AVC Lab Team


Collin Scarince, PhD
Principle Investigator
Dr. Scarince is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Sociology at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. His research is broadly concerned with how people use visual information to make decisions and complete tasks, primarily visual search tasks. He is currently working with the Autonomous Research Institute at TAMU-CC to study how cognitive load affects drone pilots and issues related to emergency response operations following hurricanes that involve unmanned aircraft systems.
Graduate Research Assistants

Graduate Thesis Student - ARI
Bailey Miller
Bailey is a second-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology MA program at TAMUCC.

Graduate Thesis Student
Michael Devotta
Michael is a graduate student in clinical psychology with research interests in suicide prevention, as well as AI. Along with ongoing research projects on cognitive mechanisms of AI, he is currently working as a teaching assistant for Experimental Psychology.

Graduate Research Assistant
Leticia Villarreal
Leticia is a second-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology MA program at TAMUCC.

Graduate Research Assistant
Yezenia Zoll
Yezenia is a second-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology MA program at TAMUCC. She is interested in diverse research opportunities and has helped conduct research in social, developmental, cross-cultural, and clinical psychology.
Undergraduate Research Assistants

Student Researcher -
McNair Scholar
Jolin Acosta
Jolin is a junior majoring in psychology, and a scholar in the McNair Scholars program at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Izzy Papeman
Izzy is a Junior at TAMUCC. She is majoring in psychology and hoping to minor in biology. After getting her Bachelor’s, she plans to go to graduate school and earn a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology. Outside of school, she enjoys paddle boarding and going to the beach with her friends.

Other
Undergrad RAs
Alana Callahan
Keira Carson
Xenia Garcia
Gabriella Mastroianni
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Former Lab Members
Graduate Students
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Anji Rodriguez-Rivera
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Madison Clausen - ARI
McNair Scholars
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Hilliary Herrera
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Daniel San Miguel
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Gabby Garcia
Student Investigators
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Alora Shafer
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Andrea Libby
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Taylor Thurmond
Undergraduate Research Assistants​
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Ethan Ramirez
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Kip Godoy
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Andrea Anderson
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Sofia Vela
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Lia Concha-Rondon
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Bella Coats
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Makayla Roberts
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Tasnia Hasanat
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Alexis Bridgford
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Kaley Glaipp
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Johnny Ramirez
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Kate Soward
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Christin Miller
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Benjamin Miguel
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Muskan Saleem
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Jordan (Tess) Horan
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Allison Alford