Dr. Brenda Straka
@brendacstraka.bsky.social
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Assistant professor studying social and developmental psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. @uiucmosaiclab.bsky.social Duke and UVA alumna; she/her
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Happy Graduation! 🎊 Huge congratulations to Heaven who will be continuing her academic journey this fall at the University of Illinois in Chicago pursuing a Master's in Social Work! Heaven was one of the first members of our team and we will surely miss her! ❤️
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More post graduation news! 🥳Congratulations to Sherlock continuing her academic career in the PhD program in Personality and Social Context Psychology at the University of Michigan this fall! Sherlock was integral to building the MOSAIC lab and we are so excited to follow her academic journey! 🌟
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👏👏👏 #OhioState #Buckeyes
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Post Graduation Announcement! 👩‍🎓Huge congratulations to Isabela who will be continuing her academic journey this fall at The Ohio State University pursuing a PhD in Social Psychology ✨ Isabela has been with the MOSAIC lab since the start and she is now off to do more amazing work! #psychology
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Where does the time go??? Can’t believe I have lab alum! 🥹
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Congratulations to our incredible students who graduated last weekend! Sherlock graduated from the MSPS program and Seniors Heaven, Teresa, Lilian, Abir, and Isabella all graduated with honors! 🥳 💙🧡
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🥳 another amazing student!
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🎉 Congratulations to Bryana for being accepted into the TRIO McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program!

She will continue working with Dr. Brenda Straka on her independent project, “Exploring Social Exclusion Among Students from Low SES Backgrounds.” 👏✨

#uiuc #socialpsych #uiucmosaiclab
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🥳 these students are incredible!
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🎉 Big congratulations to our Capstone students for completing their theses and presenting their work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium! Your year-long dedication and hard work have officially come to a close, and we couldn’t be prouder of all you’ve accomplished. 💫👏

#uiuc #socialpsychology
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So excited to welcome Sarah to the lab! 🤩
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Welcome to the MOSAIC Lab, Sarah O! 🌟

Sarah is a first-year Ph.D. student in Social Psychology at UIUC. She earned her M.A. in Educational Measurement & Statistics and her B.S. in Psychology, with a certificate in Resilience and Trauma-Informed Perspectives, from the University of Iowa.
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MOSAIC Lab took over #MPA25 this past weekend! Lilian, Teresa, Abir, and Isabela all presented their Capstone projects they have been working on over this past year, amazing!
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@uiucmosaiclab.bsky.social took over #MPA25 this year! So proud of these incredible students 🤩