​Mary M. Tomkins, Ph.D.

Background:
          B.S. Psychology, Abilene Christian University
          M.S. Psychology, Abilene Christian University
          Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Houston
 
Research Interests:
Mary Tomkins is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Social Influences and Health Behaviors lab. Her main research interest is morality, specifically interventions that can be developed to encourage virtue-based behavior and factors associated with moral behavior. She is also working on projects focused on religiousness, specifically how it is related to alcohol use and how it can be incorporated into brief alcohol interventions, the effects and buffers of ostracism, belongingness interventions, and the ways in which religion can be healthy or unhealthy. 
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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mary_Tomkins

Jordanna Lembo Riggs, M.A.

Background:
          B.A. Pennsylvania State University
          M.A. University of Houston

Research interests:
Jordanna Lembo Riggs is in her sixth year of the social psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston. She is interested in exploring the relationship between alcohol, environmental cues, and unwanted sexual contact, and developing preventions and interventions to reduce unwanted sexual experiences.

​Carol Wang, M.A.
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Background: 
           B.S. Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
           M.A. Psychology, the University of Houston

Research Interests:
Carol Wang is currently a fifth-year doctoral student in the social psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston. She was previously  a Susan G. Komen Research Fellow in Health Disparities Research at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and works closely with Dr. Qian Lu. Her research interests include resilience, post-traumatic growth, positive psychology, social class, and culture in the context of health outcomes. Her work focuses on understanding the mechanisms that drive individuals to be resilient in the face of adversity such as cancer survivors and individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and developing interventions that cultivate well-being and promote healthy behaviors. 
 
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carol_Wang14

Lia Smith, M.A., L.P.A.

Background:  
           B.A. Psychology with a certificate in Human Needs and Global
                   Resources, Wheaton College, Illinois (2013)
           M.A. Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, Texas (2018)
           Licensed Psychological Associate, Texas State Board of Examiners of
                   Psychologists (2019)​

Research Interests:
Lia is a fifth-year clinical psychology doctoral student and teaching fellow at the University of Houston. She is advised by Drs. Clayton Neighbors and Matthew Gallagher. Lia's research interests focus on risk (e.g., sleep, distress tolerance) and resilience (e.g., mindfulness, psychological flexibility) processes at the intersection of addictions, trauma, and health disparities. Recently, she was awarded an NIAAA F31 Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her study entitled, An Examination of the Effects of Global Sleep Disturbance and PTSD on Alcohol Cue Reactivity. 
 
ResearchGate:   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lia_Smith3

​Joanne Angosta, B.A.

Background:  
           B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Research Interests:
Joanne is in her fourth year of the social psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston. Her current research focuses on the influence of social identity on addictive health attitudes and behavior, social network methodologies, and the development of brief interventions to decrease problematic alcohol use. She is interested in understanding the people and groups that individuals may identify with, and how to use this information to promote healthy behavior.
 
ResearchGate:   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joanne_Angosta

​Andrew Weinstein, B.S.

Background:
           A.S., Criminal Justice, Jamestown Community College
           B.S., Political Science, State University of New York the College at
​                  Brockport
           B.S., Psychology, University of New Mexico

Research Interests:
Andrew is currently a third-year doctoral student in the social psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston. His research interests focus on understanding cannabis use, the social norms of cannabis use among diverse populations, and motivations for and against cannabis use in order to develop brief interventions to reduce cannabis-related harms.
 
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Weinstein3

Gabrielle Longo, B.S.

Background:
           ​B.S., Psychology, Rowan University

Research Interests: 
Gabrielle is currently in her first year in the social psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston. Her research interests include adolescent and young adult social norms around drinking, sex, and violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and romantic relationships. Her work centers around identifying the underlying cognitive and social mechanisms involved in alcohol-related sexual assault and the way peer groups can influence health behavior.