Master of Arts in Psychology, Option in Psychological Research Students
Fall 2009 Entry

Fall 2009 MAPR Student Orientation

Safia Baig

Current city of residence: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSU Fullerton
Current research area interests: Drug Abuse
Personal interests: Music, traveling

Grace Chen (Sp 2011)

Current city of residence: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: Walnut, CA
Highest degree to date: BS (Cognitive Science), UCLA
Current research area interests: Learning, Memory, Cognition
Personal interests: Reading, Nature

Arturo Garcia

Current city of residence: Wilmington, CA
Hometown: Wilmington, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSULB
Current research area interests: Behavioral Neuroscience, Addiction
Personal interests: Swimming, Hiking, Surfing, Basketball

Stephanie Johnson

Current city of residence: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: None stated
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSULB
Current research area interests: Drug addiction, Neurocognitive
Personal interests: Art, Reading, Cello, Violin
Curriculum Vitae

Katherine Lee

Current city of residence: Brea, CA
Hometown: Brea, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), Cal Poly Pomona
Current research area interests: Social, Stereotpes
Personal interests: Reading, Knitting, Bouldering

Tara Miller

Current city of residence: Carlsbad, CA
Hometown: Carlsbad, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSU San Marcos
Current research area interests: Relationship Violence
Personal interests: Running, Traveling, Going to the Beach,
Cooking

Antonio Neal-De-Stanton

Current city of residence: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), Clark Atlanta University
Current research area interests: Stereotype Threat
Personal interests: Music, Sports, Art

Brittany Nielsen

Current city of residence: Fresno, CA
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSU Fresno
Current research area interests: Social Psychology, Aggression
and Anger
Personal interests: Movies, Reading, Working out,
Going to dinner with friends

Christopher Palmore

Current city of residence: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: Alameda, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSULB
Current research area interests: Developmental Psychopathology,
Cognition
Personal interests: Art, Running, Sports, Music, Movies,
Cooking, Gardening

Carla Pruitt

Current city of residence: Mission Viejo, CA
Hometown: Stanley, NC
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology),
Univ of North Carolina Wilmington
Current research area interests: Brain, Cocaine, Behavior in Rats
Personal interests: None stated

Carlos Robles

Current city of residence: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: Lancaster, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSULB
Current research area interests: Positive Psychology
Personal interests: Photography, Music

Rhiannon “Bri” Vaughan

Current city of residence: Santa Ana, CA
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Highest degree to date: MA in Psychology (Child Development),
CSU Fullerton
Current research area interests: Cognitive Neuroscience,
Comparative Cognition
Personal interests: Sports, Reading, Running

Emma Vaughn

Current city of residence: Bloomington, IN
Hometown: Fremont, IN
Highest degree to date: BS (Psychology), Indiana University
Current research area interests: Displaced Aggression, Emotions,
Intimate Relationships
Personal interests: Veganism, Tennis, Cooking

Aurora Wood

Current city of residence: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: San Clemente, CA
Highest degree to date: BA (Psychology), CSULB
Current research area interests: Autism, Childhood Sexual Abuse
Personal interests: Yoga, Bike Riding at the Beach, Cooking