Rebecca Kurnellas

Rebecca Kurnellas
  • Graduate Student

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Education —

M.A. in Clinical Psychological Science, The University of Kansas, 2024
B.A. in Psychology, The College of New Jersey, 2022

Research —

Advisor: Richard Yi, Ph.D.
Research Lab: Behavioral Health Research Group, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment

Rebecca Kurnellas is a doctoral student in KU’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program and is a student of Dr. Richard Yi. Her research interests include decision-making and health risk behavior within the context of substance use. Specifically, she is interested in applying behavioral economic mechanisms to inform resource allocation and public policy.

Selected Publications —

Kurnellas, R., Ward, R. M., Taylor, E., & Martinetti, M. P. (2024). Alcohol demand in college students: The roles of athletic involvement and gender. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(1), 54–67. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000681

Kurnellas, R., Sutton, C., Gelino, B., Taylor, H., Smith, A., Reed, D., Yi, R. (2025). Projected alcohol demand in college students with heavy drinking. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. http://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70006