POE Lab Members

The Psychology of Existence (POE) Lab's research is supported by a large team of undergraduate and graduate students from various backgrounds.

Lab Members

Vincent Medina
Director
vmedina1@uca.edu

Anna Temple
Research Coordinator
atemple@cub.uca.edu

Mackenzie Criner
Graduate Research Assistant
mcriner@cub.uca.edu

Lila Demirel
Graduate Research Assistant
ldemirel@cub.uca.edu

Mei Ishimura
Graduate Research Assistant
mishimura1@cub.uca.edu

Ashley Maestas
Graduate Research Assistant
amaestas@cub.uca.edu

Jordan Miller
Graduate Research Assistant
jmiller56@cub.uca.edu

Sophia Brooks
Undergraduate Research Assistant
sbrooks9@cub.uca.edu

Patrick Carpenter
Undergraduate Research Assistant
pcarpenter@cub.uca.edu

Zoe Carpenter
Undergraduate Research Assistant
zcarpenter@cub.uca.edu 

Regan Cate
Undergraduate Research Assistant
rcate1@cub.uca.edu

Kade Newton
Undergraduate Research Assistant
knewton@cub.uca.edu

Honey Norfolk
Undergraduate Research Assistant
nnorfolk@cub.uca.edu 

Xavier Parker
Undergraduate Research Assistant
xparker@ualr.edu 

Flora Williams
Undergraduate Research Assistant
fwilliams@cub.uca.edu

Not pictured:
Erika Calderon, Undergraduate Research Assistant, ecalderon@cub.uca.edu
Kayla Evans-Kennard, Undergraduate Research Assistant, knovak@cub.uca.edu
Joel Ferringer, Undergraduate Research Assistant, gferringer@cub.uca.edu
Laci Garrett, Undergraduate Research Assistant, lgarrett7@cub.uca.edu
Makayla Gildon, Undergraduate Research Assistant, mgildon@cub.uca.edu
Kaylani Hancock, Undergraduate Research Assistant, khancock3@cub.uca.edu
Mrityunjay Mohan, Undergraduate Research Assistant, mrityunjaymithranmohan@gmail.com
Kaitlyn McCarty, Undergraduate Research Assistant, kmccarty1@cub.uca.edu
Justin McMinn, Undergraduate Research Assistant, jmcminn@cub.uca.edu
Kellirae Perrine, Undergraduate Research Assistant, cperrine1@cub.uca.edu
Emma Rehm, Undergraduate Research Assistant, erehm@cub.uca.edu
Ni Sung, Undergraduate Research Assistant, nsung@cub.uca.edu
Abbey West, Undergraduate Research Assistant, awest18@cub.uca.edu
Brayden White, Undergraduate Research Assistant, bwhite22@cub.uca.edu
Kaitlyn Wright, Undergraduate Research Assistant, kwright21@cub.uca.edu

Lab Pets

Annie Carpenter

Dusty Carpenter

Sheeda Maestas

Momma P Norfolk

Griffin Parker

Phoenix Parker

Lucy Temple

Noodle and Scarlett Temple

Yoru Champa Williams and
Yuki Beerus Williams