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Graduate Research Assistant
David Bortolotto 🔈 is an upcoming first-year graduate student at the University of Minnesota — Duluth (UMD), where he is pursuing his M.A. in Psychological Science — Clinical Counseling. Before joining the MAPS program, David earned his B.A. in Psychology at the University of North Carolina — Asheville (UNCA).
His research interests include mindfulness-based trauma and addiction interventions, along with strategies for achieving trait mindfulness. Other research interests include affective neuroscience, auditory perception, speech, and psychophysiology. In addition, David has experience with mindfulness and contemplative practices, primarily focusing on Samatha and Vipassanā meditation techniques rooted in the cultivation of deep concentration, non-reactive open awareness, and insight.
Outside of work & school, David spends the majority of his time learning new skills and making art! He enjoys writing, drawing, learning guitar (slowly), learning how his car works (also slowly), field recording, filmmaking/video art, and backpacking with his partner Angie.
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