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Lab Directors
Lab Directors
Doctoral Students
Doctoral Students
Meg Korovich, MA
Meg Korovich, MA
she/her
Level: 5th year, PhD Candidate
Research Interests: Sexual Health, Sexuality, Sexual Violence Prevention
Dissertation Topic: Health Behaviors and Institutional Needs for U . S . C ollege S ex Workers
Fun Fact: My pitbull/lab puppy Remy is the light of my life 😊
Marta Bettinelli, MA
Marta Bettinelli, MA
she/her
Level: 3rd year, PhD Student
Research Interests: The role of personal identity and cultural ideology in interpersonal violence within close relationships.
Master’s Thesis Topic : Social Dominance Orientation as a predictor of dating violence by male and female college student - athletes in heterosexual relationships.
Fun Fact: My first language is Italian!
Leslie Sijia Huang, MA
Leslie Sijia Huang, MA
she/her
Level: 2nd year, PhD Student
Research Interests: Sexual Dysfunction, Couple Therapy, Aggression and Sexual Arousal
Fun Fact: I am from Chengdu, China, and my hometown is known for pandas 🐼
Sarah Baker, MA
Sarah Baker, MA
she/her
Level: 2nd year, PhD Student
Research Interests: Sexual Violence Perpetration, Sexual Attraction to Violent Individuals
Fun Fact: I ’ve been a published poet since I was 8 - years - old.
Jesse John
Jesse John
they/them
Level: 1st year, PhD Student
Research Interests: Intimate partner violence, sexual decision-making, and couples therapy/relationship outcomes
Fun Fact: I am the proud caretaker of over ten plants. I love plants so much I built my own plant stand!
Post-baccalaureate Students
Post-baccalaureate Students
Stacey Rose, MA, MEd
Stacey Rose, MA, MEd
she/her
Level: 4th year, PhD Student (Widener University)
Research Interests: sexual victimization disclosures, artificial intelligence, moral reasoning & injury, consent education
Dissertation Topic: Sexual victimization disclosures to aritificial intelligence
Fun Fact: I have won both a cake eating contest and a push up contest (but at separate times!).
John Shirley
John Shirley
he/him
Level: Post-baccalaureate
Research Interests: Sexual Health, Sexuality, Sexual Violence Prevention
Fun Fact: I’m in the New Jersey Army National Guard!
Miranda Wurst
Miranda Wurst
she/her
Level: 4th year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: Sexual aggression/antisocial behaviors in juveniles, STI destigmatization, comprehensive sex education, human trafficking
Fun Fact: I have three cats named Oliver, Gizmo, and Pauly D. - all of whom I am very much shamelessly obsessed with.
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Chrissy Jean-Baptiste
Chrissy Jean-Baptiste
she/her
Level: 4th year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: Exploring Sexual Violence Among College Students and College Sex Workers
Fun Fact: I am a first-generation Haitian American
Delores Boone
Delores Boone
she/her
Level: 4th year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: My research interests include mother–daughter relationships, intergenerational trauma and resilience, and adolescent mental health. I am particularly interested in sexual trauma and its relationship to at-risk behaviors, with an emphasis on ethical, community-based prevention and intervention efforts.
Fun Fact: I enjoy growing rare plants and own almost 20!
Katherine Santos
Katherine Santos
she/her
Level: 3rd year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: Behavior, the brain, and various aspects of human personality
Fun Fact: I am fully bilingual.
Ash Sawyer
Ash Sawyer
they/them
Level: 3rd year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: How sexual violence or discomfort occurs and ways to mitigate or stop it from happening in the first place
Fun Fact: I'm a big music lover and a bassist in a band
Tara Shelly
Tara Shelly
she/they
Level: 3rd year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: Sexual Behavior and Health, College Age Sex Workers, Substance Use
Fun Fact: I am a triplet!
Luke Gallagher
Luke Gallagher
he/him
Level: 3rd year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: Diagnostics and assessment of mental disorders, and understanding how mood and personality disorders, as well as drug and alcohol addiction, affect behavior, lifestyle, and relationships.
Fun Fact: I can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under two minutes.
Gabriella Atlak
Gabriella Atlak
she/her
Level: 2nd year, Undergraduate
Research Interest: Domestic violence/sexual aggression among young adults, why it occurs, indicators, and making resources more available and known to individuals experiencing it.
Fun Fact: I was a competitive dancer for 14 years
Nistha Parikh
Nistha Parikh
she/her
Level: 2nd year, Undergraduate
Research Interests: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders; examining how various factors influence the causes of eating disorders; conflict resolution in healthy relationships within families.
Fun Fact: I love trying new foods and always try to order something I have never had at new places!
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