Dasha Afanaseva

Dasha Afanaseva is a senior Psychology major and International Studies minor at Virginia Tech and has been on the team since the Fall of 2011. Her main interests are in the areas of health psychology and research involving behavioral medicine and the efficient coping strategies for victims of trauma, chronic disease, or injury related stress. She is also interested in studying the mind-body relationship and the effect that stress can have on our physiology and mental health. When not in classes or labs, she volunteer at the Raft crisis hotline and enjoys spending time with friends and family.

 

Jiwon Choi

Jiwon Choi is a junior majoring in Psychology. She is a huge Virginia Tech Hokies fan and enjoys running outside and hanging out with friends on her free time. On the team, she assists in researching articles for Dr. Jones, promoting the R.E.A.A.C.T program, recruiting participants in current students, and helping out the graduate students in any way possible.

 

Tasha Davis-Lockhart

 

 

 

Paul Diehl

Paul Diehl has had the joy of working with REAACT for the past year and has had the opportunity to be involved in past research within the areas of: Pediatric Sickle Cell, Stress and Coping, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Pediatric Oncology. He has a never ending desire to learn about: the neurobiological processes of PTSD, polytraumas in child soldiers, reintegration programs, PTSD among refugee and orphan populations, and the association of mass human rights violations and PTSD. Paul will be graduating from Virginia Tech in 2012 with intentions of applying to medical school and/or graduate programs focusing on the above topics.

 

Danielle Gilchrist

Danielle Gilchrist joined the REAACT team spring semester of 2011. She has been helping out in the Fire Lab, doing mail outs, researching articles, and looking for fires and traumas in the local news for mail outs. Danielle's plans for the future are to attend a graduate school and her PhD in Clinical Psychology.

 

 

 

Joel Lock

Joel Lock is a senior at Virginia Tech. Joel is a Psychology major, with a minor in history. He is thrilled to be working with Dr. Jones and helping to popularize the REAACT program. After graduation, Joel will be working with underprivileged youth in detention centers in the Winchester/Northern Virginia area, after which he will be attending law school to earn his JD.

 

Matthew Parente

Matthew Parente is a graduating Senior with a B.S. in Psychology. Trauma-wise, he finds combat trauma and PTSD to be fascinating. He is not sure exactly what he will be doing after graduation, but is very optimistic. He is trying to find jump-start a career in the film industry.

 

Jung Park

One of Jung Park's main hobbies is photography. She has been helping Kathryn with her dissertation as well as helping out Dr. Jones with whatever he needs help on. After graduating, she plan on traveling to take some time off and then apply for jobs. She wants to take things slow with grad school and enjoy the time she has now.

 

 

Tiara N. Riley

Tiara N. Riley and is a Junior psychology major interested in pursuing graduate education to become amarriage counselor. Tiara has been involved with the fire lab and is looking to participate in many more experiments.