Graduate Students

Woolee An (Advisor: Dr. Levin)

Woolee An is a sixth-year doctoral student in the combined clinical and counseling psychology program at Utah State University. She received her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Missouri State University in 2014. Her major research interest is cross-cultural perspectives on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with various populations. She is currently on internship at the University of Hawaii.

Clarissa Ong (Advisor: Dr. Twohig)

Clarissa is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Combined Clinical/Counseling Program at Utah State University. She received her B.A. from Smith College in 2013. Her research interests include developing and testing process-based interventions for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive related concerns.

Jennifer Krafft (Advisor: Dr. Levin)

Jennifer Krafft is a fifth-year graduate student in the combined clinical and counseling psychology PhD program at Utah State University. She received her BA from Carleton College in 2010. She is interested broadly in processes of change and assessment in mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments.  Her research focuses on application of acceptance and commitment therapy to anxiety, OCD, and hoarding, how mindfulness and acceptance processes impact stigma, the utility of self-help interventions, and assessing mindfulness and acceptance processes with greater precision.

Jeremy Fruge (Advisor: Dr. Twohig)

Jeremy Fruge is a third-year graduate student in the Combined Clinical and Counseling Psychology PhD program at Utah State University. Prior to completing his undergraduate degree he served 5 years in the U.S. Navy which led to an interest in helping veterans and service members. He completed his B.A. in psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2017. His is primarily interested in clinical work. His broad clinical and research interests are in treating military members and veterans, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, trauma, anxiety disorders, and rural psychology.

Jen Barney (Advisor: Dr. Twohig)

Jen Barney is a third-year graduate student in the combined clinical and counseling psychology PhD program at Utah State University. She received her BA in Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Connecticut in 2013 and her MS in Psychology from Drexel University in 2017. Her primary clinical and research interests are in improving eating disorder treatment efficacy, implementing acceptance and values based interventions for eating disorders and other difficult to treat populations, and assessing therapeutic mechanisms of change.

Julie Petersen (Advisor: Dr. Twohig)

Julie Petersen is a second-year doctoral student in the combined clinical/counseling program at Utah State University. She received her B.S. in psychology from Haverford College in 2016. Before coming to USU, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Her research interests are centralized around Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and its treatment.

Carter Davis (Advisor: Dr. Levin)

Carter Davis is a second-year student in the Clinical/Counseling Psychology PhD program. He received his BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. Prior to coming to USU, Carter worked as a research assistant at Butler Hospital/Brown University in Providence. Carter studies the effectiveness and mechanisms of change in mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions, primarily using self-help and web-based approaches. More broadly, he is interested in bringing contextual behavioral science to bear on diverse clinical, philosophical, and social areas of inquiry.

Guadalupe G. San Miguel (Advisor: Dr. Twohig)

Guadalupe G. San Miguel is a first-year doctoral student in the Combined Clinical/Counseling Program. In 2017, he received his bachelor's in psychology from the University of Houston. Prior to attending USU, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, specifically in the Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction. His primary interest is in treatment for OCD and other anxiety disorders.

Korena Klimczak (Advisor: Dr. Levin)

Korena Klimczak is a first-year graduate student in the Combined Clinical and Counseling Psychology PhD program at Utah State University. She received her BA in Psychology from Old Dominion University in 2019. Her research interests include clinical applications of technology, such as utilizing machine learning to make predictions about clients, mobile modes of therapy, and virtual reality as a form of exposure.

Julia Stroud (Advisor: Dr. Levin)

Julia Stroud is a first-year student in the Clinical/Counseling Psychology PhD program. She received her B.S. in Psychology and M.S. in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience from The University of Texas at Dallas. Before coming to USU, she spent time working in industry product development as a User Experience Researcher. Her research interests involve improving accessibility and reach of psychological interventions using technology and other media.