |
| Evan Zahniser | PhD | 2019 | Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency Program, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, American Lake Division, Tacoma, WA | Researchgate |
Developmental Psychology Program
| Name | Degree | Year | Current Place of Employment | Contact |
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| Erin Wilkerson Jant | PhD | 2011 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University | |
| Trisha Karr | PhD | 2011 |
Assistant Professor, Winona State University
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| Kelly Haas Bradley | PhD | 2013 | Senior Research and Assessment Associate, McHenry County Community College | |
| Maria Guzman | PhD | 2013 | Program Evaluation Specialist, YMCA of the USA | |
| Vanessa Raschke Rainey | PhD | 2013 | Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of West Florida | Web Researchgate LinkedIn |
| Nancy Miller Wyss | PhD | 2013 | Assistant Professor, City Colleges of Chicago | Researchgate |
| Sandra Vanegas | PhD | 2013 |
Tenure Track faculty member, Texas State
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| Laura Stockdale | PhD | 2014 | Research Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University | Researchgate |
| Valerie Flores-Lamb | PhD | 2015 | Psychology Lecturer in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University | |
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Kathryn O’Toole
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PhD
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2015 | Visiting Assistant Professor, North Park University | |
| Maria Marcus | PhD | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University | Website |
| Lizzie Hilvert | PhD | 2018 | T32 post-doctoral training program in intellectual and developmental disabilities at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison | Researchgate |
| Amy Governale | PhD | 2018 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at NorthPark University | Researchgate |
