Lab Members
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Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, PI
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Madelyn Baker, Barnard '19 Madelyn is a psychology and music major at Barnard. She's always loved dogs, especially her 9-year-old canine, Cali, and often wonders about what the dogs she passes on the streets of NYC are thinking about. |
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Kimberly Fanya Eisler, UPenn '11, Columbia post-bacc program Kim is a Columbia University post-bacc with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. She worked in the startup world building software for several years and is using her technology experience to inform her work as she continues on the path to becoming a veterinarian. |
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Kazandra "Casey" Estorque, Teachers College Master's program Casey is a master's student in the Counseling Psychology and Mental Health Program and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Texas. She grew up with surrounded by a variety of animals which nurtured a lifelong passion for animal welfare and animal behavior. |
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Melissa Flores, Barnard College Alum, Columbia University Melissa graduated from Barnard College in 2016 where she majored in Psychology and minored in Biology & Chemistry. Having been a part of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard as a senior, she is thrilled to be back! Melissa is currently a Lab Specialist in the Biology Department at Barnard, where she teaches introductory biology lab while TA-ing the co-requisite lecture and an upper-level molecular biology lab course. Her greatest love is her 8-year-old border collie-chihuahua-terrier, Panda, who is the goofiest little cat-dog you will ever meet. In the future, she hopes to continue nurturing a love for science in young women as a professor of animal behavior. |
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Courtney Garrity, Columbia '15
After studying Earth Science at Columbia University, Courtney now works full-time behaviorally rehabilitating abused dogs at the ASPCA and, in her spare time, volunteering as a wildlife rehabilitator at the Wild Bird Fund. She currently spends too much time with other peoples' dogs to have one of her own, but does have a beautiful hamster son named Hermes. |
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Leah Kim, Barnard '19 Leah is a senior at Barnard majoring in Biology with a concentration in physiology/organismal biology. She has been on the pre-veterinary track and is currently working at an animal hospital in Chelsea. Although she doesn't have a dog (sadly) she has 2 rescue parakeets and a small beta fish. |
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Gabriella Privitelli, Barnard '20 Gabriella is a junior psychology major at Barnard and joined the lab in the Fall 2018 semester. When she is back home in Los Angeles she works as a technician at a Veterinary hospital. Thereby, the Dog Cognition lab uniquely synthesizes two of Gabby's passions and she's excited for the research to come. |
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David Stoll, Teachers College, '15 When not engaging with his dog Oliver, David helps high school students prepare for standardized tests and volunteers in the Horowitz Lab. He has a M.S. degree in Neuroscience and Education from Columbia Teachers College. |
