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From left to right: Brandon Higdon, Hannah Glynn, Bree Drew, Emily Johnson, and Hannah Stewart

PI: Dr. Jessica Curtis

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​A-State Faculty Profile

Dr. Curtis received a B.A. in Psychology (2010) before pursuing her M.S. (2012) and Ph.D (2015) in Psychology (Experimental Psychology: Social-Personality emphasis) all at Oklahoma State University. She joined the A-State Psychology & Counseling faculty Fall 2015 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. Her research interests include motivation (how we set, achieve, and disengage from goals), social influence, sexual orientation, video games, and fandom psychology.

Currently, Dr. Curtis serves as the Program Coordinator for the M.S. in Psychological Science program and is the co-administrator for the College of Education and Behavioral Science's SONA system. She teaches in both the B.S. Psychology and the M.S. in Psychological Science programs at A-State. 
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​Dr. Curtis' hobbies include playing video games, working on her first novel, reading, and playing poker. 
Graduate Students
Beth Henson
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Beth received her B.S. in Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University in 2022. Her research is focused on different aspects of bipolar disorders and perceptions of bipolar disorders, looking specifically at differences between Bipolar I and Bipolar II. Beth intends to attend a Clinical PhD program after finishing her Master's at A-State. Her hobbies include hanging out with her cat, reading books, and watching sitcoms.

Former Graduate Students

Charles Bartholomae
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Charles received his B.S. in Psychology from Arkansas State University in 2020. After working in medical insurance for 2 years, he returned to continue his educational journey in hopes of receiving a PhD in Neuropsychology. His research focuses on how motor function modulates cognitive processes. If a psychological concept can be reduced to a neurological basis, he is interested in studying it. Charles’ hobbies include piano, weightlifting, chess, and video games.

Jared Butler
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Jared received his B.S. in Psychology from Arkansas State University in 2020 and M.S. in Psychological Science in 2022. His research includes a variety of topics in Social Psychology. This includes video games and aggression, race related topics, perceptions of cancel culture and protests. Jared’s hobbies include playing video games, watching anime, and reading comics. 

Quinn Darby
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 Quinn received their B.S. in Psychology from Harding University in 2020 and M.S. in   Psychological Science in 2022. They are interested in sexuality and research that would help serve the LGBT+ community. Other research interests are suicide assessment and prevention and clinical assessment. Quinn's hobbies include playing Dungeons & Dragons, videos games, and watching anime.

Blake Higdon
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Blake received his B.S. in psychology from Arkansas State University in 2018 and his M.S. Psychological Science program in 2021. His research interests include a variety of topics as they relate to interactive fictions found in video games. This includes interactions between players as well as players and fictional characters, motives for playing video games, socializing in video games, player behavior, and how identifying as a gamer is related to these constructs. He is also interested in gamer stereotypes as they relate to players identifying as gamers. In his spare time he loves playing competitive and story-based video games with friends.

Brandon Higdon
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Brandon received his B.S. in Psychology in 2018 and M.S. in Psychological Science from A-State in 2020. His research interests are motivation (how we set, achieve, and disengage from goals), self-control, temptation (how it derails goal achievement), and decision making (within the realm of goal conflict). 

​Emily Raibley (previously Johnson)
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​Emily received her B.S. in Psychology in 2018 and M.S. in Psychological Science in 2020, both from A-State. She is currently a doctoral student at Texas A&M in the Science for a Diverse Society Research Group under Dr. Adrienne Carter-Sowell. Her research interests include how individuals can cope effectively with ostracism and assessing individual differences in sensitivity to perceived ostracism experiences.

Undergraduate Students
Anh Bui
Jayden Exum
Alana Holloway
Jzena Lee
Elaina Parker
Meredith Webber

Lab Affiliates
Social Media Lab - Arkansas State University
  • Dr. Margaret Hance
Social Attitudes and Political Psychology (SAPP) Lab - Arkansas State University
  • Dr. Wayne Wilkinson
Bias Lab - Lafayette College
  • Dr. Angela Bell
​Hatvany Lab - Shippensburg University
  • Dr. Thomas Hatvany
Lab Pets
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Salem Henson

            Arya Curtis-Nuti                       Nugget Curtis-Nuti
​Past Members
Taylor Coughlin
Hannah Lance
Tayler Kline
Alysia Chedister
Bree Drew
Victoria King
Peyton Holzhauer
​Morgan Malugen

Meagan Jackson
Hannah Rice

​Elizabeth Lewis
Lauren Dubar
Hannah Knight
Abigail Windham
Mariah Robinson
Jaycie Burrow
​Rachel Young
​Sarah Hutchinson
​Sherry Wicker
Brianna Love
Paul Clark
Tabo Maree
Hannah Glynn
Alissa Lee
Lindsey Brochu
Christi Schreck
Camryn O'Conner
Terra Chaney
Zach Dees
Diana Huynh
​Hannah Stewart
Stephanie Barton
​Daika Everett
Elizabeth Hembrey
​Lisa Hill
Brittany Martin

Carly Watkins
Sydney Middleton
Jayden Moody
Grant Nesmith
Henry Nguyen
Camryn Roberts
​Bailey Scott
​Liz Crist
Alexandria Betts
Claire Shollenberger
Taylor Keys
Alyssa Henson
Laura Constant
Laynee Burnett
Kaitlyn Peavy
Quinn Hodges 
Haley Parker
Avani Reynolds
Anna Thompson
​Alan Barnes




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