Full Directory
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Allen, Paul
- Research Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology M&D
- paul_allen@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1186

Amoah, Emefa
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Harry Reis
- eamoah@ur.rochester.edu
- 480 Meliora Hall


Arnold, Molly
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2021 - 2022
- Advisor: Tom O'Connor
- marno15@ur.rochester.edu
- 498B Meliora Hall
B

Bennetto, Loisa
- Associate Professor of Psychology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience
- loisa.bennetto@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8712
- 492 Meliora Hall
Interests: Neurocognitive bases of autism; The role of multisensory processing in social-communication difficulties

Blose, Brittany
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: Steven Silverstein
- bblose@ur.rochester.edu
- 497 Meliora Hall

Burt, Madison
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Miron Zuckerman
- mburt3@ur.rochester.edu
- 475 Meliora Hall
C

Cao, Vanessa
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020-2021
- Advisor: Patrick Davies
- vcao2@ur.rochester.edu
- 480 Meliora Hall
Interests: Research Overview

Chang, Katharine
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Lisa Starr
- kchang26@ur.rochester.edu
- 498C Meliora Hall

Chee, Princeton
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: Bonnie Le
- pchee2@ur.rochester.edu
- 495 Meliora Hall

Colton, Kassidy
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2021 - 2022
- Advisor: Patrick Davies
- kcolton@ur.rochester.edu
- 463 Meliora Hall

Cummings, Anna
she/her/hers
- Project Manager for Professor Le's Lab
- a.cummings@rochester.edu
- 467 Meliora Hall
D


Deci, Edward L.
- Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences

DeLap, Gwyneth
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2021 - 2022
- Advisor: Lisa Starr
- gdelap@ur.rochester.edu
- 494 Meliora Hall

Dodell-Feder, David
- Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
- d.dodell-feder@rochester.edu
- 453 Meliora Hall
Interests: Social cognition and social functioning in psychopathology

Dong, Xiaoyu (Jojo)
she/her/hers
- Lab Manager for Professor Dodell-Feder
- xiaoyu.dong@rochester.edu | (585) 673-0343
- 233 Meliora Hall

Duberstein, Zoe
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Tom O'Connor
- zduberst@ur.rochester.edu
- 498B Meliora Hall
E

Elliot, Andrew
he/him/his
- Professor of Psychology
- andye@psych.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8710
- 488 Meliora Hall

Esposito, Erika
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2017-2018
- Advisor: Elizabeth Handley
- erika.esposito@rochester.edu
- 184 Meliora Hall

F

Fradkin, Samantha
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Steven Silverstein
- sfradkin@ur.rochester.edu
- Meliora Hall
G
Gilbert, Karen
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2018-2019
- Advisor: Andrew Elliot
- kgilbe11@ur.rochester.edu
- 476 Meliora Hall

Gravelding, Hannah
she/her/hers
- Lab Manager for Professor Jamieson
- hgraveld@u.rochester.edu
- 173 Meliora Hall

Gray, Nick
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2021 - 2022
- Advisor: Jeremy Jamieson
- nick.gray@ur.rochester.edu
- 498A Meliora Hall
H

Handley, Liz
- Assistant Professor
- Research Director, Mt. Hope Family Center
Instructor, URMC Dept of Psychiatry
- elizabeth_handley@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 295-2991

Hightower, A. Dirk
- Senior Research Associate, Children's Institute
- dirk.hightower@rochester.edu | (585) 295-1000
J

Jamieson, Jeremy P.
- Associate Chair
Professor of Psychology
- jeremy.jamieson@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4802
- 437 Meliora Hall
K

Kautz-Turnbull, Carson
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2018-2019
- Advisor: Christie Petrenko
- ckautz@ur.rochester.edu
- Meliora Hall

Kerr, Jessica
- Accounting and Operations Assistant
- Jessica.Kerr@rochester.edu | (585) 273-3264
- 353 Meliora Hall

Kim, Shin-Young
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Ron Rogge
- shin-young.kim@rochester.edu
- 494 Meliora Hall

Kneeskern, Ellen
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Karl Rosengren
- ekneeske@ur.rochester.edu
- 454A Meliora Hall

Kruse, Elizabeth
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: David Dodell-Feder
- e.kruse@rochester.edu
- 497 Meliora Hall
L

Layton, Christina
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: Loisa Bennetto
- clayton@ur.rochester.edu
- 475 Meliora Hall

Le, Jenny
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Harry Reis
- jle15@ur.rochester.edu
- 475 Meliora Hall


Levin, Rachel
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: Elizabeth Handley and Sheree Toth
- rlevin6@ur.rochester.edu
- 457 Meliora Hall

Li, Yuejiao (Esther)
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2018-2019
- Advisor: Judith Smetana
- yuejiao.li@rochester.edu
- Meliora Hall

Lin, Lisa
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: David Dodell-Feder
- Lisa.lin@rochester.edu
- 455 Meliora Hall
M

Manly, Jody Todd
- Senior Research Associate, Mt. Hope Family Center
- Clinical Director, Mt. Hope Family Center
- jody.manly@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2991


Mncwabe, Sdu
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Judith Smetana
- jmncwabe@ur.rochester.edu
- 496 Meliora Hall

Mruzek, Daniel
- Lecturer, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Psychology
N

Niemiec, Christopher
- Associate Professor
- christopher.niemiec@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0106
- 436 Meliora Hall
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Parry, Lucia
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2016-2017
- Advisor: Patrick Davies
- lparry@ur.rochester.edu
- Meliora Hall

Pearson, Joanna
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2017-2018
- Advisor: Patrick Davies
- j.pearson@rochester.edu
- Meliora Hall

Petrenko, Christie L. M.
- Research Associate Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Director of Clinical Training
- christie_petrenko@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2991

Platts, Cory
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Melissa Sturge-Apple
- cory.platts@rochester.edu
- 461B Meliora Hall

Pollard, Agnieszka (AJ)
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2017-2018
- Advisor: Ronald Rogge
- a.pollard@rochester.edu
- Meliora Hall

Porter, Drew
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2017-2018
- Advisor: Ron Rogge
- andrew.porter@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9148
- 214 Meliora Hall

Porter, LaShauna
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: Liz Handley and Sheree Toth
- lport11@ur.rochester.edu
- 457 Meliora Hall
R

Reis, Harry
- Dean's Professor
Professor of Psychology
- harry.reis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8697
- 430 Meliora Hall

Richardson, Alesia
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2021 - 2022
- Advisor: Loisa Bennetto
- alesia.richardson@rochester,edu
- 456 Meliora Hall

Rivera, Rachel
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Loisa Bennetto
- rrive15@ur.rochester.edu
- 472 Meliora Hall

Rockhold, Madeline
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2021 - 2022
- Advisor: Dr. Christie Pentrenko
- mrockhol@ur.rochester.edu
- 456 Meliora Hall

Rodgers, Lisa
she/her/hers
- Manager of Research and Finance
- lisa.rodgers@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2451
- 357 Meliora Hall

Rogge, Ronald D.
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- ronald.rogge@rochester.edu | (585) 273-3270
- 462 Meliora Hall

Rosengren, Karl
- Professor of Psychology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- kroseng2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7888
- 406 Meliora Hall

Ross, Andrew
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Elizabeth Handley; Sheree Toth
- andrew.ross@rochester.edu
- 455 Meliora Hall

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Santee, Angela
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2018-2019
- Advisor: Lisa Starr
- angela.santee@rochester.edu
- 475 Meliora Hall

Saxena, Abhishek
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2018-2019
- Advisor: David Dodell-Feder
- a.saxena@rochester.edu
- 217 Meliora Hall

Shimshock, Claire
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Bonnie Le
- cshimsho@ur.rochester.edu
- 495 Meliora Hall

Shovestul, Bridget
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2018-2019
- Advisor: David Dodell-Feder
- bshovest@ur.rochester.edu
- 217 Meliora Hall

Singh, Karishma
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2021 - 2022
- Advisor: Jeremy Jamieson
- Ksingh19@ur.rochester.edu
- 463 Meliora Hall


Smith, Anna
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Jody Todd Manly; Melissa Sturge-Apple
- anna.smith@rochester.edu
- 455 Meliora Hall

Snell, Annetta
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Miron Zuckerman
- asnell3@ur.rochester.edu
- 476 Meliora Hall

Starr, Lisa
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- lisa.starr@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6862
- 491 Meliora Hall

Sturge-Apple, Melissa
- Professor of Psychology
- melissa.sturge-apple@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8711
- 471 Meliora Hall

Swerbenski, Hannah
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Melissa Sturge-Apple
- hswerben@ur.rochester.edu
- 461A Meliora Hall
T

Temp, Leanne
she/her/hers
- Academic Coordinator
- leanne.temp@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8704
- 441 Meliora Hall

Toth, Sheree L.
- Chair
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry - Director, Mt. Hope Family Center
- sheree.toth@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2991
- Mt. Hope Family Center

Trujillo-Hernandez, Graciela
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2020 - 2021
- Advisor: Karl Rosengren
- graciela.trujillo-hernandez@rochester.edu
- 498C Meliora Hall

Twal, Leena
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: Melissa Sturge-Apple
- ltwal@ur.rochester.edu
- 476 Meliora Hall
V

VanEpps, Teresa
- Department Administrator
- teresa.vanepps@rochester.edu | (585) 273-3245
- 356 Meliora Hall
W

Wallace, Aleza
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2016-2017
- Advisor: Andrew Elliot
- awallac6@ur.rochester.edu
- 216 Meliora Hall

Wasche, Ethan
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2022-2023
- Advisor: Andrew Elliot
- ewasche@ur.rochestere.edu
- 498A Meliora Hall

Weissman, David
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2018-2019
- Advisor: Andrew Elliot
- david.weissman@rochester.edu
- 447 Meliora Hall
Z

Zeyrek, Fatma (Betul)
- Graduate Student
- Entry Year:2019-2020
- Advisor: Judith Smetana
- fzeyrek@ur.rochester.edu
- 496 Meliora Hall

Zuckerman, Miron
- Professor of Psychology
- miron.zuckerman@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8695
- 431 Meliora Hall