Education
- M.S., University of Connecticut, 2020, Psychology
- B.A., Fairfield University, 2014, Psychology
Research Experience
- CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (2018-present)
- Hartford Hospital’s Olin Neuropsychiatric Research Center (2015-present)
- University of Connecticut Health Center, Center on Aging (2017)
- Fairfield University, Cognition and Memory lab (2012-2014)
Honors and Awards
- Connecticut Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science (IBACS) Graduate Fellow, Summer 2018
- Summa Cum Laude, Fairfield University
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Zeta of Connecticut
- Rev. Thomas A. McGrath, S.J., Psychology Award, Fairfield University
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology
Research Presentations
Peters, E., Fiszdon, J.M., Assaf, M., Pearlson, G.D., Srihari, V.H., Vaughn, D., Bender, D., Deasly, M., Callaghan, J., Haber, L.C., Stevens, M., and Choi, J. “Remediating higher order social cognitive deficits in psychosis: The impact of normalizing processing speed.” Poster presented to International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, March 2017, San Diego, CA.
Peters, E., Fiszdon, J.M., Srihari, V.H., Vaughn, D., Bender, D., Deasly, M., Callaghan, J., Haber, L.C., Stevens, M., Pearlson, G.D., and Choi, J. “Remediating higher order social cognitive deficits in psychosis: The impact of normalizing processing speed.” Poster presented at American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, August 4-7 2016, Denver, CO.
Jones, S., Peters, E., Fiszdon, J.M., Thime, W., Haber, L.C., Pearlson, G.D., Twamley, E.W., and Choi, J.* “Improving treatment outcome in cognitive therapy: Therapeutic alliance vs learning potential.” Poster presented at American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, August 4-7 2016, Denver, CO.
Henkel, L. A., Peters, E., Kris, A., Birney, S., & Krauss, K. (2015, Nov.). Spontaneous reminiscence in nursing home residents: Do they reminisce more than they claim to? Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Reminiscence and Life Review Conference, Orlando, FL.
Henkel, L. A., Peters, E., & Kris, A. (2015, June). Functions of autobiographical memory in a nursing home: Reminiscence in nursing home residents. Paper presented at the 11th biennial meeting of the Society for Applied Research on Memory and Cognition, Victoria, Canada.
Henkel, L. A., Kris, A., & Peters, E.(2016, November). What Functions Does Reminiscing About the Past Serve for Nursing Home Residents, and Do They Reminisce More Than They Realize? Paper to be presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Boston, MA.
Jones, S., Brush, L., Shagan, D., Thime, W., Adelsberger, P., Grealy, M., Peters, E., Haber, L.C., Allen, A., Pearlson, G.D., Twamley, E.W., and Choi, J.* Predictors of compensatory cognitive training outcome in schizophrenia: Therapeutic alliance versus learning potential. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Society for Research in Psychopathology conference, September 29-October 2 2016, Baltimore, MD.
Toland, C., Brush, L., Shagan, D., Thime, W., Haber, L., Manning, M., Adelsberger, P., Grealy, M., Ramirez, K., Jones, S., Peters, E., Choi, J. “Motivation Cues to Enhance Learning in Schizophrenia” Poster presented at the 29th Annual Society for Research in Psychopathology, October 2015, New Orleans, LA.
Kris, A., Henkel, L., Krauss, K., Birney, S., & Peters. E. (2015, May). The presence of cognitively enriched environment for nursing home residents with dementia. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Geriatrics Society, National Harbor, MD.
Birney, S., Krauss, K., Peters, E., Goguen, M., Kris, A., & Henkel, L. A. (2014, April). What are the functions and value of reminiscence for nursing home residents? Poster presented at the Fairfield University 14th annual Sigma Xi Poster Session, Fairfield, CT.
Henkel, L., Kris, A., Birney, S., Krauss, K., & Peters, E., (2014, November). The functions and value of reminiscence in nursing home residents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.