Undergraduate Lab Members

Welcome to our new and returning undergraduate lab members!

Payton Sheffield

I am an undergraduate junior with a double major in Psychology & Criminology and a minor in Forensic Sciences. My interests lie primarily in the intersection of psychology and law, specifically in understanding how emotional processes influence decision-making and contribute to criminal behavior. I love learning more about how emotional regulation, cognitive biases, and situational factors shape actions that may lead to legal or ethical violations.

Personal Interests: In my free time, I love trying new foods, doing pilates, and spending time with friends and family!

 

Madelyn Perry

I am an undergraduate student majoring in psychology. My research interests include cognition and emotion, especially how they manifest in different relationship types. Currently, I am examining the relationship between sex differences and trust in the ACE Lab at NC State. In the future, I plan to pursue a PhD in psychology so that I can work as a clinical psychologist.

Personal interests: In my free time, I enjoy nature photography, playing the guitar, and writing. I have also been self-teaching French for ten years!

 

 

ACE lab undergraduate Alumni

 

Illeana Epps

 

 

Illeana graduated from NC State University majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology. My research interests surround emotion-cognition interactions, especially how they affect social behaviors and interpersonal relationships. In the ACE Lab, she worked on research that investigated the intersection between a person’s critical thinking disposition and emotional intelligence to determine how they overlap with and influence each other. Using her understanding of these interactions and her passion for mental health, she plans to implement these concepts into the workplace after earning my Master’s Degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Appalachian State University.

Personal Interests: she loves to be creative in any form, especially painting and journaling! Illeana also enjoy trying new foods (and is always looking forward to my next meal), and reading books in her free time.

 

 

 

 

Susannah Throckmorton

Susannah is a sophomore double majoring in psychology and sociology, and minoring in forensic science. She is interested in exploring how emotions and trauma play a role in criminality, and is also drawn to impacts that relationships can have on our emotions and behavior.

 

Fun fact: Susannah also works as a substitute teacher for toddlers and elementary students.

 

 

 

Macy Ferrell

Macy is a senior majoring in psychology with a double minor in philosophy and cognitive science. Her research interests include how emotions, specifically complex emotions, influence individual decision making. Outside of emotions, she is interested in how traumatic brain injury (TBI) and disease impact an individuals physical and psychological state.

 

Fun fact: Outside of work and school I love to spend time in nature, this love fuels my desire to travel one day.

 

 

 

Olivia Oakley

Olivia is a senior majoring in psychology with pre-health focus. Olivia is  interested in researching emotional changes throughout life and the impact that having pets can have on an individual’s emotions.

 

Fun fact: Olivia did pole vault in high school.

 

 

 

Cinzia Boi

I am a senior majoring in psychology. I am interested in researching the interaction between emotion and cognition, with focus on how mindset, attention, and memory change and are changed by emotions. I am also interested in studying how this interaction differs in people with cognitive disabilities.
Fun fact: Breakfast food is the best food. Change my mind.

 

 

 

 

Emory Spivock

Emory is a junior in psychology. Her research interests include how how emotions may influence memory, and abstract psychology, specifically dissociate identity disorder.

Fun fact: Emory is a licensed animal rehabilitator!

 

 

 

Sarah Coffee

Sarah is a senior, whose research interests include memory and how memories of emotion events can vary across different ages or gender

Fun fact: I play 5 instruments

Daniel Craig

I am a senior majoring in sociology with concentration on crime, minoring in psychology. I am a Marine Corps infantry veteran and am focused on the veteran/therapist dynamic. Specifically, the validity in veterans seeking therapy from psychotherapists that are themselves veterans opposed to those therapist that are not. Additionally, I am concerned in the adaptive coping strategies veterans developed while serving and how they become maladaptive during their transition into their role as civilians.

Fun Facts: I am A Mental Health Ambassador at NCSU, I play guitar, enjoy camping, and exercising.

Amber Parker

Amber graduated in 2020 with a major in psychology after three semesters in the lab.

 

 

 

 

 

Amber-Rose Charles
Amber-Rose graduated in 2019 after one semester in the lab with a major in psychology and a minor in forensic science. 
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Aaron graduated in 2019 after five semesters in the lab with a double major in psychology and science, technology and society and a minor in military science.
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Christina McCabe
Christina graduated in 2019 after one semester in the lab with a major in psychology.