Current Lab Members 

Kat Brown is from Clearwater, Florida and she is a graduate student who entered the Developmental, Social, and Health Psychology PhD program in Fall 2022. She has many research interests including improving mathematics education by alleviating students’ mathematics anxiety and by increasing sense of belonging in mathematics communities. Kat hopes to one day become a professor and continue her research. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her cats, going to community events, reading, and cooking. 

 

 

 

Samuel Pearl

Sydney Gabhart

Liz Udoh

Sara Clark is an undergraduate researcher, expected to graduate in December 2026. She has been in the CogDev lab since spring 2025 and has assisted project as well as leading her own research. She is interested in cognition and behavior as they relate to interpersonal relationships but also worked on research examining motivation and learning with fraction division. Sara hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical science after she graduates and pursue a career in research, academia, and counseling if possible! In her free time, she likes to read philosophy books and manga, go thrifting, and spend time with her pet bunny and cat!

 

 

Kayla Hale

Kylie Armstrong

Shruti Patel

Addyson Miles

Sydney Robbins

Zoe Chapin

Melanie Ridley

Hanna Humyak

Ian Galloway

Chelene Mbuyi

Preyas Patel