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Catherine Forestell, Ph.D.
Professor

Professor Forestell completed her PhD in Experimental Psychology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she studied conditioned flavor preferences in rats under Dr. Vincent LoLordo. Subsequently she held a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, PA where she studied the role of early sensory experiences in the development of flavor and food preferences in children with Dr. Juie Mennella. She joined the Department of Psychological Sciences at William & Mary in 2007. Along with her team of undergraduate and graduate students and her collaborators, she studies eating and addictive behaviors in children and adults.

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I will begin reviewing graduate student applications in January of 2023 for acceptance in the Fall of 2023. Prospective students should read through our Psychology department pages for information on our Master’s program, including application procedures and contact me if they are interested in pursuing graduate research in my laboratory.

Harini Krishnamurti, MS '22

Harini's research is focused on understanding factors associated with omnivore's attitudes toward vegetarians. Currently Harini is pursuing a PhD at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Christina Marlow, MS '21

Christina's research focused on understanding the mechanisms involved in childhood neophobia. We are currently developing a task to measure levels of neophobia in children. Christina is now pursuing a PhD in Psychology at North Carolina State University.

Ti Hsu, MS '20

Ti's research focused on how negative and positive mood and mindfulness affect eating behavior of young adults. Ti is now a PhD student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa.

Repairer Etuk, MS '19

Repairer's research focuses on understanding the cognitive factors involved in the development of food neophobia and picky eating behaviors in children. He is now a PhD student at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas where he studies binge eating behavior.

Lisa Goldberg, MA '17

The goal of Lisa's research was to determine how self-control resources interact with motivation to affect selective attention to foods. Lisa is now a Program Manager at Monte Nido & Affiliates.

Winnie Zhuang, MA '16

The goal of Winnie's research was to understand how dietary restraint and impulsivity interact to predict food intake. Currently, Winnie is a PhD student at the University of California, Davis.

Kevin Cavanagh, MA '13

Kevin's research was focused on understanding the role of branding on restrained eaters' food intake. After graduating from W&M, Kevin received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from Case Western University. He is now a financial advisor at Edward Jones.

Undergraduate Researchers

Undergraduate students have the opportunity to work on all aspects of research including designing experiments, recruiting participants, collecting data, analyses, and manuscript preparation.

Currently we have several undergraduate students working in the lab for Independent Study credit. If you are a motivated William & Mary student who is interested in Psychology, Neuroscience, or Health Sciences, and would like to get involved in research please contact me.

In some cases motivated undergraduate student choose to conduct an honors project which involves leading an experimental study from beginning to end. I have had the pleasure of working with the following excellent honors students at William & Mary: