Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology at UC Riverside
Psi Chi at UCR
R'PSYC 2026
Hosted by Psi Chi, the International Honor Society, at UC Riverside, R'PSYC is an annual Undergraduate Research Conference that allows undergraduate researchers to present posters of their psychological/neurological research at a symposium to students, faculty, friends, and family. Come expand your knowledge about research, how it is conducted, and talk to undergraduate research students about their experiences.
Thank you to our advisor Dr. Hayden Hendley!
Follow our Instagram @ucr_rpsyc_conference for updates. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at ucrrpsycconference@gmail.com.
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Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. John Franchak
Dr. Franchak is an Associate Professor at UCR and runs the PAD Lab. His lab’s research explores how motor development shapes infants’ opportunities for learning about objects and people, how people coordinate eyes, head, and body to gather task-relevant visual information, and how people adapt to changes in the body to decide what actions are possible.
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Panelist
Dr. Annie S. Ditta
Dr. Annie S. Ditta (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Teaching, award-winning instructor, and director of the TEACH (Teaching, Engagement, Active learning, & Creative thinking in Higher education) Lab at UC Riverside.
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Panelist
Dr. Halle R. Dimsdale-Zucker
Dr. Halle R. Dimsdale-Zucker’s lab, the DZMaC (Dimsdale-Zucker Memory and Context) Lab, is interested in how the influence of context on human memory changes across the lifespan into older adulthood.
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Panelist
Madison Montemayor-Dominguez
Madison Montemayor-Dominguez is a 4th-year Ph.D. student in the PAW lab at UCR under the supervision of Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky. Her research aims to test theory-based interventions that support well-being and personal growth.
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Panelist
Amanda Sadri
At UCR, Amanda examines how individual and environmental factors jointly shape the development of psychopathology and behavioral outcomes in youth.
Meet the Team
Our amazing co-directors that are in charge of making sure this wonderful event happens this year!
Rabyana Iqbal
Maxine Garcia
Here are our amazing committee heads and the members that are working hard to make this event run smoothly!
Review
Committee
Head:
Daniel Apolaya
Members:
Allison Sanchez Caldera
Andrea Bogdan
Mia Perrin
Mars Ignacio
Dareus Paul
Lauren Diecidue
Ava Lewis
Zoe Huang
Micah Austin
Brizeida Romo
Advertising Committee
Head: Phoebe Cheng
Members:
Mya Walton
Haya Salahieh
Jeanette Carillo
Edith Chan
Denise Sanchez
Samantha Sanchez
Recruitment Committee
Head: Patrick Tor Sriwong
Members:
Farida Sukitjavanich
Tiffany Dong
Ethan Espinoza
Sahana Senthil Kumar
Joseph Ashkar
Hayden Kosadi
Tafoya (Amanda) Tafoya