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Leah M Adams

Leah M Adams

Dr. Leah Adams is an Associate Professor at George Mason University in the department of Psychology and in the Women & Gender Studies program, and is a licensed clinical psychologist. She received a B.S. from the University of Richmond in 2008, and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from G...

Lauren B Cattaneo

Lauren B Cattaneo

Dr. Cattaneo earned her doctorate in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of Maryland (College Park) in 2001, and joined the faculty of the Clinical Psychology Program at George Mason University in 2003. Dr. Cattaneo applies a community psychology orientation to her work, centering on th...

June P Tangney

June P Tangney

June Price Tangney received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA. After teaching for two years at Bryn Mawr College, she joined the Psychology Department at George Mason University in 1988. Recipient of International Society for Self and Identity’s Distinguished Lifetime Career Award and Fellow...

Patricia Mejia

Patricia Mejia

Patricia Mejia is a doctoral student in the Psychological Fitness Lab. Prior to attending GMU, she was a Monarch 𓃬 (ODU) and a Ragin' Cajun ⚜️ (ULL). Her current research focuses on the intersection between psychological (i.e., anxiety, depression, PTSD) and physical health (e.g., pain, inflammation...

Leo Augustus Miller

Leo Augustus Miller

Leo is a second-year doctoral student in the Ph.D. Clinical Psychology program and works with Dr. Sarah Fischer in the Impulse Lab. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2021 with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Neuroscience, as well as a certificate in sexuality studies. Prior to zir’s...

Kristina Marisa Volgenau

Kristina Marisa Volgenau

Kristina is a fifth year, Clinical Psychology, doctoral student working with Dr. Leah Adams. She received her B.A., at the University of South Florida, in Psychology with a minor in Spanish Culture and Language. She spent her Post-Bacc years running a NIDA funded clinical trial targeting Distress Int...

Christianne Esposito-Smythers

Christianne Esposito-Smythers

Dr. Esposito-Smythers will be accepting a new student for Fall of 2024. Dr. Christianne Esposito-Smythers received a B.A. from Lafayette College in 1995 where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a double major in Psychology and English. She received her M.S. in 1997 and her Ph.D. in 2000 in Clinical ...

Recent Student Presentations

Recent Presentations 2020 (through 6/1/20) Doorley, J. D. & Kashdan, T. B. (2020, November). Comparing the daily regulatory benefits of savoring and cognitive reappraisal among Division I athletes. Submitted to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 54th Annual Convention, Phila...

Recent Student Publications

2020 (through 6/30/20) Aronowitz, V. J., Perez, A., O’Brien, C., Aziz, S., Rodriguez, E., Wasner, K., Ribeiro, S., … Pytte, C. (2020). Unilateral vocal nerve resection alters neurogenesis in the avian song system in a region-specific manner. PloS one BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.24.00533...