Postdoctoral Program Participants

Gina M. Bellavia, PhD, is currently a Project Director in the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention at the University at Buffalo.

Amy L. Brown, PhD, is Associate Professor and Department Head in the Department of Psychology of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Whitney C. Brown, PhD, is Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychology at SUNY Geneseo.

Amy M. Buddie, PhD, is the Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Professor of Psychology at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Felipa T. Chavez, PhD, is Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychology at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.

Cory C. Crane, PhD, is Assistant Professor with the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology and a Behavioral Health Psychologist at Canandaigua Veteran Affairs Medical Center.

Ronda L. Dearing, PhD, is Senior Director of Research and Evaluation for Brené Brown Education and Research Group.

Jaye L. Derrick, PhD, is Associate Professor and Director, Social Processes Lab, in the Social Psychology Department at the University of Houston.

Jennifer Fillo, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina in the Arnold School of Social Work.

Brent Finger, PhD, is is Associate Professor of Psychology in the Psychology Department at Montana State University at Billings.

Carlos G. Finlay, PhD, is currently working as a Clinical Psychologist for the Miami VA Healthcare System.

Amy M. Gancarz, PhD, is Associate Professor with the Department of Psychology, California State University, Bakersfield.

Stephanie Godleski, PhD, is now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Vivian M. Gonzalez, PhD, is an Professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Department of Psychology.

Kerry Grohman, PhD, is a Clinical Neuropsychologist with the VA-Western New York Healthcare System.

Amy Hequembourg, PhD, is Associate Professor in the University at Buffalo’s School of Nursing and Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion.

Liana S.E. Hone, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Health Education and Behavior at the University of Florida.

Kimberly Kamper-DeMarco, PhD, is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Buffalo State College.

Audrey A. Klein, PhD, MBA, is the Senior Director of Clinical Service Design and Operations at Mindstrong.

Cathy Lau-Barraco, PhD, is Associate Progessor with the Psychology Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Ash Levitt, PhD, now works in private industry.

Braden K. Linn, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.

Natasha Mendoza, MSW, PhD, is Director, Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy at Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions and Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University.

Daniel Popoola, PhD, is now affiliated with UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine as a medical student working toward his medical degree.

Mark A. Prince, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Associate Director of Addiction Counseling at Colorado State University.

Brady A. Reynolds, PhD, is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

James Rice, PhD, is now a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology at The Ohio State University.

Samara L. Rice, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Oswego.

Robert C. Schlauch, PhD, is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida.

Julie A. Schumacher, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Nicole M. Sell, PhD, is Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychology at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania.

Monica C. Skewes, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Montana State University.

Mauricio Suarez, PhD, is Research Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Jonathan Trinidad, PhD, is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California.

Ken Wakabayashi, PhD,  is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Jamie J. Winters, PhD, is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan and Associate Director for Veterans Affairs at the University of Michigan’s Addiction Center.

Michelle Zaso, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo. In 2022, Dr. Zaso was awarded a K grant through NIAAA. Her work on this grant will continue through May of 2024.