Student Research Assistants

Chloe Boyd (she/her)

Email: cjboyd@eckerd.edu

Chloe is from Tennessee and majors in Psychology and Political Science. She wanted to participate in the lab because she wanted more research experience, and she intends to pursue a future career in the psychology field. 

Angelina Wagner (she/her)

Email: ajwagner@eckerd.edu

Angelina is from Prescott Valley, Arizona and majors in Animal Studies and Psychology with a minor in Biology.  She wanted to participate in the lab because it will get her started in research. In the future, she wants to work in a zoo, rehabilitating wildlife and teaching people about different species and how to handle them.

Kaleigh Tkach (she/her)

Email: kmtkach@eckerd.edu

Kaleigh is from Parsippany, New Jersey and is majoring in Animal Studies and Psychology. She wanted to participate in the lab because it allows her to gain research experience outside of the classroom, and hopes to have a career in school psychology or service animal training.

Kristen Hamann (she/her)

Email: kchamann@eckerd.edu

Kristen is from Orlando, FL, and took her studies up at Eckerd College. She is double majoring in both Psychology and Animal Studies. Kristen's future career will probably be in the field of animal welfare and husbandry as she hopes to work in a zoo or aquarium. She also hopes to do research on animal behavior and cognition. Kristen joined this lab because she wanted experience conducting research, especially within the field of psychology. 

 Emma Burton (she/her)

Email: eeburton@eckerd.edu

Emma is from Richmond, Virginia and is majoring in Human Development with minors in Art, Ancient Studies, and Psychology. She wanted to participate in the lab because it provides her with hands on experience, and hopes to be a creative arts therapist in the future

Ruby Pasque (she/her)

Email: repasque@eckerd.edu

Ruby is from Melbourne, FL and is majoring in Psychology. Her ideal future career would be teaching as a Professor. She chose to participate in this lab because she wanted to get practice doing research and get a head start on her goal of attending graduate school. 

Olivia Hay (she/her)

Email: ojhay@eckerd.edu

Kristen is from Pennsylvania, and majors in Psychology and Animal Studies. She wanted to participate in the lab to gain research experience, and hopes to have a career in animal assisted interventions/therapies.

 Andrew Sullivan (he/him)

Email: acsullivan@eckerd.edu

Andrew is from Dallas, TX and is majoring in Psychology and Business Administration. He wanted to participate in the lab because of the experience it will give him in psychological research. His dream career is to be a clinical psychologist.