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
Frederick Sigler
B.A. in Psychology- Psychology with a minor in Human Development from California State University, Monterey Bay
Research Interests: Juvenile delinquency, multicultural training, multicultural supervision, LGBTQ+ topics, Black psychology topics
Personal Interests: Photography, gaming, travel, cooking
Fun fact: I was a back-up dancer for the 2007 Kids Choice Awards
Email: frederick.sigler@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 youthPersonal Interests: cooking, yoga, tennis, photography, travel
Fun fact: initially thought 💩 emoji was chocolate soft-serve
Email: catherine.forster@siu.edu
Maxwell Seigel
B.A. Psychology, Chemistry Minor – McDaniel College
Research interests: Bullying perpetration/victimization, bullying prevention/intervention, psychometrics and scale development
Personal interests: Music, sports, pets, travel
Fun fact: I own a 17-year-old Red Niger Uromastyx (Google it!)
Email: maxwell.seigel@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
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
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
