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University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390
Main Office Phone: 419.530.2717
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Graduate Programs

Contact Us

Mail Stop #948 
2801 West Bancroft Street
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390
Main Office Phone: 419.530.2717
Main Office Fax: 419.530.8479

Graduate Students

Elizabeth Champlin

Area Experimental

Office UH 5011
Email Elizabeth.Champlin@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.A., Psychology, The Ohio State University, 2020

Advisor J.D. Jasper, Ph.D.

Research Interest:

  • Motivation and performance

Kelly Clemens

Area Experimental  - Health

Office UH 6505

Email Kelly.Clemens@rockets.utoledo.edu

Degree M.A., Oakland University, 2018

Advisor Andrews Greers. Ph.D. 

Research Interests:

  • Placebo effects and treatment side effects
  • Social factors influencing treatment adherence
  • Social and cultural factors influencing health related help seeking
  • Social barriers preventing access to woman's health services

Ruam Pedro Francisco De Assis Pimentel

Area Experimental

Office UH 1069

Email Ruampedro.Franciscodeassispimentel@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degrees Bachelors, Psychology, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, 2017
Masters, Psychology, Universidade São Francisco, 2019
Specialization, Neuroscience, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2019

Advisor Greg Meyer, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

  • Personality
  • Psychological assessment
  • Neuroscience
  • Data science

Elizabeth (Lizz) Gallinari

Area Experimental - Social

Office UH 6511

Email Elizabeth.Gallinari@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.S. Bridgewater State University, 2018
Advisor Jason Rose, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Social comparison
  • The impact of comparison on social media
  • How comparisons affect emotion and behavior

Riley Grady

Area Experimental

Office UH 1880A

Email Riley.Grady@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.S., Forensic Psychology, Western Illinois University, 2021

Advisor Kamala London, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Children’s experience in the legal system
  • Children viewing police lineups
  • Nervous laughter

Noelle Herzog

Area Experimental

Office UH 6506

Email Noelle.Herzog@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.S., Applied Psychology, University of Michigan-Flint, 2015

Advisor Jason Rose, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Social comparison
  • Social media/cyberpsychology
  • Attitude polarization
  • Norm perception
  • Risk vulnerability

Dingzhong Hu

Area Experimental - Cognitive

Office UH 5010B

Email Dingzhong.Hu@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree M.A., University of Toledo, 2018

Advisor Stephen Christman, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

  • Individual difference and similarities in aesthetic preference
  • Psychological processes underlying the perception of art
  • Objective analyses of art-related qualia

Ann Karmol

Area Experimental

Email Ann.Karmol@rockets.utoledo.edu

Degree B.A., English, University of Michigan, 2009

Research Interests

  • Judgement and decision-making
  • Heuristics and biases
  • Individual differences
  • Behavioral economics
  • Science communication
  • Misinformation
  • Moral psychology

Grace Kim

Area Experimental

Office UH 1900H

Email Grace.Kim2@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Research Interests

  • Race on perceptions of child sexual abuse
  • False memory
  • False accusations
  • Eyewitness testimony

Frances Lauten

Area Experimental

Office UH 1900

Email frances.lauten@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degrees B.A., Psychology, Sewanee: University of the South, 2018

M.A., Developmental Psychology, San Francisco State University, 2022 

Advisor Cin Cin Tan, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

  • Children's eating behaviors
  • Preventative measures for disordered eating and eating disorders
  • Impact of parental disordered eating on the eating patterns of their young children

Steven Lenarduzzi

Area Experimental

Email Steven.Lenarduzzi@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degrees B.A., Psychology, Ohio University, 2016

M.A., Experimental Psychology, Cleveland State University, 2022

Advisor Stephen Christman, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

  • Hemispheric differences in belief updating

Samuel Oswald

Area Experimental

Office UH 6508

Email Samuel.Oswald@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.A., Saginaw Valley State University, 2017
Advisor Jason Rose, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

  • Social comparison theory
  • Self-esteem
  • Implicit measures
  • Competitive video game performance

Jessica Saki

Area Experimental

Office UH 5015

Email Jessica.Saki@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.A., University of Toledo, 2022
Advisor J.D. Jasper, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Moral decision making
  • Moral behaviors
  • Moral dilemmas
  • Emotion regulation
  • Rejection

Adelyn Sherrard

Area Experimental

Email adelyn.sherrard@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.S., Psychology, Bowling Green State University, 2019

Advisor Cin Cin Tan, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

  • Children's eating behavior
  • Parental feeding practices
  • Coparenting

Emily Spotts

Area Experimental

Office UH 6504

Email Emily.Jason@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.A., Psychology, University of Toledo, 2020

Advisor Andrew Geers, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Placebo/nocebo effects and treatment side effects
  • Alteration of treatment perceptions
  • Effects of message types on treatment choice

Michael Vang

Area Experimental

Office UH 6509

Email Michael.Vang@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.A., Public Health, University of California at Merced, 2021

Advisor Andrew L. Geers, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Preventative health behaviors
  • Physician-patient communication
  • Placebo and nocebo effect

Joshua Williams

Area Experimental

Email Joshua.Williams10@rockets.utoledo.edu 

Degree B.A., Psychology and Sociology (Honors), University of Toledo, 2021

Advisor J.D. Jasper, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Anxiety in the context of technology use, acceptance
  • Social capital
  • Locus of control, self-efficacy
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Last Updated: 7/24/25