Lab Director: Carmen Westerberg

Dr. Westerberg obtained her PhD in Cognitive and Biological Psychology from the University of Minnesota and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University before joining the faculty at Texas State University in fall 2011. Her current research interests involve how memories change across time and how neural events underlying these changes affect other cognitive processes such as problem solving and decision making.

Graduate Students:

Ashlynn Friudenberg

Gabrielle Gaulbert

Gabrielle Gaulbert is a Senior Psychology student at Texas State, set to join the Master of Arts in Psychological Research program next year under Dr. Graham. Gabrielle has a background in clinical work, having completed two internships with Robyn Rogers at Talent  Search and the Hays Caldwell Women’s Center, along with experience at the San Marcos Treatment Center. Her primary research interests are in neuropsychology, particularly in brain imaging, aging disorders, and the intersection of psychopathology and neuropsychology.

Undergraduate Students:

Yordanos Kinfe

Yordanos is a junior pursuing a B.S. in Biochemistry and a double minor in psychology and biology with a premed concentration. She spends her time doing expressive projects that she enjoys that capitalize on her creativity as well as being an activist for mental health awareness. In her free time, she enjoys reading and quality time with her friends and dogs.

Daniel Gonsalez

Daniel is a junior at Texas State pursuing a B.S in Microbiology with a minor in Biochemistry with a Pre-Medical Concentration. He enjoys spending his free time with friends and family and helping out his community.

 Sampada Niroula                                                                                           

Sampada is an international student from Nepal majoring in computer science and minoring in psychology. She is fascinated by the mechanisms of brain and wants to integrate brain science with technology. She is interested in pursuing Computational Neuroscience on the graduate level. She loves to read books in her free time, try different cuisines, watch true crime podcasts and is a huge cat person!

Favour Kowe

Favour is a psychology major and has a minor in pre-medicine. She enjoys engaging in volunteer opportunities as well as developing her psychological capabilities by taking numerous psychology courses. Most of her time is consumed by working for the TXST STEM Communities as a Learning Assistant for Biology. Besides that, she enjoys spending her free time trying out new recipes, spending time with friends, and reading.

Alumni Graduate Students:

Victoria Leyva, M.A.

Cheryl Fox, M.A.

Chloe Troupe, M.S., Biology, Texas State University

Anna Madden-Rusnak, M.A., Doctoral Student, University of Texas, Austin

Sean Fickle, M.A., Director, Fickle Apiaries

Mckensey Jonson, M.A., Research Analyst, Gallup, Chicago, IL

Bryant Reininger, M.A., Data Analyst in Marketing Sciences, Illuminas, Austin, TX

Christopher Hawkins, M.A., Doctoral student in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Davis

Haley Harris, M.A., Doctoral student, University of Texas, Arlington, TX

Yousef Alqurashi, M.A., Doctoral student, Imperial College, London

Haleigh Winfrey, M.A.

Michael Price, PhD student, North Dakota State University

Regan Christian, M.A., Research Assistant, Neurosciences Research Center, Cook Children’s Hospital, Fort Worth, TX

Alumni Undergraduate Students: