From Buildings to Bylines to Bias
When Kris Shiflet (PSYC, M.S. IPSY ’25, Ph.D. IPSY 1st Year) arrived at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Tech in fall 2019, Chicago felt enormous in all the right ways. The city’s constant motion, the roar of the Chicago...
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M.S. IPSY ’00Andy Garman (M.S. IPSY ’00) doesn’t preach. That seems to be his superpower. As a climate change advocate working to influence top administrators in an industry as massive as health care, preaching...
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Creating a Global Approach to Leadership Development
(PSYC ’21, M.S. IPSY ’23)Though she’s a relative newcomer to the world of industrial-organizational psychology, it’s safe to say Ashley Aguilar (PSYC ’21, M.S. IPSY ’23) has already made a name for herself as a leadership...
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Where Psychology Meets Food Science
(BEHW 4th Year)As a fourth-year student majoring in behavioral health and wellness and specializing in nutrition, Rebecca Oziemkowski is bridging the departments of Psychology and Food Science and Nutrition to...
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From Middle America to Meta
(PSYC ’14)For Tim Carsel, who grew up in the Bloomington, ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, and Normal, ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, area—the twin cities are often referred to as Bloomington-Normal—in a blue-collar family, the possibility of working for...
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Health Care from the Heart
(BIOL/PSYS ’22)Joyce Gu has a lot to celebrate. The recent biology and psychological science alumna enrolled in an early acceptance program with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Greensburg...
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Supporting Children Impacted by Violence
(Ph.D. PSYC ’20)Lynda Gibson is wasting no time following her summer 2020 graduation from ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Tech. The clinical psychology Ph.D. graduate has started a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child psychology at...
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Replacing Stigma with Hope
(PSYC ’16)Working with Distinguished Professor of Psychology Patrick Corrigan, Maya Al-Khouja created the Honest Open Proud (HOP) college program as a student at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Tech. HOP is a peer-led program that...
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Empowering Young Women in India
(PS, PSYC ’06)The Mumbai, India, charity that Robin Chaurasiya founded, Kranti, empowers young women to become agents of social change. Ranging in age from 12–22, the women at Kranti are survivors of human...
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Improving Health Among Minorities
(Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Student)Clinical psychology Ph.D. student Arryn Guy has found outlets for making an impact as a research assistant in the Du Bois Health Behavior Lab. “I conduct research on the cognitive and emotional...