Thomas Adolescent Development & Delinquency Lab

I’m so proud of these two former AD&D lab members who have gone on to graduate school and knocked their presentations out of the park today!It’s great to catch up with former students at Great job and Logan Bradshaw! 👏

Please join us this Thursday, 3/6/25, for an exciting presentation by Dr. Kyle Wiley about stress during the perinatal period! This event is part of our free, weekly psychology colloquium speaker series.

Congratulations to AD&D Lab RA, Sofia Carrillo, on your graduation! Sofia is a college student, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Chicano studies. Upon graduating, Sofia plans to work as an RBT to gain experience before applying to grad school in School Psychology!

We have a few spaces remaining for adolescents to participate in our paid research study about sleep and social development! Reach out using the QR code or at our webpage www.adolescentlab.com today to find out if you are eligible!

One of our former research assistants, Aaron Sweeney, passed away earlier this week. Aaron was a UTEP student, veteran, and former PsiChi president. He was in the AD&D lab in the summer of 2021. Although he was only in the lab a short time, his bright personality quickly made him stand out. He was hard-working, friendly, fun to be around, and considerate to his fellow team members. He always was quick to help out another RA in need - that was just his way. We stayed in contact over the years and I’m grateful to have had a chance to know him, as he made quite an impact on me and all those who knew him. He will be greatly missed and my heart goes out to all those who cared for him as they grieve. A celebration of life memorial will be held this evening in his honor. Please see the details below:
Full Moon Celebration in Honor of Aaron Sweeney
Friday, June 21, 2024 starting at 7:30p MT
We’re all under the same moon. Join us wherever you are.
If you’re in El Paso, the exact location cannot be mapped:
• Map your location to Hueco Tanks
• Pass Hueco Tanks
• Stay on Montana
• Go left at Picnic Area sign • Bring: items that remind you of Aaron, & give you strength, a water bottle maybe with some
tea, insect repellent, sunflowers
Your intentions for love, liberation and healing.

Link to the GoFundMe to help the family with funeral expenses: https://gofund.me/d3ff19a4

One of our former research assistants, Aaron Sweeney, passed away earlier this week. Aaron was a UTEP student, veteran, and former PsiChi president. He was in the AD&D lab in the summer of 2021. Although he was only in the lab a short time, his bright personality quickly made him stand out. He was hard-working, friendly, fun to be around, and considerate to his fellow team members. He always was quick to help out another RA in need - that was just his way. We stayed in contact over the years and I’m grateful to have had a chance to know him, as he made quite an impact on me and all those who knew him. He will be greatly missed and my heart goes out to all those who cared for him as they grieve. A celebration of life memorial will be held this evening in his honor. Please see the details below:
Full Moon Celebration in Honor of Aaron Sweeney
Friday, June 21, 2024 starting at 7:30p MT
We’re all under the same moon. Join us wherever you are.
If you’re in El Paso, the exact location cannot be mapped:
• Map your location to Hueco Tanks
• Pass Hueco Tanks
• Stay on Montana
• Go left at Picnic Area sign • Bring: items that remind you of Aaron, & give you strength, a water bottle maybe with some
tea, insect repellent, sunflowers
Your intentions for love, liberation and healing.

Congratulations to research assistants, Melissa Hoffman and Destiny Morales, on their fantastic honors thesis presentations this week! .anne05

✨ I’m so proud of my doctoral student, Claudia Cota, for an incredible thesis defense yesterday! She passed with flying colors and impressed her committee. Her ambitious and well-executed study experimentally manipulates stress to examine links between stress and suggestibility using self-report and physiological measures of stress. ✨

Interested in joining our team? We are recruiting new research assistants! Our current studies explore 1) the effects of juvenile incarceration and probation on youth sleep and social development, 2) juvenile decision-making about plea bargains, & 3) adolescent social influence.

This is a volunteer position, but course credit is available for UTEP students. Research assistants must be available to work for one year in the lab, 10 hours per week, and attend weekly lab meetings on Wednesdays from 12-1pm MT. Visit adolescentlab.com/join-our-team to apply!

Are you interested in gaining research experience to help you prepare for graduate school or a career? Are you interested in the justice system, juvenile delinquency, or adolescent development? Do you want to work with youth and families in your career? This position might be for you!

Check out our website (www.adolescentlab.com) to learn more about the research done in our lab and to decide if this opportunity might be the right fit for you! We are accepting applications for research assistants through April 12th, with interviews to follow. Selected candidates will begin in mid-May. Please note, this is an unpaid position; however, it comes with mentoring and valuable experience working directly with community and justice-involved youth and families.

Congratulations to AD&D lab members, Alicia Rivas, Melissa Hoffman, and Paulina Porras for their excellent poster presentations at over the weekend! Bonus shout out, as these were their FIRST EVER conference presentations!! 👏👏👏 .anne05