Marina, a second-year PhD student in the FF-TIP Lab, recently had the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Sakamoto of Nihon University in Japan. After being introduced in early fall 2024, Marina began working with Dr. Sakamoto’s existing dataset, which she developed into a conference poster for the 2025 annual MPA conference. This initial project soon… Read more

Congratulations are in order as we had 5 of our current lab members and 1 former lab member graduate this past weekend! We would like to congratulate our research assistants, Conner Cole-Salem, Katie Romzek, Gina Reyes, and Logan Porter for graduating with their undergraduate degrees this semester. We also want to congratulate Paxton Hicks for… Read more

Recently, Gina Reyes, a senior undergraduate research assistant, gave an insightful presentation on her independent study titled “Grief Perceptions & Norms.” To begin, Gina described how societal beliefs and expectations about grief can shape what is considered a “normal” or “healthy” grieving process—often leading to disenfranchised grief, or grief that is not socially recognized or… Read more