Principal Investigator

Dr. Hannah Williamson

Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences

Lab Manager

Daniela Esquivel

Daniela graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Psychology and a Creative Writing Certificate in May 2023.

Graduate Students

Po-Heng (Nick) Chen

Po-Heng (Nick) Chen is pursuing a doctoral degree in Human Development and Family Sciences. He received a B.Ed. and an M.Ed. in Human Development and Family Studies from National Taiwan Normal University.

Jayda Branch

Jayda is pursuing a doctoral degree in Human Development and Family Sciences. She received her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Medicine and Society at the University of Houston.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Clare Thomas

Clare is currently in a postdoctoral position with the Williamson lab. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Psychology with a clinical emphasis and a minor in Women’s Studies. She also graduated from the same University with an MS in Marriage Family and Human Development. She recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a PhD in Human Development and Family Science.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Estefanía Cavazos-Reyes

Ruhani Dhillon

Isabella Jasso Kaun

Lara Scacciati

Lucian Juarez

Anusha Singhal

Valeria Lugo-Martinez

Jenni Figueroa

Lab Graduates

Eva Lopez

Eva graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BSA in Human Development and Family Sciences and a Minor in LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies in May 2022. Eva is currently enrolled in the Master of Science in Social Work program at The University of Texas at Austin.

Betul Urganci

Betul is former a postdoctoral research fellow in Human Development and Family Sciences and the Population Research Center at UT Austin. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Koç University (Turkey).

Veronica Cantu

Veronica graduated with a BSA in Human Development and Family Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin in 2020. After two years as the Williamson Lab Manager she is now enrolled in the Counseling Psychology graduate program at Texas Woman’s University.

Neyra Garcia

Neyra graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BSA in Neuroscience and a Minor in English in May 2021.

Diana Moreno

Diana graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Human Development and Family Sciences in December 2021.

Barış Sevi

Barış is a former visiting scholar in the Dept of Human Development and Family Sciences at UT Austin. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at MEF University (Turkey).

Yunzhi (Ariel) Zheng

Yunzhi graduated with an M.A. in Human Development and Family Sciences

Thao Nguyen

Thao graduated with an M.A. in Human Development and Family Sciences.

Megan Schouweiler

Megan graduated with an M.A. in Human Development and Family Sciences. She is currently a Senior Data Analyst at the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota.