Director: Eric R. Dahlen, Ph.D.
Current Students
Graduate Students Working in the Lab
April joined us in the Fall of 2023 as our newest doctoral student. She completed her undergraduate work in Psychology and Criminology at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, where she gained research experience in multiple faculty labs. April is interested in learning more about dark personality traits and how they connect with aggression.
Summer Steely
Summer joined us in the Fall of 2022 as a new doctoral student. She completed her B.A. in Psychology at Wheaton College (IL) and has experience working in a residential treatment program. She is interested in a career working in a forensic treatment setting and has research interests consistent with our work. Summer will soon propose her master's thesis.
Summer Boggs
Summer joined us in the Fall of 2020 as a new doctoral student. She completed her bachelor’s in Psychology at Kent State University where she worked with Dr. Ben-Porath. Summer defended her master's thesis in the Summer of 2023 and will soon begin working on her dissertation proposal.
Erica Van Overloop
Erica joined us in the Fall of 2019 as a new doctoral student. She completed her B.A. in Psychology from South Florida and her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University at Montgomery. She has experience working as a youth and family services counselor in Florida and is interested in examining trauma in relational aggression and victimization. Erica proposed her dissertation in the Spring of 2022 and is nearing the end of her data collection.
Jacq Strowd
Jacq joined us in the Fall of 2019 as a new master’s student. She completed her B.S. in Psychology from Erskine College and her M.S. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University. She is interested in trauma, victimization and resiliency, and dark personality traits. Jacq accepted an offer of admission to our doctoral program to begin in the Fall of 2021, completed her master's project in the Summer of 2022, and proposed her dissertation in the Spring of 2023.
Pictured here are Jacq Strowd and April Yang standing next to their poster at the 2023 Mississippi Psychological Association conference in Tupelo, MS.
Undergraduate Students Working in the Lab
Maggie Kelly
Maggie is a new Psychology major at the University of Southern Mississippi who is joining us in the Fall of 2023. She hopes to gain research experience and shares a number of interests with the lab (e.g., personality disorders, dark personality traits, and peer victimization).
Makaila Belk
Makaila is a Psychology major at the University of Southern Mississippi who is joining us in the Fall of 2023. She is interested in gaining research experience and sees the lab as being a good fit with her interests and career goals.
Kalisha Barber
Kalisha is a Psychology major at the University of Southern Mississippi who joined us in the Spring of 2023. She is interested in better understanding aggressive behavior and associated personality traits. She hopes to pursue a doctoral degree in counseling psychology.
Maggie is a new Psychology major at the University of Southern Mississippi who is joining us in the Fall of 2023. She hopes to gain research experience and shares a number of interests with the lab (e.g., personality disorders, dark personality traits, and peer victimization).
Makaila Belk
Makaila is a Psychology major at the University of Southern Mississippi who is joining us in the Fall of 2023. She is interested in gaining research experience and sees the lab as being a good fit with her interests and career goals.
Kalisha Barber
Kalisha is a Psychology major at the University of Southern Mississippi who joined us in the Spring of 2023. She is interested in better understanding aggressive behavior and associated personality traits. She hopes to pursue a doctoral degree in counseling psychology.
Anger and Personality Lab
The lab is directed by Dr. Eric R. Dahlen, and the content of this website represents his views (see disclaimer). Graduate students in Counseling Psychology and undergraduate Psychology majors at the University of Southern Mississippi study overt and relational aggression/victimization, dysfunctional anger, college student mental health, and related areas.
The lab is directed by Dr. Eric R. Dahlen, and the content of this website represents his views (see disclaimer). Graduate students in Counseling Psychology and undergraduate Psychology majors at the University of Southern Mississippi study overt and relational aggression/victimization, dysfunctional anger, college student mental health, and related areas.