Current Graduate Students
Ani Lessley, B.A.
Ani grew up in Eugene, Oregon, and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Brain and Behavioral Health in 2024. Her research interests include understanding the predictors of and strategies necessary for enhancing the adoption, implementation, and sustainment of evidence-based practices for children and adolescents in community settings. Ani entered the lab in Fall 2026.
Kate Adams, B.A.
Juliana Maria Cardoso de Oliveira, B.S.
Juliana grew up in Rondônia, Brazil, and graduated from Rondônia Federal University with a B.A. in Psychology in 2013. She is currently a PhD candidate in Psychology at São Paulo State University (Unesp-Bauru), Brazil, and a visiting doctoral student at VCU funded by the CAPES Foundation (Ministry of Education of Brazil). Her research interests include teachers' educational social skills, classroom management strategies, student behavior problems, and fidelity and implementation of evidence-based programs.
Kerensa Nagle, M.S.
Kerensa grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated from Occidental College with a B.A. in Psychology and Theater in 2018. Her research interests involve the implementation of evidence-based practices within applied treatment settings, including school- and community-based mental health centers, to better understand the factors that contribute to their success in these real-world environments. Kerensa entered the lab in Fall 2023.
Cristian Rivera Nales, M.S.
Cristian grew up in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.S. in Psychology in 2020. He is interested in increasing the accessibility, implementation, and sustainment of culturally responsive evidence-based practices for underserved children and adolescents. He is also interested in understanding how evidence-based practices are modified to meet the distinct needs of children and adolescents in schools and community settings. Cristian entered the lab in Fall 2023.
Navneet Kaur, M.S.
Navneet grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Arizona State University with B.S. in Psychology and Family Human Development in 2018. Her research interests involve the implementation of evidence-based practices in community settings and how to reduce treatment barriers to enhance sustainability of evidence-based practices in community settings. Navneet entered the lab in Fall 2020.
