Jared Armshaw is a behavior analyst with research foci in behavioral neuroscience and creativity and play behavior. He is currently pursuing his doctorate at the University of North Texas, conducting brain injury research. Jared is passionate about sharing research. A firm believer in collaboration, Jared is often found helping on various projects outside of his main research line. When Jared is not reading, writing, researching, or working, he is often found meandering his kayak down a river, hiking in the woods, or engaging in intellectual and lay conversations with his friends.

Marla Baltazar-Mars is a master’s student in the Behavior Analysis program. Since joining the lab, Marla’s interest in brain injury rehabilitation has grown as she’s completed several hands-on experiences and projects. Her thesis combines her interests in verbal behavior and rehabilitation by exploring how teaching procedures may contribute to the language recovery of individuals with aphasia as a result of a brain injury. Marla’s background includes mentorship for first-generation college students and students with disabilities, research in higher education, and providing behavior-analytic services to young children with autism. Currently she is expanding her skills as a Registered Behavior Technician at Learning Services, a Neurobehavioral Rehabilitation program.

Grayson Butcher is a second-year doctoral student in the Health Service Research Ph.D. Program (within the Behavior Analysis concentration). He is primarily interested in basic and translational research, including the nature of conditioning, the way(s) in which neuromodulatory systems (especially the cholinergic basal forebrain) contribute to conditioning, and how to apply these findings to aid recovery following stroke and other brain injuries. He has experience with apparatus design and construction, having co-designed, built, and programmed operant chambers, manipulanda (for rodents as well as humans), social housing for rodents, and a specialized apparatus for conducting single-subject, high throughput research in a social housing environment (i.e., the One Rat Turnstile, ORT). Grayson is also interested in a number of other topics, including instructional design, clinical behavior analysis (particularly Goldiamond’s constructional approach), verbal behavior, and the philosophy and methodology of behavioral science. 

Madison Card also referred to as Sonny, began her professional career in the performing arts. She developed choreographic works and performed dance styles such as ballet, pointe, modern, West African, and Ballet Folclorico. After attending the California Institute of Arts in pursuit of a Bachelor of Fine Arts, she learned about the application of dance in cognitive neuroscience research. Sonny’s area of interest shifted from the production of movement art through dance to motor training-induced neuroplasticity. At the University of North Texas, she studies as a McNair Scholar and Undergraduate Research Fellow investigating the cognitive differences in individuals with dance training. After earning her Bachelor of Science in the spring of 2022, she will pursue a Ph.D. in psychology with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience.

Carlos Lopez is a first-year doctoral student in the Health Science Ph.D. Program (within the Behavior Analysis concentration). He is interested in basic and translational research that investigates different areas of social behavior. Carlos is currently investigating the role of oxytocin on social consequences. He is also an active member of the Evolutionary Culture Lab where he loves to discuss concepts pertaining to biological and social systems, multi-level selection, and the fundamental framework of radical behaviorism. He is also conducting an experiment within the lab that further explores the metacontingency.  Carlos earned a traineeship in UNT’s prestigious G-RISE NIH training program, which supports his doctoral studies.