Current MA and PhD Students
The following are select graduate degree candidates.
Nicole Alarcon
Email: nalarcon@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social
Child Development, Dual-minority and Multiracial Identity, Social Perception, Belonging
Advisor: Kristin Pauker
Purva Deshpande
Email: purva@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Community, Cultural, and Developmental
Community Engagement, Marginalized Women, Geriatric Health, Dance Movement Therapy, Culturally Relevant Therapy
Advisor: Krista Haapanen
Danielle Dgheim
Email: ddgheim@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Posttraumatic Stress, Sociocultural Determinants, Social Cognition
Advisor: Anthony Papa
Shan Gao
Email: gaoshan@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social
Social Perception, Social Identity, Intergroup Interaction
Advisor: Kristin Pauker
Maria Hanano
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Transdiagnostic Mechanisms, Targeted Interventions, Emotion Regulation,Machine Learning, Precision Medicine
Advisor: Santiago Papini
Callum Henwood
Email: callumt@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Third-Wave Cognitive Behavioral Interventions, Substance Use Disorders and Other Addictive Behaviors, Zen Buddhism
Advisor: Akihiko Masuda
Dorian Higashi
Email: dorianh8@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Anxiety, Dissemination and Implementation, Evidence-Based Practices, Community Mental Health
Advisor: Brad Nakamura
Layla Kratovic
Email: kratovic@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Post-traumatic Stress, Grief, Psychosocial Resources, Forensic Psychology
Advisors: Charlene Baker and Anthony Papa
Stephanie Lin
Email: luyenlin@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Clinical Behavioral Analysis, Culture, Health Psychology, Social-Emotional Well-being, Implementation and Dissemination Science
Advisor: Yiyuan Xu
Raissa Lou
Email: rlou6@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Eating Disorders, Body Image, Female Athletes, Health Disparities
Advisor: Janet Latner
Aaron Nakamura
Email: aaronaka@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social
fMRI, Childhood Trauma, Neural Plasticity, Perception
Advisor: Jonas Vibell
Grace Mellor
Email: gmellor@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
ADHD, Social Media, Technology, Self-Esteem, Masking
Advisor: Patrick Goh
Lorie Okada
Email: lorieo@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Community Psychology, Health and Well-Being, Poverty Research and Evaluation, Mental Health Disparities
Advisor: John (Jack) Barile and Anthony Papa
Sheemrun Ranjan
Email: sranjan@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social
Culture, Religion, Stereotype and Prejudice, Social Support, Bicultural Identity
Advisor: Joni Sasaki
Cerila Rapadas
Email: cerilar@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Pacific Islanders, Health Disparities, Culture, Psychometrics, Community-Based Participatory Research
Advisor: Akihiko Masuda
Alondra Reyes
Email: areyes44@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social
Race, Racism, Colonization, Inequality
Advisor: Sakaria Laisene Auelua-Toomey
Maximillian Soares Miehlstein
Email: maxi2468@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Community, Cultural, and Developmental
Identity, Social Perception, Nonverbal Expression, Culture
Advisor: Ashley Maynard
Anamalia Suʻesuʻe
Email: suesuea@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Community, Cultural, and Developmental
Culturally Responsive Programs and Policies for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, Indigenous Research Methodologies, Community-Engaged Research, Policy Research, Program Evaluation
Advisor: Ashley Maynard
Jinke Sun
Email: jinke@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Effective Treatments, Dissemination and Implementation, Parental Engagement, Treatment Targets
Advisor: Brad Nakamura
Sydney Takemoto
Email: takem@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Fetal Programming, Neurodevelopment, Parenting, Developmental Psychopathology
Advisor: Cassandra Hendrix
Kyani Uchimura
Email: kyani@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Bereavement and Grief Responses, Adverse Life Events, Attachment Styles
Advisor: Anthony Papa
Thu (Allie) Vo
Email: vot@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social
Attention, Perception, Perceptual Load, Inattentional Blindness, Inattentional Amnesia, Multisensory Processing
Advisor: Scott Sinnett
Rachel Ward
Email: wardrach@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Body Image, Eating Disorders, Health Psychology, Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis
Advisor: Janet Latner
Elizabeth Weitz
Email: eaweitz@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Community, Cultural, and Developmental
Community Empowerment, Computational Democracy, Collective Decision-Making, Digital Deliberation, Trust, Well-Being
Advisor: John (Jack) Barile
Alana Wickham
Email: awickham@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Attention & Perception, Head Injuries, Sports Concussions, Neurorehabilitation
Advisor: Scott Sinnett
Ashlyn Wong
Email: awwaw@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD - Clinical Psychology
ADHD, Child Psychopathology, Culture, Service Access and Utilization, Resilience-Based Factors
Advisor: Patrick Goh