Groups: Previous MA, PHD, and Honor’s Thesis Students
Reem graduated cum laude from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Psychology in 2017. To further develop her research skills, she joined the applied developmental psychology graduate program at George Mason University and earned her Master’s Applied Developmental Psychology in 2020. As a research assistant in Dr. Olga Kornienko’s Peer Network and Development lab she was able to significantly improve her understanding of quantitative research processes and data analysis. Reem is now a second-year doctoral student at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social work. Her research interests focus on how identity development and social networks impact well-being among emerging adults.
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
Shawkat, R., Kornienko, O., & Adams, L. M. (2019, October). A systematic review of religion and culture as predictors of social identity, psychological adjustment, and belonging among immigrants from Middle Eastern and North African countries in the United States and Europe. Poster presented at the Society for Study of Emerging Adulthood, Toronto, Canada.