2025

Iulia Popescu (PURC 2025)

Undergraduate Researcher: Iulia Popescu

Graduate Student Mentor: Brennah Ross

Research Project Title: The Relationship Between Sex-Related Drinking Motives and Sexual Risk Behavior

 

Tre Daniel & Zainab Qadri (PURC 2025)

Undergraduate Researchers: Tre Daniel & Zainab Qadri

Graduate Student Mentor: Emily Patton

Research Project Title: “What does it take to be a man?” Understanding the role hypermasculinity plays in sexual violence

 

Carly Irvine (PURC 2024)

Undergraduate Researcher: Carly Irvine

Graduate Student Mentor: Emily Patton

Research Project Title: Impact of childhood sexual abuse in sex and drinking motives

 

 

Jeremiah Tulloch (GSURC 2024)

Undergraduate Researchers: Jeremiah Tulloch & Kyle Gluck

Graduate Student Mentors: Anna Peddle & Olivia Westemeier

Research Project Title: How perceived peer norms shape risky sexual behavior in college female students

Jasmine Boodram (GSURC 2024)

Undergraduate Researchers: Jasmine Boodram & Rorah Ndungu

Graduate Student Mentors: Emily Patton & Olivia Westemeier

Research Project Title: Exploring the moderating role of childhood sexual abuse: the link between sex drinking motives and enhanced comfort and intimacy in romantic relationships

 

Rorah Ndungu (GSURC 2024)

Undergraduate Researchers: Rorah Ndungu & Iulia Popescu

Graduate Student Mentors: Anna Peddle, Olivia Westemeier, & Emily Patton

Research Project Title: Emotion regulation difficulties moderate the association between sexual assertiveness and sexual satisfaction

 

Shaniah Williams & Neïssah Léandre (Georgia Academy of Science 2024)

Staff & Undergraduate Researchers: Neïssah Léandre & Shaniah Williams

Graduate Student Mentor: Olivia Westemeier

Research Project Title: Distress tolerance moderates the link between childhood sexual abuse victimization and the ability to relate to others

 

Emily Patton, Shaniah Williams, & Neïssah Léandre (ISTSS 2024)

Staff & Undergraduate Researchers: Shaniah Williams & Neïssah Léandre

Graduate Student Mentor: Emily Patton

Research Project Title: Does appreciation of life impact the association between trauma exposure and subsequent psychological distress?

 

  • Gluck, K.D., Westemeier, O.R. Gulati, N.K., & Stappenbeck, C.A. (2024, April). Emotion regulation skills moderates the relationship between drinking-to-cope motives and sexual intimate partner violence perpetration. Oral presentation presented at the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference. Atlanta, GA.  
  • Sandoval, C., Jallow, N., Patton, E., Westemeier, O.R., Stappenbeck, C.A. (2024, April). History repeats itself? Exploring the correlation between childhood abuse and intimate partner violence in adulthood. Oral presentation presented at the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Rorah Ndungu (RSA 2023)

Undergraduate Researcher: Rorah Ndungu

Graduate Student Mentor: Brennah Ross & Anna Peddle

Postdoc Mentor: Julia Hammett

Research Project Title: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Moderates the Relationship Between Interpersonal Problems and Drinking Motives

 

Rorah Ndungu (GSURC 2023)

Undergraduate Researcher: Rorah Ndungu

Graduate Student Mentor: Brennah Ross & Anna Peddle

Postdoc Mentor: Julia Hammett

Research Project Title: Constructive communication moderates the association between interpersonal problems and relationship satisfaction

 

  • Turcios-Galves, E., Ross, B.V, & Stappenbeck, C.A. (2022, November). The Role of Social Anxiety on the Relationship Between Sexual Victimization Severity and Sex-Related Drinking Motives. presented at the Annual Georgia State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA. 
  • Ndungu, R.W., Ross, B.V., Peddle, A.K., & Stappenbeck, C.A. (2021, April). The Role of Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance on Post Traumatic Growth in Heavy Drinking College Women with Sexual Assault Histories. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Georgia State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.