M.A. Spring 2023

Naomi Meave Ojeda

  • Proposed on 1/12/2023
  • Defended on 4/6/2023
  • “Functional Connectivity Between Sensory and Salience Network Regions with Anxiety in ASD”

Ian Martindale

  • Proposed on 1/16/2023
  • “Kilo-Picture Processing: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study”

Tasmia Alam

  • Proposed on 1/20/2023
  • Defended on 4/3/2023
  • “Scaling and Identifying Clinically Significant Manifestations of Irritability in Preadolescence”

Nicolas Caravelli

  • Proposed on 1/24/2023
  • “Associations Between TikTok Facial Filter Use and Body Image Outcomes”

David White

  • Proposed on 1/25/2023
  • Defended on 5/16/2023
  • “Spontaneous Neural Oscillations in Fibromyalgia: Associations with Clinical Symptoms and Pharmacotherapy”

Nancy Moreno

  • Defended on 1/30/2023
  • “County- and Individual-Level Political Orientation Predicts Implicit Interethnic Biases”

Alisandra Macias

  • Proposed on 1/31/2023
  • Defended on 5/11/2023
  • “The Influence of Acculturation, Familísmo, and Parental Familísmo Values on Young Adult Latino Mental Health Stigma and Help-Seeking Attitudes”

Ricardo Salinas

  • Proposed on 2/28/2023
  • “Youth and Parent Satisfaction with Transdiagnostic Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety and Depression”

Shea O’Donnell

  • Proposed on 2/28/2023
  • “The Impact of Cultural Beliefs, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Sexual and Gender Identities on the Experience of Endometriosis”

Caitlyn Keeve

  • Defended on 3/9/2023
  • “Examining associations between Latinx students’ generation status and intentions to persist in college”

Katherine McCain

  • Proposed on 3/10/2023
  • Defended on 6/8/2023
  • “What Baseline Correction Interval is Optimal for ERP Data Analysis?”

Karen Thomas

  • Proposed on 3/15/2023
  • “The Effects of Choline Treatment on Memory Following Prenatal Cannabis and Nicotine Exposure”

Abigail Albertazzi

  • Defended on 3/22/2023
  • “The Relationship Between Olfactory Dysfunction and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathologies in Nondemented Older Adults: A Structural and Functional MRI Study”

Theresa Ngan Nguyen

  • Defended on 3/23/2023
  • “Internalizing and Externalizing Pathways from Polyvictimization to Adult Risky Sexual Behavior: The Roles of Timing and Gender”

Megan Spence

  • Proposed on 4/18/2023
  • “Attention to Salient Emotional and Non-Emotional Stimuli in Anxiety”

Lindsey Aguilar

  • Defendedon 4/19/2023
  • “Attention to Salient Emotional and Non-Emotional Stimuli in Anxiety”

Kalila Wash

  • Defended on 4/24/2023
  • “Can Self-Efficacy and the Types of Social Support Attenuate the Relationship Between Disease Impact and Depression Symptoms Among People with Fibromyalgia? A Multilevel Moderated Mediation Model”

Nicole Abaya

  • Defended on 4/27/2023
  • “Resting (tonic) blood pressure and sensitivity to social pain: a preliminary fMRI study”

Lisandra Dobson

  • Defended on 5/1/2023
  • “Recent and Past Influences on Implicit Associations Between American and Ethnic Identities”

Jenna Wesely

  • Defended on 5/10/2023
  • “The Influence of Prenatal THC and Nicotine Exposure Via Vapor Inhalation on Offspring Motor Coordination”

Jaclyn Hanson

  • Defended on 5/11/2023
  • “The Effects of Developmental Alcohol Exposure and Choline Supplementation on Sleep”

Emma Churchill

  • Defended on 5/15/2023
  • “A Cognitive-Motor Dual Task Paradigm in Manifest Huntington’s Disease”