Undergraduate Students


Amy Maslin

Amy is the Head Research Assistant for the Social Development Lab. She is a senior at UB majoring in Psychology and is intending to minor in Counseling and American Sign Language. She wants to go to graduate school for Clinical, Child or Sports Psychology. Amy’s career goals are to work with children, adolescents and young adults through counseling or research. 


Zoey Morrisey

Zoey is a senior at UB majoring in Psychology, intending to minor in Sociology. She plans on attending graduate school for her clinical Ph.D. following graduation. Her current interests include forensic psychology, school psychology, and sociology. 


Jennifer McCarthy

Jennifer is a senior at UB, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Counseling. She would like to attend graduate school in the future, and enter the mental health counseling field. She is interested in child development and enjoys working with kids.


Lauren Montagne

Lauren is a junior at UB majoring in Psychology and minoring in counseling. She plans to attend graduate school for her master’s in counseling following graduation. Lauren’s career goals are to work with children and to promote more access to mental health resources within schools. 


Riley Godwin

Riley is a junior at UB majoring in Psychology and intending to minor in Health and Human Services. She plans to attend graduate school for her Clinical PhD following graduation. Riley’s career goals are to work in diagnosing and treating children with psychopathology, as well as researching within the field of child psychopathology. 


Rowan Radel

Rowan is a junior at UB majoring in Psychology and minoring in Japanese. He has always been interested in developmental psychology and likes working with kids. He plans on going to graduate school with a focus on counseling/therapy and hopes to be a clinical psychologist. His interests include forensic psychology, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, language learning, and developmental psychology. Rowan also hope to live in Japan for an amount of time after graduate school.


Jassani Ruiz

Jassani is an undergraduate Research Assistant for the Social Development Lab. She is a Junior at UB studying Psychology and intending to minor in Counseling and Education. She plans on pursuing graduate school in the future for her Ph.D. to become a psychologist. Jassani’s career goals include working with children and young adults through counseling.  


Gabriella Markham

Gabriella is a junior at UB double majoring in Psychology and Health and Human Services and minoring in counseling. She plans to attend graduate school in hopes of becoming a school psychologist following graduation. Gabriella’s career goals include working with children and/or young adults pertaining to learning disabilities and advocating for change.


Katherine “Katie” Kremer

Katie is a sophomore at UB majoring in Psychology and Music with an intended minor in Neuroscience. She plans to attend graduate school in the future for clinical psychology. She enjoys working with kids and is interested in neuropsychology, developmental psychology, and psychopathology.


Alexis “Lexy” Holzman

Lexy is a senior at UB majoring in Psychology with a focus on pre-health. She plans on attending nursing school to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner. She is interested in the development and psychopathology of children.