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(BEHW 4th Year)

As a fourth-year student majoring in behavioral health and wellness and specializing in nutrition, Rebecca Oziemkowski is bridging the departments of Psychology and Food Science and Nutrition to...

(PSYC ’14)

For Tim Carsel, who grew up in the Bloomington, Illinois, and Normal, Illinois, area—the twin cities are often referred to as Bloomington-Normal—in a blue-collar family, the possibility of working for...

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(BIOL/PSYS ’22)

Joyce Gu has a lot to celebrate. The recent biology and psychological science alumna enrolled in an early acceptance program with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Greensburg...

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(Ph.D. PSYC ’20)

Lynda Gibson is wasting no time following her summer 2020 graduation from Illinois Tech. The clinical psychology Ph.D. graduate has started a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child psychology at...

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(PSYC ’16)

Working with Distinguished Professor of Psychology Patrick Corrigan, Maya Al-Khouja created the Honest Open Proud (HOP) college program as a student at Illinois Tech. HOP is a peer-led program that...

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(PS, PSYC ’06)

The Mumbai, India, charity that Robin Chaurasiya founded, Kranti, empowers young women to become agents of social change. Ranging in age from 12–22, the women at Kranti are survivors of human...

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(Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Student)

Clinical psychology Ph.D. student Arryn Guy has found outlets for making an impact as a research assistant in the Du Bois Health Behavior Lab. “I conduct research on the cognitive and emotional...

(M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology ’18)

Trenton Adams has watched his career take flight since graduation: he’s now a senior analyst of compensation for United Airlines. Adams manages United’s nonunion job analysis and leveling practices...

(PSYC ’17, M.S. REHC ’19)

Mehak Hafeez has fulfilled her first goal post-graduation: she is employed as a psychotherapist at Pilsen Wellness Center, Inc. Hafeez holds two degrees from Illinois Tech; she studied psychology as...