- Department of Psychology; Behavioral Science
- Email: jessicaglenn@uri.edu
Major Professor: Amy Stamates, Ph.D.
Lab: HARP lab
Biography
Jessica is a graduate student in the Behavioral Science Ph.D. program at the University of Rhode Island. Prior to her time at URI, she tested patients for neurological disorders for 6 years at MARS Memory Health Network and taught General Psychology for 4 years at Forsyth Technical Community College. Jessica received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2019 and her M.A. in Psychological Science from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2022.
Research
During her time at UNC- Wilmington, she researched Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and its relationship to a variety of topics, including entitlement, loss of control, cognitive dissonance, and impulsivity. She completed her master’s thesis on changes in affect and aggressiveness following instigating and impelling factors in both perpetrators and non-perpetrators of intimate partner violence. In the HARP lab, Jessica hopes to explore impulsivity’s impact on aggression, alcohol and substance use, and other behaviors.