Student Representatives
Rachael Spalding, MS
rls0046@mix.wvu.edu
Rachael is a third-year graduate student in the clinical psychology doctoral program at West Virginia University under the mentorship of Dr. Barry Edelstein. Her research interests include end-of-life decision-making, consent capacity issues, and late-life sexuality. She aspires to practice as a clinical geropsychologist in the future. In her spare time, she enjoys long-distance running, reading fiction and true-crime novels, and cooking.
Jackie Hogan, MS
jacqueline.hogan001@umb.edu
Jackie is a second-year graduate student in the counseling psychology doctoral program at the University of Massachusetts Boston under the mentorship of Dr. Boaz Levy. Her research interests include cognitive health, Alzheimer’s disease, healthy aging across the life course, women’s issues, and systems advocacy for older adults. Outside of school, she mothers two boys (ages 3 and 8), goes on dates with her amazing husband, and enjoys ballroom and swing dancing.