Alumni
Welcome Alumni
If you are an alum of the °µÍø½ûÇøChicago Department of Psychology (either undergraduate or graduate student) please join our department groups on and so that we can both keep up to date with what is happening.
Please e-mail Adrienne Bohl at abohl@luc.edu if you would like to be added to this page.
Graduate Program Alumni
Applied Social Psychology
| Name | Degree | Year | Current Place of Employment | Contact |
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| Amanda Dykema-Engblade | PhD | 2005 | Northeastern Illinois University | . |
| Hilary Slover | MA | 2011 | Social Science Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
| Jennifer Smith | PhD | 2012 | AVP and Director, Mather Institute | |
| Amy Kerr | PhD | 2013 | Senior Evaluatorm Professional Data Analysts, Inc. | |
| Dana Wagner | PhD | 2013 | Research Scientist, Rescue Social Change Group | |
| Patrick Harrison | PhD | 2014 | Full time instructor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | |
| Bella Etingen | PhD | 2015 | Research Director, Hines VA Hospital | |
| Mallory Grembowski | MA | 2015 | Market Research Associate, GFK | |
| Rachael Martinez | PhD | 2015 | Research Director, Hines VA Hospital | |
| Kala Melchiori | PhD | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University | |
| Erika Price | PhD | 2015 | Senior Lecturer, °µÍø½ûÇøChicago | |
| Lisa Sandberg | PhD | 2015 | Lecturer, °µÍø½ûÇøChicago | Web |
| Mary Beth Talbot | PhD | 2015 | Research Assistant Professor, Center for Science and Math Education, °µÍø½ûÇøChicago | |
| Joseph Bihary | PhD | 2016 | Data Scientist, Aluet Federal | |
| Katharina Castandeda | PhD | 2016 | Senior Analyst of Strategic Research, Halverson Group | |
| Christine Poindexter-Harris | PhD | 2016 | Senior Research Analyst, TCS Education Systems | |
| Swati Srivastava | PhD | 2016 | Research Analyst, Willis Towers Watson | |
| Amanda Egan | PhD | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Science, Marian University Indianapolis. | |
| Natalie Hallinger | PhD | 2018 | Research & Implementation Support Specialist, Cook County Health & Hospital System | |
| Hannah Hamilton | PhD | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAAA Alcohol Research Center Training Program, University of Connecticut Health Center | |
| Rayne Bozeman | PhD | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Chicago State University | |
| Chase Wilson | PhD | 2018 | Assessment Specialist, Indeed | |
| Darien Farrel | MA | 2018 | Market Research in the Film/TV Music Licensing Department, Universal Music Group | |
| Michelle Adzido | MA | 2018 | Research Associate, Advocates for Human Potential | |
| Lindsey Macella | MA | 2019 | Research Associate, Comhar Partners | |
| Joshua McMahan | MA | 2019 | Market Research Project Coordinator, Numerator | |
| Ajla Basic | PhD | 2023 | Project Manager, Mather Institute |
Clinical Psychology Program
| Name | Degree | Year | Current Place of Employment | Contact |
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| Nicole Arola | PhD | 2016 | Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota School of Medicine | |
| Catherine Lee | PhD | 2016 | Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University Health System | |
| Cynthia Pierre | PhD | 2016 | Clinical Psychologist, Rush University Medical Center | |
| Alexandra Psihogios | PhD | 2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | |
| Christina Ross Holbein | PhD | 2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | |
| Arie Zakaryan | PhD | 2016 | Pediatric Psychologist, Phoenix Children's Hospital | |
| Kimberly Burdette | PhD | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford Children's Health | |
| Anne Fuller | PhD | 2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center | |
| Alexandra Kirsch | PhD | 2017 | Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN | |
| Caitlin Murray | PhD | 2017 | Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Seattle Children's Hospital | |
| Emma-Lorraine Bart-Plange | PhD | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Project Heal Trauma, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Stephanie Brewer | PhD | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, Seattle, WA | |
| Kyle Deane | PhD | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Shriners Hospitals for Children—Chicago, Clinical Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chicago, IL | |
| Grace Jhe | PhD | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical Center/Boston Children’s Hospital, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH), Division of Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA | |
| Lorri Kais | PhD | 2018 | Neurology Resident, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Aurora, CO | |
| Jaclyn Lennon Papadakis | PhD | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Diabetes Fellowship Program, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, IL | |
| Dakari Quimby | PhD | 2018 | 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 | |
| Carolyn Bates | PhD | 2019 | Psychology Postdoctoral Resident, Children’s Mercy and Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, MO | , |
| Katherine Dorociak | PhD | 2019 | Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA | |
| Jenna Shapiro | PhD | 2019 | Pediatric Psychologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | , |
| Suzanna So | PhD | 2019 | Child and Family Community Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, USC UCEDD/ Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Stephanie Torres | PhD | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Childhood Resilience, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL | , |
| 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 | |
| Colleen Bechtel Driscoll | PhD | 2020 | Pediatric Psychology Fellowship, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Emphasis in Cardiology with minor rotation in Hematology/Oncology | |
| Kelly Polnaszek | PhD | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division, Seattle, WA | |
| Amanda Burnside | PhD | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Consultation/Liaison, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL | , |
| Amy Heard Egbert | PhD | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI | |
| Dorothy McLeod Loren | PhD | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology, Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA | |
| Anna Maria Ros | PhD | 2020 | Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Children’s Health Council (CHC), Palo Alto, CA | |
| Cara DiClemente | PhD | 2021 | Adolescent DBT Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA | |
| Laura Distel | PhD | 2021 | GI Psychology Service Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA | |
| Catherine (Rice) Dusing | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Pediatric Psychology, Michigan Medicine / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | |
| Lauren Hindt | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Neuropsychology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Brynn Huguenel | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for OCD and Related Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | |
| Alexa Stern | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric/Clinical Child Psychology, Pediatric Psychology Track, Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX | |
| Carol Hundert | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO | |
| Diana Ohanian | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Michigan/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Pediatric Rehabilitation Neuropsychology | |
| Cynthia Onyeka | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in the OCD and Anxiety Clinic (with Dr. Eric Storch) | |
| Ian Kahrilas | PhD | 2021 | Data Scientist at Teladoc Health | |
| Laura Nicholson | PhD | 2021 | Postdoctoral Residency at Northshore University Health System in Pediatric Neuropsychology | |
| Nathan Lutz | PhD | 2023 | Pediatric Psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio |
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| Maya Hareli | PhD | 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | |
| Andrew Rauch | PhD | 2025 | Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern Medicine |
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 | |
| Nancy Miller Wyss | PhD | 2013 | Assistant Professor, City Colleges of Chicago | |
| Sandra Vanegas | PhD | 2013 |
Tenure Track faculty member, Texas State
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| Laura Stockdale | PhD | 2014 | Research Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University | |
| 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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2015 | Visiting Assistant Professor, North Park University | |
| Maria Marcus | PhD | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University | |
| Lizzie Hilvert | PhD | 2018 | T32 post-doctoral training program in intellectual and developmental disabilities at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison | |
| Amy Governale | PhD | 2018 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at NorthPark University | |
| Lauren Pagano | PhD | 2022 | Assistant Professor of Psychology, Dominican University | , |
| Asli Bursalioglu | PhD | 2024 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University |