Lab PhD Alums

I have been lucky to work with brilliant PhD students over the years. To date, there are 6 PhD alums who were mentored in my lab during their doctoral training:

1. Stephanie Vinal (grad 2024)
2. Sean Weeks (grad 2023)
3. John Barr (transfer 2021)
4. Shelley Upton (grad 2020)
5. Tony Roberson (grad 2019)
6. Sarah Bolognino (grad 2018)

Alum Bios

Stephanie Vinal was a doctoral student in my lab at USU, graduating with a School Psychology PhD in 2024. Steph completed predoctoral internship at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Solstice Counseling and Wellness, which is a private practice in Heber City, UT.

Sean Weeks was a doctoral student in my lab at USU, graduating with a School Psychology PhD in 2023. Sean completed predoctoral internship at Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare in NJ. He is currently a staff psychologist with the U-TTEC Lab and Utah School Mental Health Collaborative at the University of Utah. 

John Barr was a doctoral student in my lab at USU from 2018–2021, after which he transferred to the Combined Clinical/Counseling PhD program at USU. John is currently completing predoctoral internship at the University of Utah’s Counseling Center. 

Shelley Upton was a PhD student in my lab at Louisiana State University from 2015–2017. When I moved to USU in January 2018, she stayed at LSU. Shelley completed a predoctoral internship with the Mary A. Rackham Institute at the University of Michigan and got a School Psychology PhD from LSU in 2020. She worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Clinical Assistant Professor at USU for a few years and now works with Chicago Psychotherapy, which is a private practice in Chicago, IL.

Tony Roberson was a PhD student in my lab at LSU from 2014–2017. When I moved to USU in January 2018, he stayed at LSU. Tony completed a predoctoral internship with Devereux Children's Behavioral Health Services in Pennsylvania and got a School Psychology PhD from LSU in 2019. He did post-doctoral training while working as a School Psychologist with Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in TX. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical, Health, and Applied Sciences at the University of Houston–Clear Lake. 

Sarah Bolognino was a PhD student in my lab at LSU from 2013–2017. When I moved to USU in January 2018, she was already off on predoctoral internship. Sarah completed internship with the Sarah A. Reed Children's Center in Pennsylvania and got a School Psychology PhD from LSU in 2018. She currently works as a school psychologist with the Guilderland Central School District in NY as well as a private-practice psychologist with Capital Psychology in NY.