Research Team
Lab Director
Dr. Allison L. Skinner is the director of the GABBA Lab. She completed her B.A. and M.A. in psychology at California State University, Chico and her Ph.D. in experimental psychology at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She completed postdoctoral training in developmental and social psychology at University of Washington and psychophysiology and social psychology at Northwestern University. Allison is currently an assistant professor in the psychology department at the University of Georgia.
Graduate Students
Becky Harmata is a 4th year PhD student in in the industrial organizational psychology program. They completed their M.S. at San Diego State University and their bachelor's degree at CUNY Brooklyn College. The goal of Becky's research is to not only create equitable access to work, but also equitable experiences. Currently, Becky is focused on defining and measuring microaggressions in the workplace. In their free time, Becky plays tennis in some local leagues, watches reality TV, and trying local food joints.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Oppy Abiodun-Findo is an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia pursuing a double major in Psychology and Political Science with a minor in Law, Jurisprudence, and the State. Her research interests center on the intersection of social identity, bias, and policy — particularly how cultural context and systemic inequities shape behavior and opportunity. She is passionate about understanding how attitudes and nonverbal communication contribute to bias acquisition and intergroup dynamics. IN the lab she hopes to pursue research that will lead to informed future policy-making decision.
Priscilla Asamoah is a third-year Biomedical Physiology major on the pre-med track at the University of Georgia. As a research assistant in the GABBA Lab, she is interested in understanding how systemic forms of oppression are maintained through subtle patterns of thought and behavior. She is particularly passionate about exploring the health disparities faced by minorities in medicine and how psychological and social factors contribute to these inequities.
Aratrika Datta is pursuing a Master’s in Applied Psychology from Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology with Sociology as her minor from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. Her research interests lie in social justice, intergroup relations, identity, and studying the impact of lived experiences on mental health. She is specifically interested in the intersection of public discourse, gender, and social psychology. In the lab, she is involved in projects exploring the development and activation of racial bias.
Ryan Farmer is a second-year psychology major with an emphasis in neuroscience at the University of Georgia. She has also started her Double Dawgs with a Master's of Public Health in health policy and management. As a GABBA research assistant, she is interested in the role of medical discrimination by providers and insurance companies in the disproportionate health outcomes faced by minorities. She plans on attending medical school in the future!
Benvon Roberts is a freshman psychology and English major in the Honors College at the University of Georgia. Through research at the GABBA Lab, Benvon hopes to focus on methods of intervention and education that can be effectively implemented throughout institutions to reduce harmful biases and stereotypes, with a specialized focus on the queer community. She plans to attend graduate school for I/O psychology after graduation.
Alumni
**If you are a former member of the lab and have updates on where you are now please let me know**
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Itohan Aigbekaen
Saba Alemayehu
Mercedes Alvarez
Megan Anandappa (medical resident, Emory School of Medicine)
Chloe Andrè
Chelsey Beck
Brooke Blystone
Ayanna Brewton (Ph.D. student, Florida State University)
Shaneik Buchanan
Leah Cha (Ph.D. student, University of California Los Angeles)
Mithila Ophelia Chakraborty
Neha Chaparala
Kathy Chavez (Ph.D. student, Texas A&M International University)
Vaishnavi Chennareddy
Cristina D'Alto
Evana Darby (Graduate Student, University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Trinity Davis
Maleehah De Almeida
Natalie Rose DeVooght
Vina Linh Doan
Catherine Ellis (assessment counselor, Peachford Hospital)
Anna Evanson
Mahnoor Farooq (Masters of counseling student, Northwestern University)
Kaylee Friedman (patient screener, Athens Piedmont Regional)
Sarah Gage
Ciara Gamble
Lillian Glushka
Zoe Grant (JD candidate, Georgia State College of Law)
Keisha Hays
Hannah Hu
Sierra Hudson (Physician, UNC Health)
Blue Jackson
Bailey Jones Baldwin
Aliyah Kath
Anahat Kaur
Neha Kattoju (intern at Shaw Industries IT Digital Marketing)
Akshata Ketkar
Zainab Khawaja
Hannah Kim
Dasha Kissina
Ashley Ko
Anchal Kumar
Alexandra Kunin
Abigail Lassiter
Gabrielle Lindquist (Associate Attorney, Williams Kastner)
Christine Li
Kara Litwin
Xiuling (Lynn) Liu (Graduate Student, University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, & Practice)
Alyssa Mack (Undergraduate student, Georgia Gwinnett College)
Boyd MacDonald
Isabella Marcon
Tionna McClean
Arturia Melson-Silimon (Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech)
Carsynn Miller
Mohammad, Ali
Suraya Mohidul (Program analyst CDC)
Makenzie Muilenburg (Makenzie Muilenburg Counseling)
Mandy Ng
Mai Chi Nguyen
Megan Nguyen (Doctor of Physical Therapy Student, Touro College)
Shawnnae Nguyen
Gandalf Nicolas (Assistant Professor, Rutgers University-New Brunswick)
Ogechi Ogbonna
Chinyere Ohuoba
Adilene Osnaya (Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student, Purdue University)
Bhumi Patel
Meet Patel
Bradley Patterson
Cy'Riah Pearson
Sebastian Perdomo
Sydney Phillips (Strategic Communications Associate at Narrative DC)
Kaya Pollack
Sarah Punjani
Briana Purves
Elizabeth Quinn-Jensen (Posdoc, Princeton University)
Elisa Rapadas
Madison Reeves
Jordan Ricketts (Psychology Ph.D. student, Georgia State University)
Kasheena Rogbeer (Psychology Ph.D. student, University of California Los Angeles)
Markayla Roland
Charlotte Román (PhD student, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Alexandra (Alex) Sanders
Maia Sanders
Apoorva Sarmal (Postdoc, University of Kentucky)
Reesa Schroeder
Drew Siegenthaler (Law student, Boston University Law School)
Lindsey Smith (Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, School of History and Sociology)
Sara Sohani (MD Student, AU/UGA Medical Partnership)
Iyana Stringer
Emily Summers (Dental student, Augusta University, anticipated DMD 2025)
Elizabeth Swank
Dana Theoc
Tamerra Thompson
Joanna Tran
Furwah Turabi
Manasa Vemuri
Kira Ventura
Nikki Vu
Katherine Wadhwani (Research Technician, Loren Frank Lab, University of California San Francisco)
Connor Ward
Cynthia Ware (graduate student, Georgia Southern University)
Sienna Ware
Mia Weed (graduate student, Fordham University)
Maia Williams
Titobioluwa Williams (US-UK Fulbright Student at Northumbria University)
Ericka Woods (Analyst at Civic Consulting Alliance)
Kenneth Xu (Doctoral student, Tulane University)
Harvey Yeager
Qianru (Tiffany) Yang (Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Ellen Zhang (Teaching fellow, Breakthrough Atlanta)
Jennifer Zhu
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