Austin Gordon
M.A. Clinical Psychology – SIU
B.S. Psychology, Child and Family Development Minor – Missouri State University
Research Interests: Bullying and victimization, risk and resilience, mindfulness
Personal Interests: Golf, Yoga, Travel
Awards: Awards: 2018-2019 SIU Master’s Fellowship; 2021-2022 SIU Doctoral Fellowship
Email: austin.gordon@siu.edu
Genni Newsham
B.A. Psychology – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Research Interests: Neuropsycholgy, Psycholinguistics, Technology
Personal Interests: Reading, baking, cats
Fun fact: I have performed in concert with the band Kansas
Email: genni.newsham@siu.edu
Ashley Harrison
B.A. Psychology & Political Science – Cleveland State University
M.A. Clinical Psychology – University of Dayton
Research Interests: Bullying perpetration/victimization, the effects of bullying, and peer relationships
Personal Interests: Puzzles, reading, and traveling
Fun fact: I have a twin brother who has his culinary and pastry degree
Email: ashley.harrison@siu.edu
Katie Hnetkovsky
B.A. in Psychology-Southern Illinois University
Research Interests: Effects of childhood trauma on development, bullying, upstander behavior
Personal Interests: Running, eating good food, and reading
Fun fact: I have seen Melissa McCarthy in Carbondale before.. at Quatro’s!!
Email: kaitlyn.hnetkovsky@siu.edu
Catherine Forster
B.A. in Psychology, Minor in Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
Research Interests: risk behavior, ACEs, peer victimization, multilingual community-based interventions, fidelity, minority and immigrant youth
Personal Interests: cooking, yoga, tennis, photography, travel
Fun fact: initially thought 💩 emoji was chocolate soft-serve
Email: catherine.forster@siu.edu
Shannon Doyle (undergraduate)
B.A. Psychology, Sociology Minor- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Graduating May 2022)
Research interests: Child welfare, incarceration, restorative justice, mindfulness, anxiety disorders, phobias
Personal Interest: Yoga, photography, volleyball, hand-lettering
Fun Fact: I love talking to people about their dreams!
Email: shannon.doyle@siu.edu
Raisa Fountain (undergraduate)
B.A. in Psychology – SIU, A.A. in American Sign Language – JALC
Research Interests: Resilience in children, parent engagement and parent training, bullying, measuring administrator bias
Personal Interests: Cooking new recipes, video games, cognitive exercise, trying new tea
Fun Fact: Published poet and was a high school poetry slam coach
Email: raisa.fountain@siu.edu
Sterling Blonigen
B.A. in Psychology – SIU (Graduating in May 2022)
Research Interests: Improvement of school-based services for students with developmental and behavioral health challenges with focus on children of color
Personal Interests: Video gaming, Hockey, Tea Brewing
Fun fact: I won first class in Illinois state solos for my tuba playing
Email: sterling.blonigen@siu.edu
Faculty
Mary Louise Cashel, Ph.D. – Youth Violence Prevention Lab Director
Associate Professor
School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences
Tammy Kochel, Ph.D.
Professor
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Daryl Kroner, Ph.D.
Professor
Criminology and Criminal Justice
