From Uncertainty to Clarity: My Brackenridge Research Experience

Hello! My name is Su bin An and I am a rising senior, majoring in Psychology. I am here again to share my experience with my summer Brackenridge research. This summer, I worked with my mentor, Dr. Leslie Horton, and research staff in the YETI lab. I explored how the caregivers’ stress affects the social…

Emerson is back from London

It has been a little under two weeks since I left London, and it hurt a lot to say goodbye. Not only was it hard to leave a place I had called home as a kid, but the weeks I spent in London were some of the best weeks of my life. Getting to explore…

Exploring Parental Money Talk — My Brackenridge Reflection

Hello everyone for the last time this summer! As a reminder of who I am — my name is Hanna Enos, and I’m a rising junior majoring in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience, Linguistics, and Applied Statistics. This summer, I worked under the guidance of my mentor Dr. Melissa Libertus to explore data from an…

Emerson’s back in London!

Hiya! I’ve been in London for about a week now, after having spent two weeks in Pittsburgh, and it’s been a blast so far. While we’ve been learning a lot here, we also have been seeing and doing some tourist-y things, such as a walking tour of Cambridge, a food tour, and more!  London definitely…

Suicide Prevention for Marginalized Youth- Brackenridge Intro

Hi! My name is Campbell Martinez and I am a rising senior at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Psychology. I am so excited and grateful to be doing independent research this summer as a part of the Brackenridge fellowship! For my project I am focusing on suicidal adolescents (specifically LGBTQ+ adolescents and adolescents of…

Exploring Memory as Mess in a Mix-Media Poetry Collection

Hi! My name is Trish (she/her) and I’m a senior with one semester left. I am majoring in Psychology and Creative Writing (poetry track) and minoring in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. I’m a Forbes veteran so if you’re thinking hmm where do I recognize her from, it’s probably from seeing me work at Dunkin’…

Subjective Response to Alcohol: HSRF Introduction (Sanjana Das)

Hey everyone! My name is Sanjana Das and I’m a rising junior majoring in Psychology and LCJS (Law, Criminal Justice, and Society), minoring in Applied Statistics, and pursuing a certificate in Health Humanities. In my spare time I enjoy spending time with friends, baking, listening to music, and exploring all that Pittsburgh has to offer….

My Journey into Child Mental Health

Hello! My name is Su bin An and I am a rising senior at the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in Psychology. I transferred to Pitt in my sophomore year from a university in South Korea. Previously, I majored in Education, but as I poured into this field, I became more interested in children’s mental health…

Emerson’s going (back) to London!

Hello! My name is Emerson Bolenbaugh, and I am a rising sophomore participating in the Children’s Experience of War and Trauma program this summer. I am in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the David C. Frederick Honors College, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Classical Civilizations. Outside of the classroom, I am…