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Dr. Elizabeth Canning – Lab Director

Dr. Canning is currently an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Washington State University. She received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016, where she worked with Dr. Judith Harackiewicz. Afterwards she spent three years as a postdoctoral researcher in the Mind and Identity in Context Lab at Indiana University, where she worked with Dr. Mary C. Murphy.

Office: Johnson Tower 210
Phone: (509) 335-9127
Email: elizabeth.canning@wsu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Makita White – Graduate Student

Makita joined the BOLD lab in the Fall of 2020. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Psychology at Arizona State University. Her research interests lie mainly in the realm of interpersonal influence and how it can lead to attitude and behavior change, with an emphasis on the effect of unintentional influence and how it can be caused by perceived class, race, and gender. She loves figuring out how things work, and her goal is to uncover and change patterns of behavior that lead to negative outcomes for students. On the side, she enjoys reading, exploring, and making art in many different mediums. She considers psychology to be her passion.

Sumaia Ali Raisa – Graduate Student

Sumaia Ali joined the BOLD Lab in the Fall of 2022. Her academic journey includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in School Psychology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Additionally, she holds another master’s degree in Program Evaluation & Research from West Virginia University. Her primary research focus revolves around developing and evaluating interventions to enhance motivation, persistence, and academic success among undergraduate students in the STEM field. She enjoys reading, Yoga, biking, and traveling.

Ray Bennett – Graduate Student

Ray joined the BOLD Lab in the Fall of 2022. He earned a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Sacramento State University and a Master of Science in Industrial Organizational Psychology from San Jose State University. His primary research interest includes understanding how the perceived legitimacy of disability statuses impacts the perceptions of people with disabilities in the workplace and in other organizational contexts. His additional areas of research interest include topics related to stigma and access for those with other frequently delegitimated and minoritized identities. In his free time, he enjoys working out, playing with his service dog, engaging in volunteer advocacy work, and watching too many TV shows.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Spring 2020
Erik Anderson
Arka Bagchi
Bailey Cornett
Angel Garcia
Jade Hill
Chloe Huffman
Alex Jensen
Riley Smith
Jensen Southwick
Duncan Thomson
Maddie Vidican

Fall 2020
Diana Baldovinos
Angel Garcia
Tyra Henderson
Alex Jensen
Jensen Southwick
Duncan Thomson

Spring 2021
Diana Baldovinos
Angel Garcia
Tyra Henderson
Abigail Hillis
Samantha Olson
Jensen Southwick

Fall 2021
Lauren Barnett
Abigail Hillis
Sajeenaa Jebanathan
Ben Johnson
McKenna Kobalter
Samantha Olson
Cynthia Torres
Ailie Turnbull

Spring 2022
Abigail Hillis
Ben Johnson
McKenna Kobalter
Malia Murphy
Samantha Olson
Lizbeth Villa Badillo

Fall 2022
Shayna Canniff
Abigail Hillis
Jeremiah Lee
Sam Lopez
Malia Murphy
Lizbeth Villa Badillo
Alex Watt

Spring 2023
Shayna Canniff
Freijda Cronin
Abigail Hillis
Jeremiah Lee
Sam Lopez
Malia Murphy
Destinie Walker
Alex Watt

Fall 2023
Monroe Amos
Shayna Canniff
Freijda Cronin
Alexandra Dimitriou
Tyler Ellington
Grace Hatchett
Nishat Hossain
Samantha Mederos
Caleb McMahan
Lillian Overway
Gabriela Suarez
Destinie Walker