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 2024 Courses
Not teaching this semester (sabbatical)
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Research Assistants
Naomi Gashaw
Naomi graduated from California State University, East Bay with a B.A. in Psychology. She is a member of Psi Chi and the Tau Sigma National Honor Society. In addition to her position in this lab, she is also a research assistant at the University of California, San Francisco's Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology Lab. She currently works as a non-clinical crisis counselor at the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Contra Costa. Her research interests include anxiety, culture, and race/ethnicity. Naomi hopes to gain knowledge and experience through her work and volunteering in both labs that will aid her in pursuing a graduate degree in Psychology.
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.
Sabrina King
Sabrina King is a current psychology student at CSU East Bay and CSR Scholar. Her research interests are anxiety, depression, perception, creativity, and prosocial behavior. She is passionate about mental health care accessibility with current emphasis on parental mental health. She intends to attend graduate school in 2025 to pursue Art Therapy. In addition to her work in the lab, she is an artist and full-time mother.
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
Jessica Goldman​
Whitney Gonzales​
Kayla Gray
Alec James
Jenna Kim​
Jordan Lemieux
Olivia Magana
Jexy An Nepangue
Katarina Merk
Bruna Mota
Alfredo Perez
Sanjana Satishkumar
John Tolentino
Jhamon Venerable
Taylor West​
Michelle Yu​