Psychology Faculty Research
Katherine S. Choe, Ph.D.
In Dr. Choe's Child Development Lab, the primary focus of the research pertains to children's intuitive knowledge, causal representation and conceptual understanding in sociocognitive development.
For more information about Dr. Choe's research lab, visit her blog or email katherine.choe@goucher.edu
Dr. Choe may have openings on her team for for Spring 2026.
Amanda Draheim, Ph.D.
Dr. Draheim's Cognitive-Clinical Mechanisms of Psychopathology (COMP) Lab focuses on evaluation of the factors that contribute to the development and treatment of anxiety and related disorders. Active projects also evaluate how technology can be used to enhance assessment and treatment of psychological distress, including virtual reality and computer-based paradigms to investigate cognitive biases.
For more information about Dr. Draheim's research, visit her blog or email amanda.draheim@goucher.edu.
Dr. Draheim will have an opening(s) on her research team for Spring 2026.
Thomas G. Ghirardelli, Ph.D.
Dr. Ghirardelli's primary research program focuses on visual attention, or how we selectively process only a subset of the visual information present to us.
For more information on Dr. Ghirardelli's research or to apply to work on his team email thomas.ghirardelli@goucher.edu.
Dr. G may have opening(s) on his research team for Spring 2026.
Jennifer A. McCabe, Ph.D.
Dr. McCabe's research program focuses on memory strategies, metamemory/metacognition, and evidence-based teaching and learning practices.
For more information on Dr. McCabe's research lab at Goucher College, click here. To apply to for her team, email jennifer.mccabe@goucher.edu.
Dr. McCabe will have openings on her research team for Spring 2026.
Arlette J. Ngoubene-Atioky, Ph.D.
Dr. Ngoubene-Atioky’s research focuses on sociocultural factors that explain or help sustain the quality of life of underrepresented and/or marginalized diverse communities, with a specific emphasis on international communities (refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, international students, foreign citizens) and on groups with intersectional identities (e.g. race, gender identity, social class, age, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and skin color). The sociocultural factors will be examined in relation to the constructs of social power, privilege, and wellbeing.
For more information on Dr. Ngoubene-Atioky's research or to apply to work on her team, email arlette.ngoubene-atioky@goucher.edu.
Dr. Ngoubene will have one opening on her research team for Spring 2026.
Brian Patrick, Ph.D.
Dr. Patrick’s current research program focuses on the ways people understand the experience of autonomy and authenticity in their close relationships and how this, in turn, impacts important relationship outcomes such as relationship satisfaction, conflict resolution, attitudes toward commitment, etc.
For more information about Dr. Patrick's research team, email brian.patrick@goucher.edu.
Dr. Patrick will be on sabbatical in Spring 2026.
Gillian Starkey, Ph.D.
Dr. Starkey's neuroscience research focuses on the neural substrates of numerical cognition (math skills like counting, estimating, and comparing quantities) in adults and children.
To apply for a spot on Dr. Starkey's research team, email gillian.starkey@goucher.edu.
Dr. Starkey may have opening(s) on her research team for Spring 2026.
Some years, psychology faculty also participate in Goucher's summer science research program.