People

Senior Project: “Light skin is the right skin? and long hair don’t care?”: An investigation of colorism and texturism amongst Black and Latina women

Senior Project: Clarifying the relationship between Instagram use and mental health: Exploring the role of individual differences in problematic Instagram use and goal pursuit

Sophia is interested in bringing clinical psychology and neuroscience together to study the brain and behavior of individuals with mental disorders, genetic disorders, and traumatic brain injury. She hopes to graduate as a Psychology Major and Cognitive Neuroscience minor and later attend graduate school to further her research and education in psychology. Afterwards, she hopes to work in a hospital to provide care and treatment for patients and continue research as a clinical psychologist.

Senior Project: Characterizing Experience and Regulation of Sexual Harassment Experiences Among Female Gamers in First-Person Shooters

Alex is especially interested in pursuing a career of research and development as it relates to a broad range of products that aim to increase human performance in the workplace. He is currently a senior in the Bard Psychology Program.

Isabel completed her undergraduate at Bard College in 2020, receiving her Bachelor's degree in psychology with a research focus in social anxiety and social media. She also received her Masters degree in teaching and history degree from Bard in 2021. Isabel currently teaches history and psychology at Rhinebeck High School.

Publications: Regulating self-image on Instagram: Links between social anxiety, Instagram contingent self-worth, and content control behaviors

Senior Project: Regulating self-image on social media: Associations between social anxiety and Instagram control behaviors

Senior Project: The pressure cooker of higher education: Multiple predictors of pressure to succeed among today's college students

Angelo is broadly interested in the history of treatment of mental disorders and various therapeutic approaches, including mindfulness meditation and appraisal techniques as well as pharmacologically enhanced group therapy with the assistance of compounds such as psilocybin and MDMA. Beginning Fall 2021, Angelo will be pursuing a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.