Alumni of the Social Psychology program
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Each year, we honor the contribution and memory of our founders through two annual Social Psychology Founders Awards. The first award is for the best research paper by a student in the Social Psychology Program, and the second supports student research by funding the best research proposal submitted by a student in the program.
Check out our program alumni by year of graduation and learn about their professional affiliations. If you would like to add or update your information, please email our webmaster.
* denotes deceased.
- Waleed Jami - Assistant Professor at Bridgewater State University
- Kodai Kusano - Post-Doctoral Associate at New York University Abu Dhabi
- Sarah Moody Kruger - Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Consortium Research Fellows Program
- Katie Snider - Executive Director/Research and Evaluation Consultant for Justice Research, LLC
- Jean Cabell - User Experience Researcher, State Farm
- Chris Copp - Northern Lead Coordinator, CRRSA/ARP Project Evaluation
- Shelby Curtis - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Louisiana Tech University
- Charles Edwards - Sr. CX Insights Analyst, ADP
- Courtney Lyons - Senior Research Analyst, Commonwealth of Virginia Dept. of Juvenile Justice
- Christine McDermott - Research Fellow, National Judicial College
- Evan Murphy - Senior Researcher, Research/Evaluation Unit, U.S. Dept. of Labor
- Jesse Acosta — Institutional Analyst at South Texas College, McAllen, TX
- Jacqueline Kirshenbaum — Consultant, Fillichio & Hastings
- Tyler Livingston — Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
- Peter Rerick — Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
- Theresa Skaar — Sanford Center for Aging, University of Nevada, Reno
- Jordan Clark – Data Scientist, Renown Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV
- Aubrey Etopio — Lecturer, University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Ann E. Jones — Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
- Tatyana Kaplan — Research Data Specialist I, California Department of Justice
- Victoria (Tori) Knoche — Research Associate, New York State Youth Justice Institute
- Kristan Russell — Assistant Professor, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Pravie View A&M University
- Sarah Trescher – Program Evaluator, Washoe County School District, Reno, NV
- J. Guillermo Villalobos – Outcomes and Evaluation Consultant, CNM, Dallas, TX
- Alicia Devault — Outcomes and Evaluation Consultant, CNM, Dallas, TX
- Ryan S. Erhart — Environmental Division Manager, Makah Tribal Nation, Neah Bay, Washington
- Brian M. Lee — Research Assistant Professor- Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies; Instructor- Justice Management Program, University of Nevada, Reno
- Lisa Maletsky — User researcher, Adobe
- Marcella (Rosie) Shrout — Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
- Emily Wood — User Experience Researcher, Facebook
- Mauricio Alvarez — Research Associate, Measures for Justice
- Randal Brown — Lead Researcher, Best Buy
- Julie Chomos — Manager, Coupa Software
- Marisa Crowder — McRel International, Honolulu, HI
- Aaron McVean — Vice Chancellor at San Mateo County Community College District, San Mateo, CA
- Michael Doane — Associate Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) at Alkermes
- Kimberly Greenman — CEO / Founder Financially Fit Employees, Inc.
- Peter Martini — Assistant Professor of Psychology, Nevada State College
- Bret A. Davis — Senior UX Researcher, Charles Schwab
- Zebbedia Gibb — Data and Research Analyst, University of Nevada, Reno
- Michael Kwiatkowski — Data Analysis Manager, Shapiro+Raj
- Valerie Lykes — Senior Marketing Scientist, Analytical Center for Excellence, JD Power
- Dara Naphan — Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, Western New Mexico University
- Lindsay Perez — Research Analyst, Maricopa County, AZ
- Janice Russell — Research Specialist for the California Highway Patrol
- Logan Yelderman — Assistant Professor, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University
- Megan Armstrong — Data Project Manager, Glendale Fire Department, Glendale, AZ
- Laura Davidson — Director of Research and Evaluation, Washoe County School District
- Joshua Padilla — Program Evaluator, Washoe County School District
- Lorie Sicafuse — Research Associate at Courtroom Sciences Inc., TX
- Jenny Lowman — Director, Student Persistence Research, University of Nevada, Reno
- Jenny Reichert — Associate Professor, Psychology and Criminal Justice, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
- Victoria Springer — Senior Product Manager, User Research and Innovation, Adobe, San Jose, CA
- Jose H. Vargas — Post-doctoral Fellow & Instructor, California State University, Northridge
- Michael Williams — Founder Member, The Science of P/CVE, Atlanta, GA
- Steve Wood — Litigation Consultant, Courtroom Sciences, Inc.
- Camille Brown Lalasz — Research Analyst and Consultant, Denver, CO
- Samuel Lindsey — Head of Research | Research & Customer Insights, Adobe, San Jose, CA
- Ada Diaconu Muresan — Administrative Faculty, Disability Resource Center, University of Nevada, Reno
- Shane Moulton — Social Science Research Analyst at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Angela Broadus — Instructor, Center for Application of Substance Abuse Technology (CASAT), University of Nevada, Reno
- H. Lyssette Chavez — Senior User Experience Researcher, Facebook
- Carlene Gonzalez — Product Manager, Adobe, San Jose, CA
- Robyn Maitoza — Associate Professor, York College of Pennsylvania
- Dana Weiser — Associate Professor and Chair, Human Development & Family Studies, Texas Tech University
- Susan Harris — Instructor, Social Work, University of Nevada, Reno
- Alexandra Sigillo — Managing Director, Morning Consult
- Irem Uz - Reno, NV
- Kristy Cahoon — Nurse Apprentice, Roseview ICU, Renown
- Joanne Brosh —Research Associate, Carolina Demography
- David Flores — Trial consultant, Trial Behavior Consulting, Inc., California
- Kerry Kleyman — Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
- Clare Pettis — Health Policy Services Specialist, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Jaime Anstee — Lead Senior Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco
- Jared Chamberlain — Associate Dean, Midwestern University
- Edina Rutland (nee Jambor) — DSPS Supervisor, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
- Alicia Summers — Director, Data Savvy Consulting, LLC, Reno, NV
- Marat Zagidullin — Lecturer, University of Reading Malaysia, Puterir Johor, Malaysia
- Christine Aramburu Alegria — Owner, Alegria Coaching and Consulting
- R. David Hayward — Senior Medical Researcher, Surgery Department, St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
- Julie Singer — Owner, Julz's Creations
- Katalin Toth — Data analyst, Department of Research and Evaluation, Place2Be, London, UK
- Samantha Smith Clinkinbeard — Associate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska-Omaha
- Alayna Lutz Jehle — Trial Consultant, R&D Strategic Solutions
- Joyce Hartje*
- Shawn Marsh — Director of Judicial Studies, Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
- Cynthia Freeman — Non-profit Executive Consultant
- Danya Peters – Reno, NV
- Patrick Bennett — Research Lead, HubSpot
- Roni Dahir — Director, Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies; Director, Center for Research Design and Analysis (CRDA), University of Nevada, Reno
- Ricardo Marte — Associate Teaching Professor, Sociology, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Mara Merlino — Professor of Psychology and Sociology, Coordinator MA Program in Interdisciplinary Behavioral Science, Kentucky State University
- Yvonne Bermudez — Court Assistant, Westchester County Court
- Andre P. Walton — Instructor of Business and Social Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, and Truckee Meadows Community College
- David Lott — Professor, Department of Human Behavior, College of Southern Nevada
- Sergei Rodkin — Vice President at Ipsos Public Affairs
- Steve Son — Director & Consultant, Fillichio & Hastings
- Sally Dittloff — Psychology Instructor, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
- Bryan Edelman — Co-founder, Trial Innovations & Qualitative UX Researcher at Atlantic 57
- Dionne Maxwell — Research Program Specialist III, California Department of Health Care Services
- Todd Ostler
- Roselyn Polk — Assistant Dean, Grand Canyon University
- Kymberly Bennett — Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Cath Byrne — Life Coach
- Elizabeth Christiansen — Director, Center for Program Evaluation, University of Nevada, Reno
- Jan Fertig — Associate Professor, General Studies, Milwaukee School of Engineering
- Craig New — Director of Research, Tsongas Litigation Consulting Inc., Seattle, WA
- Paula (Barry) Gabier — Litigation Consultant, Gabier Consulting, LLC
- Stephan Desrochers — Associate Professor of Psychology, Georgia Gwinnett College
- Gary Giewat — Director of Research, American Jury Centers. Owner, Delta Litigation Consulting, New Orleans, LA
- Kathi Heffner — Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Director of Stress and Health Laboratory, Rochester Center for Mind-Body Research
- Deborah Bechtold — Research Analysis Specialist, St. Cloud University
- Susan Trentham — Executive Director, Pima County Bar Association, Tucson, Arizona
- Shirley Dobbin*
- Sophia Gatowski — Director, Systems Change Solutions, Inc.
- Kim MacLin — Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa
- Paul Devereux — Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno
- Alex Mason — Director of Research, National Research Institute for Child and Family Studies, Boys Town. Formerly Research Associate Professor, Social Development Research Group, University of Washington
- Heather J. Clawson- Executive Vice President, Research, Learning, and Accreditation Communities In Schools National Office
- Herman Foushee — Director of the Survey Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham Eric Weldon Lewis
- Eric Lewis
- Paul LaMarca — Chief School Performance Officer and Social Psychologist, Washoe County School District
- Annette Carney
- Terry Rich Hartley — Popular Author
- Paula Rippens*
- Richard Robbins — Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Bucknell University
- John Dewitt — DeWitt Research, San Diego, CA
- Max Kaplan*
- Ross Crosby — Director of Biomedical Statistics & Methodology, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of North Dakota School of Medicine Professor (Adjunct), Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University
- Gary Naseth — Chair, Human and Social Sciences Department, Oregon Institute of Technology
- Cheryl Pawluk — Professor, Western Nevada Community College
- David Lawson Smith — Evaluation Consultant, Career, Technical,& Adult Education , Nevada Department of Education
- Thomas Fusso — Senior Vice President, Market Probe, Inc.
- David Droll
- Karl Kosloski* — Professor, Department of Gerontology, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Thomas Holtgraves — Professor of Psychological Science, Ball State University
- Brock Kilbourne — Licensed Psychologist (PSY10467) in Private Practice, Director, El Camino Psychology Services, PC., Oceanside, CA
- Richard I. Wark — University of Maryland University College Europe
- Kenneth Holger Nordin
- Henry Ettman
- Robert B. Simmonds
- Linda Globig
- Philip Lee Knowles -- Group Health Cooperative, Department of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
- Diana Beil Warner
- Linda Zimmerman
- Robert Foss — Mostly retired. Emeritus Director of the Center for the Study of Young Drivers, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Susan Shodahl — Vice President of Instruction and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Crafton Hills College
- James Richard Hall
- Charles McGehee — Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, Central Washington University
- Robert Throckmorton
- John C. Touhey — Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University
- Jim Blascovich - Research Professor, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Kim Blau — Retired, Las Vegas
- Tun-Jen Chou
- *Mary (Harder) Stewart — Emerita Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno
- Peter Heller
- Coke Brown* — Professor, Department of Psychology, Idaho State University
- Donald Mixon — Retired, Australia
- Marvin Bohnstedt — Retired
- Barbara Peevers*
- Beverly Charley
- David Loberg
- Edmund Doherty
- Ralph Hood — Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
- Joseph F. Raney — Retired, Colorado
- Robert Manfred Arvidson*
- Richard Kelley
- John Pavlos
- Don Schweitzer* — Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, California State University, Fullerton
- Santo Tarantino — Associate Professor, Dept of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University