Dr. Jenny Grant Weinandy is a clinical psychologist and an addiction researcher. She completed her graduate training at Bowling Green State University and her clinical internship at the New Mexico VA/Southwest Consortium. She is an Assistant Professor and director of the Thoughts and Experiences of Addiction (TEA) Lab in the psychology department at Ohio University. She is also an affiliate member of the Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE) at Ohio University.
Dr. Grant Weinandy’s research uses mixed methods to examine the ways in which individual and contextual factors influence the diagnosis and treatment of addiction, particularly gambling, in underserved populations. Her research aims to improve treatment-seeking and access to care, especially among rural communities and those with less severe clinical symptoms. For a full list of publications, see her Google Scholar.
Personally, she enjoys baking, growing plants, and traveling with her two children and husband. She is originally from Wales in the United Kingdom and loves exploring the mountains surrounding Athens, which reminds her of Wales.
Graduate Students
Kamdyn Thakur, B.A. (She/Her)
Kamdyn Thakur is a second-year Clinical Psychology graduate student at Ohio University. Her research interests are more broadly focused on understanding how various cultural factors influence risk and experiences of addictions. Currently, she is working on her master’s thesis project, which focuses on how income and perceptions of financial standing impact the relationship between financial gambling motives and problem gambling severity for college students. Within the lab, Kamdyn serves as a graduate research assistant for the Gambling in Rural Areas project and also aids with the Gambling in College Students project. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, traveling, and spending time with her friends and family.
Contact: kt153223@ohio.edu
Undergraduates
Ian Nicholson
Majors: Psychology & Spanish
Post-undergrad. plans: I plan on doing a productive gap-year by working as a research coordinator, where I will gain more experience whilst applying to Clinical Psychology PhD programs in the Fall of 2026!
Lab involvement: As a research assistant in the TEA Lab, my work has consisted of sending eligibility emails to participants who have completed our screener surveys, in order to be sent the main survey of our study. I have also been a part of other tasks such as data cleaning, creating codebooks, and goal setting, all while working on an individual project which is tailored towards overall gambling addiction knowledge of primary care providers.
Fun-fact:Recently, this past summer I completed a study abroad in Granada, Spain, where I lived and studied for 2.5 months!
Abigail Retz
My major is Psychology, and post undergrad I plan on getting an MSW. In the lab, I am involved in the Rural Gamblers project, the Addiction and Attention project, and my own project about harm reduction orientation. For fun, I like taking care of plants and watching movies with my friends.
Amaya Lottman
Hello, my name is Amaya Lottman and I am a Senior Psychology major, with minors in Sociology and Marketing. I’m currently exploring internship opportunities for the upcoming spring and year ahead, while also considering graduate programs in areas such as Clinical Psychology and Social Work. In the lab, I’ve been involved in several projects, including research on rural gambling and another examining addiction and attention. I’m also in the process of writing a paper focused on the perceived helpfulness of harm reduction strategies. Outside of academics, I enjoy going to the gym and exploring creative outlets in my free time.
Yonat Baskin
I’m Yonat Baskin, a sophomore pursuing a Psychology major and a Forensics certificate. I’m currently working in two research labs (the TEA lab and the RAP lab), and in the TEA lab I’m specifically involved in the OU Students Gambling Project, the Rural Gamblers Project, and the Attention and Addiction Project. My plans for post-undergrad are ideally to immediately enter into a forensic psychology PhD program and to do further addiction research. During my free time I like to read science fiction and cross-stitch.
TEA Lab Research Group 