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PURC -  Event Information  

The 17th Annual UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research      

Conference wll take place on Friday, May 9th from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Unless othewise indicated, all presentations are open to the public including UCLA undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members. Please join the Department of Psychology as we show our support for the research contributions of our undergraduate students.

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10:00 - 11:00 Brunch
Hosted by Dr. Robert Bjork and Dr. Elizabeth Bjork

All presenters, advisors, and PURC volunteers are welcome to attend.
11:00 - 12:00 Poster Session
Hosted by Dr. Andrew Christensen, Dr. Bruce Baker, Dr. Rena Repetti, Dr. Bert Raven, Adriana Manago, Luke Li and Ajay Satpute

Alexis Schey (Scripps College) Allison Wainer (Emory University) Anny Chung (UCLA) Benjamin Paul (USC) Brad Mattan (University of Notre Dame) Catherine Kim (Emory University) Cho Yan Yam (UC Irvine) Chris Warren (Northwestern University) Danielle Vinas (UCLA) Diana Bennett (USC) Esmeralda Arrizon-Palomera (Loyola Marymount University) Grace Pagunuran (UCLA) Ingrid Estrada (UCLA) Jackie Kim (UCLA) Jacqueline de Borja (UCLA) James Head (Chapman University) Janelle Goguen (CSU Long Beach) Jasmin Ashkpoor (UCLA) Julie Sanchez (CSU Long Beach) Kathryn Gardner (USC) Kathryn Recker (UC Irvine) Kim Zhu (CSU Los Angeles)  Lydia Kim (UCLA)
Marie Alvik (UCLA) Melissa Rico (UC Irvine) Michael Friedman (UCLA) Michael Garcia (UCLA) Roy Cheng (CSU Los Angeles) Sandra Benitez (CSU Dominguez Hills) Shannon Hollars (Emory University) Theresa Khoo (UCLA) Tiffany Ju (UCLA) Virginia Valle (UCLA)
1:00 - 2:30 Paper Sessions
Hosted by Dr. Anna Lau, Dr. Alan Castel, Jared Wong and Katie Williams

Aston Tsui (UCLA) Brittany Harrison (UCLA) Danielle Vinas (UCLA) Genna Angello (UCLA) Jennifer Huang (UCLA) Jennifer Pham (UCLA) John Walker (UCLA) Nisha Bansal (UCLA) Proud Usahacharoenporn (UCLA) Richard Potomac (UCLA)

2:30 - 3:30 Poster Session
Hosted by Dr. Aaron Blaisdell, Ben Storm, Guido Schauer, Shu-Wen Wang, Emily Barkley-Levenson and Hayk Zeytuntsyan

Abhishek Chadha (UC Irvine) Bonnie Le (UC Berkeley) Chandra Char (UC Riverside) Chi-Kong Cheung (UCLA) Elizabeth Gonzalez (UCLA) Eric Imperial (UCLA) Eric Panknin (University of La Verne) Eva Ngo (UCLA) Felicia Mercer (UC San Diego) Gali Weissberger (UC San Diego) Ivan Pandoy (UCLA) James Telesford (UC Riverside) Jason Gravano (UC San Diego) Jeannie Huang (UCLA) Jenna Chin (UCLA) Joanna Huang (UCLA) Jonathan Malabanan (UCLA) Joon Nam (UC Riverside) Laura Smalarz (CSU San Diego) Lauralyn Pasion (UC Riverside) Leslie Pang (UCLA) Maria Santos (UCLA) Melissa Arellanes (UCLA) Michelle Alfaro (University of La Verne) Nara Im (UC Riverside) Sara LaHue (UC Berkeley) Shelby Cooley (Scripps College) Stephanie Paredez (CSU San Bernardino) Tatevik Abaryan (UCLA) Vanessa Harris (CSU Fullerton) Violeta Osegueda (UCLA) Yurianna Na (UC Riverside)
3:30 - 5:00 Paper Sessions
Hosted by Dr. Russ Poldrack, Dr. Anne Peplau, Sarah Sullivan and Katharina Kircanski, Shade Anozie

Blanca Martinez (UCLA) Erika Lara (UCLA) Gina Marrone (Columbia University) Kristin Weisler (UC Santa Cruz) Laurel Horn (Scripps College) Lisa Tseng (UC Berkeley) Monica Romero (CSU Long Beach) Robin Litt (Scripps College) Sarah McGowan (Northwestern University) Thomas Hanff (UCLA)
5:00 - 6:00 Poster Session
Hosted by Dr. Jaana Juvonen, Matt Hays, Bob Spunt and Mariana Preciado

Alex Kraszewski (Loyola Marymount University) Anait Khachatryan (UCLA) Anya Rosensteel (UCLA) Bertha Nash (CSU Northridge) Carlos Tobon (UCLA) Cyrus Mirza (USC) Daniel Pham (UCLA) Diane de Leeuw (UCLA) Elisa Price (UCSD) Gian Greenberg (UCLA) Grace Chen (UCLA) Jackelin Maldonado (CSU Northridge) Jessica Nunnally (Loyola Marymount University) Karl Dambacher III (UCLA) Karoline Brandt (USC) Kate Haltom (UCLA) Kathryne Zabinski (UC Irvine) Kevin Montes (CSU Dominguez Hills)
Kristen Bodossian (UCLA) Lena Magardechian (UCLA) Nick Zigler (UCLA) Nory Kotrasa (UC Irvine) Puneet Sodhi (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Ron Freche (CSU Long Beach) Rupa Amin (UC Irvine) Sandhya Ravikumar (UCLA) Sara Li (UCLA) Stephanie Daquioag (UC Irvine) Tiffany Ju (UCLA) William Tsai (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Wylie Wan (UCLA)
6:00 - 7:00 Certificate and Dinner Ceremony
Hosted by Dr. Robert Bjork, Dr. Elizabeth Bjork, Dr. Michelle Craske, Dr. Carlos Grijalva, Dr. Scott Johnson, Dr. James Stigler, Dr. Nancy Woolf, Dr. Rajesh Nandy, Dr. Patricia Greenfield, Dr. Jaana Juvonen, Dr. Alan Castel, Dr. Iris Firstenberg, Dr. Dalia Zaidel, and Vani 
Murugesan


Only RSVPed presenters and faculty may attend. Please e-mail Sarah at slemke@psych.ucla.edu if you have questions about the guest list.
INFORMATION FOR OFF-CAMPUS GUESTS

Parking

We recommend that guests park in Lot 2, the parking structure closest to Franz Hall. Enter the campus at Welstholme Avenue from Hilgard Avenue. Guests can purchase parking permits for $8 at the Westholme Avenue parking kiosk. Tell the parking attendant that you are on campus for the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference.

Directions

From the 405, exit on Wilshire East. Take Wilshire going east. Just past Westwood Boulevard turn left at the Glendon Avenue stop light. Take an immediate right at the next light continuing on Glenden Avenue. It curves and becomes Hilgard Avenue. Take Hilgard Avenue north past Le Conte Avenue. Turn left at Westholme Avenue into the UCLA campus.

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