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Psychology Graduate Students

Allison Keiko Allen

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- alkallen@ucsc.edu
Website
- Research Gate profile
- Google Scholar
Office Location
- Merrill College Academic Building, Room 6
Office Hours Mondays 1:30-3:30 pm and by appt

Valeria Jacqueline Alonso Blanco

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- valonsob@ucsc.edu
Website
- Migration, Identity, and Education Lab (MIEL)
- Personal Website
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 305

Anna Baker‑Olson

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- abakerol@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 103

Logan Lettieri Barsigian

Pronouns they/them
Title
- PhD Candidate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- lbarsigi@ucsc.edu
Website
- Research Gate
- LinkedIn
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201

Samantha Basch

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- sabasch@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 203

Charles Paul Baxley

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- cbaxley@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 202

Dana‑Lis Bittner

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- dbittner@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206
Office Hours Wednesdays, 10 AM - 11 AM; email to request zoom link

Nathan Caines

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- ncaines@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 202

Claudia Lorena Castaneda

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
831-459-1042
Email
- clcastan@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 103

Daisy Raquel Cervera

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- dcervera@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 203

Jada Cheek

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- jcheek@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206

Daniel Copulsky

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- dcopulsk@ucsc.edu
Website
- ResearchGate Profile
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206

Monique Crouse

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- mcrouse@ucsc.edu
Website
- Linkedin
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 145

Moira Nicole Davis

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- mondavis@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 203

Roxy Davis

Title
- PhD Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
831-459-4513
Email
- rsteets@ucsc.edu
- roxywdavis@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 380

Andrew Ronald Dayton

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
831-459-1042
Email
- adayton@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 103

Wei Dou

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- wdou@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 103

Elise Lauren Duffau

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- eduffau@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 103

Dennis Alexio Estrada

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- dealestr@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 103

Matt Evans

Title
- PhD Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
831-459-4513
Email
- magievan@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, SS2 380
Office Hours By appointment

Craig Fellers

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- cfellers@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 202

Aiswarya Gangadhar

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- aigangad@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 103

David Leon Gordon

Pronouns he/him
Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- dalegord@ucsc.edu

Isabelle Caroline Gross

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- igross@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 203

Brenda Celina Gutierrez

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- brcgutie@ucsc.edu
- brendacelina15@gmail.com
Website
- ResearchGate
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201

Andrew Joseph Guydish

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
831-459-4755
Email
- aguydish@ucsc.edu
Website
- https://guydish.sites.ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 445
Office Hours Wednesday 11:15AM-12:15PM (Virtual - Email for Link)

Veronica Marie Hamilton

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- vhamilto@ucsc.edu
Website
- Veronica's Website
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, At the picket line

Emily Anne Hentschke

Title
- Social Psychology Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- ehentsch@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 102
Office Hours Wednesdays 10:00am-11:45 am and by appointment

Benjamin Paul Hughes

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- bephughe@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206

Sam Hughes

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
(831) 459-2002 (This is the Psychology Department Phone number; Please contact me via email)
Email
- sadhughe@ucsc.edu
Website
- Researchgate Profile
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 206
Office Hours Winter 2023 Office Hours: Mondays, 3:45-4:45pm, Social Sciences 2, Room 206 (Exception: In Weeks 2, 5, and 9, office hours will be mondays from 7:15-8:15pm.)

Zak Keith

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- zakeith@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 203

Lauren Knox

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- laknox@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 203

Gloriana Lopez

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- gllopez@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 203

Miguel Anjel Lopezzi

Title
- PhD Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
831-226-6707
Email
- mlope128@ucsc.edu
- mlopezzi@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 305

Alix Emily MacDonald

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- aemacdon@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 380
Office Hours Monday 3-4:30pm; sign up here! https://zcal.co/i/cfSj6n-V or by appointment

Ghazaleh Mahzouni

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- gmahzoun@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 145
Office Hours M 11:30am- 12:30pm (Spring 2023)

Margie Martinez

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- mmart204@ucsc.edu
- mgsmartinez@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 203

Sam McHugh

Title
- Graduate Student
- Developmental Psychology
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- srmchugh@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201

Jade Kassidy Moore

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- jakmoore@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 305

Audrey Morrow

Title
- PhD Student; Teaching Assistant
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- aumorrow@ucsc.edu
Website
- Samaha Lab
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 202

Karinna Nazario

Pronouns she/her
Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
000-000-0000
Email
- knazario@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 203

Jexy An Nepangue

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- jnepangu@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 445

Allison Nguyen

Title
- PhD Candidate (Cognitive Psychology)
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- anguy194@ucsc.edu
Website
- Fox Tree Lab
- Personal Website
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 445
Office Hours Fall 2021: zoom (please email)

Mercedes Taylor Oliva

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- mtoliva@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206

Vanessa Yadira Oviedo

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- voviedo@ucsc.edu
Website
- Personal Website
- Spontaneous Communication Lab
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 445

Edward C Pashkov

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
Website
- Personal Website
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 301
Office Hours By appointment (Link: shorturl.at/bhjuE)

Daniel Jefferson Pfaff

Pronouns he/him
Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- dpfaff@ucsc.edu
Website
- LinkedIn
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 117

Ryan James Pili

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- rpili@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 103

April Pilipenko

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- apilipen@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206

Melanie Ruth Prieto

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- merpriet@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 445

Katherine Nicole Quinteros

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- knquinte@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 305

Jajaira Lira Reynaga

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- jlreynag@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 145

Daniel Alberto Rodriguez Ramirez

Title
- Doctoral Candidate in Social Psychology
- Designated Emphasis in Latin American and Latino Studies
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- drodri37@ucsc.edu
Website
- Linkedin
- Researchgate
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Rm 380
Office Hours By appointment

Lorena Patricia Rosales

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- lprosale@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 301

Desiree Anne Ryan

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- daryan@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Rm 103
Office Hours (Winter 2023) (Zoom) Tues.,3pm - 4pm; Zoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/94437167061?pwd=MG15Z1dkQ3RzWitKL2xYdUlqMHc2Zz09#success

Luz Iliana Salazar

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- luisalaz@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 103

Annie Schwartzstein

Pronouns she/her
Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- anloschw@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201

Tess Avril Shirefley

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- thaifley@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 202

Gabriela Maria Sierra

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- gmsierra@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201

Melina Rae Singh

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- mrsingh@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 145

Golnoosh Soroor

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- gsoroor@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 145

Andrew Gary Takimoto

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- atakimot@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201

Vera M Umansky

Pronouns they/them
Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- vumansky@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201

Sylvane Vaccarino‑Ruiz

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Phone
(831) 459-1241
Email
- svaccari@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 201
Office Hours (Fall 2022) Wednesday 1:00- 2:00 pm, or by appointment; Social Sciences 2 Rm 201

Ibette Valle

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- ibvalle@ucsc.edu
Website
- The Culture & Achievement Collaborative
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 203
Office Hours (Fall 2022) Mon., 1:00pm-2:00pm or by appointment on Zoom; Social Sciences 2 Rm 203

Michael E Vallerga

Title
- PhD Candidate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- mvallerg@ucsc.edu
Website
- My Linked-In Site
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 201

Carrie Ann Watson

Title
- Graduate
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- cwatson3@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206

Yaqi Xu

Title
- Graduate Student
Department
- Psychology Department
Email
- yxu293@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 202