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Banan Ramarushton

Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

banan.ramarushton@du.edu

Frontier Hall, 2155 S. Race St. Denver, CO 80210

What I do

Teaching Assistant Professor

Professional Biography

I teach psychology to undergraduate students and research the therapeutic potential of psychedelics with a team of undergraduate research assistants in the PSYCHE Lab.

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D., Behavioral Science, University of North Texas, 2024
  • MS, Psychology, University of North Texas, 2021
  • BS, Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, 2019

Featured Publications

The therapeutic potential of psychedelics on reducing rumination: a mini-review. (2024). The therapeutic potential of psychedelics on reducing rumination: a mini-review. Psychedelic Medicine.
Short-term prospective and reciprocal relations between social anxiety symptoms and sleep quality among community-recruited adolescents. (2025). Short-term prospective and reciprocal relations between social anxiety symptoms and sleep quality among community-recruited adolescents. Psychology & Health.
Relations between trauma-based subgroups and posttrauma health outcomes: A latent class analysis. (2024). Relations between trauma-based subgroups and posttrauma health outcomes: A latent class analysis. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Latent profiles of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and sleep disturbances: Associations with drinking to cope motives among college students. (2023). Latent profiles of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and sleep disturbances: Associations with drinking to cope motives among college students. Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Presentations

Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral correlates of pregaming and alcohol-related consequences. (2024). Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral correlates of pregaming and alcohol-related consequences. Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction. Denver, CO: American Psychological Association.