Graduate Student Directory

Caitlin is a 4th year student working with Dr. Jim Hamilton.

Katie is a 1st year student working with Dr. Jim Hamilton.

Kaleb is a first-year student working with Dr. Martha Crowther and Dr. Rebecca Allen. Kaleb completed his undergraduate degree at Xavier University of Louisiana before returning home to Alabama. His research interests include resilience in older adults, aging, and mental health disparities among Black and LGBTQIA+ populations.

Ben is a 5th year doctoral student in clinical health psychology at The University of Alabama on track to graduate with his PhD in 2018. His research interests focus on the social and interpersonal contextual factors related to pain experiences. His thesis examined the relationships among social support, pain catastrophizing, and response to laboratory-induced acute pain using a cold pressor task. Ben graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science with honors in psychology from Davidson College in 2009. He then worked at Brown University on a large-scale longitudinal study of the natural course of anxiety disorders in racial and ethnic minority adults for 2 years before starting his graduate studies at the University of Alabama in the Fall of 2012.

Josh is a 3rd year student working with Dr. Ken Lichstein. Josh graduated from Lewis and Clark College in 2012 with a B.A. in Psychology, and he is currently a third-year doctoral student in the clinical health psychology program at the University of Alabama. His research interests include the impact of circadian rhythms in insomnia and emotional dysregulation, behavioral interventions aimed at regulating the sleep cycle, and how daily routines contribute to lack of refreshment from sleep upon waking

Calia is a 4^th year working with Dr. Beverly Thorn. She graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Psychology. Her research interests include health disparities in chronic disease management. Specifically, she is interested in improving the accessibility of psychosocial treatments for chronic pain among ethnic minorities and rural communities. Calia is also interested in culturally adapting and implementing evidence-based practices for chronic pain into primary care settings. She is currently working on her dissertation examining the effect of a literacy-adapted treatment Learning About My Pain (LAMP) on patient’s knowledge and conceptualization of the bio psychosocial approach to pain management.

Ian is a 6th year doctoral student in Dr. Hamilton’s Illness Behavior Research Group. His research interests include somatization, medically unexplained symptoms, and psychological reactions to traumatic experiences. Ian is currently completing his predoctoral internship and is on track to graduate from UA with his Ph.D. in 2017.

Andrea is a 2nd year student working with Dr. Beverly Thorn.

Maz is a 3rd year student working with Dr. Jim Hamilton. Maz’s research focuses on the role of social-cognitive processes in the way people experience and respond to health and illness. Currently, his clinical work focuses on the treatment of psychological issues affecting physical health, and the implementation of psychosocial interventions  programs for chronic health problems in integrated healthcare settings.

Hylton is a 2nd year student working with Dr. Ken Lichstein.