Faculty Research Opportunities
Research Assistantships
Below is a list of professors/faculty members (PSY only) that may or may not be looking for Research Assistants. This list provides you information about when RA positions will be open, and preferences and interests of each professor. Typically, professors recruit research assistants at the beginning of the academic school year (Fall semester). Please do not be afraid to reach out to any one of them or us, about information regarding the RA positions at any time.
![]() Dr. Robert Blumenfeld (he/him)
rsblumenfeld@cpp.edu Field of Interest: Cognitive Neuroscience/Biological Psychology. Studying memory, executive function, and the brain with EEG and fMRI meta-analysis |

Dr. Rachel Baumsteiger
rbaumsteiger@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Focuses on prosocial behavior and well-being, emphasizing on adolescents and young adults. Involves developmental psych, positive psych, and social psych
Not currently accepting for the Fall semester but open to doing so in Spring 2023
rbaumsteiger@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Focuses on prosocial behavior and well-being, emphasizing on adolescents and young adults. Involves developmental psych, positive psych, and social psych
Not currently accepting for the Fall semester but open to doing so in Spring 2023

Dr. Jill Nemiro
jenemiro@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Organizational Psychology
Possibly accepting for Spring 2023 (prefers RAs who have had courses in Org. Psych)
jenemiro@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Organizational Psychology
Possibly accepting for Spring 2023 (prefers RAs who have had courses in Org. Psych)
![]() Dr. Soeun Park [Sow-en]
souenp@cpp.edu Field of Interest: Multicultural Psych, Counseling Psych, Community Psych |
![]() Dr. Nicholas Von Glahn (he/him)
nrvonglahn@cpp.edu Field of Interest: Pilot study on the effects of dual language immersions learning, analyzing survey data regarding technology on classrooms Accepting for Spring 2023 |

Dr. Erika DeJonghe (she/her/hers)
esdejonghe@cpp.edu
To schedule email arabernathy@cpp.edu or ocorbin@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Clinical Psychology and perpetration research
Not currently accepting
esdejonghe@cpp.edu
To schedule email arabernathy@cpp.edu or ocorbin@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Clinical Psychology and perpetration research
Not currently accepting

Dr. Viviane Seyranian
vseyranian@cpp.ed
Field of Interest: Social and Positive psychology
Accepting a few students for Spring 2023
vseyranian@cpp.ed
Field of Interest: Social and Positive psychology
Accepting a few students for Spring 2023
![]() Dr. Tierra Ellis
ttellis@cpp.edu Field of Interest: Adolescent and young adult, centered on innovative strengths-based, culturally relevant, and radical healing for Black and Latinx adolescents/young adults. Dismantling school-to-prison pipeline, destigmatizing mental health in Black and Latinx communities and representation of Black students in STEM Recruiting students actively for Spring 2023 |
![]() Dr. Tatiana Pumaccahua
ttpmaccahua@cpp.edu Field of Interest: Social and emotional learning, school-based mental health, cultural adaptation of interventions, access to higher education for schools of color Lab Accepting 2-3 students for Spring 2023, recruitment and interviews will begin later in Fall. Look out for flyers with info. |

Dr. Michael Giang
mtgiang@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: A generalist: broad areas of interests that include education, learning science, social development
Most of lab work is done with data from https://addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/
mtgiang@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: A generalist: broad areas of interests that include education, learning science, social development
Most of lab work is done with data from https://addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/

Dr. Alejandro Morales (he/him)
amorales2@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Latinx Psychology, Psychology of Sexual Orientation, Immigration Psychology
Looking for 1-2 students majoring in psychology, 3.5 GPA, have taken intro to psychology and statistic psychology who are interested in pursuing a PhD out of state/proficient in English and Spanish
amorales2@cpp.edu
Field of Interest: Latinx Psychology, Psychology of Sexual Orientation, Immigration Psychology
Looking for 1-2 students majoring in psychology, 3.5 GPA, have taken intro to psychology and statistic psychology who are interested in pursuing a PhD out of state/proficient in English and Spanish