Carson Lender

Carson graduated from Duke University in May 2026 with a B.A. in Psychology and minors in Visual & Media Studies and Education. During her time at Duke, she worked as a research assistant in the Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation, where she completed an honors thesis examining developmental predictors of misophonia in youth. Her research interests include early neurodevelopment, child and adolescent mental health, and developmental psychopathology, and she plans to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology in the future.