Research Team
Graduate Students
Emma Unruh-Dawes, M.S., Clinical Psychology
Emma Unruh-Dawes is a fifth-year graduate student in the clinical psychology program at Oklahoma State University. She began her work in the BAT lab as a post-baccalaureate research associate in Summer of 2018. Emma was raised in Oklahoma, received her BS in psychology from OSU in May of 2018, and her MS in clinical psychology in 2020. Her research interests include social media and mental health, ecological momentary assessment (EMA) as a research tool, and mobile-delivered interventions. In her free time, Emma likes to jog, watch movies, and try new restaurants.
Kayla Wagler, B.S., Clinical Psychology
Kayla Wagler is a third-year graduate student in the clinical psychology program at Oklahoma State University. Kayla is originally from Sarasota, Florida and received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Spanish with a minor in Biology from Florida State University in 2019. Prior to graduate school, Kayla was a project manager for a clinical trial working with the Mississippi National Guard at the University of Southern Mississippi. Kayla’s research interests include cognitive aspects of suicide risk, suicide risk and resiliency in gender and sexual minority individuals, and lethal means safety. In her free time, Kayla enjoys baking, painting, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Collaborators
Much of the work in the BAT lab involves collaboration with outstanding researchers and colleagues at OSU as well as other institutions. The brief list below does not do justice to the importance of their contributions.
- Michael Armey, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Research), Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Butler Hospital
- Dan Capron, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Louisiana State University
- DeMond Grant, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University
- Casey Schofield, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Skidmore College
- Stephanie Sweatt, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University
- Ray Tucker, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Louisiana State University
- Susan Wenze, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Lafayette College
- Ricki Wingate, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University
Research Team Alumni
- Meghan Hills, M.S., Undergraduate Student Research Assistant
- Lucas Kelberer, Ph.D., Graduate Student
- Morganne Kraines, Ph.D., Graduate Student
- Cassandra Krug, Ph.D., Undergraduate Student Research Assistant