DIRECTOR

Dr. Holly Levin Aspenson

Assistant Professor of Psychology

I earned my Ph.D in clinical psychology with a minor in quantitative psychology from the University of Notre Dame. I spent my internship and postdoctoral years doing research and clinical assessment as part of the Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services project at Brown University, and I recently joined the psychology faculty at the University of North Texas. I am also an active member of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium.

The overarching aim of my research is to bring clinical psychological science into closer alignment with how individuals develop and experience mental health problems. I do this through work on psychological assessment and quantitative dimensional models of psychopathology, which results in the identification of empirically supported research and treatment targets and the development of psychometrically sound and clinically useful measures.

CURRENT PH.D. STUDENTS

Jacqueline Miller

Jacqueline (she/her) is a first-year clinical psychology doctoral student at UNT working with Dr. Sharon Jenkins. She is currently a research assistant in the lab. She grew up in the DFW area and then attended Vanderbilt University for her bachelor's degree, where she majored in Psychology and minored in Women's and Gender Studies. She then earned her master's degree in Applied Clinical Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. Her current research interests include multicultural and intersectional psychological assessment, specifically with children and adolescents. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her two bunnies, Radar & Nova, and her one-eyed cat, Big Mama.

Alex Ayala

Alex (she/her) is a first-year clinical psychology student in the T.E.A. Lab working with Dr. David Cicero. She is currently a research assistant in the lab. She received her B.S. in psychology f rom the University of Florida. Her research interests broadly include exploring the contributions that social factors, like ethnicity, may have towards the development of psychosis and exploring cross-cultural validity of psychosis screening instruments. She is also interested in understanding validity and utility of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology. In her free time, she enjoys going on walks with her dog, Ru.