Alumni – Psychology

Chikondi Kulemeka '18

Chikondi was an English language teaching assistant in France in the year following graduation. She is now an accounts receivable clerk for EMD Sales, Inc., and has an online boutique featuring handmade pieces from Malawi. She is also the founder of a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to improving education in Malawi through providing students with desks.
Kati Peditto '15

Kati earned a PhD in Human Behavior and Design from Cornell University in 2019. Her doctoral research focused on the design of the built environment for adolescents undergoing cancer treatment. An EDAC certified environmental psychologist, she is an architechure research lead at HDR, Inc.
Bethany Yates '16

Bethany earned a MSW from University of Maryland Baltimore in August 2017. As a Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW) she provides holistic therapy approaches to clients with various mental health diagnoses and trauma histories at the Therapy Cafe in Lexington Park, MD. Her clinical practice focuses on dialectical behavior therapy, expressive arts therapy, multicultural-feminist therapy, mindfulness, and ecotherapy.
Dan Kircher '10

Dan earned a PhD in Pharmacology from University of Texas at Austin in 2017. He pioneered optogenetic recording techniques in the lab that allowed for the precise dissection of neural circuits of interest and characterized novel findings of alcohols effect on critical brain reward circuitry. He is a postdoctoral fellow at Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Arman Karimi '16

Arman is a research technician in the neonatal hypoxia laboratory at University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Angel Tse '19

Angel earned a Microsoft Office Specialist Training Certification in 2019. She is a digital transformation and management associate at Grant Thornton Public Sector, LLC.
Leo Schlosnagle '06

Leo earned a PhD in lifespan developmental psychology from West Virginia University in 2011. He is an assistant professor of psychology at Utah Valley University and his research interests include disability, health, aging, judgment and decision making, and program evaluation. He teaches courses in lifespan development and infant and child development.
Alex Hernandez '10

Alex worked after graduation as a research assistant for Dr. Bailey and Dr.Brady and then as a lab technician in Dr. Schoenbaum's Lab at University of Maryland Baltimore. He went on to earn a BSN from UMD School of Nursing in 2014, and is now a registered nurse at University of Maryland Medical Center. In the fall of 2019, Alex began a doctoral program at the UMD School of Nursing in order to become an adult-geriatric acute care nurse practitioner. After finishing the degree (expected graduation in 2023), he will be working as a provider in the ICU, ER, and OR Trauma units.

Graduates of the psychology department at St. Mary’s College of Maryland have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in many different fields.

These are just a few of their chosen institutions:

Dartmouth College
Drexel University
George Mason University
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard University
Loyola University of Maryland
McDaniel College
Michigan State University
Oxford University
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland School of Social Work
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Yale University

Alumni work in a variety of fields, including but not limited to:

Aviation Administration
Counseling (e.g., mental health, marriage & family, school, rehabilitation)
Communications (e.g., web designers, advertising and social media specialists)
Education (pre-K – higher education)
Financial Services
Human Resources
Law
Library Science
Marketing
Medicine (e.g., doctors, nurses, pharmacologists, veterinarians)
Neuroscience
Occupational and Physical Therapy
Public Health
Real Estate
Research (e.g., analysts, associates, technicians)
Social Work
United States Armed Forces

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No matter what path and field they chose, our alumni consistently say that their background in psychology has been extremely helpful in the workplace because it helps them to better understand the people they work with and serve. Read program feedback and advice for current students from our psychology alumni!

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Giselle Harris ’25 is a clinical research assistant at University of Maryland-Baltimore School of Social Work.
Daisha Jones ’25 will begin working towards her master’s degree in Forensic and Legal Psychology at Marymount University in fall 2025.
Molly Jacobs ’25 is joining the Peace Corps and will travel to Albania in January 2026 to teach English as a second language through January 2028.
Lorelai Symmes ’25 is pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology as part of the Finding Balance in Emotions and Eating Lab at Bowling Green State University with an expected graduation in 2031.
Raina Crew ’24 is pursuing a MSW at University of MD School of Social Work with an expected graduation in 2026.
Isabella Sterner’ 24 is a research assistant at The Johns Hopkins University Center for Music and Medicine in the Department of Neurology.
Julia Fitzpatrick ’23 is pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at University of Missouri-Saint Louis with an expected graduation in 2028.
Zachary Pisarz ’23 is a talent acquisitions coordinator at Enterprise Community Partners.
Lauren Sapp ’23 is pursuing a MS in Sports and Exercise Psychology at Springfield College with an expected graduation in 2025. She is an IT front desk student associate at Springfield College.

Graduates of the psychology department at St. Mary’s College of Maryland have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in many different fields.

These are just a few of their chosen institutions:

Alumni work in a variety of fields, including but not limited to:

View our extensive alumni updates/careers database!

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Recent Alumni Updates:

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