UPA Board
2007-2008
President
Rachel Ostrov RachelOstrov2007@u.northwestern.edu
Vice President
Carolyn Hsu chsu610@u.northwestern.edu
Secretary
Emily Medvin e-medvin@northwestern.edu
Treasurer
Christian Alvia-Ramos c-alvia@northwestern.edu
Academic Chair
Marissa Smith MarissaSmith2007@u.northwestern.edu
Academic Chair
Bonnie Vu b-vu@northwestern.edu
Community Outreach Chair
Josilyn Banks JosilynBanks2007@u.northwestern.edu
Community Outreach Chair
Nancy Shan NancyShan2007@u.northwestern.edu
Events Implementation Chair
Stephanie Richman StephanieRichman2007@u.northwestern.edu
Publicity Chair
Stacy Congdon s-congdon@northwestern.edu
Social Chair
Natalyn Wong natalyn.wong@gmail.com
Social Chair
Tiffany Wu tiffany-wu@northwestern.edu
Rachel Ostrov
President 2008-2009
Rachel is a junior majoring in Psychology. She is from Highland Park, Illinois. She is working as a research assistant for Renee Engeln-Maddox and helps design and run experiments for Introduction to Psychology students. In her spare time, Rachel finds herself addicted to TV, Starbuck's Mochas, drawing, and using Photoshop.
Carolyn Hsu
Vice President 2008-2009
Carolyn is a sophomore double majoring in biochemistry and psychology. She comes from the lovely state of New Jersey, the U.S.'s diamond in the rough. She has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but she does enjoy her fair share of fire and scotch tape.
Emily Medvin
Secretary 2008-2009
Emily is a junior majoring in Psychology. She is from Princeton, New Jersey. She is currently working as a research assistant for Renee Engeln-Maddox and helps design, run, and analyze experiments for Introduction to Psychology students. Emily is on the Northwestern University Synchronized Skating Team; she likes to sing, and keeps up to date on trashy MTV "reality" shows in her spare time.
Christian Alvia-Ramos
Treasurer 2008-2009
To be filled...
Marissa Smith
Academic Chair 2008-2009
Marissa is a junior psychology major. She is from Medina, Minnesota. Currently, she is working as a research assistant in the Durbin and Hespos labs. After college, she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. In her free time, Marissa likes to play board games, watch movies, and play tennis.
Bonnie Vu
Academic Chair 2008-2009
Bonnie is a sophomore and a Psych/Anthro double major. She's from everyone's favorite Midwestern city (Chicago!). She is currently doing a research project for Dr. Uttal, and she is also working for Dr. Finkel. She loves reading, museum-hopping, sampling new food and being outdoors.
Josilyn Banks
Community Outreach Chair 2008-2009
Josilyn is a sophomore psychology major. She is from the great state of Texas, Abilene to be exact. Josilyn loves to watch movies and read in her spare time. Currently she works in Dr. Jennifer Richeson's lab and investigates social passing. She also volunteers in Emily Durbin's lab which studies parent child and parent interactions and the effect these interactions have on the development of childhood depression. After undergrad, Josilyn plans on going to graduate school to obtain a Ph.D in family and adolescent counseling.
Nancy Shan
Community Outreach Chair 2008-2009
To be filled...
Stephanie Richman
Events Implementation Chair 2008-2009
To be filled...
Stacy Congdon
Publicity Chair 2008-2009
Stacy is a psych and english major, sophomore from Orlando, FL! And she's on the varsity swim team here at NU! =)
Natalyn Wong
Social Chair 2008-2009
Natalyn is a sophomore majoring in biology. She's from a southwest suburb of Chicago. Natalyn also works in the Widom lab in addition to being a TA for SCS biology. Her interests include anything from playing the violin to watching movies to packing, and psychology of course!
Tiffany Wu
Social Chair 2008-2009
Tiffany Wu is sophomore psychology major in WCAS. She is from sunny Southern California and loves going to the beach. Her interests include anything with chocolate and furry animals in need of a good petting session.











