People

Lab Director

Abby L. Braden, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist 

Associate Professor 

Email: abbym@bgsu.edu

Office: Psychology Building 248 

I will be accepting a student for the 2026-2027 school year.

Current Graduate Students:

Maria Kalantzis – On Internship

Katie Meschino - 5th Year Clinical Psychology

Christina Gaggiano - 3rd Year Clinical Psychology

Emily Urbanczyk - 2nd Year Clinical Psychology

Lorelai Symmes - 1st Year Clinical Psychology

Current Undergraduate Students:

Gabriella Grotelueschen

Katelyn Taber

Alumni:

Graduate Students:

Lauren Dial, Ph.D.     

Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fresno State

Elizabeth Emley, Ph.D.

Psychologist with the Summa Health Weight Management Institute

Tanya Watford, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Boise VA Medical Center

LaNaya Anderson, Ph.D.

Emily Ferrell, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor at Medical University of South Carolina

Sarah Russin, Ph.D.

Rachel Redondo, Ph.D.

Therapist at Associates in Behavioral Counseling

Wesley Barnhart, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor at Suffolk University

Amy Jordan, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow in the EAT Lab at the University of Louisville

Aubrey Dauber, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow at Clear Path CBT

Emma Studer-Perez, Ph.D.

Undergraduate Students:

Carolina Born

Ellysia Price

Marissa Williams

Alexis Hough