I am a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Social Psychology Department. My research broadly examines risk and protective factors associated with aggression and victimization across relationship contexts (i.e. peers and dating). I am particularly interested in examining the interplay between attentional biases related to processing emotional information, executive function abilities, and regulation of emotions in reactive and proactive aggression. I combined eye, tracking, behavioral tasks and self-report measures to study different factors associated with aggressive behaviors.

Brenna is a third year in the Counseling Psychology PhD program. She is interested in the study of social-emotional protective factors for externalizing outcomes and the development of efficacious prevention/intervention programs aimed at reducing externalizing outcomes. For fun, Brenna loves to work with kids and adventure with her friends, family, and Great Dane Willow.

Madelyne Losby received her B.S. and M.S. in Psychology from Iowa State University and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology under Dr. Monica Marsee and Dr. David Vogel. Her master’s thesis examined the relation between emotion socialization as a child and current levels of distress, through parallel mediators of emotion recognition and emotion regulation skills. Maddy’s current research continues to examine emotional development across adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Anna is a fifth year doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology program at Iowa State. Her thesis examined the relationship between anxiety and aggression, as well as the role of social cognitive biases and emotion dysregulation on this relationship. Anna's current research focuses on the cumulative impact of posttraumatic stress and the connection between posttraumatic stress and externalizing outcomes, CU traits, and emotion dysregulation. Anna also does clinical work in various settings, including administering assessments at a local private practice and functioning as a suicide prevention graduate assistant at the campus counseling center. In her free time, Anna enjoys reading and spending time with her beagle-terrier mix, Joanie.

Maya is a first year in the Counseling Psychology PhD program. Broadly, her research examines the developmental psychopathology of antisocial traits, risk and resilience, aggression, and Conduct Disorder. She is also interested in gendered differences in displays of aggression, as well as the prevention, intervention, and assessment of dark personality disorders. For fun, Maya likes traveling, reading, and hanging out with her French bulldog, Lottie.