Else-Marie Augusti

Graduate Student
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I conduct research related to memory development. The projects I have been working on investigate children as young as four years of age, and these children's memory for stressful events. I also do research with adolescents and young adults investigating how previous life experiences may affect memory.

  Dr. Yoojin Chae

Post-Doctoral Fellow
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I am a developmental psychologist interested in memory development and children's testimonial competence. My research focuses on cognitive and psychosocial factors related to memory/suggestibility, children's testimony about abuse-related events, and the effects of trauma on memory accuracy and psychopathology. I have also conducted research on cross- cultural differences in autobiographical memory.

  Sarah Bakanosky

Lab Manager 2010-2011
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  Dannika Barnett

Administrative Assistant
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  Stephanie Block

Graduate Student
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  Paola Castelli

Graduate Student
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Dr. Castelli can also be reached at pcastelli@johncabot.edu.

My research focus on two main areas of study: Memory Development and Psychology and Law. Specifically, I am interested in investigating the basic memory mechanisms underlying the formation and rejection of false memories and their developmental trajectory. I am also interested in examining both the memorial and non-memorial factors that may hinder children's accuracy and credibility as witnesses. I am currently working as Adjunct Assistant Professor at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.

  LaTonya Harris

Graduate Student
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I am interested in the influence of traumatization and stress on children's cognitive development including memory, executive functions, and problem solving, especially as these shed light on children's learning, mental health, and longitudinal outcomes.

Dr. Harris can be reached at latonya.harris@unc.edu

  Rakel Larson

Graduate Student
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  Emilie Mitchell

Ph.D., UC Davis
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I am a social-personality psychologist interested in the intersection between psychology and the law. My current research focuses on adolescents who are physically violent toward their parents. Utilizing a longitudinal data set, I am modeling the behaviors that predict this type of family violence. In addition to this research, I have also conducted studies on perceptions of self, the effect of abuse on autobiographical memories, and representation afforded to children in the dependency system.

  Jeremy Newton

Graduate Student
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Dr. Newton's research interests include memory processes, childhood trauma, PTSD, and the legal system. He also studies interrogation and false confession. The research is designed to have both implications in psychological theory and applicability to public policy dealing with child abuse, trauma, and suspect and victim interviews in legal settings. Finally, he also has a general interest in cognitive psychology, child development, student Motivation, and drug and alcohol use among particular age groups.

For Dr. Newton's most current CV, please visit http://faculty.txwes.edu/jnewton/academicvitae.htm

  Christin Ogle

Graduate Student
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Dr. Ogle can also be reached at christin.ogle@duke.edu.

  Dr. Kepa Paz-Alonso

Post-Doctoral Fellow
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I am a post-doc in the laboratory of Dr. Gail Goodman. I have also been collaborating with the Dr. Bunge and Dr. Ghetti on a developmental neuroimaging study focusing on true and false recognition. I am currently heading up a new study examining the ability to control which information is encoded into long-term memory.

  Karena Schmitendorf

Phone:530-752-5294
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  Daisy Segovia

Research Analyst I
B.S. Psychology, University of California, Davis 2007
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Daisy A. Segovia is currently a forensic psychology doctoral candidate at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-- City University of New York. Her research interests include accuracy and credibility of children's testimony, suggestibility, deception, and memory for traumatic events.

  Natalie Troxel

Graduate Student
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My research interests focus on juveniles' involvement in the legal system, both as victims/witnesses and as suspects/offenders. My current research examines jurors' perceptions of juvenile sex offenders. I am also interested in child welfare, foster care, childhood health care, and public policy.