Summer 2009 Members
Jason Glushakow
I am currently a fifth year graduate student in the Social Psychology doctoral program. My research interests include interruptions, spatial behavior, consumer psychology, and the effect different communication modalities have on interpersonal influence.
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Lyra Stein
I am currently a graduate student in the Rutgers psychology doctoral program. I graduated from Rutgers University majoring in Biochemistry and Psychology and then earned my graduate degree in Neuroscience. My interests include personality predictors of behavior both in organizations and virtual environments.
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Leigh Wilton
I am currently a first year graduate student in the Social Psychology doctoral program at Rutgers University. I graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Social Psychology. My current research interests include diversity, social facilitation, and organizational behavior.
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Lukasz Bogdanowicz
I joined the research team in order to better understand the process behind research and to learn something. Also participation in a research lab will undoubtedly help me later on in life. After college I plan on going onto Graduate school. I am yet to narrow down the specific area I am interested in.
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Melissa Rivas
"I am a School of Arts and Sciences junior. I plan to major in psychology and minor in criminology. I am very glad to be part of Dr. Aiello's research team; because I know I am going to gain a lot of experience for graduate school. This experience is going to help me pursue Clinical Psychology in the future."
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Bianca Aceti
I am a senior with a major in psychology and a minor in sociology. I joined this lab to learn more about social facilitation effects and to gain hands on experience performing studies. After I graduate I plan to attend graduate school for school psychology.
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Sarah Guarda
I am a sophomore here at Rutgers, as well as a psychology major and sociology minor. I joined the lab in order to gain experience in the research field, network, and also because I find social psychology to be a fascinating aspect of psychology. I plan on continuing on to graduate school and pursuing a career in Clinical psychology.
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Crystal Jackson
I am currently a sophomore and plan on being a Psychology major with a minor in Anthropology. I leapt at the chance to be a part of Dr. Aiello’s lab to gain the experience of doing research and to get a foot in the door. I find psychology fascinating and observing people is what I absolutely would love to do one day. After graduating college I plan to join the Peace Corps in conjunction with a...
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Pragna Prahalad
I am a Rutgers SAS senior majoring in Psychology and minoring in Public Health. I have been part of Dr. Aiello's research team since 2007, and am currently pursuing an honors thesis in the lab. Currently,I am seeking admission to graduate programs in public health.
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Olga Kuzinets
I am a Rutgers College senior majoring in communication with a minor in psychology. My current interest is in social psychology and I am looking to gain valuable experience from this research group before going into a graduate program in psychology.
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Anna
I am a junior here at Rutgers University majoring in Psychology and minoring in Aging. I’m excited to be a part of Dr. Aiello’s research team because I know I will be gaining a lot of valuable experience for graduate school. My research interests vary from various areas of psychology including motivation, emotion and memory, personality, interpersonal communication, and social changes in...
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Nelson Knight
Currently, I am a junior at Rutgers and I am stating my second semester at the lab. I joined the lab to gain my first experience into research and to learn about running studies, entering data, and learning more efficient methods of researching for assignments and other projects. I am a Psychology major and Sociology minor, so I figured the Social Organization Lab would be a good fit for my...
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Jennifer Allegretta
I am currently a Junior in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University majoring in both Psychology and Criminal Justice. I joined Dr. Aiello's lab in the Spring of 2009 to gain valuable experience doing research, as well as to make a hands on contribution to the field of Psychology. In the future I aspire to go to graduate school and ultimately become a...
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Garima Singh
I am a senior, double majoring in Psychology and Communication at Rutgers University. I joined the research team to gain knowledge and hands on experience. Professor Aiello being a Communication and Psychology major himself, I wanted to learn more about combining these two fields. It is interesting to see all the time and work that goes on in conducting a research instead of just reading...