{"id":17,"date":"2013-02-05T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T18:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychology.cos.ucf.edu\/pmil\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:32:48","slug":"undergraduate-research-assistant-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/mpact\/undergraduate-research-assistant-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate and Postbac Research Assistant Alumni from MPACT Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>(Partial List \u2013 Status reflects last update I&#8217;ve received from the individual) :<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Crystal Weiss (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2005; MSW (Social Work) from UCF in 2008; went on to work on\u00a0Ph.D. in Public Affairs, Social Work Track \u2013 UCF)<\/li>\n<li>Diana Orem (B.S. in Psychology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2005; received Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCF in August 2010; as of 2015 &#8211; working a staff Clinical Psychologist at military base in Ft. Carson, CO)<\/li>\n<li>Megan Crisp (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2006; went on to\u00a0teach students with autism at Lake Mary Elementary)<\/li>\n<li>Scott Sutterby (B.S in Psychology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2006; M.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2009)<\/li>\n<li>Cathleen Webster (B.S. in Psychology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2006)<\/li>\n<li>Casey Portner (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2007; received M.A. in Mental Health Counseling; as of 2010 \u2013 Director of a Forensic Mental Health Program in Broward County, FL)<\/li>\n<li>Micah Allen (B.S. in Psychology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2007; M.A. in Philosophy from University of Hertfordshire [United Kingdom) in 2009; received\u00a0Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from\u00a0Aarhus University [Denmark]; as of 2015 &#8211; working as neuroscientist at Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging, London)<\/li>\n<li>Brandon Woodard (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2008)<\/li>\n<li>Adam McCowan (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2008; as of 2011 \u2013 working toward a Masters in Medical Science in Physician Assisting at Nova Southeastern University)<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Rivera-Hudson (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2009; as of 2010 \u2013 working toward Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi)<\/li>\n<li>Holli Bishop (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2009; as of 2010 \u2013 working on M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University)<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Koby (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2009)<\/li>\n<li>Alona Weizman (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2010; as of 2010 \u2013 working toward a Specialist degree in School Psychology at Nova Southeastern University)<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Huston (B.S. in Psychology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Jesse Passler (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2010; 2010-2012 \u2013 Research Coordinator for the Neuroscience Institute at Florida Hospital Orlando; as of 2012: student in the Medical Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at University of Alabama-Birmingham)<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Johnston (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2011; M.S. in Forensic Psychology in 2015 from Florida Gulf Coast University; as of 12\/22\/15 &#8211; working as a staff member in the Faculty Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University).<\/li>\n<li>Ian Vann-Campbell (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2011; as of 8\/18\/11 \u2013 working as a Mental Health Technician at Circles of Care (Brevard County, FL)).<\/li>\n<li>Alix Burks (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2011; as of 9\/1\/11 \u2013 working toward Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX) \u2013 Forensic Emphasis track).<\/li>\n<li>Diana Hernandez (B.S. in Psychology as Honors student from UCF in 2011; as of 2013 &#8211; working on Physician Assistant degree from Nova Southeastern University &#8211; Orlando campus)<\/li>\n<li>Marlaine Monroig (B.S. in Psychology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2011; Mental Health Counseling Master&#8217;s Degree from University of Miami &#8211; 2016; working on Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at University of Georgia as of 8\/16)<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Paskowski (B.S. in Psychology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2011)<\/li>\n<li>David Richards (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Ranieri (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2012; as of 5\/14\/12 \u2013 working toward Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Program at University of South Florida)<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Spencer (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2012; as of 5\/14\/12 \u2013 working toward M.A. in Clinical Psychology at Western Carolina University; as of 2\/5\/14 &#8211; accepted into UCF Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program to work in POMI Lab).<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Kadison (B.S. in Psychology as Honors Student and Honors in the Major from UCF in 2013; working toward Master&#8217;s degree in Applied Behavioral Analysis at University of South Florida).<\/li>\n<li>Jenya Kolpakova (B.S. in Psychology and Molecular and Microbiology with Honors in the Major from UCF in 2013; working toward Master&#8217;s degree in Biotechnology at UCF).<\/li>\n<li>Maricel Chacon (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2013).<\/li>\n<li>Abby Foster (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2014).<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Fisher (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2014;\u00a0working toward Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology with a Neuroscience Concentration at the University of Florida).<\/li>\n<li>Chloe West (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2014; working toward a Specialist degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida).<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Puentes (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2014; working toward Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Michigan).<\/li>\n<li>Stanley Desire (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2014); as of 4\/15 &#8211; working on M.D. at Columbia University&#8217;s College of Physicians and Surgeons.<\/li>\n<li>Carina Viegas (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Travis Hatfield (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Joseph (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2015; working toward Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Ohio State University)<\/li>\n<li>Luke Van de Krol (working on M.A. in Counseling Education at UCF &#8211; 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Benzekri (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2015; working toward M.S. in Neuroscience and Education at Columbia University)<\/li>\n<li>Cierra Godwin (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Dana Braden (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Alyssa Finner (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2016; Starting MSW program at Washington Univ. &#8211; St. Louis in Fall 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Soraya Allen (B.S. in\u00a0Interdisciplinary Studies with Minor in Psychology from UCF in 2016; Then entered the Accelerated B.S. in Nursing Program at ECPI).<\/li>\n<li>Maya Rose (B.S. in Psychology with Minor in Biology from UCF in 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Breanna Davis (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2016; accepted into M.S. Program in Psychology at Boston\u00a0University).<\/li>\n<li>Doniya Milani (B.S. in Psychology from UCF 2017\/2018)<\/li>\n<li>Jasmine Montero (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Pamela Askins (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2017; accepted into M.A. in Mental Health Counseling Program from UCF &#8211; starting August 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Cristina Chirino (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2018; enrolled in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program, Neuropsychology track, at St. Louis Univ. in 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Brooke Fenton (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2018; enrolled in Psy.D. Program in Clinical Psychology at Nova Southeastern Univ.)<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Perez (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2019; accepted into UCF Counselor Education Program)<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Payne (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2019 accepted into Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at St. Louis University to start Fall 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Ashley Lee Lum (B.S. in Psychology with Minor in Cognitive Sciences from UCF &#8211; 2019; starting MSc Program in Applied Neuropsychology at University of Bristol in 2022). )<\/li>\n<li>Irene Nessium (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Xynthia Torres (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Nicolas Elsey (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Alyssa Roberts (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Kaitlyn Spellman (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Sera Cruz (B.S. in Psychology &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Schiffert (completed medical student FIRE project in lab in Spring 2020).<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Johnson (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Noelle Defreitas (B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from UCF &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Allen Hagan (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Magan Halverson (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Berg (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2020; attending Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at University of Maryland, Baltimore)<\/li>\n<li>Chloe LaRochelle (B.S. in Psychology from UCF 2020; attending medical school at University of Florida)<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Rincon (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2021; Research Assistant, Dr. Krendl&#8217;s Lab, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University)<\/li>\n<li>Keira Monaghan (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2021; attending Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at Washington State University)<\/li>\n<li>Joshua West (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2022; attending M.A. in History Program at UCF)<\/li>\n<li>Ana Garcia (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2022; Post-bacc position at Nationwide Children\u2019s Hospital (Columbus, OH)).<\/li>\n<li>Careliz Marin Noble (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Delaney McCabe (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Madelyn Dubrasky (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Yanyi Wu (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Zoe Ryon (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Nelly Dragu (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2024); attending Master&#8217;s program in Clinical Mental Health at University of West Alabama)<\/li>\n<li>Drew Bosco (B.S. in Psychology from UCF &#8211; 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Partial List \u2013 Status reflects last update I&#8217;ve received from the individual) : Crystal Weiss (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2005; MSW (Social Work) from UCF in 2008; went on to work on\u00a0Ph.D. in Public Affairs, Social Work Track &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/mpact\/undergraduate-research-assistant-alumni\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Undergraduate and Postbac Research Assistant Alumni from MPACT Lab - Mood, Personality, and CogniTion (MPACT) Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/mpact\/undergraduate-research-assistant-alumni\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Undergraduate and Postbac Research Assistant Alumni from MPACT Lab - Mood, Personality, and CogniTion (MPACT) Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Partial List \u2013 Status reflects last update I&#8217;ve received from the individual) : Crystal Weiss (B.S. in Psychology from UCF in 2005; 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