Students
Current Students
Morgan Tallman, M.A.
Morgan is a rising fourth-year doctoral student in Dr. MacAulay’s CARE Lab! She attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she obtained a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Applied Communication Studies. Morgan went on to obtain her M.A. in Clinical Psychology at SIUE. Broadly, her research interests include studying risk factors for cognitive decline to inform early interventions. She is also interested in understanding the relationships between emotional and cognitive functioning. Clinically, her interests focus on neuropsychological assessment in older adults with concern for cognitive decline.
Allyson Goldstein, B.A., B.S.
Allyson is a rising second-year doctoral student in Dr. MacAulay’s CARE lab! She graduated from Providence College with a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Neuroscience. Her research interests include the development of interventions aimed at promoting functional independence in older adults with cognitive impairment, and interventions aimed at improving psychosocial factors related to disease management.
Current Undergraduate/Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistants
Madison Landry, Post-Baccalaureate
- Psychology major, Political Science minor
- Interested in investigating multiple areas of cognitive and social psychology.
Addison Nichols, Post-Baccalaureate
- Psychology major, Criminal Justice and Sociology minor
- Interested in examining how cognitive functioning plays a role in the criminal justice system.
Riley Vacchiano, Senior ’25
- Psychology and Business Management double major
- Interested in investigating social psychology and its relationship with cognitive functioning.
Abby Huchel, Junior ’26
- Kinesiology major, Neuroscience minor
- Interested in how different practices of diet and exercise affect cognitive functioning.
Audrey Prentice, Junior ’26
- Psychology and Music double major
- Interested in the different ways music affects cognitive functioning.
Lab Alumni
Amy Halpin, Ph.D.
Internship: Neuropsychology track, University of Florida Health Science Center
Post-doc: Neuropsychology track, Harvard Consortium, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA
Dissertation Title: Do Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?: Investigating Temporal Discounting Rates Among Older Adults
Angelica Boeve, Ph.D
Internship: Geropsychology track, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Post-doc: Geropsychology track, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Dissertation Title: As Different as Night and Day? Investigating the mechanisms linking regular sleep patterns with daytime physical activity in older adults