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Dr. Kathryn Holland (she/her)
I received my B.A. in Applied Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and my Ph.D. in Psychology & Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan. I am now an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Women’s & Gender Studies Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As an interdisciplinary scholar, my research is shaped by concepts and theories in multiple areas of psychology (social psychology, law psychology, community psychology) and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. I am passionate about using multiple research methods—qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method. I am also committed to using research to facilitate social justice and change. For example, by making my research findings accessible to administrators, policymakers, and practitioners and using research to develop more theoretically and empirically informed policies and resources to support survivors of sexual violence.
Graduate Students
Rebecca Howard Valdivia (she/her)
Becca earned her B.A. in Psychology and English from the University of Oregon (2016), and her M.A. in Psychological Research from California State University at Long Beach (2020). She is interested in how interpersonal, institutional, and societal factors affect sexual assault survivors’ well-being, with a particular focus on social reactions to disclosures and betrayal (i.e., institutional betrayal, cultural betrayal trauma). She is now a doctoral student in the Social and Cognitive Psychology program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and pursuing a concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies.
Maeve Allen (she/her)
Maeve received a B.A. in Psychology from California State University-Long Beach with minors in Child Development and Family Studies and Gerontology. In 2024, she won the Advancement of Women Award from the President’s Commission on the Status of Women at California State University-Long Beach. Her research interests focus on plurisexual women’s unwanted sexual experiences and how the intersection between their sexual identity and unwanted sexual experiences impact disclosure decisions. Maeve is a graduate student in the Social-Cognitive Psychology doctoral program and plans to pursue specializations in Women and Gender Studies and Quantitative Methods.
Maeve Allen CV as of 06/28/2025
Undergraduate and Post Bacc Students
Sarah Diaz (2025-present)
Emma Braswell (2025-present)
Grace Latch (2026-present)
Presley Kosmicki (2026-present)
Katie Ullman (2026-present)
Brooke Herdzina (2026-present)
Catey Bannon (2026-present)
Josie Suing (2026-present)
Jenae Calderon (2026-present)
Leah Franzen (2026-present)
Alumni Lab Members (graduate)
Alex Diede (primary mentee). Alex Diede graduated from UNL with a PhD in Social Psychology and a minor in Women's and Gender Studies in 2026 and began a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Wayne State College.
Allison Cipriano (primary mentee). Allison Cipriano graduated from UNL with a PhD in Social Psychology and a minor in Women's and Gender Studies in 2024 and began a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Ball State University.
Alumni Lab Members (undergraduate)
- Sam Wilburn (2022-2026)
- Riley Wilson (2025)
- Emily Janek (2024-2025)
- Aliena Hansen (2024-2025)
- Kiera Irvin (2023-2025)
- Alex Geith (2023-2025)
- Mariana Bowring (2023-2024)
- Bella Rodriguez (2024)
- Quinn Sweeny (2024)
- Randii Reikofski (2023)
- Nancy Tran (2023)
- Ben Danielson (2023)
- Catherine Loftus (2023)
- Addison Kinnaman (2023)
- Anders Bagby (2023)
- Sarah Danielson (2022-2023)
- Antoinette Tucker (2022-2023)
- Kiya Hudson (2022-2023)
- Kelsie Bartek (2022-2023)
- Morgan Berg (2020-2022)
- Maddie Luebe (2020-2022, 2023-2024)
- Chasitey Whitmore (2020-2021)
- Emily Waitr (2019-2020)
- Cody Meyer (2019-2020)
- Elissa Wiener (2019-2020)
- Anna Stoltenberg (2019-2020)
- Sage Volk (2017-2020)
- Maddyson Meuret (2018-2019)
- Mari Crisler (2018-2019)
- Allegra Blomengerg (2018-2019)
- Laura Nelms (2018-2019)
- Sydney Bork (2017-2019)
- Kaylee Robinson (2017-2019)
- Rin Nguyen (2017-2019)
- Lizeth Fraire (2017-2019)
- Carolyn Herrera (2017-2018)
- Jasmine Brown (2017-2018)
- Melanie Feith (2017-2018)