Get to Know Your Student Committee: Chair-Elect, Cassidy White

We asked the members of the 2024-2025 Student Committee to answer some questions about themselves to help you get to know who they are and what they do.

What is your school, program, and year?
The University of Alabama, Clinical Psychology PhD, 4th year 
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Why psychology and the law?             
Growing up, both of my parents were lawyers, and I always found the legal system, fascinating. When I was in middle school, I had a teacher that counseled/mentored children in the closest big city in the Summers which sparked my interest in psychology. In my senior year of college, I was an intern at a forensic hospital which made me realize the intersection of psychology and law and from there, I kept with it!

What is your favorite thing about your current graduate program?
The amazing experiences and professors that truly care about the students and their success

If you were not in graduate school, what would you do?
Cliche answer but most likely law school

What advice do you have for those applying to graduate school?
Get involved as much as you can! If you don't succeed the first time, keep working hard and don't give up

If you had one year to train, what Olympic sport do you think you could qualify and medal in?
Break dancing... for sure

Books or movies?
Books X10

If you could only watch 3 movies for the rest of your life, what would they be?
Ugh I can’t answer this one

What is your go-to road trip snack?
Dr. Pepper and Nerds Gummy Clusters

Does pineapple belong on pizza?
Absolutely not

Explain your hot take about pineapple on pizza.
Sweet and savory very rarely go together – why ruin something as good as pizza by adding a fruit to it?

What is your favorite place you have ever traveled?
Singapore!

Would you only eat hot food or cold food for the rest of your life? Why?
For sure hot foods - cold foods are good but just don't do the trick. Hot pasta > Cold pasta

What is your favorite weird fact?
There are only a handful of blimps left in the world so when you see one in the sky, remember they are very rare!

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