ProgressLab Members
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Sara McClelland, PhD
DIRECTOR
Dr. Sara McClelland, director of ProgressLab, is an Associate Professor in the departments of Women's & Gender Studies and Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on what people think they and others deserve, often at the intersection of public policy and sexuality. Dr. McClelland received her Ph.D. from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Michigan’s Society of Fellows.
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Emily Briggs
LAB MEMBER
Emily Briggs is a PhD Candidate in the Developmental Psychology program. Her work is centered in late life and takes a developmental approach to understand how people change throughout the life course. She is particularly interested in understanding how feelings of belonging and social relationships may change in later life.
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Sarah Lapean
LAB MEMBER
Sarah Lapean is a doctoral student in Psychology and Women & Gender Studies. Her research studies the emotions and moral evaluations that underlie sexual prejudice, and she is particularly interested in how these factors affect sexual education in the United States.
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Jay Seibold
LAB MEMBER
Jay is a doctoral student in Psychology and Women's & Gender Studies. Their work investigates feminist epistemology with the purpose of developing measurements for intersectional identity. Specifically, she explores the variance in how gender is conceptualized, embodied, and expressed by minority groups.
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Julia Smoot
LAB MEMBER
Julia Smoot is a doctoral student in the Gender and Feminist Psychology Program. Her work examines the factors that impact feelings of sexual guilt and how sexual guilt is measured in research. Julia's research interests include gender differences in sexual behavior, sexual scripts, and queer identity.
Alumni Lab Members
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Majel Baker, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ProgressLab
Counseling Psychology, PhD (University of Minnesota)
Dr. Majel Baker is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University in Minnesota.
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Will Beischel, PhD
Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts), PhD
Dr. Will Beischel is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago.
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Sarah Bell, PhD
Psychology & Women’s Studies, PhD
Dr. Sarah Bell is an Assistant Professor at Utah Tech University.
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Logan Casey, PhD
Political Science, PhD
Dr. Logan Casey is the Senior Policy Researcher & Advisor at Movement Advancement Project (MAP).
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Tangier M. Davis, PhD
Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts), PhD
Dr. Tangier Davis is an Organizational Data Insights and Analytics Manager at Modivcare.
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Harley Dutcher, PhD
Psychology & Women’s and Gender Studies, PhD
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Kayla J. Fike, PhD
Psychology & Women’s and Gender Studies, PhD
Dr. Kayla J. Fike is an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University.
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Kathryn Holland, PhD
Psychology & Women’s Studies, PhD
Dr. Kathryn Holland is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska.
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Idalia Maciel, PhD
Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts), PhD
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Michelle Marie Johns, PhD
Public Health, PhD
Dr. Michelle Marie Johns is a Senior Research Scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago.
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Leanna J. Papp, PhD
Psychology & Women’s and Gender Studies, PhD
Dr. Leanna J. Papp is an Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and a member of the Violence Against Women Faculty Cluster at the University of Central Florida
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Özge Savaş, PhD
Psychology & Women’s Studies, PhD
Dr. Özge Savaş is an Assistant Professor at College of the Holy Cross.
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Haley Sparks, PhD
Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts), PhD
Dr. Haley Sparks is the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in External Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles.