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Ryan Merlin 

Ryan is a PhD student with a concentration in Positive Organizational Psychology and focus on leadership and entrepreneurship.

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Laura Beavin 

Laura is a 4th year student pursuing her PhD in Cognitive Psychology.  Her research interest include behavioral genetics and neurochemicals associated with mate choice.  She is also interested in the genetic and neural components of psychopathy.

                             
   

Jorge Barraza

Jorge is a doctoral student in Applied Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. He is currently working in Dr. Zak’s lab investigating the physiological effects of empathy in humans.

                 
Veronika Alexander

Veronika is a 1st year PhD student in Economics at CGU. Her research interests include behavioral economics, game theory, and human capital productivity.
                             
   

Denise Grosberg

Denise is a Ph.D. student in Applied Developmental Psychology.  Her research interests include speech, language, social skills, and attachment processes related to both typical child development and in children with autism.

                 

Brianne Donaldson

Brianne is a 2nd year doctoral student in Philosophy of Religion.  Her research at CNS is aimed at exploring the role of compassion toward animals in restructuring power dynamics in political, economic and social structures of Western society as well as the neurobiological foundations of an ecological mind.

                             
   

Elizabeth Terris

Beth is a PhD Student in Applied Cognitive Psychology. Her research interests include the cognitive neuroscience with an emphasis on impulsivity and decision making.

               

Patrick Williams

Patrick is a 4th year PhD Student in Cognitive Psychology.  His research interests include visiospatial skills training, and decision making neuroscience.

               
  

Ali Arik

Ali is a doctoral student in  Economics at Claremont Graduate University. He is currently working with Dr. Peterson at MarketPsy, LLC in Santa Monica. His research focuses on cognitive biases effecting investers' decisions and Capital Market Inefficiency.

         

Naomi Sparks

Naomi is a PhD student with a concentration in Applied Cognitive Psychology. Her research interests are in Neuroeconomics, with an emphasis on the neural basis of common biases in financial decision making.

               

   

Amos Nadler

Amos is a 3rd year PhD Student in economics studying entrepreneurs and neurochemical foundations of human behavior.
          

Karen Redwine

Karen is a 4th year PhD student in the Applied Cognitive Psychology program. Her research focuses on cognitive neuroscience with a focus on the role of stress and decisions.

 
               
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Vanessa Kettering

Vanessa is a 2nd year student in the Positive Developmental Psychology program with an emphasis in health promotion and optimal human development. Her research interests center around the role of oxytocin as a mediating factor in encouraging social connectedness, compassion and perceptions of in-group membership.
         

Javier Alcantar

Javier is a PhD student in Economics student at Claremont Graduate University. His main areas of interest are related to Economic Growth, Neuroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy.

 
               
   

Sara Cohen

Sara is a student in the Applied Developmental Psychology program  Her interests lie in social skills development, language acquisition, learning and behavior in children with autism and their typically developing peers.  She is also interested in identifying novel or improved treatment strategies for children with autism.

          

 

 
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