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Dr. Derrick has moved to the University at Buffalo. Her lab continues to operate in both locations, but she is NOT accepting new PhD students at UH.
Our Director
Our Director
Jaye L. Derrick, Ph.D.
Dr. Derrick has moved to the University at Buffalo, where she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior in the School of Public Health and Health Professions. She is also affiliated with the Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA) and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (IAD). She is maintaining an affiliation with the University of Houston as a Research Professor in Social, Personality, and Health Psychology. Her primary research areas include (1) interdependence, the need to belong, and symbolic social bonds; (2) the influence of close relationships on self-regulation and substance use; (3) the influence of substance use on close relationship functioning and intimate partner aggression; and (4) ambulatory assessment (e.g., daily diary and EMA) research methods.
Current Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Esther Song, MA
Esther earned her MA in Psychology at the University of Houston in 2024 and graduated with a BA in Psychology and Media Study from the University at Buffalo (UB) in 2021. Before joining the Social Processes Lab at the University of Houston, she worked as a project support specialist/lab manager at Dr. Michael Poulin’s Stress, Coping and Prosocial Engagement Lab at UB. She is interested in various psychological factors that can affect social well-being. Her current research interests include symbolic social bonds (or social surrogates) and social rejection.
Katie MacEachern, BS
Katie graduated from the Ohio State University with a BS in Psychology in 2022. She is interested in studying close relationships, health behaviors, decision-making, and social media and the internet.
Current Research Assistants
Current Research Assistants
Safiyah Sharif (Lead RA)
Quetzi Contreras (Recruitment Coordinator)
Valeria Gonzalez Urdaneta
Sydney Hartfield
Rashmika Kumar
Madison Leba
Jasmine Melendez-Herrera
Gabriela Mion
Erika Sy
Zetta Ubanwa
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