REACH Lab Alumni

Lacy is a Pediatric Psychology Fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her research interests include examining and enhancing resilience and coping among children, adolescents, and emerging adults exposed to trauma and loss. She is especially passionate about understanding and enhancing strengths-based characteristics and coping responses among persons with diverse identities, such as racial and ethnic minority status and sexual and gender minority status.

Taylor is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the THRIVE (Trauma, Healing, and Resilience In the midst of Violence Exposure) Lab directed by Dr. Susan Yoon at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include examining strength-based factors within the family system that contribute to improved child outcomes. Specifically, her work focuses on how maternal adversity exposure impacts child development in the context of family violence and loss.

Laura works at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Her research interests include how risk and protective factors, both on individual and familial levels, influence child adjustment after adverse life events. 

Lauren owns a private practice, Hope and Healing Therapy Center, and is the Director of the General Psychotherapy and Assessment Clinic at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where she also serves as a Clinical Professor. Her research interest include supporting children and families exposed to adversity, with a particular focus on using evidence-based practice and knowledge to foster resilience.

Amanda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Rhodes College. Her research interests center around understanding intrapersonal, interpersonal, and contextual factors that promote or hinder resilient functioning among youth affected by trauma exposure.

Rachel is interested in examining atypical child development and implementing interventions to reduce youth psychopathology. 

Hanna is interested in risk and protective factors associated with traumatic experiences, specifically intimate partner violence and bereavement. 

Kaytryn is interested in the intergenerational transmission of risk and resilience among racial/ethnic minority adolescents and emerging adults with regard to mental health. 

Throughout her studies, she played a vital role in the REACH Lab as an undergraduate and graduate research assistant.

Madeline’s clinical focus is promoting resilience and wellbeing among service members and veterans.

Hannah played a crucial role in the REACH Lab as the Camp HOPE coordinator and as a general research assistant across various projects.