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Hannah Snyder is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University, with additional affiliations at the Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center for Complex Systems and the Neuroscience Program. Her research investigates mental health risk and resilience during adolescence and emerging adulthood, focusing on interactions between stress, executive function, and coping strategies in depression and anxiety development.
Dr. Snyder earned her B.A. from Oberlin College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her educational background established the foundation for her developmental psychopathology research.
In the CoPE Lab (Cognition, Psychopathology, Environment), Dr. Snyder examines how cognitive processes like executive function interact with environmental stressors to influence mental health trajectories. Her work emphasizes identifying modifiable risk factors to develop targeted screening and intervention protocols for vulnerable youth populations, with particular attention to developmental transitions into adulthood.
Analysis of her 2023-2024 publications reveals a concentrated focus on pandemic-era mental health impacts, stress generation mechanisms, and repetitive negative thinking in emerging adults. These studies consistently employ longitudinal designs with college student samples, demonstrating bidirectional relationships between cognitive control deficits, maladaptive coping, and internalizing symptoms across developmental contexts.
Dr. Snyder received the Perlmutter Award from Brandeis University in 2019, recognizing her significant contributions to psychological science.
She maintains an active mentoring program, having supervised multiple Ph.D. dissertations (including Morgan Taylor, Jennifer Wicks, and Alyssa Fassett-Carman), Master's theses, and undergraduate honors projects. The CoPE Lab currently recruits graduate students for the 2025-2026 cycle and undergraduate research assistants through structured application processes.
The CoPE Lab operates from the Brown Social Sciences Center at Brandeis University, fostering a collaborative research environment through regular team activities including academic conferences, lab outings, and interdisciplinary projects focused on translating cognitive science into clinical applications for youth mental health.
