Lavender Lab

Introducing Jaya Marella (she/her)! She is a junior Social Data Science Major and is interested in studying how society affects q***r BIPOC individuals mentally and socially.
Fun facts: “ I happen to meet one of the actors from stranger things at a hotel in Canada.”

Introducing Ash Arumugam (she/her)! Ash is currently a 1st year Master’s student in the Clinical Psychological Science program at UMD. She received her BA in Psychology from UC Irvine in 2022. Her undergraduate research focused on sleep, memory, and anxiety. Her current research interests include investigating the psychological determinants of health in underrepresented populations.
Fun fact: My birthday is the same day as India’s Independence Day (August 15). When I went to India as a kid, I thought all the fireworks on that day were for me.