Student Alumni

These students are alumni of the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing Research Lab, having served as research interns, data collectors, or human-computer interaction interns.

Former Research Assistants and Interns

Jessica Anthony

Wellesley College class of 2023

Major: Psychology

Lane Arkangel

Wellesley College class of 2021

Research Assistant 2020

Major: Neuroscience

Jordan Bates

Wellesley College class of 2022

Research assistant since 2021

Majors: Africana Studies and Education

Huiying Bernice Chan

Wellesley College class of 2016 

2013-2014 Shirley R. Sherr WCW Intern, 2014-2015 Linda Coyne Lloyd WCW Intern

Majors: Education Studies & Ethnic Studies

Holly Chin

Wellesley College class of 2022

Majors: Economics

Stephanie Cobas

Wellesley College class of 2021

2018-19 Sophomore Early Research Intern, research assistant since 2019

Major: American Studies

Julia Cromwell

Wellesley College class of 2020

NIH research assistant since 2019

Majors: Data Science and Psychology

Ainsley Crist

Wellesley College class of 2026
Majors: Environmental Studies and Geosciences

Sidrah Durrani

Sidrah Durrani is an incoming masters student in the Developmental Psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her bachelors in Psychology from Stony Brook University and served as a Project Assistant at Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development prior to graduate school. Sidrah’s research interests include adolescent social media use and how it impacts their development and wellbeing.

Katie Du

University of Alberta

Research Intern 2020

Major: Cell Biology 

Rachel Desmond

Wellesley College class of 2023

Research Assistant 2020

Majors: Women’s and Gender Studies & Economics

Rocio Harvey

Wellesley College class of 2022

Research assistant since 2020 

Major: Sociology, Minor: Biology 

Jules Weed

Wellesley College class of 2022

Shirley R. Sherr Student Internship Fund Intern '21-'22

Major: Sociology

Mercedes Noelia Hainzl Fernández

British International School of Boston

British International School of Boston Class of 2022

Digital Wellbeing Workshop Research Assistant Since 2020

Jessica Hung

Needham High School

Summer Intern 2020

Margaret Isacson

Wellesley College class of 2026

Kensy Jordan

Wellesley College class of 2022

Research assistant since 2020

Major: Media, Arts, & Sciences 

Jyontika Kapoor

Wellesley College class of 2024

Sophomore Early Research Program Intern '21-'22

Majors: Data Science and South Asia Studies

Elizabeth Kiel

Wellesley College class of 2023

Major: Data Science

Ashley Kim

Wellesley College class of 2019

Summer ‘19 Research Intern, Research Assistant since 2019

Major: Media, Arts, and Sciences

Rachel Kim

Wellesley College class of 2027

Josie Ku

Wellesley College class of 2021

Website Assistant and App Developer spring 2019

Major: Computer Science

Jesse Lage

Wellesley College class of 2023

Undecided

Allie Lev

Wellesley College class of 2025

Rebecca Leu

Wellesley College class of 2019

2017-18 Wellesley Centers for Women Class of 1967 Intern, 2019 Research Assistant

Major: American Studies

Neha Lund

Wellesley College class of 2022

Sophomore Early Research Program Intern '19-'20

Major: Sociology

Katherine Madsen

Wellesley College class of 2019 

2016-17 Sophomore Early Research Intern, 2017 Social Science Summer Research Intern, 2018-19 Research Assistant

Majors: English and Women’s & Gender Studies

Cynthia Serrano Najera

Wellesley College class of 2021

2018 Wellesley Plus Summer Intern, 2019 Social Science Summer Research Intern, research assistant since 2018

Major: Computer Science

Temple Price

Wellesley College class of 2013

WCW Class of ‘67 Intern 2012-2013

Major: Psychology, Minor: Africana Studies 

Jenni Quichimbo Auqui

Wellesley College class of 2024

Budnampet Ramanudom

Wellesley College class of 2018

2015-2016 Linda Coyne Lloyd WCW Intern

Majors: Computer Science and Women’s & Gender Studies

Tulani Reeves-miller

Wellesley College class of 2021

Research assistant since 2020

Major: Media, Arts, & Sciences 

Gillian Sjoblom

Wellesley College class of 2023

Research assistant since 2020

Major: International Relations-Political Science

Brianna Ruffin

Wellesley College class of 2017

Research Assistant 2015-2017

Major: Women’s & Gender Studies, Minor: Japanese Language and Culture

Ramona Smucker

Wellesley College class of 2021

NIH research assistant since 2019

Major: Cognitive Sciences and English

Olaide Sode

Wellesley College class of 2019

Summer 2018 Wellesley Career Education Internships program funded by Raquet Family Foundation Award, 2018-19 Shirley R. Sherr Research WCW Internship

Major: Anthropology

Sabina Unni

Wellesley College class of 2019

Research Assistant 2018-19

Major: Anthropology

Payton Vandergriff

Wellesley College class of 2022

2019 Social Science Summer Research Intern, Research assistant since 2019

Major: Media, Arts, and Sciences

Emily Vargas

Wellesley College class of 2020

NIH research assistant since 2019

Majors: English and Education

Briana Vigil

Wellesley College class of 2022

Majors: Data Science, Minor: Latinx Studies

Teresa Xiao

Wellesley College class of 2022

Research assistant since 2020

Majors: Psychology and Japanese Language and Culture 

Emily Zhai

Wellesley College class of 2021

Research assistant since 2020

Majors: Neuroscience and Women’s & Gender Studies

Meera Ravikrishna

Wellesley College class of 2027

Grace Holmes

Grace Holmes Wellesley College class of 2025
Majors: Education Studies and Neuroscience

Aliea Nallbani

Aliea Nallbani Wellesley College class of 2024

Major: Media Arts and Sciences, Minor: Economics

Lillie Stewart

Wellesley College class of 2026
Major: Economics

Gillian Hodgen

Wellesley College class of 2024 

Major: Media Arts and Sciences

Zora Levette

Wellesley College class of 2024
Majors: Media Arts and Science, Education Studies

Brenda Zhang

Wellesley College class of 2026
Major: American Studies

Lauren Lee

Wellesley College class of 2026
Majors: Data Science and Sociology

Data Collectors  

Mira Carlinnia

Wellesley College class of 2021

Major: Psychology, Minor: Africana Studies 

Emily Choi

Wellesley College class of 2021

Majors: Economics & Psychology

Isabella Hedly

Wellesley College class of 2023

Major: Neuroscience, Minor: Portuguese 

Caitlin Melo

Wellesley College class of 2022

Major: Political Science, Minor: Latinx Studies

Allison Mikolanis

Wellesley College class of 2023

Majors: Political Science & Economics

Avery Restrepo

Wellesley College class of 2020

Major: International Relations - Political Science

Julia Weed

Wellesley College class of 2022

Major: Sociology

Alex Wheeler

Wellesley College class of 2023

Majors: Psychology & Biology

Paige (Caroline) White

Wellesley College class of 2022

Majors: American Studies & Spanish

 

 



Identity

 

Examining the complex factors that determine a young person’s identity, including their race, gender, sexuality, political and socio-economic status.

Mainstream Media

 

Examining the effects of the media messages that youth receive across their screens, magazine pages, and the airwaves.

Social Media

 

Understanding engagement with social media, the struggles and opportunities that families and schools encounter, implications for health and wellbeing, and adolescent’s own autonomy.



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