Lab Manager: Jennifer Alberti-Silverstein - Research Assistant II

Jennifer Alberti-Silverstein is pursuing a BA in Psychology at Rhode Island College. She is also a research assistant and lab manager for the Social Cognition Lab. She is currently conducting a study examining the impact of gender bias on men’s mental health diagnosis and treatment.

2021-Present Examining Gender Differences in Respect to Stigma against Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder [Honors Thesis]
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2021-Present Experiences of Cognitive Dissonance in Masculinity
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2021-2023 A Proposal for Continuous Measures of Sex, Gender, and Attraction
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

Marcotte, M. A., Cichon, M., DeSalvo, N., Medeiros, K., Gadbois, S., & Alberti-Silverstein, J. (2023). A more sensitive measure: Overcoming scientific exclusion by reconstructing the operationalization of gender. Psychological Reports. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941221149178

Marcotte, M. A., Cichon, M., DeSalvo, N., Medeiros, K., Gadbois, S., & Alberti-Silverstein, J. (2022, June 24-26). A more sensitive measure: Overcoming scientific exclusion by reconstructing the operationalization of gender. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) 2022 Summer Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Nina Carbone - Research Assistant I

2022-Present The Effects of Relationship Presentation and Connection to the LGBTQ+ Community on Relationship Quality for Monogamous Multisexuals [Honors Thesis]

Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2023-Present Experiences of Cognitive Dissonance in Masculinity
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

Gianna Duffy - Research Assistant I

Zachary Sanborn - Research Assistant I

Daniela Nunez-Acquino - Research Assistant I

Mira Tapper - Research Assistant I

Mackenzie Boudreau - Research Assistant I

Elliot Gosselin - Research Assistant I

Former Research Assistants

Lab Manager: Marta Cichoń - Research Assistant II

Marta Cichoń is the former research lab manager for the Social Cognition Lab. She received her BA in Psychology at Rhode Island College and now is pursuing an MS in Quantitative Psychology at Ball State University in Indiana.

2019-2021 Experiences of Cognitive Dissonance in Masculinity
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2017-2021 A Proposal for Continuous Measures of Sex, Gender, and Attraction
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2018-2019 Impact of Nonviolent Training in Elementary School in collaboration with Nonviolent Schools Rhode Island
Location: Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School, Providence, RI

Marcotte, M. A. & Cichon, M. (2022). Nonviolent Schools Rhode Island Summer 2022 Training Institute: Pre- and Post-Training Feedback Brief Report.

Marcotte, M. A., Cichoń, M., Castrillon, V., Fargnoli, T., Smith, R., DeSalvo, N., & Feather, E. (2020, June 26-28). Making gender visible in quantitative research [Conference session]. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) 2020 Summer Conference, Denver, CO, United States. (Conference cancelled)

Nathan DeSalvo - Graduate Assistant

Nathan DeSalvo earned a BA in psychology and is now finishing up the MA in psychology at Rhode Island College. His research is focused on the impact of gender norms on anger and aggression. He is also a Research Project Director at the Brown University and Miriam Hospital Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center.

2019-2023 Experiences of Cognitive Dissonance in Masculinity
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2017-2023 A Proposal for Continuous Measures of Sex, Gender, and Attraction
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

Marcotte, M. A., Cichon, M., DeSalvo, N., Medeiros, K., Gadbois, S., & Alberti-Silverstein, J. (2023). A more sensitive measure: Overcoming scientific exclusion by reconstructing the operationalization of gender. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941221149178

Marcotte, M. A., Cichoń, M., Castrillon, V., Fargnoli, T., Smith, R., DeSalvo, N., & Feather, E. (2020, June 26-28). Making gender visible in quantitative research [Conference session]. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) 2020 Summer Conference, Denver, CO, United States. (Conference cancelled)

DeSalvo, N., Trefethen, S., Perkins, K., & Marcotte, M. A. (2019, November 8-9). Social support: Improving life outlook for those with depression [Poster presentation]. New England Psychological Association 59^th Annual Conference, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, United States.

Stephen Gadbois - Research Assistant I

Stephen is a senior and second-degree student at RIC. He is primarily interested in the science of the acts of extreme violence and is currently applying to graduate programs.

View Stephen’s CV here

2019-2021 Experiences of Cognitive Dissonance in Masculinity
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2017-2021 A Proposal for Continuous Measures of Sex, Gender, and Attraction
Location: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

Kayla Medeiros - Research Assistant I