{"id":257,"date":"2025-02-21T00:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T08:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsuwp.labs.wsu.edu\/focus-lab\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:07:40","slug":"undergrad-researchers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsuwp.labs.wsu.edu\/focus-lab\/undergrad-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-accordion  wsu-accordion--size-small\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__45124\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\"><strong>Alexia Beem<\/strong><\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__45124\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<ul>\n<li>Supervised by Dr. Bletscher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.S. in Biology with Minors in Chemistry and Human Development, Class of 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research interests: women&#8217;s health, health equity, culturally-sustaining healthcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vocational interests: experience in a wet lab or clinical research study, a career in medicine (particularly women&#8217;s health)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion  wsu-accordion--size-small\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__91405\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\"><strong>Juno Burton<\/strong><\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__91405\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<ul>\n<li>Supervised by Dr. Jenkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.S. in Psychology, Class of 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           \n\n<ul>\n<li>Supervised by Dr. Jenkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.S. in Psychology, Class of 2028<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research interests: cognitive health and the effects of natural, therapeutic, and OTC drugs; religion\/spirituality and wellness; trauma and the brain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vocational interests: writing reports, hypotheses, and theories; teaching, research, social work, forensic psychology, and clinical child psychology; graduate programs in psychology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion  wsu-accordion--size-small\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__13968\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\"><strong>Melvin Garcia<\/strong><\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__13968\">\r\n        <div 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