Judy Ng, '06

Judy majored in Neuroscience and graduated from Union in 2007. Since graduation, she has been volunteering in the Emergency Room and working at a clinic. In the summer of 2008, she will attend Pace University to obtain her Master’s degree in Physician Assistant studies.

Anique Lebel, '06

Anique is currently living in Boston and enrolled in the School Psychology program at Tufts University. She is happy to respond to inquiries from current students interested in Tufts or school psychology.

Jimmy Ng, '06

Jim is currently living in Hong Kong and working as a research assistant at a local university. He is always interested in social sciences and conducting research. He is now applying for an intensive one-year master degree in social sciences (MSSc) at a local university and planning to come back to the U.S to further his education in psychology in 2009. He is currently engaged as well. Attaining a higher degree in psychology and having a family would now be his primary objective.

Michelle Lividini '04

Michelle is currently a Masters student in the School Psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is currently interning in the Mamaroneck School District in New York. This past summer she was a science instructor at a Summer School in Mamaroneck. She interned part-time as a counselor/evaluator at the Heritage School in New York City during the 2005-2006 school year. She plans to pursue her Ph.D. in School Psychology in the fall of 2007.

LeeRoy Bailey ’03

LeeRoy graduated from Union, went on to Framingham State College for his Masters in Counseling, and has plans to obtain his Ph.D. and become a Child Psychologist.

Alicia Bertoni-Hickey '03

Alicia went to Simmons College in Boston for her Doctorate in Physical Therapy and graduated last year. She has been working asa PT at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. She was married in September, 2007 to her long-time high school sweetheart, Andrew Hickey.They live in Quincy, MA, right down the street form her Union College twin, Emily Sweeney! In addition to publishing research while at Union, research she conducted while at Simmons was also published (inPhysical Therapy).

Emily Reid '03

Emily attended Bryn Mawr College’s Postbaccaulaureate Pre-medical Program, graduating in May ’04. Immediately following graduation, she began working as a research assistant in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at University of Pennsylvannia Hospital. She worked for Dr. Andrew Newberg on various protocols examining the neurophysiological correlates of acupuncture and meditation. In September ’04, she moved to Boston and has worked in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for the past 3+ years. She has collaborated with multiple investigators within Sleep Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health and currently manages the Division’s research assistants.

Kristina Osborne-Oliver, M.S., C.A.S. '02

After graduating from Union, Kristina received an M.S. in Educational Psychology and Statistics in 2005, and a Certificate of Advance Study (C.A.S.) in School Psychology in 2007, both from the University at Albany/SUNY. Kristina is a New York State Certified School Psychologist, and is currently a professional psychology intern at Saint Anne’s Institute where she is working with juvenile sex offenders and victims of sexual abuse. She is anticipated to graduate with a Doctorate of Psychology (PsyD) degree in school psychology in May 2008 from the University at Albany/SUNY. Kristina has presented and published research related to school violence, bullying, parent-child attachments, school connectedness, social support, positive psychology, ethics and educational policies, and best practices in educational and school psychology. She has taught undergraduate courses in Positive Youth Development and Abnormal Psychology at the University at Albany/SUNY and the Sage Colleges.

Kemoy Foster ’01

Kem went on to obtain her law degree and graduated from Harvard in 2005, the same year research related to her undergraduate researchwith Professor Weisse was published in the journal Pain Medicine (Weisse, C.S., Foster, K.K., & Fisher, B. (2005). The influence ofexperimenter race and gender on pain reporting.Pain Medicine,6(1), 80-87.)

Alexis Franzese '00

After graduating from Union, Alexis entered the Clinical Psychology Program at Duke University, where she is in her third year, working toward her Ph.D.

Mario Cruz, MD ’00

Mario was a biology/psychology Interdisciplinary major at Union and went on to medical school at Albany Medical College. He is scheduled to complete his residency in Pediatrics in 2007.

Marisa Silveri, Ph.D. '95

Marisa is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Research Psychologist in the Cognitive Neuroimaging and Neuropsychology Laboratory at McLean Hospital. Dr. Silveri uses MRI technology to examine adolescent brain development and neurobiological correlates of substance abuse and psychosis. After graduating from Union with a B.S. in psychology, she received a masters degree in 1998 and a PhD in 2000, both in Behavioral Neuroscience, from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Wally Bzdell, Ed.D. '94

Wally graduated from Union in 1994. He earned his Master’s degree in Counseling and Psychological Services, with a concentration in Athletic Counseling from Springfield College and his Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology, with a specialization in Sport and Performance Psychology from Boston University. He is the Director of the Center for Counseling and Student Development at Siena College. In that role he oversees and provides a range of psychological services for the campus community. Additionally, he has an APA proficiency in sport psychology and works closely with Siena Athletics.

Wendy Sternberg, Ph.D. '90

Wendy is an associate professor of Psychology at Haverford College. After graduating from Union in 1990 (as a Psychology major), she earned a doctorate in Behavioral Neuroscience at UCLA in 1994, then joined the Haverford College faculty in 1995. She does research, together with her undergraduates on pain and pain inhibition (the topic of her Brain and Behavior seminar at Union eventually became her life's work). She currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, with her husband Jason (Union '89) and their 7-year old son, Jacob.

Richard Agnello ’79

Richard graduated from Union and earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from The University at Albany. He spent 8 years working in Pre-K special education, and has worked as a Consultant Special Education teacher in the Hudson City School District, and for the past three years in the Schenectady City School District. He currently works with seventh grade students at Oneida Middle School in Schenectady.