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Terri Messman, Ph.D.
Lab Director
Dr. Messman is interested in how interpersonal violence impacts the capacity for self-regulation. Recent research has focused on the role of mindfulness and self-compassion in relation to psychological outcomes associated with child maltreatment and sexual violence.
Seth Wilensky, M.A.
6th Year Graduate Student
Seth is a 6th-year graduate student in the program. He is currently a predoctoral intern at the Cincinnati VAHSC. Before joining the lab, he graduated from Washington University with a B.S. in Psychology. His research interests focus on masculinity in relation to men's experiences of sexual victimization across the lifespan. In his spare time, he enjoys playing rugby.
Aishwarya Karanam,
M.S.
2nd Year Graduate Student
Aishwarya is a second-year graduate student who earned a Masters’ in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. Her master's thesis focuses on the experience of childhood emotional abuse among adults, and how the link between self-judgment and depression may be ameliorated by self-compassion. She is broadly interested in understanding the underlying factors for sustained traumatic reactions in victims of interpersonal violence and resilience factors (self-compassion). In her free time, she enjoys trekking.
4th Year Graduate Student
Sam Glidewell,
M.A.
Sam is a 4th year graduate student in the program. She graduated with her B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Texas. Broadly she is interested in factors that contribute to negative post-trauma functioning in adulthood, including betrayal perceptions and self-compassion.
2nd Year Graduate Student
Skylar Rucci,
B.A.
Skylar Rucci graduated with a B.A. from Rutgers University. Her Master's Thesis focuses on the experience of intimate partner emotional violence among women and links to negative psychological outcomes such as Complex PTSD. She is interested in interpersonal violence exposure and how this affects emotion regulation, with a specific focus on minority factors that can impact recovery, such as internalized stigma, identity concealment, and feelings of shame. In her spare time, she likes to read, cook, and watch the Phillies.
Nastajia Hamilton,
B. A.
1st Year Graduate Student
Nastajia is a first-year graduate student who graduated with her B.A. in Psychology from Winthrop University. Broadly, she is interested in exploring pathways to perpetration and revictimization as well as possible moderating factors among adult survivors of trauma, specifically those exposed to interpersonal violence, maltreatment, and sexual violence during childhood. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, writing poetry, and reading.
Lab members Dr. Messman, Prachi Bhuptani, Alex McConnell, and Julia Kaufman have dinner at the 2017 annual ISTSS meeting with collaborator Dr. Ruby Charak and lab alumni Hannah Espeleta and Dr. Lee Eshelman.