Eve Adair
She/Her/Hers • Graphic Designer • Communications Coordinator
Communications department
Sheba Aikawa, MA
Graduate Research Assistant • She/Her/Hers • Girls Like Us
Irfanul Alam, PhD Candidate
Graduate Student Assistant • Compassion and Dignity for Educators
Lidya Alebachew
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator
Adriana Alvarez, PhD
Faculty Fellow • Assistant Professor
Adelina Aponte-Figueroa
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant
Elena Aranda, MA
Professional Research Assistant • Alma
Joanna Arch, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Yvonne Kristy Endowed Chair, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, CU Boulder • Member, Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Colorado Cancer Center
Natalie Avalos, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies • Dalai Lama Fellows
Ari Baharmast
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Lab Assistants
Sofia Barnes-Horowitz, BA
She/Her/Hers • Professional Research Assistant
Desiree Bauer, MPH
She/Her/Hers • Research Assistant , Alma
Shannon Beckner, BA
She/Her/Hers • Peer Mentor, Alma
Julia C. Zigarelli, PhD
she/her/hers • Institute Associate Director, Research Associate
Ana Carcoba
she/her/hers • Peer Facilitator
Wanda Cardenas, MA
Assistant Director
Finance & Personnel department
Carla Cariño
Community Designer
Martin Castorena, MA
Manager of Building Operations
Data and Systems department | Communications department
Anahi Collado, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Kathryn Costello
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant
Sam Daley
Head of Product, Education and Learning • Liquid Interactive
Gracia Deras
She/Her/Hers • Peer Mentor for Perinatal Depression • Professional Research Assistant
Sona Dimidjian, PhD
Institute Director and Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Sapp Family Endowed Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Grace Dostart, BA
Professional Research Assistant • Senior Project Manager
Finance & Personnel department
Riley Dudley
He/Him/His • Front Desk Student Assistant
Data and Systems department
Carlie Fall
she/her/hers • Peer Facilitator
Angela Farone, MA
Assistant Dean
Advancement
Lauren Finkelstein
Graduate Research Assistant, Social Anxiety and Compassion
Lily Fletcher
Undergraduate Student
Nadia Floyd
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant
Josh Forristall
Student Mentor, Mindful Campus Program
Anne Fritzson, BA
Graduate Research Assistant
Ava Ganter
Front Desk Student Assistant
Data and Systems department
Kit Ganzle
They/Them/Theirs • Undergraduate Student Assistant, GIST Lab • Undergraduate Research Fellow • Our Campus
Holly Gayley, PhD
Affiliate Faculty
Emily Gleason, PhD
Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Visiting Associate Professor, School of Education
Matt Goodwin
Audio Producer • Composer/Musician
Tyler Grimes
PhD Student
Ryan Guild
Senior Project Manager • Professional Research Assistant
Data and Systems department
Dylanie Herbstreit
Student Assistant I
Wendy Herron
BVSD Partner
Heylee Hewawasam
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator
Laurel Hicks, PhD
she/her/hers • Research Associate
Esther M. Horowitz, MA
Staff Counselor and Intake Coordinator • Bilingual Spanish/English
Sam Hubley, PhD
Director of Finance & Grants, Assistant Research Professor
Finance & Personnel department
Alexis Hunter
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant
Lavinia Iosof
Senior Development Assistant
Advancement
Morgan Johnson
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2
Rosi Kaiser, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Chelsea Kilimnik, PhD
she/her/hers • Assistant Professor • Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Ben Kirshner, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, School of Education
Tara Knight, MFA
Associate Professor of Critical Media Practices at the University of Colorado Boulder
Paige Knoblock
She/Her/Hers • Student Assistant I
Grace Lajoie
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2
Serena Langdon-Dimidjian
Student Assistant I
Ayla Lantz
She/Her/Hers • Student Assistant I
Analyce Leigh
Finance/Accounting Technician I
Finance & Personnel department
Joey Levy, MA
Graduate Research Assistant
Carolina Licalzi
She/Her/Hers • Executive Assistant
Data and Systems department
Jill Litt, PhD
Professor, Environmental Health, CU Boulder • Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Pia Lea Long, BA
She/Her/Hers • Peer Trainer and Coach, Alma and Mood Balance for Moms
Solicia Lopez
She/Her/Hers • Co-Investigator, Voices of Healing
Nicole Martinez
Peer Mentor, Alma
Bree McCarty
she/her/hers • Peer Facilitator
Caitlin McKimmy, MTS, MA
Graduate Research Assistant
Donna Mejia, MFA
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance • Inaugural Chancellor’s Health and Wellness Scholar in Residence
Christopher Mellinger, PhD
Research Scientist I
Data and Systems department
Marisa Mendoza-Maurer, PhD Student
She/Her/Hers • Course Facilitator
Boys & Girls Clubs Metro Denver Mental Health Team
Mental Health Team
Yuko Munakata, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Research Affiliate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, CU Boulder • Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Mind & Brain, University of California, Davis
Paloma Murath
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator
Stella N. Lunyaramoi, CSM
She/Her/Hers • Associate Director of Development and Engagement
Advancement
Juan Niño
Director of Communications
Communications department
Chloe Nowak
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2
Kalonji Nzinga, PhD
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences & Human Development, CU Boulder • Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Shawn O'Neal, PhD
Graduate Research Assistant
Allison Ofori
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator
Antonella Onofrietti Magrassi
she/her/ella • Perinatal Spanish-Speaking Mental Health Senior Professional Research Assistant
Marlene Palomar
Graduate Research Assistant
Bernadette Park, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Leah Peña Teeters, PhD
Program Director
Outreach and Education
Bill Penuel, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, School of Education
Jazmyne Peters, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Research Associate
Emma Piper-Burket
PhD Student
Ashley Potvin, PhD
Research Associate
Noor Rajpal
she/her/hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant
Communications department
Carly Reid
Social Media Coordinator
Communications department
Michelle Reininger, PhD
Director of Research Partnerships & Data Initiatives
Data and Systems department
Samantha Ridgeway
Student Assistant I
Maya Rieselbach, MA
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant
Sachi Rohilla
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant
Sienna Russell
she/her/hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 1
Ashby Lavelle Sachs, MS
Graduate Research Assistant
Beatriz Salazar
Graduate Research Assistant
Kylie Sambirsky
she/her/hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant, Alma • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 1
Shubham Sapkota, PhD
he/him/his • Research Associate • Contemplative Programs and Scholars Leader
Outreach and Education
Alane Schmelkin
Graduate Research Assistant, Social Anxiety and Compassion
Kathy Schultz, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Dean and Professor, School of Education
Michelle Shedro, MA
Program Manager
Outreach and Education
Nya Joy Simmons
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Michele D. Simpson, JD
Faculty Affiliate & Research Associate, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Associate Teaching Professor, Creative Minds & Honors Residential Academic Programs • Faculty Affiliate, Center for African & African American Studies
Elizabeth Slivjak
Graduate Research Assistant, Social Anxiety and Compassion
Lore Stacey
they/them/theirs • Undergraduate Student Assistant, Also Our Campus
Samantha Strife, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Sondra Teske, PhD
Peer Mentor, Alma
Gianni Tills
Content Designer • Liquid Interactive
Jill Trammell, M.S, M.S, LPC
Compliance and Research Integrity Program Director
Compliance & Research Integrity
Stephen Voida, PhD
Founding Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science, College of Media, Communication and Information, CU Boulder • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Media, Communication and Information, CU Boulder • Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Zach Volheim
Undergraduate Student
Susannah Welch, MA
She/Her/Hers • Professional Research Assistant • Peer Coach
Erik Willcutt, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Alexander Williams, MA
Graduate Research Assistant
Tamra Wiser
Peer Mentor, Alma
Millie Wright
Mindfulness Teacher • Mindful Campus Project
Winnie (Wen) Zhuang, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Mentor and Psychological Sciences Researcher
Outreach and Education