{"id":398,"date":"2024-09-08T20:32:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T00:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/drabicklab\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:33:42","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/drabicklab\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"GRADUATE STUDENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Current Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Abbey Friedman, M.A. <\/strong>
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Abbey is a sixth-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. She began her clinical internship at Mount Sinai Services – Elmhurst Hospital Center in Summer 2025. Prior to her graduate training, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2018 with an honors B.S. in Psychology and a double minor in Creative Writing and Administration of Justice. During college, she served as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Daniel Shaw\u2019s Pitt Parents and Children Lab, conducting assessments with parents and children from low-income communities in the greater Pittsburgh area. After graduation, Abbey worked as a research assistant for Dr. David Kolko providing clinical services to adjudicated youth and assisting in an R01 submission aiming to implement early behavioral intervention and parent management training through pediatric offices across Pennsylvania. Abbey\u2019s research interests include violence and delinquency risk factors, as well as other individual and contextual risk factors that act as mediators\/moderators of the relationship between developmental factors and conduct problems. In her free time, Abbey enjoys staying active with a yoga practice, reading, and spending time with friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May Albee, M.A.<\/strong>
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May is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2019 with a B.S. in Psychological Sciences. During her time at UVM, May was an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Timothy Stickle\u2019s Developmental Psychopathology Lab studying gender differences in primary and secondary psychopathy. Upon graduating, May worked as a research coordinator for three years in The Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia\u2019s Cancer Center under the direction of Dr. Matthew Hocking. She coordinated studies examining brain mechanisms in youth with Neurofibromatosis Type I and social connectedness in survivors of pediatric brain and solid tumors. May\u2019s current research interests include modifiable risk factors for externalizing disorders in youth and examining outcomes of the integration of behavioral health services in pediatric primary care. In her free time, May enjoys knitting, hiking, and exploring Philadelphia with friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jocelynn Murphy, B.A.<\/strong>
email: <\/em>jocelynn.murphy@temple.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jocelynn is a second-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. She graduated from Duke University in 2022 with a B.A. in Psychology and a double minor in Chemistry and African & African American Studies. While at Duke, Jocelynn served as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Michael Tomasello\u2019s Developmental Psychology lab studying young children\u2019s development of social and cognitive skills related to cooperation. Upon graduating, Jocelynn worked as a research assistant for two years at the Durham VA Medical Center Integrative Mental Health Program, where she investigated novel clinical interventions for moral injury through a multi-site quality improvement implementation trial. Jocelynn\u2019s research interests include the influence of adversity, particularly traumatic events and racism, on risk and resilience in racial minority youth. In her free time, Jocelynn enjoys reading, playing board games, and spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Esmeralda Soriano, B.S.<\/strong>
email: <\/em>esmeralda@temple.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Esmeralda is a fifth-year graduate student in the Developmental Psychology Ph.D. program. She graduated from Temple University in 2018 with a B.S. in Neuroscience. During college, she was a scholar of the NIH funded Maximizing Access to Research Careers program. Through which, she worked in Dr. Lisa Briand\u2019s Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab studying social behaviors and cocaine addiction in animal models. After graduation, Esmeralda was a fellow of the NIH\u2019s Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. She worked with Dr. Terri Sullivan to investigate the impact of aggression and exposure to violence on adolescent psychosocial health and emotional development within a predominantly racial minority sample. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she gained clinical experience working at a local behavioral health foundation where she assisted in assessments and interventions for trauma-exposed youth struggling with mental health. Esmeralda\u2019s research interests include risk and resilience factors that influence psychosocial and behavioral adjustment outcomes among racial minority youth from disadvantage backgrounds. In her free time, Esmeralda trains for various distance races, explores coffee shops around Philly and serves on the executive board for Temple University Graduate Students\u2019 Association.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Practicum Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Brianna Sarcos, B.A.<\/strong>
email: <\/em><\/a>brianna.sarcos@temple.edu<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Brianna is a third-year clinical psychology student who is working with Dr. Mike McCloskey in the Mechanisms of Affective Dysregulation Lab. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2020 with a B.A. in Psychology and minor in Biological Sciences. Upon graduating from UCI, Brianna attended Yale University as a post-baccalaureate student for the Emerging Scholars Initiative program where she researched the effects of exposure to violence on decision-making. Brianna’s current research interests include developmental predictors of and protective factors against youth aggression. In her free time, Brianna enjoys baking and spending time with her dog, Pork Chop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophie Martel, B.A.<\/strong>
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Sophie Martel is a third-year graduate student working with Dr. Philip Kendall in the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Sophie graduated in 2021 with a BA in psychology from The University of Michigan. Following graduation, she worked as a Postgraduate Research Associate at the Yale Child Study Center in the Anxiety & Mood Disorders Lab researching parent-based treatments to reduce accommodation and a computer-based treatment to reduce social anxiety in adolescents. Sophie is interested in how school-based accommodations can better support students with anxiety disorders, as well as how parent-child and peer relationships impact anxiety in children and adolescents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recent Lab Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Valerie (“Val”) Everett, M.A.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Val graduated from the clinical psychology Ph.D. program in 2025. She completed her clinical internship at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital in Health Service Psychology in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department in Summer 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rafaella (“Rafi”) Jakubovic, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Rafi graduated from the clinical psychology Ph.D. program in 2024. After completing internship at the New York University Bellevue Hospital, she began a post-doctoral fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lindsay Myerberg, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Lindsay graduated from the clinical psychology Ph.D. program in 2022. After completing internship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, she began a post-doctoral fellowship at Alvord, Baker, and Associates, LLC, a private psychotherapy practice in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jenika Hardeman, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jenika graduated from the clinical psychology Ph.D. program in 2022. After completing internship at the University of Minnesota Medical School, she began a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ijeoma Osigwe, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ijeoma completed graduated from the clinical psychology Ph.D. program and completed internship at Texas Children’s Hospital in 2021. She currently works as a psychologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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