Our Team

Meet our Occidental Student Researchers for the 2026-2027 Academic Year!

Nathan de Silva

Interests: Emotional regulation in children with autism and the effect of parental attitudes on emotional outcomes

Psychology; Class of 2028

Kurcy Kim

Interests: Parent-child relationships, emotion regulation, emotional communication, psychophysiology, assessment, cognitive functioning, family stress and coping, internalizing psychopathology, externalizing psychopathology, parental attitudes towards neurodiversity, autism, ADHD.

Psychology & Asian Studies; Class of 2027

Jessie Lowpensky

Interests: ADHD, neurodivergence, family functioning

Psychology & Critical Theory and Social Justice; Class of 2027

Interests: Assessment, intervention research, emotion regulation, and so much more :)

Psychology, Education, & Latino/Latin American Studies; Class of 2028

Abbi Lorett

Interests: Parent-child interaction, parental attitudes, internalizing psychopathology

Psychology & Japanese Studies; Class of 2027

Sasha Wong

Psychology; Class of 2027

Liam Unanue

Interests: Parenting, parent-child interactions, parental attitudes, assessment, and emotional regulation