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DANIEL N. JONES, PHD - CV - DEPT. WEBSITE
EMAIL: djones2@unr.edu
Principal Investigator.
Dan Jones is an Associate Professor of Management and Interdisciplinary Social Psychology at the University of Nevada Reno.
Research Interests: Interpersonal harm; toxic workplace behavior & relationship abuse. Topics include: Human Quantification Theory, Dark Triad, Mimicry Deception Theory, Incentive Salience.
PhD: University of British Columbia, 2011

LIST OF CURRENT STUDENTS
PhD Students
Edit Szabo
Sampada Karandikar
Li-Ling Ahtime
David Andrews
Sogol Mozafari
(below)

EDIT SZABO, PHD
Doctoral Student in Management (ABD)
Edit completed her PhD in Psychology from the University of Pecs, Hungary. She is pursuing a second PhD in Management.

SAMPADA KARANDIKAR, MS (SHE/THEY)
Doctoral Student in Social Psychology
Sampada completed her B.A. in Psychology from Mumbai University (India), and MSc. in Forensic Psychology from the University of York (UK). Her research interests lie in studying how dark personality traits manifest in various situations. She is specifically interested in the serial killer phenomenon, white collar crime, and morality. Sampada has also co-authored a book entitled Twisted – A Profile of Indian Serial Killers, which presents psychological profiling of several Indian serial killers. Further, she wants to study the role of affluenza within perpetration of white collar crime

LI-LING AHTIME, MS
Doctoral Student in Social Psychology
Li-Ling is a second year PhD student in Social Psychology.

DAVID ANDREWS, MS
Doctoral Student in Social Psychology
David is a second-year doctoral student in the Social Psychology program. He received his BA in psychology and MS in psychology as part of a combined BA/MS program at Oakland University (Michigan), he also received his BA in criminal justice during his time at OU. His initial research program was focused on narcissism, but has expanded to include other dark personality traits. He is slowly transitioning his core research interest to various permutations of extremism, with a specific interest in religious extremism, violence, and corruption. In line with his extremism interest, he looks to also publish on domestic terror threats, right-wing extremism, and white power groups, including the radicalization process that occurs online. Lastly, David is interested in a variety of psychological processes surrounding attitudes and beliefs toward controversial criminal justice policies and practices (e.g., death penalty).

SOGOL MOZAFARI, MS
Doctoral Student in Management
Sogol is a first year PhD student in Management.
LAB ALUMNI

SHELBY R. CURTIS, PHD
Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University
Former PhD Student

STEVEN M. MUELLER, PHD
Assistant Professor - Longwood University
Former PhD Student

MELISSA S. DE ROOS, PHD
Associate Professor - Erasmus University Rotterdam
Former PhD Student

JESSICA R. CARRE, PHD
Army Research Institute
Former PhD Student

ADON L. NERIA, PHD
Department of Defense
Former PhD Student

ANDREA RANGEL, MS
Drug Addiction Counselor, El Paso area
Former Lab Manager

RUTH MASSEY, MS
Autism specialist, Phoenix AZ
Former Research Assistant

THERESA BENAVIDEZ, MS
Autism specialist, Colorado Springs, CO
Former Research Assistant

YAZMINE HUIZAR, PHD
Clinical Psychology Postdoc - Stanford University
Former Honor's Student

ASTRID PORTILLO, MS
Therapist, El Paso area
Former Research Assistant