Dr. Ethan Mereish is an Associate Professor and the director of the Lavender Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He's also an Adjunct Associate Professor at American University and Brown University. He completed his doctoral training at Boston College, a clinical psychology residency at Harvard Medical School, and a postdoctoral research fellowship at Brown University.
Alisha Tronetti (she/her) is a doctoral student in Organizational Psychology in the SDOS Program. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2021 with dual degrees: B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Management.
Dr. Fanita Tyrell is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Tyrell received her PhD in Developmental Psychology, with a minor in quantitative methods at the University of California, Riverside. Following her doctoral training, she completed postdoctoral fellowships at the National Center for PTSD and the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Benjamin Jones joined the Psychology department in 2019. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology where he studied strategies leaders could use to appeal to multiple, competing groups to optimize their chance of retaining and gaining followers. He is passionate about inspiring others through undergraduate education and is excited to be able to do so as a Terp.
Courses taught at the University of Maryland, College Park:
Dr. Amanda Chicoli is a senior lecturer in the Psychology Department. She is also the research coordinator for the neuroscience major, a faculty advisor for the minor in neuroscience, the faculty advisor for NuRhoPsi and the course director for NEUR305: Neural Systems and Circuits. She has been teaching at the University of Maryland full time since 2019.
Dr. Oscar Barbarin is a Professor in the Department of African American Studies, with a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Blanchard received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook . He was subsequently a predoctoral intern, postdoctoral NIMH fellow, and then faculty member at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. Following a faculty appointment at the University of New Mexico Dr. Blanchard moved to the University of Maryland where he has been since 1999. Dr.