Anima Acheampong ’11 attended the Physician Assistant training program at Desales University, going on to become a clinical nurse in the Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is now a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse at Stanford Children’s Health | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Abigail Archibald ’15 worked as a clinical research coordinator for the Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2015-2017. She is now an M.D. Candidate at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
Aime Arroyo-Ramirez ’16 worked as an Operations Associate at Collective Health until 2021. She’s now the Senior Strategic Operations Lead at Modern Health.
David Bales ’15 was a medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. He’s now a Resident Physician at UCLA family medicine.
Madeleine (Barclay) Nevin (Blue Lab Coordinator 2015-2017) was a student in the Doctorate of Audiology program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is now a full time Pediatric Audiologist at UNC Health.
Lauren Barragan ’21 is the Client and Clinician Experience Specialist at The Therapy Collective.
Ilona Bass (Joint Lab Coordinator 2014-2015) was a doctoral student at Rutgers University – Newark, working with Dr. Elizabeth Bonawitz in the Computational Cognitive Development Lab. She is currently a Mind Brain Behavior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University.
Talia Berkowitz (Blue Lab Coordinator 2010-2012) completed her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Chicago and worked there as a postdoctoral scholar. Currently, she is a Senior Research Scientist at Wesleyan University.
Isabel Bernstein ’13 is working as a field assistant for the Tokai Baboon Research Project in Table Mountain National Park near Cape Town, South Africa.
Srotoshini (Asha) Bhalobasha ’14 is a social media intern at SPN.
Keera Bhandari ’08 (MA ’09) worked as a Physician Assistant at Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven. Keera also worked as an Adjunct Professor at Quinnipiac University. Currently, Keera is working as a Physician Assistant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Esha Bhandari ’20 completed a UVA PostBacc Pre-Med student in Charlottesville, Virginia. She currently attends Drexel University College of Medicine and is a Research Assistant at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Stephanie Blumenstock ’16 worked as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at a high school in Paris, France. She completed her Masters of Arts in Teaching from Queens College CUNY. Currently, Stephanie is a teacher in New York City.
Adèle Borden ’12 received her M.F.A from USC. Adele worked at Participant Media in Los Angeles as a Narrative Assistant. Currently, she works at Red Bull Media House as a Senior Producer in Salzburg, Austria.
Liza Bourchtein ’10 completed her doctorate at Virginia Commonwealth University studying ADHD interventions and child outcomes. Currently, Liza is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan Medicine.
Kerry Brew ’18 (MA ’19) is currently working as a Marketing Coordinator at Walden Environmental Engineering.
Kendall Carr ’19 (MA ’20) is currently an Associate at Empactful Advisors in Boston, MA.
AnjaLi Carrasco ’07 is an Occupational Therapist and the Director at the Center for Developing Kids.
Sophie Charles ’20 was a lab manager in the Social & Moral Cognition Lab at Columbia University, and is now a full time PHD Student at Columbia.
Elizabeth Chase (Yellow Lab Coordinator 2011-2012) completed her PhD in School Psychology at the University of Oregon. She is currently at the University of California, Los Angeles for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) as a staff psychologist. Additionally, she is a Psychologist in Private Practice, part-time at Chase Psychology.
Jenny Chelmow ’19 completed her graduate work at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. She’s now the Grants Manager at the Parks & People Foundation.
Pierina Cheung (Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2017) is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Western Ontario. She is now a Lecturer (Research Scientist) in Office of Education Research at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technologial University, Singapore.
Deborah Cho ’12 attended graduate school in social work. She worked as a Program Manager of Behavioral Health Community Transitions in New York. Currently, she is an Associate Director at VNS Health.
Taylar Clark ’19 worked as a Clinical Research Assistant at Baystate Medical Center in MA. She is now getting her masters in Counseling Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Emily Compton ’08 is an intern with Texas Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation.
Sarah Corner ’17 was an analyst at Third Bridge Group Limited until 2018. Then, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at NYU Langone Health. Now, she is a Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student at Southern Methodist University.
Sara Dean ’17 has worked as a Senior Research Assistant in Bethesda, Maryland, a Social Work Intern at the University of Maryland SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors, a Graduate Research Assistant in the PEARL Lab at UMD, a Clinical Social Work Intern at the Lourie Center for Children’s Social & Emotional Wellness. Now, she is a Behavioral Health Therapist at the Lourie Center for Children’s Social and Emotional Wellness.
Lynn (Addie) Defeo ’24 worked as an Assistant Therapeutic Teacher at the FUSE School & Program, and is now a Behavioral Health Specialist at Bradley Children’s Hospital.
Selena Delgado ’22 attended Mercy College for a Masters in School Psychology. She now is a Lead Teacher at Icahn Charter Schools.
Taylor DeLoach ’13 worked as a Teacher Resident with the Match Teacher Residency Program in Boston, MA. She was the Dean of Culture and Founding Principal at Alma Del Mar Charter School, and is now the Executive Director.
Nick DeWind ’06 completed his PhD at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, working with Dr. Elizabeth Brannon. He then was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Now, he is the Head of Data Science at Azira
Megan Dolan ’17 was a Kindergarten and second grade teacher at the Alexander Adaire School in the greater Philadelphia area until 2024, teaching math, literacy, and health. Now, she is a Professional Learning Specialist at Amplify and works remotely as an Instructional Design Intern at St. Luke’s University Health Network.
Julia Dima ’25 is obtaining her MSW at the NYU Silver School of Social Work.
Lisa Drennan ’09 was a professional volleyball player in Denmark until 2010. Then, she became a Physical Therapy Aide and Health Awareness Instructor at BackFirst and she was an Independent Associate at LegalShield until 2015. Now, she is a Total Wellness Life Coach, as well as a Curriculum Developer at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
Meghan Duberek ’08 worked for a marketing company in Waltham, MA for a year. Then, she worked full time for 15 years at an Education Resource Strategies company. Now, she works as a Technology Operations Manager at HopeWell Inc.
Sarah Edelman ’09 (Blue Lab Coordinator 2009-2010) received her M.A from the Mental Health Counseling program at NYU. She is currently working as a licensed psychotherapist and counseling educator and researcher in Brooklyn, New York.
Sierra Eisen (Postdoctoral Fellow 2021) is a research associate at WestEd working on pre-K math interventions for low income students.
Sarah Elgart ’07 is a Nurse Practitioner at UCSF Health.
Jordan Ellman ’17 is pursuing a career in sports marketing, while continuing to develop her education startup initiative for early childhood development. She’s now an associate clinical social worker as well as a mental health therapist and crisis counselor in Los Angeles County.
Ricky Ferris (Blue Lab Coordinator 2020-2021) is an Account Development Representative at Resonate. He does AI powered data and consumer analytics.
Meghana Kandlur ’18 is currently working as a book seller at Open Books full time in Chicago.
Kenneth Feder ’12 used to work as an epidemic intelligence service officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Baltimore, Maryland. He went on to become an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the CDC, and is now an Assistant Research Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he conducts resesarch in epidemiology and health policy.
Lauren Feld ’11 was an M.D. and a Gastroenterology Fellow at the University of Washington. She is now the Assistant Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School, in charge of the division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Zoe Feingold ’15 is a graduate student in clinical-forensic psychology at Fordham University working on research related to assessment and treatment of juvenile justice-involved youth. She is now a Clinical-Forensic Psychologist focused on improving outcomes for individuals and families involved with or at-risk for involvement in the criminal legal system.
Jordan Feingold-Link ’17 is a medical student and MD candidate at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
Joseph Feldblum ’08 was a graduate student in evolutionary anthropology at Duke. He is now a full time Assistant Research Professor at Duke.
Claudia Ferrara ’21 (MA ’22) was the Lab Manager and Project Coordinator at CDL until 2023. Now, she works as a Community Research and Development Lead and Regional Growth Manager at MathTalk PBC.
Barry Finder ’09 (MA ’10) is living in Austin and recently finished a semester project at the University of Texas about children’s educational outcomes. He worked at SpareFoot as the Head of Business Operations. He went on to work for Uber for 6 years, managing Greenlight Programs as well as becoming the Program and Territory LEader for Greenlight (Uber’s in person and video customer support). He is now working at Chegg Inc. as the Senior Director.
Amanda Fiorentino ’19 got her MBA at Johns Hopkins. She went on the work as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a Senior Administrative Assistant at MIT Sloan School of Management. She’s now an Associate Investigator at Pfizer.
Emery Frick ’18 is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology at Rutgers University.
Genesis Garcia (she/they) ’22 is a graduate student at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Jennifer Garcia ’10 (Yellow Lab Coordinator 2010-2011) worked as a Research Assistant at MDRC’s Family Well-Being and Child Development policy area. She then taught at Success Academy Charter Schools in Brooklyn, NY (with Jillian Roberts ’15). She now teaches 5th graders at P.S. 397 (Spruce Street School) in Manhattan.
Emilie George ’13 worked at the New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, conducting research on the long-term cognitive effects of brain surgery. She attended medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she was also a research assistant in the Department of Neurological Surgery. She’s now a primary care physician at NYC Health + Hospitals in Brooklyn.
Dominic Gibson ’10 is a Senior Research Scientist at foundry10. He was a postdoctoral researcher in the Social Cognitive Development Lab at the University of Washington with Kristina Olson. He received his Ph.D. in Dr. Susan Levine’s Cognitive Development Lab at the University of Chicago.
Nicole Gray ’08 was a student in the Ph.D. program for Applied Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University and worked at their Institute for Research on Social Issues. Then, she became a Business Data Analyst at Kaiser Permanente until 2021. Now, she is a full-time Social Scientist, working with the FDA.
Margaret Gullick ’07 is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Human Services Research (CHSR) at University at Albany. She received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Dartmouth College before completing a postdoctoral fellow at UT Austin in the Brain Development Lab and at Northwestern University in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. She worked for 8 years at the Center for Human Services Research in Albany, where she lead social service program evaluation projects as the director. Now, she is an Associate for Institutional Research with the State University of New York in Albany.
Anthony Gutierrez ’15 is a confined space rescue technician at O’Connor Safety Corporation.
Sarah Hammond ’22 (BA/MA) is a Research Specialist at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia.
Emily Hauser ’25 plans to attend medical school.
Amanda Herrera Tommasino ’10 received her Ph.D in the MOSAIC Lab at Northwestern University, working with Douglas Medin. She then worked worked as a Senior Design Research Fellow at the Public Policy Lab, and is now a Consultant there. She is also the co-founder of Pana Projects.
Elise Herrig ’10 attended a Master’s program in Social Work in Boston after having worked as a Research Assistant at the Early Childhood Cognition Lab at MIT. She worked at Brookline Community Mental Health Center for 5 years as a Clinical Coordinator. She is now an Adjustment Counselor at Sharon Middle School near Boston, Massachusetts.
Jamie Hom ’17 (MA ’18) worked as an assistant at Elkins Kalt law firm in Los Angeles, CA. She then attended Northeastern University’s School of Law and received her JD (Doctor of Law). She is now an Associate Attorney for Faggiano & Associates.
Rebecca Houston-Read ’19 was a Research Assistant at MIT. She received her Masters in City Planning from MIT. She is now a Graduate fellow at the Boston Housing Authority, where she designs clean energy programs for the BHA and develops strategies to better connect BHA residents to transit. She is also a Special Advisor for Implementation at the EPA, where she works at the intersection of housing and environment.
Alexander Hoyle ’13 was a PhD student at the University of Maryland’s Computational Linguistics and Information Processing lab, working with Philip Resnik. He is now a Postoctoral Fellow in Artificial Intelligence in Zurich, Switzerland, where he is researching natural language processing and its applications to social science.
Christian Hoyos ’11 received his PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Northwestern University working in the Cognition and Language Lab with Dedre Gentner. He then became a Senior Scientist in the Human Factors practice at Exponent working to help generate solutions for clients related to human performance & behavior, consumer product safety, and child development. Since 2022, he has been the Managing Scientist in the Human Factors practice at Exponent.
Rachel Hsu ’22 was a Lab Manager for Dr. Leah Richmond-Rakerd’s Psychopathology, Population Health, and Genetics lab, as well as for the Study of Adolescent to Adult Neural Development led by Dr. Luke Hyde at the University of Michigan. She is currently receiving her PHD in Psychology under Dr. Elliot Tucker-Drob at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jinjia (Grace) Hu ’23 is a graduate student at Northwestern University.
Gwynne Hunter ’10 is an attorney at California Attorney General’s Office in Sacramento, California. She received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She was the Deputy Attorney General in the Natural Resources Law Section, an is now General COunsel at the California Transportation Commision.
Rachel Jacobson Teitler ‘08 was a Litigation Associate in New York, New York. She received her law degree from the University of Michigan. She is now a Professional Development Manager at Sidley Austin LLP.
Phoebe Jones ’08 worked at Georgetown University Hospital in the Dept. of Surgery’s Office of Education. For eleven years, she has worked at Independence Blue Cross (IBX) as the manager of the Office of Public Policy, as well as a Senior Policy Analyst.
Shipra Kanjlia ’12 was a postdoctoral researcher at John Hopkins University working with Marina Bedny after receiving her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. She is now a UX Researcher (Human Factors Engineer) at MITRE full time, in McLean, Virginia.
Emily Kaplan-Levenson ’17 worked as an English language teaching assistant in Spain for a year. She worked for 5 years as an Associate for the Pew Charitable Trusts. She is now a social worker in a family defense practice at Brooklyn Defenders.
Kelsey Kayton (Full-time RDM Lab Coordinator, Part-time Yellow Lab Coordinator 2020-2022) is a doctoral student at Ohio University, working with Dr. Keith Markman in the TIME Lab. She now works at the Graduate Student Senate at Ohio University
Lindsay Kenney ’12 worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Columbia University. She is now an MD/PHD student at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
Madeline Kidd ’14 is an Osteopathic Medical student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. She now works as a Care Partner. She’s also a family medicine resident at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital.
Erin Kim (Yellow Lab Coordinator 2022-2024) is a doctoral student in Developmental Psychology at the University of Chicago, working with Dr. Alex Shaw in the DIBS Lab.
Sona Kumar (Blue Lab Coordinator 2017-2018) was a graduate student at Boston University in the Social Learning Lab working with Kathleen Corriveau. She is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate full time at Purdue University, as part of the first NSF Purdue University Research Program on STEM Education (PURPOSE) postdoctoral training cohort.
Ilana Ladis ’17 was a graduate student at the University of Virginia in the PACT Lab working with Bethany Teachman. She just finished her Clinical Psychology residency at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and is now a Clinical Psychologist in Providence.
Maxine Lai ’17 is a Clinical Research Coordinator and Medical Assistant at DermCare Experts. She now works as the Director of Onboarding Services at CRIO.
Rebecca Peretz-Lange ’13 was an Assistant Professor at SUNY Purchase and PI of the Conceptual Development in Society Lab. She was a Ph.D. student and fellow in Dr. Muentener’s Cognitive Development Lab at Tufts University, after having worked as a research assistant with Facing History. She is now an Assistant Professor of Psychological Science at Vassar College.
Maya Layne ’20 works as an Entertainment Associate at Conde Nast, as an assistant to the creative editorial director of Vogue and VP of Video, Vogue.
Julia Leonard ’11 is an Assistant Professor in the Yale University Psychology Department and PI of the Leonard Learning Lab. She was a postdoctoral fellow at UPenn after completing her PhD in Dr. Gabrieli’s lab at MIT.
Ellen Lesser ’15 conducted research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse as an NIH postbac IRTA fellow. She is now a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago after being a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of Washington until 2024.
Sydney Lewis ’14 is a teacher for the NYC Department of Education. She is also a teacher and school coordinator at Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring.
Mattie Liskow ’11 was an Attorney in Family Defense Practice for the Bronx Defenders. Now, she works part-time as a Psychoanalyst at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC), and works full-time as a Family Justice Program Manager at Footsteps, Inc.
Courtney Litts ’22 got her M.S. of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Saint Joseph, and is now a Physician Assistant in New York.
Vivian Liu ’18 is a graduate student in the Cognitive Development Lab at New York University, working with Andrei Cimpian. She received her PHD in Developmental and Child Psychology. Now, she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Dublin in Ireland.
Angela Lo ’14 is a graduate student at Tufts University. She received her MA in School Psychology at Tufts, and her Ed.S. in School Psychology as an Education Specialist. She is now a School Psychologist at Newton Public Schools full-time.
Portia Lundie ’14 is a filmmaker and producer in NYC. She has experience as an assistant director, coordinator, and line producer.
Pinzhen Lyu (Louise) ’16 worked as a Marketing Manager at Artsy. Now, she is an Online Retail Project Manager in Paris, France, at Van Cleef & Arpels. She received her INSEAD MBA in Arts & Luxury and Marketing & Digital Strategy.
Kyle MacDonald ’10 was a Natural Language Processing Engineer and Manager at IBM. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Communication at UCLA and received a Ph.D. from Stanford University working with Dr. Michael Frank. He is now an Engineering Manager at DoorDash, supporting a team of Machine Learning Engineers to leverage AI/ML to enhance Doordash’s Product Knowledge Graph.
Laura Machlin ’13 was a doctoral student in clinical psychology at UNC Chapel Hill, working with Dr. Margaret Sheridan. She then had a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University in the Stress and Development Lab. She moved on to become a Program Officer at the NICHD, and is now a Program Officer at PCORI, as well as a Clinical Psychologist.
Elaine Maskus ’15 worked as the co-lab manager for the Neurocognition, Early Experience and Development lab at Columbia University, as well as a part time consultant for New Visions for Public Schools, where she received her Master’s in Neuroscience and Education at Columbia’s Teachers College. She is now the Professional Development Information System (PDIS) Manager at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
Olivia Mason ’15 received her Master’s degree from Stanford University in East Asian Studies. She worked as a Research Manager at China Solutions in New York until August, 2023.
Sonia Max ’17 received a Clinical Nurse Leader’s Master’s degree at the University of Maryland. She is currently working as a Case Management Nurse at Amedisys.
Natalie May B.A. ’17, M.A. ’18 worked as a Project Coordinator for the Center for Social Development and Education at UMass Boston.
Mary McAllister ’20 is an M.A. student in Psychology at NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Science.
Samantha Melvin ’13 was a doctoral student in Early Childhood Education Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she works at the National Center for Children and Families on projects related to equity in early childhood programs, including coordinating a project on variation in quality across NYC’s Pre-K For All programs. She worked as an Assistant Research Professor at the Erikson Institute for 5 years. She is now a Policy Research Director at Zero to Three.
Opraha Miles ’14 joined Teach for America in Memphis, TN.
Carolina Montano ’21 works as an Operations Associate at SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity. She is an incoming graduate student in Developmental Psychology, where she will receive her MA at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Gabriella Montinola ’17 worked as a Data and Impact Assessment Associate at Teach for the Philippines, where she focuses on evidence-based decision making and measurement. She is now an M.S. Candidate in Nutrition Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Carolyn Mortell ’12 was a Senior Account Strategist at Criteo in San Francisco, CA. She is now a Manager in Campaign Management there.
Mark Nakhla ’13 received their MD from the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University and was a resident physician and fellow at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. Now, they work as a doctor at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, with a specialty in Psychiatry.
Julie Neuspiel Warner ’09 was a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at UMass Boston. She now is a Clinical Psychologist, working at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Ravenna Neville ’10 was a corporate and securities associate at Pepper-Hamilton law firm. She received her JD from Boston University School of Law. She became Senior Counsel at Klaviyo in Boston, and is now Senior Counsel at Imprivata in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Laura Nuzzi ’10 was a researcher at the Judge Baker Children’s Center in Boston. She is now Clinical Researcher Manager III at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Sarah Aduke Ohiomah ’21 works as a Practice Management Specialist in Physician Organization – Practice Access and Operations (Digital Engagement) at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is also an MHA Candidate at Stony Brook University.
Madeleine Oswald ’14 was a doctoral student in Developmental Psychology working in Susan Levine’s Cognitive Development Lab at U Chicago. She was then a Research Analyst/Early Childhood Learning Specialist there. Now, she is a Data Analyst at Hoot Reading.
Praise Owoyemi ’18 is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology, working with Dr. Annette Stanton at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to her graduate study she was a clinical research assistant in the Technology and Aging Lab and Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program at McLean Hospital, Boston.
John Pacheco ’15 worked at Boston Children’s Hospital in the Asthma Clinical Research Center. He was a medical student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine until 2022. He is now a Family Resident Physician at Concord Hospital Health System in New Hampshire.
Annie Paladino ’09 worked as a theater artist and the Associate Artistic Director of Akropolis Performance Lab in Seattle, WA. She is currently a strength training coach and owner of Paladino Strength in Shoreline, WA.
Joanna Paul ’18 was a Research Assistant for the Early Intervention Research Group at Northwestern University. She’s now a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Chicago, having received her MPH/MSW. She is currently living in Berlin, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar.
Jessica Pordy ’24 is working at the Child Mind Institute in New York as an ADHD & Behavior Disorders Program Intern.
Hannah Ratner ’20 has been working as a Senior Content Writer, first working at IsoPlexis, and now working at Matter Communications.
Sheri Reichelson Stone ’16 (MA ’17) was a Research Manager at Tropic. She is now a Senior Product Manager there.
Andrew Ribner ’14 was a postdoctoral researcher in the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburg, working with Melissa Libertus. He received his Ph.D in the Neuroscience and Education Lab at NYU Steinhardt. He is now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Chatham University int Pittsburgh.
Jillian Roberts ’15 worked as an associate teacher at Success Academy Charter Schools in Brooklyn, NY and is working on her Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education at Touro College. She worked alongside Jennifer Garcia ’10 in Success Academy’s Crown Heights location. She is now a Dance Instructor at Modena in Queens and a Dance Teacher at PS 532 New Bridges Elementary in Brooklyn.
Bethany Rutkowski (Yellow Lab Coordinator 2024-25) is a Lab Manager at Brown University’s Computational Cognitive Development Lab.
Lisa Sacerio ’07 is a Research Program Coordinator at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Jason Saltiel ’14 is a gastroenterologist at Atlantic Gastroenterology after receiving his MD at Columbia University.
Mike Sandwick ’11 was Head of Business Development at Holotech. He is now a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z.
Rachel Santiago ’12 was a doctoral student in School Psychology at the University of Oregon after spending a year as an AmeriCorps member at City Year Boston. She is now an assistant professor at the University of Missouri.
Simoneil Sarbh ’13
Cory Savereid ’08 is teaching at the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA, and plans to enter graduate school for psychology/counseling.
Joanna Schiffman ’11 received her PhD in the Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Department at Boston College. Afterwards, she worked as a research specialist for U Chicago Stem Education. Currently, she is a senior researcher at UChicago Data Science Institute.
Kayla Schlenz ’16 worked as Head Resident Advisor at Wesleyan University. Currently, she is the Assistant Director of Residence Life at Westfield State University.
Mariah Schug (Postdoctoral Fellow 2008-2010) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Widener University. Her research explores the development of intergroup bias (e.g., racial bias) in childhood and how intergroup attitudes are influenced by social and cultural context. She is also chair of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies.
Anna Schwab ’16 is currently an Editor and Development Associate at Archipelago Books.
Ariel Schwartz ’12 was a graduate student in Dr. Kramer’s Youth and Young Adult Empowerment, Leadership, and Learning (YELL) Lab at Boston University, after having earned her MS in Occupational Therapy there. Currently, she is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire.
Sophia Sciarappa ’22 is currently an 8th Grade Physical Science Teacher at the William S. Cohen Middle School and a Varsity Softball Coach at Bangor High School.
Kaila Scott-Charles ’19 is a doctoral student in Developmental Psychology at the University of Chicago working with Dr. Katherine Kinzler.
Martine Seiden ’11 is teaching at the MATCH Charter School in Boston, MA.
Sarah Seo ’16 is the Lead Kindergarten Teacher at Laureate Academy Charter School.
Elizabeth Shackney ’17 is the Director of Analytics and Research for Texas RioGrande Legal Aid.
Emily Slusser (Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2012) is an Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Development at San Jose State University.
Andrew Smith ’08
Shanthi Soans ’23
Sifana Sohail ’18 is a Ph.D. student in the Yale Department of Psychology, in the Social Cognitive Development Lab. Previously she was a Lab Manager at the Chernyak Social Cognition Lab at the University of California, Irvine.
Ariel Ballinger Starr ’07 is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Washington. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Silvia Bunge’s lab after receiving her Ph.D. in Dr. Elizabeth Brannon’s Lab at Duke University.
Esmé Stern ’18
Tawni Stoop ’15 is a graduate student in the Emotion Regulation Lab at Pennsylvania State University, working with Dr. Pamela Cole.
Jessica Sullivan ’08 is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Skidmore College. She received her Ph.D. in the Language and Development Lab at UC San Diego, working with Dr. David Barner.
Michaela Swee ’12 is a graduate student in the Adult Anxiety Clinic with Dr. Richard Heimberg at Temple University. Before starting her graduate studies, she worked as a research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and the Depression Clinical and Research Program.
Nora Switchenko ’07 completed her medical degree at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. Nora completed her residency and a neonatology fellowship at the University of Utah where she is now an Adjunct Instructor in Pediatrics.
Jessica Taggart (Lab Coordinator 2012-2014) completed her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Virginia, working with Dr. Angeline Lillard in the Early Development Lab.
Mary Toomey ’17 is an Associate Researcher at the Neuroleadership Institute in the greater New York City Area.
Jessica Tsai ‘07 is an Associate Analyst for Educational Technology at Ovum.
Emma Trapani ’21 (MA ’22)
Katie Vasquez ’20 is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Previously she was a lab manager in the Social Cognitive Development Lab at Yale University.
Julia Vermeulen ’14
Binxin Wang ’20
Rachel Warner ’14 is a doctoral student in English and Teaching Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Abby Wolk ’22
Katie Williams (Yellow Lab Coordinator 2018-2020) is a doctoral student in Developmental Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sophie Williamson ’22 is getting her master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Lesley University.
Chenmu (Julia) Xing (Postdoctoral Fellow 2016 – 2019) is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Program at Minot State University. She received her PhD in Cognitive Studies in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Janna Yousef ’20
Eunice Yu ’16
Sonia Zavala ’15
Alexandra Zax (Yellow Lab Coordinator 2015-2017) is a graduate student in the Child Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Kansas. Her research interests focus on the effects of childhood trauma exposure in immigrant communities. Before beginning her graduate study, she was a research assistant at the National Center for PTSD – VA Boston Healthcare System.
Emma Zoloth ’10 is a clinical psychologist in the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Mood and Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute. She attended the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University.
Allison Zoromski ‘07 is an Assistant Professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. She received her PhD in clinical Psychology from Ohio University.