{"id":173,"date":"2023-07-25T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/laurabakerphd\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:00:05","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>I current supervise three graduate students in Psychology. A list of current and former students and their affiliations are listed below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Intelligent, highly motivated students interested in pursuing the genetic basis of complex human behavior are always invited to apply for study in my laboratory. I review applications in Psychology in both the Quantitative Methods (QM) and Brain &amp; Cognitive Sciences (BCS) areas as well as Neuroscience. Psychology students in my lab who wish to receive Clinical training may also jointly apply to the Clinical Sciences area in Psychology, and must have a co-mentor to serve as clinical supervisor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PhD Students in Psychology and Neuroscience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Name \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Year of Completion (area) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Current Affiliation<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Devika Dhamija \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02016 (BCS) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a023andMe Research Scientist &#8211; Cupertino, CA<\/li>\n<li>Leslie Berntsen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017 (BCS). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 USC Psychology &#8211; Teaching Faculty<\/li>\n<li>Sharon Niv \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2013 (BCS) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chief Cognitive Scientist at Palo Alto Neuroscience<\/li>\n<li>Marissa Ericson \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2011 (BCS) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0CEO at InSIGHT Elite College Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Joshua D. Isen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02010 (BCS) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Asst. Prof. in Psychology, University of Southern Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Serena Bezdjian \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02008 (BCS) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Applied Research Psychologist, U.S. Air Force<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Wyner \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2008 (Neuroscience) \u00a0 Family and Marriage Therapist, Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>Mo Zheng \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2005 (QM) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Data Scientist, Market Research &#8211; Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Chandra Reynolds \u00a0 \u00a0 1992 (Developmental) Professor of Psychology, UC Riverside<\/li>\n<li>Michael Stallings \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1995 (QM) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Assoc. Professor of Psychology, UC Colorado<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Posner \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1991 (QM) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Research Scientist, Center for Disease Control<\/li>\n<li>Laura Sakai \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1989 (Developmental) \u00a0 Child development and education consultant, UC Berkeley<\/li>\n<li>Jilla Ghodsian-Carpey 1987 (Developmental) Research Associate, Albert Einstein School of Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-174 size-full\" src=\"\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157.jpg\" alt=\"USC Graduations\" width=\"2448\" height=\"1378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laurabakerphd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/312\/2023\/07\/IMG_5157-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-content-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Graduate Students - Laura A. 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