Current Students

PhD Student
Concentration: Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
University of South Carolina
Areas of interest: Substance Abuse, Influence of Close Others, Sexual health
Grant Awards: 
– SPARC Graduate Research Grant (May 2025 – July 2026): Between sips and sheets: Relationship between college students’ sex-related alcohol expectancies and risk behavior

Major: Public Health
Minor: Women and Gender Studies
Pre-Medicine Track
University of South Carolina
Areas of interest: Women’s Health, Health Policy, Family Psychology
Grant Awards:
– Magellan Journey Award (December 2023 – May 2024): Dyadic influence processes among heavy drinking couples
– Magellan Mini-Grant Award (August 2025 – May 2026): Perceptions of partner alcohol use and relationship stability among military couples

sMajor: Sociology & Data Science
University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Substance Abuse, Influence of Social Controls, Data Collection, Visualization, and Analysis
Grant Awards: 
– Magellan Journey Award (April 2025 – August 2025): Measuring the influence of romantic partners on changes in alcohol use during treatment
– Magellan Apprentice Award (June 2025 – May 2026): The role of spouse social control in improvements in problem drinking

Major: Public Health Law and Policy
Pre-Law & Pre-MPH Track
University of South Carolina
Areas of interest: Health and Relationship Mechanisms, Public Health, and Health Policy
Grant Awards:
– South Carolina Honors Research Grant (Summer 2025 – Spring 2026): Understanding how social and interpersonal influence impact health behavior

Major: Psychology
Minor: Women and Gender Studies
University of South Carolina
Areas of interest: Mental health, Relationship Dynamics, and Women Studies
Grant Awards:
– South Carolina Honors Research Grant (Summer 2025 – Spring 2026)

Major: Psychology
Minor: Counselor Education
University of South Carolina
Areas of interest: Close relationships, Substance Abuse, and Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Grant Awards:
– Magellan Journey Award (April 2025 – August 2025): Research experience in design, administration, and dissemination of behavioral health research
– South Carolina Honors Research Grant (Fall 2025 – Spring 2026)

Major: Public Health
Minor: Neuroscience
Pre-Medicine Track
University of South Carolina
Areas of interest: Relationship Functioning, Military Couples, and Mental Health & Trauma
Grant Awards:
– Magellan Journey Award (September 2024 – May 2025): Carolina Health and Relationship Mechanisms Lab
– Magellan Apprentice Award (May 2025 – May 2026): Service experiences, mental health, and relationship instability among U.S. military service members/veterans
– Magellan Mini-Grant Award (May 2025 – May 2026): Service experiences, mental health, and relationship instability among U.S. military service members/veterans

Major: Biological Sciences
Minor: Medical Humanities and Culture
Pre-Medicine Track
University of South Carolina
Areas of interest: Substance Abuse, Influence of Close Relationships, and Health Psychology