Graduate Students
Lindsay Browne
B.A., Psychology, Antioch College
Research Interests: Well being in close relationships, stigmatized identities, and non-monogamous relationships.
E-mail: ljbrowne@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Nicole Hall
B.A., Psychology, Westminster College
Research Interests: the intersection between moral psychology and health psychology, how constructs like moral identity, moral injury, and moral pain influence mental health and risky behaviors, morally injurious experiences among college students and health professionals.
Perla Henderson
B.A., Psychology, University of Houston
Research Interests: Perceptions of marginalized communities, language use, cognition, political polarization, existentialism, and the role of religion on behavior.
Tingshu Liu
B.S., Applied Psychology, Beijing Forestry University
M.S., Positive Developmental Psychology, Claremont Graduate University
Research Interests: Creativity, Personality, and Flow theory.
Email: tliu31@cougarnet.uh.edu
Anjelica Martinez
B.A., Psychology, University of the Incarnate Word
M.S., Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio
Research Interests: Social media and identity, online-facilitated relationships, and motivated identity needs including belongingness, authenticity, and well-being
Email: ammartinez22@uh.edu
Jace Pierce
B.S., Baylor University
MPH (Master of Public Health), Baylor University
Research Interests: Sexual minority health disparities; HIV risk and prevention, including modern HIV prevention tools (e.g., oral and injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis [PrEP]); substance use behaviors (e.g., alcohol use and illicit drug use); sexually transmitted infections (e.g., HPV); health information communication and disclosure; social relationships (e.g., intimate partnerships); and community-based research.
Email: jdpierce@uh.edu
Eriksen Ravey
B.S. Psychology, Abilene Christian University
M.A. Clinical Psychology, Sam Houston State University
Research Interests: Religion and negative moral emotions, political polarization, language and metaphor
Email: eravey@Central.UH.EDU
Joahana Segundo
B.A., Psychology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Research Interests: Couple’s health-related behaviors, health disparities, intimate partner aggression, positive emotions, and cultural psychology
Email: jsegundo@uh.edu
Surizaday Serrano
B.S., Psychology & Economics, University of Houston
M.A., Psychology, University of Houston
Research Interests: Personality, Trauma, Well-being, and Health
Email: saserrano@uh.edu
Esther Song
B.A., Psychology and Media Study, University at Buffalo
Research Interests: Symbolic social bonds, social rejection, prosocial behaviors, and well-being
Email: eesong@uh.edu
Andrea Sutu, MS
B.S. Universitat Jaume I, Spain
M.Sc. Utrecht Universiteit, The Netherlands.
Research Interests: Individual Differences, Wellbeing, Creativity, Humor, Personality Theories, Special populations, Traumatic Events
Email: aesutu@uh.edu
Andrew Weinstein
B.S. Political Science, State University of New York the College at Brockport
B.S. Psychology, University of New Mexico
Research Interests: Motivation for substance use, simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use, stress and coping
E-mail: apweinst@central.uh.edu
Dongjie Wu
B.S., Applied Psychology, Guangzhou University
Research interests: Metaphor, Bullshitting, Swearing, Wrongness Admission and Virtual Reality.
E-mail: dwu18@cougarnet.uh.edu
Meisam Vahedi
B.S., Metallurgy Engineering and Material Sciences, University of Tehran
M.A., Sociology; Social Sciences, University of Tehran
M.A., Religious Studies, Florida International University
Research Interests:The advantages and disadvantages of engaging in parasocial relationships, social surrogacy and well-being, close relationships, and need to belong theory.
E-mail: mvahedi@uh.edu
David Wittkower
B.A., Psychology, University of Texas
Research Interests:The positive and negative effects on relationship functioning, relationship specific alcohol expectancies within LGB couples, and effects of minority stress on alcohol consumption on LGB couples.
E-mail: Ldwittkower@uh.edu