Recent Lab News

May 2024

Best of luck to our recent lab alum who will be starting exciting new adventures after graduation! (pictured next to Dr. Holly from left to right)

Katie Jacobson: Master’s in Mental Health Counseling program at Teachers College (Columbia University)

Jonah Blowiak: Master’s in Clinical-Counseling Psychology program at Illinois State University

Anna Sully: Jesuit Volunteer Corps- Baltimore serving at The Loyola School

Veronika Durek: Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Marquette University

Malorie Clasen: Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Marquette University

Yitong (Vanessa) Wang: still deciding between two graduate programs!

Congratulations to Veronika Durek, Yitong (Vanessa) Wang, Malorie Clasen, Anna Sully, and Jonah Blowiak on your graduation from Marquette University!!!

March 2024

New Paper Alert! This invited commentary by Dr. Holly with graduate students Madeline and Alexandra provides empirial and theoretical rationale for carefully considering contextual factors in efforts to understand parental burnout and how they manage their distress.

Holly, L. E., Buchanan, M., & Bowling, A. R. (2024). Parental burnout and emotion regulation in context: Considerations for science and practice. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 31(1), 113–116.  https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000200

All undergrad RA positions are now full for the fall 2024 semester. Undergrads interested in joining the lab are encouraged to check back for additional opportunities in the future!

Now recruiting Marquette undergraduate research assistants (RAs) for the 2024/2025 academic year! (Limited summer positions also available.)

Undergraduate RAs are requested to work at least 6 hours a week and research credit (PSYC 4956) is offered (up to 2 credits per semester). If you are interested in joining the lab, please submit your application by April 30, 2024.

January 2024

A big congratulations to Alexandra Bowling, who successfully defended her master’s thesis, titled Bridging the Need-to-Access Gap: Examining Parents who Perceive a Need for Their Youth to Receive Mental Health Services. Congrats, Alexandra!!!

The lab has a new undergraduate Research Assistant, Chloe Gomez. Welcome, Chloe!

Congratulations to Dr. Holly who was appointed Editor of InBalance– the newsletter of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53 of the American Psychological Association). Dr. Holly will assume the editor position starting with the Spring 2024 issue. Click the logo to the right to read the latest issue!

December 2023

Congratulations to Katie Jacobson on your graduation from Marquette University!!!

October 2023

Katie Jacobson, Yitong (Vanessa) Wang, and Malorie Clasen did a great job presenting their projects at the Marquette University College of Arts and Sciences Celebration of Research this month! Thanks to co-authors Anna Sully, Veronika Durek, Madeline Buchanan, and Alexandra Bowling for supporting these impressive posters!