Honors Students
Lux Carlson
Lux Carlson is in her last year of her undergraduate studies at UC Davis with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in education. She began working with Dr. Eastwick as a teacher’s assistant for his Relationship Science (PSC-150) course (and still does!) in her junior year and began working in his lab soon after. She is studying the effects of the possession of particular traits and engagement in certain behaviors on levels of attractiveness, both with people one has already experienced attractiveness towards and novel individuals the participants haven’t seen before. She plans on taking a gap year or two working in social work before pursuing a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree and hopes to work with children and adolescents as a clinical psychologist. Lux is passionate about music and books and values time spent with friends and family.
Amber Nusser
Amber Nusser is a fourth year undergraduate student on the UC Davis Division I Women's Equestrian Team where she is a starting rider on the reining squad. She is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Global Studies. Amber served as an undergraduate teaching assistant for an upper-division relationship psychology course for two quarters and is currently working as a research assistant in the Attraction and Romantic Relationships Lab. She is focusing her senior honors thesis on the prevention of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and investigating factors that influence conflict and communication in intimate relationships. She hopes to find affective measures that mediate previously studied factors that contribute to the perpetuation of IPV. Amber is hoping to spend her gap year teaching English in Spain through the Fulbright Program before applying to Sports Psychology graduate programs. Amber is also an avid reader and loves to ski during the winter months.