Lab Members
Current Graduate Students
Katherine Maultsby Harris, M.A.
Fourth Year Graduate Student
Katherine is a fourth-year student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program working with Dr. Christy Esposito-Smythers. In 2018, she received a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Psychology with a minor in Hispanic Studies from Davidson College in North Carolina. She then worked as an Intramural Research Training Award fellow with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, examining mental health and health risk behaviors among adolescents. Her research interests include family-based risk and protective factors for adolescent suicide risk and implementation of culturally-responsive and trauma-informed evidence-based interventions.
Lauren Seibel, B.A.
Third Year Graduate Student
Abby Fry, B.A.
Second Year Graduate Student
Program Coordinator
Emma Palmer, B.A.
Mackenzie Feeken, Ed.S.
Research Assistants
Khanh Le
Past Graduate Students
Roberto Lopez, Ph.D.
Current:
Emma Whitmyre, Ph.D.
Current: Assistant Professor at George Washington University, Pediatric Primary Care, Childrens National Hospital
Anna Defayette, Ph.D.
Current: T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of Rochester Medical Center
Caitlin Williams, Ph.D.
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of Excellence for Children in State’s Custody
Bethany Rallis, Ph.D.
Current: Staff Psychologist, Virginia Tech Counseling Center
Adam Miller, Ph.D.
Current: Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Karen Schaefer, Ph.D.
Current: U.S. Air Force Staff Psychologist (Research/Clinical)
Julie Weismoore, Ph.D.
Current: VA Staff Psychologist/Medical School Instructor
Alexandra Perloe, Ph.D.
Current: Pediatric Psychologist in the Eating Disorders Program and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Laura Martinson, Ph.D.
Current: Psychologist, Private Practice
Past Post-Doctoral Fellows
Christie Rizzo, Ph.D.
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Northeastern University
Lance Swenson, Ph.D.
Current: Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Suffolk University
Jennifer Wolff, Ph.D.
Current: Associate Professor, Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Staff Psychologist, Rhode Island Hospital and Bradley Hospital
Adam Walsh, Ed.D., LICSW
Current: Director, Research & Program Evaluation, Defense Suicide Prevention Office
