(Photo Unavailable)
Jennifer Becnel
Jennifer received her degree in Psychology from San Diego State University in 2004. Her current interests focus on theory of mind and language. She is currently assisting on a project at the Child Study Center examining language and theory of mind in preschoolers. In addition, Jennifer is a TA for Ted Steiner's undergraduate statistics class and part of Jeff Cookston’s lab.

Greg Bonn
Greg received his BA in East Asian Studies and Economics from Washington and Lee University, spending his junior year in Japan as an exchange student. Professionally, he ran a small business for about ten years and has extensive sales experience. Greg is interested in the neurological substrates of self understanding and affect and their long and short term response and adaptation to social context throughout development. Greg is specifically interested in
mechanisms of attachment formation and their relation to affect regulation and decision making throughout the lifespan.

Scott deGuzman - shdeguz@sfsu.edu
Scott received his BA in psychology and a minor in Human Development from UC Davis. While there he was a research assistant for both Dr. Richard Robins and Dr. Gail Goodman. He also worked as a caregiver at the Center for Child and Families Studies and as a behavioral tutor for children diagnosed with autism. His primary research interest is in attachment theory throughout the lifespan. Specifically, he is interested in infant-parent attachments, mental representations during emerging adulthood, and close relationships. He is also interested in fathering, parenting and family interactions, close relationships, and the teaching of psychology. He is currently working in both Dr. Jeff Cookston's  and Dr. Sacha Bunge's labs.

(Photo Unavailable)
Darwin Eustaquio
Darwin received his associate degree in University Studies from Skyline Community College, where he played baseball for 2 years. He then received his bachelor degree in Psychology from San Francisco State University in 2004. At Skyline, he worked as an English writing tutor. At SFSU, he worked as an English, Spanish, and Psychology tutor. As a graduate student at SFSU,
he has been a teacher's assistant for Dr. Waldman's Child Development class and Behavioral Problems of Childhood class. Darwin is currently volunteering in a 3rd/4th grade classroom in South San Francisco and is working part-time as a tutor/mentor in an after school learning center in East Palo Alto. His primary research interests are the reading comprehension of young children, and romantic jealousy. He is also interested in the development of morality. In the near future, Darwin hopes to enroll into a PhD program in Education, or become a Board Certified Educational Therapist with teaching credentials.

Andrea Finlay
Andrea received her BA from UC Berkeley with a focus on the development of language in children. Her current research interests are civic development in ethnic minority and immigrant youth. She is also interested in depression, sex-typing, and language development. She is a member of Dr. Cookston’s lab and is also assisting on a project examining theory of mind and language in preschoolers.

Ryan Kelly
Ryan received his bachelor's degree from Humboldt State in the Spring of 2003. While there, he served in office for Psi Chi and served as director of Community Companions, a program that  assists mental health patients. Since his involvement with psychology, he has worked with various service agencies assisting emotionally delayed adolescents. His research interests include alcohol use during adolescence and emerging adulthood with relationship to parental influences, identity development, identity development related to peer groups, and the transition from adolescence to young adulthood.

Joelle LeMoult
Joelle received her bachelor degree in 2001 from UC Berkeley with a major in Economics and a minor in Business. After working in strategy and management consulting for 2 years, she decided her main interest was in the field of Psychology. While completing her Psych prerequisites at San Francisco State she interned at the Child Study Center. She now works in the Stanford Psychophysiology Lab, the Stanford Neuroeconomics Lab, and in Sacha Bunge’s child abuse intervention and attachment lab here at SFSU. Her interests focus around developmental psychopathology with a focus on early attachments and the possibility for intervention. Upon the completion of her MA, Joelle plans to enroll in a PhD program.

Michele Quirino
Info Coming Soon!

Alejandra Rodriguez-Larrain
Alejandra received her BA in Psychology from San Francisco State University in 2004. Her general research interests center on self-esteem in adolescent females, as well as body image and familial influence. Additionally, she is interested in how media plays a role in self-esteem development.

Scot Schumacher
Scot received his B.A. in Psychology from California State University, Hayward in 2004.  He is currently fulfilling his field experience requirement as a Teacher Intern at the Child Study Center, and plans to be a Teacher Assistant there for the 2005-2006 school year.  Scot’s general research interests are focused on social and emotional development in early childhood, more specifically in the areas of temperament and the development of guilt.

Joyce Wong
Joyce received her B.S. in psychology with a minor in human development from UC Davis. While there, she worked in a memory lab with Dr. Yonelinas and an autism lab with Dr. Sally Rogers and Dr. Sally Ozonoff at the MIND Institute. Her research interests include early language and social development particularly in the case of deficits. She is also developing interests in parent-child play, emotion regulation and attachment. Currently, she is working as a behavioral tutor for Autistic children. Here at SF State, she has worked in Dr. Sacha Bunge's lab. Future interests include continuing her education and getting her PhD in Child Clinical Psychology or going into special education and early intervention programs.

.

.