PEOPLE
Amanda S. Morrison, Ph.D
DIRECTOR
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Dr. Morrison is the director of the East Bay Anxiety Lab. She is an associate professor at Cal State East Bay as well as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She completed her doctoral training at Temple University, clinical internship at the Palo Alto Veteran's Affairs (VA) Health Care System, and postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Morrison is interested in understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Specific areas of interest include social anxiety disorder, emotion regulation, and attention. She is also interested in mechanisms of treatment for anxiety. CV
CSUEB Spring 2025 Courses
PSYC 201 Careers in Psychology
PSYC 491F Research in Clinical Psychology​​
Spring 2025 Office hours:
Tuesdays 9-10am in Zoom, make a BayAdvisor appointment
Wednesdays 2-3 in Zoom or office, no appointment needed​
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Research Assistants
Collin Bessette
Collin recently graduated from CSU East Bay with a B.A. in Psychology. Currently, Collin attends Palo Alto University and is planning on getting his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. He currently works as a client care coordinator at a therapy office in San Ramon where he performs phone consultations, scheduling, and overall the managerial side of a therapy office. Collin's research interests include trauma experienced through generations as well as anxiety and depression. He hopes to one day have his own private practice and work at a university performing research.
Camryn Graver-Dowd
Camryn Graver-Dowd is a senior at CSU East Bay, majoring in psychology. After 15 years working as a veterinary technician in small animal, large animal, oncology, and emergency medicine, he is exploring further learning opportunities with human psychology in the East Bay Anxiety Lab, with a goal of a master’s degree or PsyD after completion of his undergraduate work. Camryn’s long-term goal is to provide mental health care to musicians, artists, and performers, with the help of his psychological service dog Violet.
Haya Haddad
Haya is currently a student at California State University, East Bay majoring in Psychology, where she has been awarded placement on the Dean’s List for her high academic achievements. She has had clinical work experience working in the mental health field as an intern at a behavioral residential center. Haya’s research interests include: trauma, anxiety, depression, PTSD, nervous system regulation, epigenetic factors, and social and cultural dynamics. Haya has a deep love of learning– and by volunteering in the lab as a research assistant, she hopes to gain valuable knowledge and insights to help her in pursuing her graduate degree in Psychology.
Jacynda Harp
Jacynda is currently a senior at CSU East Bay majoring in Psychology and is a member of the Tau Sigma National Honor Society. She intends to attend graduate school in Fall 2025 where she will work to earn her MS in Marriage and Family Therapy. She hopes to work with those who typically cannot afford mental health services, making therapy more accessible. In addition to her academics, Jacynda also works full-time at a coffee roastery and volunteers with theatre companies both in the bay area and central valley. She is most interested in researching different forms of art therapy, such as drama therapy.
Sohni Masood
Sohni is currently a student at California State University, East Bay studying psychology. Her research interests include depression, anxiety, PTSD, art therapy, and emotional support animals. She hopes to research and work with minorities and underserved populations. By volunteering in the lab as a research assistant, she hopes to gain research experience to pursue further education. Sohni plans to attend graduate school to earn a Ph.D in clinical psychology.
Daniel Nava
Daniel graduated from California State University, East Bay with a B.A. in psychology. In addition to volunteering at the East Bay Anxiety Lab, he is an Intern at La Clinica de la Raza's Integrated Behavioral Health Department and behavioral aid for various schools in the East Bay. His research interests include social anxiety disorder and innovative intervention methods. Daniel hopes to get into a clinical Ph.D. program to work his way to becoming a clinical psychologist.
Research Assistant Alumni
Jasmine Aleman
Dominique Boynton
Pedro Diaz
Naomi Gashaw
Jessica Goldman​
Whitney Gonzales​
Kayla Gray
Alec James
Jenna Kim​
Sabrina King
Jordan Lemieux
Olivia Magana
Jexy An Nepangue
Katarina Merk
Bruna Mota
Alfredo Perez
Sanjana Satishkumar
John Tolentino
Jhamon Venerable
Lindsay Vanderstraeten
Taylor West​
Michelle Yu​