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Graduate Students
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Archana Ambike
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Archana Ambike is a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology.
She earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Fergusson College, Pune, India and a Master's
Degree in Clinical Psychology from the Department of Psychology, University of Pune, India. Her
research interests include social and emotional competence in children, studying program
implementation in school-based preventive interventions and its effects on child outcomes,
and application of developmental psychology in the public policy arena. Her Master’s Thesis
involves development of a questionnaire that examines teacher attitudes toward social and
emotional learning programs. A member of the executive board of the GSA, she holds the position
of Graduate Research Chair (2007-2008) and is also actively involved in the Indian Students
Association at UMBC. In her spare time, Archana enjoys singing, reading, cooking, and travelling
with her husband Abhijit.
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Chris Min |
Chris is a graduate student in the Human Services Psychology program at
UMBC, studying to obtain his Ph.D in child-clinical psychology and
behavioral medicine. He received a B.A. in Psychology at The Johns
Hopkins University in 2005, and has done research in attention and
perception, and child anxiety. In his spare time, Chris enjoys watching
movies, playing the guitar and violin, and spending time with his fiancé
Jung. He also enjoys a variety of sports and physical activity such as
golf, softball, basketball, weight lifting, and soccer.
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Holly VanderWalde |
Holly is a graduate student in the Human Services Psychology program, pursuing a Ph.D. in child-clinical
psychology. She graduated from University of Maryland, College Park in 2006 receiving a B.S. in
psychology. Throughout her time at Maryland she participated in research and completed a thesis
which looked at the relationship between infant temperament, quality of mother-child interactions,
and behavior problems in early childhood. In her free time, Holly enjoys spending time with family
and friends and playing volleyball and softball.
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Kathy Bohner |
Kathy Bohner
is a graduate student pursuing her PhD in Applied Developmental
Psychology. She completed her undergraduate work at Bloomsburg
University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a B.A. in both
Psychology and History. Her research interests include developmental
psychopathology, particularly disruptive disorders in children and
the environmental factors that affect the development of this
population. In her free time she enjoys spending time with family
and friends and pursuing her interest in medieval history.
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Sean Logie |
Sean Logie is currently a graduate student at Catholic University of America and working towards
an M.A. in general psychology. He earned his B.A. in Music at Loyola College in Maryland and has
a M.A.T. in Elementary Education from Johns Hopkins University. After five years of teaching, he
has returned to the academia in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. His current research
interests are in the assessment of social information processing in children and the effects of
positive emotions on this process. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, running, and spending
time with his wife and family.
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