HANDS Team

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→ Current FIU undergraduate students interested in joining HANDS can download the research assistant application. Save it to type into the fillable PDF.

Applications are not accepted from candidates who have already graduated with their bachelor's degree.

We anticipate open RA positions for Summer 2024. Interested students should apply after Spring Break.

→ Prospective graduate students interested in joining HANDS should email Dr. Nelson directly. The deadline to apply is Dec 1 annually.

Lab Director

Eliza L. Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology

Education and Training

NIH/NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Developmental Science
Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.S., Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.S., Psychology and Communication Disorders, Baldwin-Wallace College

Graduate Students

Kaityn Contino, B.A., M.S.
Cohort: 2020

Education and Training

M.S., Psychology, Florida International University
B.A., Psychology, Florida International University

→ HANDS Masters Thesis (published in Infant and Child Development)

Atefeh Karimi, B.Sc., M.S.
Cohort: 2021

Education and Training

M.S., Psychology, Florida International University
B.Sc., Psychology, University of Isfahan

→ HANDS Masters Thesis (published in Frontiers in Psychology)

Kate L. Long, B.A., M.S., OTR/L #22098
Cohort: 2021

Education and Training

Licensed Occupational Therapist in Florida
M.S., Psychology, Florida International University
M.S., Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University
B.A., Psychology with Honors Research Designation, Houghton College

→ HANDS Masters Thesis (In Revision)

Research Assistants

Bridgette Avila (Major: Psychology)
Natalie Campos (Majors: Psychology/Natural & Applied Sciences)
Jessie De La Paz (Major: Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience)
Hailey Alfaro (Major: Biological Sciences)
Lynnette Pineiro (Major: Behavioral Neuroscience/Psychology)
Victoria Rodriguez (Major: Biology)
Christopher Shoukry (Major: Psychology)

Lab Alumni

Emily R. Boeving, Ph.D. (2020)

→ HANDS Masters Thesis (published in American Journal of Primatology)
→ HANDS Dissertation (published in American Journal of Primatology; Symmetry)

Sandy L. Gonzalez, Ph.D. (2019)

→ HANDS Masters Thesis (published in Behavioral Sciences)
→ HANDS Dissertation (published in Developmental Psychology; Frontiers in Psychology)

Megan A. Taylor, M.S. (2018)

→ HANDS Masters Thesis (published in Infant Behavior and Development)

Get in Touch

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