Loyola University Chicago

Department of Psychology

Alumni

Welcome Alumni

If you are an alum of the Loyola University Chicago Department of Psychology (either undergraduate or graduate student) please join our department groups on LinkedIn and Facebook so that we can both keep up to date with what is happening.
 
Please e-mail Adrienne Bohl at abohl@luc.edu if you would like to be added to this page.
 

Graduate Program Alumni

Applied Social Psychology

Name
Degree
Year
Current Place of Employment
Contact
Amanda Dykema-Engblade
PhD
2005
Northeastern Illinois University
Northeastern Illinois U.
Hilary Slover
MA 
2011
Social Science Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jennifer Smith
PhD
2012
Director of Research, Mather Lifeways
Amy Kerr
PhD
2013
Senior Evaluatorm Professional Data Analysts, Inc.
Dana Wagner
PhD
2013
Research Scientist, Rescue Social Change Group
Patrick Harrison
PhD
2014
Full time instructor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bella Etingen
PhD
2015
Research Director, Hines VA Hospital
Mallory Grembowski
MA
2015 
Market Research Associate, GFK
Rachael Martinez
PhD
2015
Research Director, Hines VA Hospital
Kala Melchiori
PhD
2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University
Erika Price
PhD
2015
Senior Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago
PhD
2015
Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago            
Mary Beth Talbot
PhD
2015
Research Assistant Professor, Center for Science and Math Education, Loyola University Chicago
 
Joseph Bihary 
PhD
2016
Senior Research and Strategy Analyst, Loyola University Chicago
Katharina Castandeda
PhD
2016
Senior Analyst of Strategic Research, Halverson Group  
Christine Poindexter-Harris
PhD
2016
Senior Research Analyst, TCS Education Systems
Swati Srivastava
PhD
2016
Research Analyst, Willis Towers Watson 
Amanda Egan
PhD
2017
Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Science, Marian University Indianapolis. 
PhD 
 2018
 Research & Implementation Support Specialist, Cook County Health & Hospital System
LinkedIn
PhD
 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAAA Alcohol Research Center Training Program, University of Connecticut Health Center  
PhD
 2018
Assistant Professor, Chicago State University  LinkedIn 
PhD
 2018
Assessment Specialist, Indeed   
Darien Farrel MA
 2018
Market Research in the Film/TV Music Licensing Department, Universal Music Group   
Michelle Adzido MA
 2018
Research Associate, Advocates for Human Potential  LinkedIn 
Lindsey Macella MA
2019
Research Associate, Comhar Partners LinkedIn
Joshua McMahan MA
2019
Market Research Project Coordinator, Numerator  

 

Clinical Psychology Program

Name
Degree
Year
Current Place of Employment
Contact
Nicole Arola
PhD
2016
Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Catherine Lee
PhD
2016
Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University Health System
Cynthia Pierre
PhD
2016
Clinical Psychologist, Rush University Medical Center
Alexandra Psihogios
PhD
2016 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Christina Ross Holbein
PhD
2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Arie Zakaryan
PhD 
2016 
Pediatric Psychologist, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Kimberly Burdette
PhD
2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford Children's Health
Anne Fuller
PhD
2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Alexandra Kirsch
PhD
2017 
Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
Caitlin Murray
PhD
2017
Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Seattle Children's Hospital 
Emma-Lorraine Bart-Plange
PhD
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Project Heal Trauma, Los Angeles, CA
Stephanie Brewer
PhD
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, Seattle, WA
Kyle Deane
PhD
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Shriners Hospitals for Children—Chicago, Clinical Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chicago, IL
PhD
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical Center/Boston Children’s Hospital, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH), Division of Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA
PhD
2018
Neurology Resident, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Aurora, CO
PhD
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Diabetes Fellowship Program, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, IL
PhD
2018
Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, The University of Southern California University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (USC UCEDD), Los Angeles, CA
Carolyn Bates
PhD
2019
Psychology Postdoctoral Resident, Children’s Mercy and Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Researchgate, LinkedIn 
Katherine Dorociak PhD 2019
Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Researchgate
Jenna Shapiro PhD 2019 Pediatric Psychologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Researchgate, LinkedIn 
Suzanna So PhD 2019 Child and Family Community Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, USC UCEDD/ Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Researchgate 
Stephanie Torres PhD 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Childhood Resilience, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL Researchgate, LinkedIn 
Evan Zahniser PhD 2019 Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency Program, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, American Lake Division, Tacoma, WA Researchgate 
Colleen Bechtel Driscoll PhD 2020 Pediatric Psychology Fellowship, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Emphasis in Cardiology with minor rotation in Hematology/Oncology  
Kelly Polnaszek PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division, Seattle, WA   
Amanda Burnside PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Consultation/Liaison, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL  Researchgate, LinkedIn 
Amy Heard Egbert PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI  
Dorothy McLeod Loren PhD 2020

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology, Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

LinkedIn 
Anna Maria Ros PhD 2020 Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Children’s Health Council (CHC), Palo Alto, CA LinkedIn 
Cara DiClemente PhD 2021 Adolescent DBT Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA  
Laura Distel PhD 2021 GI Psychology Service Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA  
Catherine (Rice) Dusing PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Pediatric Psychology, Michigan Medicine / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI  
Lauren Hindt PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Neuropsychology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN  
Brynn Huguenel PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for OCD and Related Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  
Alexa Stern PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric/Clinical Child Psychology, Pediatric Psychology Track, Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX  
Carol Hundert PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO  
Diana Ohanian PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Michigan/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Pediatric Rehabilitation Neuropsychology  
Cynthia Onyeka PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in the OCD and Anxiety Clinic (with Dr. Eric Storch)  
Ian Kahrilas PhD 2021 Data Scientist at Teladoc Health  
Laura Nicholson PhD 2021 Postdoctoral Residency at Northshore University Health System in Pediatric Neuropsychology  

 

Developmental Psychology Program

NameDegreeYearCurrent Place of EmploymentContact
Erin Wilkerson Jant PhD 2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University LinkedIn
Trisha Karr PhD 2011
Assistant Professor, Winona State University
Kelly Haas Bradley   PhD 2013  Senior Research and Assessment Associate, McHenry County Community College LinkedIn 
Maria Guzman PhD 2013 Program Evaluation Specialist, YMCA of the USA  LinkedIn
Vanessa Raschke Rainey PhD 2013  Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of West Florida Web  Researchgate LinkedIn
Nancy Miller Wyss PhD 2013 Assistant Professor, City Colleges of Chicago Researchgate
Sandra Vanegas PhD 2013
Tenure Track faculty member, Texas State
Laura Stockdale PhD 2014 Research Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University Researchgate 
Valerie Flores-Lamb PhD 2015 Psychology Lecturer in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University LinkedIn 
Kathryn O’Toole 
PhD 
2015 Visiting Assistant Professor, North Park University LinkedIn
Maria Marcus PhD  2016 Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University Website  
 Lizzie Hilvert     PhD  2018 T32 post-doctoral training program in intellectual and developmental disabilities at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison Researchgate
Amy Governale     PhD  2018 Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at NorthPark University Researchgate