Lab Personnel

Ph.D. Students

Stephanie Brooks Holliday

Stephanie Brooks Holliday is from Sarasota, FL, and is a fifth-year student in the clinical Ph.D. program. She is currently on clinical internship at the Washington, D.C. VA Hospital. She received her B.S. in Psychology at Duke University in 2006, and worked for a health services consulting firm before beginning the graduate program at Drexel. Her current research interests include risk- and risk-needs assessment, forensic assessment, and interventions for offenders; her thesis and dissertation research examines the risk-need-responsivity model of correctional intervention. Stephanie's other interests include reading, travel, cooking and baking, Duke basketball, and warm weather.

Email: sfb44@drexel.edu Vita (PDF)

Casey LaDuke

Casey is currently a second-year student in the clinical doctoral program, with a concentration in forensic psychology. He received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Rochester in 2009 and completed his M.S. in psychology at Drexel University in 2011. His current interests include forensic mental health assessment, the diversion of individuals with serious mental illness from the justice system, and the application of clinical neuropsychology in the forensic context. While at Drexel he has worked with the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health, the Pennsylvania Mental Health & Justice Center of Excellence, a private practice specializing in neuropsychological assessment, and is currently completing a practicum in the Forensic Clinic at Drexel University. Casey has also been elected Clinical Liaison for the student section of the American Psychology-Law Society (APA Div. 41). When he is not working, Casey is probably traveling or continuing his mission to eat at every restaurant in Philadelphia. Feel free to contact him at casey.laduke@drexel.edu.

J.D./Ph.D. Students

Sanjay Shah

Sanjay is a seventh-year student in the J.D./Ph.D. Program. He is currently on internship at the Emory School of Medicine/Grady Health System. Sanjay is from Delray Beach, FL, and received a B.A. in psychology and international studies from Emory University in 2005. Prior to coming to Drexel, he worked at the Emory School of Medicine conducting neuropsychological assessments on a geriatric population. His research interests include drug courts, the decision-making process for community reentry of prison inmates, and forensic neuropsychology. Sanjay's thesis involved examining whether baseline drug severity is predictive of graduating from drug court. He is currently working on his dissertation, which involves use of neurological evidence during capital sentencing. His outside interests are traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Email: sbs46@drexel.edu Vita (PDF)

Christopher King

Chris is a fourth-year student in the J.D./Ph.D. Program. He hails from Florida and graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Florida. His research interests include forensic mental health assessment, risk assessment and reduction, and law and public policy as applied to criminal offenders. In his leisure time, Chris enjoys dining out and exploring Philadelphia and the surrounding region, especially by motorcycle.

Email: chris.king@drexel.edu Vita (PDF)

Benjamin Locklair

Benjamin is a second-year student in the J.D./Ph.D. program. He is from North Carolina, where he received his B.S. in Psychology and his M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Western Carolina University. Before graduate school, Benjamin worked in non-profit community mental health and developmental disability services. His primary research interests are in the mathematical and statistical properties of forensic assessments, the practice of diversion for mentally ill criminal defendants, and the use of new technologies in psychological research. Benjamin hopes to work in a public policy or administrative position relating to publicly-funded mental health services. In his spare time, he is a musician and general-purpose nerd.

E-mail: brl36@drexel.edu

Undergraduate Students

Liza Rubin

Liza Rubin is a 5th year undergraduate Psychology student with minors in Criminal Justice and Addictions Counseling. After graduation, she hopes to enter a joint psych-law program and ultimately wants to work with juvenile delinquents. Liza completed her last co-op at the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Georgetown Law Center where she assisted faculty and staff with research and case work on juvenile delinquency law, practice and policy, performed research with respect to articles concerning juvenile justice and clinical education, and interpreted statutes regarding sealing juvenile records and simplified the information in a manual in order for juveniles to better understand their rights. In addition to taking a full course load of 19 credits and volunteering in Dr. Heilbrun's lab, she is the VP of Programming and Campus Liaison for Psi Chi, Head Resident Assistant of Kelly Hall, a Drexel Community Scholar Team Leader at the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement, a member of the Student Conduct Board, a Peer Educator, President of the Residence Hall Association, and a member of the Biddle Law Society, Change for Change, and the Neighborhood Student Advisory Board. Outside interests include traveling, playing piano, cooking vegan food, exercising, and photography.