This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Last Tuesday’s lab meeting featured presentations from Katie and Marina! Katie kicked off our meeting by practicing her upcoming master’s thesis defense. Her research, titled “How Can I Help?”: Coercive and Collaborative Helping Strategies in Response to Suicidality, explores different approaches to helping individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts. We had the opportunity to ask questions, provide…
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One of our students at the FF-TIP lab, Ana Samaniego Ramos, is currently recruiting participants for her research study! The purpose of her study is to understand how immigrant populations navigate complex group interactions. She is looking for people who were born outside of the United States and migrated here at some point in their…
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The FF-TIP lab sends the biggest congratulations to Marina Tagaki-Morris, one of our PhD students, who just defended her Master’s thesis. Marina impressed her committee by presenting her research exploring how ostracism occurs as a response to social withdrawal in settings in which group cooperation is expected. Marina began by explaining how cooperation is an…
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It’s that time of the year where the leaves transition from their vibrant green to a mix of yellow, orange and red; and where the air begins to faintly suggest the eventual arrival of winter. Autumn season is finally here! And just like every other year, the FF-TIP lab does not miss the chance to…
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Last week’s FF-TIP Lab meeting was filled with research, inspiring + thought-provoking discussion, and CAKE! We started off the meeting by celebrating the birthdays of Taylor, Paxton, and Katie and then jumped into two Step-Back presentations. Paxton and Katie presented a Step-Back on their ongoing Griefbot study, which explores perceptions of using artificial intelligence to…
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On September 22nd, the FF-TIP Lab hosted our first-ever Open Lab meeting! These meetings provide an opportunity for students and researchers to share their work, exchange ideas, and engage in scientific discussions. Our first meeting featured two presentations by FF-TIP Lab members: Paxton Hicks presented his research on self-disclosure, exploring how the topics we share…
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During the first two weeks of this fall semester, Dr. Hirokazu Arai from Hosei University in Japan visited the FF-TIP lab at Oakland University! He joined two of our lab meetings to present the continuation of a research journey we were introduced to during last year’s visit, to which we were able to, once again,…
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About a month ago, the FF-TIP Lab got the chance to present many of its latest findings at the 2026 APA Conference held in Washington, D.C.! During this three-day event known to be the largest gathering of mental health professionals in the world, researchers and practitioners alike shared their projects and inspired one another to…
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We are on our way to DC to attend APA. Presenting 12 studies! More when we get back!
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The FF-TIP lab wants to congratulate our recent graduate, Gina Reyes! She just obtained her Bachelor’s in Psychology with a minor in Christian studies. While she was in this lab, Gina studied topics related to grief such as perceptions, disenfranchised grief and post-traumatic stress; and different types of beliefs such as worldviews and meaning-making. In…
