GET TO KNOW LARISSA

Chuning (Larissa) Xu is a senior majoring in psychology with a strong passion for suicide prevention and intervention research. She is currently collaborating with Professor Alexis May in the Risk, Prevention, and Intervention Lab on the development of the 2025-2030 Connecticut Suicide Prevention State Plan and writing her thesis under Professor May’s mentorship.

In addition to her academic work, Larissa serves as a crisis counselor, providing support to individuals in distress through text-based interventions. She is also the president of Wesleyan’s Psi Chi chapter, where she works to bridge knowledge gaps and connect students with valuable research opportunities in psychology.