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Meet Our Team!


​Undergraduate Students

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Megan Carmichael (she/her)

Year and major(s)/minor(s): First Year Psychology Major
Favorite part(s) of being a Pacific psychology student: The engaging professors and interesting material.
Research interests: Behavioural, cognitive, and developmental psychology
Hobbies: Tennis, baking, hiking
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Emma Garber (she/her)

Year and major(s)/minor(s): First Year Psychology Major and History Minor
Favorite part(s) of being a Pacific psychology student: My favorite part about being a psychology student is that I get to take the most interesting classes on campus. I also have awesome professors and I've made lots of good friends.
Research interests: Aging, learning, and memory
Hobbies: Speech and debate, baking, acting, reading, writing
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Jessica Lacap (she/her)

Year and major(s)/minor(s): First Year Psychology Major
Favorite part(s) of being a Pacific psychology student: I enjoy learning about all aspects of psychology such as stages of development or neurobiology and applying/connecting it to my life.
Hobbies: Drawing, photography, watching anime
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Devin Thompson (he/him)

Year and major(s)/minor(s): First Year Psychology Major and Speech Language Pathology Minor
Favorite part(s) of being a Pacific psychology student: I love the unique perspectives each of the psychology faculty provide. This department challenges a person's thinking and heavily expands on their knowledge. The faculty is very passionate about their craft and always provide opportunities for students to get involved. I know psychology is the path for me and I'm thankful I can be part of this department.
Research interests: Stereotyping, emotions, and aging
Hobbies: Traveling, trying different foods, hanging out with friends
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Nancy Vo (she/her) 

Year and major(s)/minor(s): Fourth Year Psychology Major and Biology Minor
Favorite part(s) of being a Pacific psychology student: I honestly enjoy the professors! It has been my experience that each professor has their own interesting view on psychology, so when you put it all together I think they leave you well-rounded.
Research interests: Developmental, cognitive, and abnormal psychology
Role(s):
  • Notetaker
  • Recruited participants
  • Ran participants
  • Conducted literature searches and reviews
  • Data entry
Favorite part(s) of the lab: Everyone is extremely willing to help their colleagues and they're really friendly!
Hobbies: Eating, reading, taking walks, shopping, listening to music, watching movies
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Angel Zhong (she/her) 

Year and major(s)/minor(s): Third Year Psychology and English Double Major, Writing and Ethnic Studies Double Minor
Favorite part(s) of being a Pacific psychology student: The teacher-scholar model that defines Pacific's pedagogy is truly one of the best aspects of being a student at Pacific. In the psychology department especially, this means that professors are always looking to involve students in their research, whether as participants or RAs. As a result, I've come to perceive my professors as not only authority figures, but also reliable and insightful mentors. Moreover, my peers in the psychology department consistently impress and inspire me!
Research interests: Cognition, learning, social ecology, the intersection(s) of the humanities and psychology
Role(s):
  • Webmaster
  • Recruited participants through email and social media
  • Conducted extensive literature searches and reviews
  • Created and gave presentations on academic self-efficacy, mortality salience, and the theory of planned/intended behavior
  • Data entry for the COVID-19 News Study
  • Created recruitment materials 
  • Found and programmed measures into Qualtrics 
Favorite part(s) of the lab: I am constantly learning new information, forging closer working relationships with my fellow RAs, and developing novel and/or building off of preexisting skills during each lab meeting! 
Hobbies: Writing, drawing, reading, jamming out to my favorite Spotify playlist


​Post-Baccalaureate Researchers 

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Carmen Huang (she/her)

Year and major(s)/minor(s): Class of 2021, Psychology Major and Chinese Minor
Favorite part(s) of being a Pacific psychology student: I enjoy the smaller classes and appreciate that the professors genuinely care for the students. Because of smaller labs, I like that I am able to be in direct contact with the PIs.
Research interests: Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status; developmental psychology
Role(s):
  • Contact participants through phone and email
  • Regularly update participant lists
  • Create survey/questionnaire packets for Death Over Dinner participants
  • Data entry for participants' past activities
  • Death Over Dinner facilitator
  • Found measures for COVID-19 News study
  • Gave short presentations on future time perspective and self-control, mortality salience, and academic self-efficacy
Favorite part(s) of the lab: I enjoy the plethora of tasks and activities I am able to engage in: from being in contact with participants, to doing behind-the-scenes work of data entry, to directly working with participants. In addition, I admire everyone's dedication to completing tasks and how passionate everyone seems to be about activities. 
Hobbies: Going to concerts, watching movies, going on walks
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