Mia Campo
Mia is a third-year student at Oregon State University studying psychology with a minor in human development and family studies. She will be graduating Spring 2025 and plan to attend graduate school to get my MS in clinical psychology with hopes to become a clinical psychologist. She loves sports, anything outdoors, and the color blue!”
Samantha Vogt
Samantha is a third-year student at Oregon State University who is double majoring in Psychology and Sociology with a focus in criminal justice. She will be graduating in spring of 2025 and plans to go to graduate school to pursue a career in forensic psychology. When she isn’t traveling the world, Samantha enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time with her friends and family.
Sarah Esqueda
Sarah is a third-year student at Oregon State University, hoping to graduate in the winter of 25. She is studying psychology with a minor in organizational leadership. After graduating from OSU she hopes to attend graduate school as a first generation for Industrial Organizational Psychology. On campus, Sarah is a student ambassador for the School of Psychological Science as well as a tutor for student-athletes. Sarah is passionate about supporting others, human rights, all things art, and learning how to create an environment that fosters success for all.
Previous Team Members
Sophia Martinez (2024)
Sophia is a fourth-year Oregon State University student who is studying psychology with minors in both criminal justice and Spanish. Sophia will be graduating Spring of 2024 with plans to pursue a Master of Science degree in Forensic Psychology. She then intends to pursue a Ph.D. in Psychology. She loves animals, concerts, and spending time with her family and friends.
Wren Nguyen (2024)
Wren is a third-year psychology student with minors in ethnic studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies at OSU, hoping to graduate in Spring 2025. Upon graduation, they hope to continue pursuing higher education to work in the mental health field with queer and BIPOC youth. On campus, they also work with students in the Academic Success Center as a coach! Wren is passionate about making meaningful connections with others and growing together with their community.
Dan Cox (2024)
Dan is a psychology major in his senior year with the intention of pursuing grad school to become a mental health counselor. He and his dog Mischief enjoy a variety of outdoor hobbies and love creating adventures. I consider myself to be well traveled and have visited every continent except Antarctica.
Malia Walker (2024)
Malia is a fourth year psychology and exercise physiology student, hoping to graduate from OSU spring 2024. Her professional history is based in athletic training, and I’ve developed a passion for helping athletes navigate mental, emotional, and other challenges in and beyond the gym. She hopes to pursue a graduate degree in neuroscience to specialize in working with adolescents with traumatic brain injuries to build robust recovery programs that support needs in all aspects of life. She is dedicated to exploring how brain trauma predisposes adolescents to different psychological abnormalities, especially regarding motivation, self efficacy, and academic performance, and finding new avenues of intervention and treatment. Her goal as a scholar and individual is to nourish the confidence, self worth, and success of those around me.
Noah Traer (2024)
Noah is a fourth-year student at Oregon State University studying psychology with a minor in biology. He was inspired by playing sports growing up to study how mental health effects motivation and success. Noah is planning to go to graduate school with the hope of becoming a Clinical Mental Health Counselor. He is planning to graduate from OSU in Spring 2025. He is passionate about sports, adventure, and the outdoors.
Alice Fitzgerald (2024)
Alice is a fourth-year Psychology student at Oregon State University. She plans to graduate in Spring 2024. Alice worked with children and adolescents for many years, witnessing the foundational processes of emotional and cognitive development. This experience led her to contemplate the influences that create a thriving adult life. Her long-term goal is to become a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and support others in finding their own sense of well-being and accomplishment. Alice is originally from Australia and enjoys connecting with people from all over the world. She is excited to be part of the Mess Lab and looks forward to discovering what motivates students to engage and be successful.
Casandra Weber (2023)
Casandra is a fourth-year student at Oregon State University studying psychology with a minor in HDFS, who plans to graduate in Spring 2023. Upon graduation, she plans to continue her work supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in the Corvallis community, with the ultimate goal of working in behavioral health in I/DD, which has always been her passion. Casandra plans to pursue her masters and eventually doctoral degree in I/DD psychology and behavioral health. She also loves cows, dogs, dancing, and listening to Taylor Swift!
Jennah Campbell & Lindsey Patton at WPA 2023
Jasmine Cabanilla (2022)
Jasmine is a fourth-year psychology major at Oregon State University with plans to graduate Spring of 2022. Her ultimate goal is to become either a Clinical Mental Health Counselor or a School Counselor and apply her skills at home in Hawai’i, where she feels the need for counseling is high. She hasn’t found a specific niche in what research she is interested in but she is working to find what she enjoys and piques her interest. Jasmine also loves dogs, good food, and getting immersed in a good Netflix series.
Jennifer Ruan (2022)
Jennifer is a 4th-year student at OSU studying psychology with a minor in communication. She plans to graduate in Fall of 2022. Jennifer has experience working with children with ADHD and autism on goal achievement in classroom settings. Jennifer is also involved with Dam Worth It, a non-profit mental health organization on campus dedicated to spreading mental health awareness around college campuses! Jennifer wants to pursue a master’s degree in Professional Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in addiction. She also loves dogs, houseplants, and finding more mindfulness activities to practice!
Joanna “hisei hii3e” DeMeyer (2019-2020)
Joanna is currently a doctoral student in the Applied Cognitive track of the Ph.D. program in the School of Psychological Science at Oregon State University (OSU)
Joanna is an enrolled citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. She is currently a first-year graduate student and recent awardee of OSU’s Prestigious Diversity Fellowship. Her research interests include examining connections between the effects of trauma on attention and memory and investigating the role of SES factors that persist as obstacles to educational access for people in marginalized groups, particularly American Indian peoples. In her free time, Joanna enjoys spending time with her husband and children, dancing, gardening, and cooking Mediterranean food. Please feel free to email her at joanna.demeyer@oregonstate.edu.
Kyrié Koehn (2019-2020)
Kyrié is currently a senior and psychology major at OSU. She plans to pursue her Clinical Ph.D. after graduation. She has spent time studying the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning and Trauma as part of the Ascend Lab at Oregon State with Dr. Raechel Soicher & Dr. Kathy Becker-Blease. She also received an Undergraduate Research of Science & the Arts award to study in the Sound Lab with Dr. Reason, Ph.D. last Spring. Over the summer, Kyrié was a NIDA summer research intern at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Currently, she continues her work with Harvard, researching stigma & shame as barriers to health care in intersectional minority populations with Dr. Batchelder. Kyrié’s interests broadly include exploring trans-diagnostic internalizing symptoms through a developmental, ecological, & traumagenic lens and how we can improve psychological, physical, and behavioral outcomes through authentic therapeutic relationships across systems and institutions of power. When she isn’t reading, analyzing, or writing, she is likely eating, working out, nerding out with her spouse, or cuddling with her fur-baby, Harvey!
Kristina Tucker (2018-2021)
Kristina Tucker is currently a doctoral student in the Applied Developmental track at Portland State University. She is interested in researching how resiliency is formed and maintained throughout childhood and into adulthood. More specifically, in the interpersonal resources and internal motivations that lead to resiliency, success, and self-worth. She is also interested in coping mechanisms that can be used as strengths when facing adversity. Her research will also investigate motivation and engagement in middle childhood.