My name is Joe Friedman and I am a Junior majoring in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience. I currently work in Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz’ Anxiety and Stress Management Lab, where I study the assessment and treatment of individuals with … Continued

As we are in full swing for the Fall semester, we thought it would be a good time to spotlight another fellow Giller from Fall 2015, Rowan Hunt! “In July, I started my first year of a doctoral program in … Continued

Happy summer everyone! As we are gearing up for Fall 2019, we thought it would be a good time to spotlight a fellow Giller from Spring 2019, Rachel Fleming. “I am currently working as the Program Coordinator for Bull City … Continued

My name is Maddy Meyerhoffer. I am a junior from Greensboro, North Carolina double majoring in Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Health and Society. My background includes both research and educational experiences. I have … Continued

Hello! My name is Kelsey Sutton, and I am junior from Marshall, North Carolina, double majoring in Psychology and Sociology with a minor in Southern Studies. I became aware of my love of psychology while taking Abnormal Psychology, as I … Continued

My name is Natalie Russell, and I’m a junior from Nashville, Tennessee studying Psychology and Computer Science.  At UNC, I am heavily involved in emotion research with the Carolina Affective Sciences Lab led by Dr. Kristen Lindquist.  Our lab investigates … Continued

The Gil Internship has accepted 11 interns for Fall 2017! Learn more about the current class and their placement sites below.   Anderson, Shelby Class of 2018 Clinical Psychology Intern UNC Horizons Program shelby26@live.unc.edu Shelby is a senior from Dallas, … Continued

This semester as a quantitative Gil Intern, I was placed at RTI International. In all honesty, I was rather nervous with this placement as I knew RTI was a massive company that did research in virtually every possible domain. I … Continued

TEACCH and the Culture of Autism Autism has been at the headlines of newspapers and media sites as the topic of discussion, but many people still fail to understand the disorder and how to “treat it.” I use the words … Continued

In my internship with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, I work at Polk Correctional Institution, a men’s prison in Butner, North Carolina. With my supervisor, Dr. Peiper, the prison psychologist at Polk, I gather information on the mental … Continued