Graduate Student Ethics Writing Competition Winner: IRB Waivers of Parental Consent for LGBTQ+ Adolescents
Serena Wasilewski, MA
Ms. Wasilewski is a recent graduate from the University of South Florida's terminal master's program in Psychological Sciences. Her research interests include intersectional stigma, discrimination, and health-related outcomes, particularly among youth who identify as LGBTQ+. She aspires to obtain a PhD in Public Health and have a career in academia.
Evelyn A. Hunter, PhD
Dr. Hunter is a Licensed Psychologist and Associate Professor at Auburn University. Her research investigates the pathways by which multicultural and diversity characteristics intersect with mental health, behavioral, and training constructs.
Her teaching expertise focuses on ethics, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is co-owner of Auburn Psychological Wellness Center, a multidisciplinary group practice that provides psychological and psychiatric services. She is Chair of the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee, member of the APA Board of Educational Affairs’ Workgroup on Trainees with Problems of Professional Competence, and current Vice President of Scientific Affairs for the Society of Counseling Psychology.
Tiffany Chenneville, PhD
Dr. Chenneville is the Marie E. and E. Leslie Cole Endowed Chair in Ethics and Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida. She holds a Joint Appointment in the Department of Pediatrics where she serves as a Behavioral Health Consultant for the Pediatric and Adolescent Infectious Disease Program, which provides services to youth living with HIV in an integrated care setting. Dr. Chenneville’s primary program of research focuses on the psychosocial issues affecting youth living with or at risk for HIV. Her scholarly work also focuses heavily on professional and research ethics.
Nancy A. Haug, PhD
Dr. Haug is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Palo Alto University (PAU). She is core faculty in the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, and a clinical faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Haug earned a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She completed a clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital in public service and minority mental health. Since 2004, Dr. Haug has been a licensed psychologist in California and maintains an independent practice. Dr. Haug serves as Member-at-Large for practice in the Society of Addiction Psychology, APA Division 50, and is a member of the APA Ethics Committee.
Katie Harster, PhD
Dr. Harster is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. Her research interests include moral psychology, philosophy of psychiatry, and ethics.
She received her PhD in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her BA with honors from Georgetown College in 2012 and a MA in PNP from Washington University in St. Louis in 2014.
Professor Harster joined the philosophy faculty in 2019. Her research focuses on morality and mental illness, compassion in moral psychology, and contemporary issues in biomedical ethics. She has taught courses in biomedical ethics, business ethics, theology, and the history of philosophy. She also teaches in the Global Public Health program as part of the Schiller Institute.