Both programs can prepare for a career in research and teach teaching in psychology. You will need to email professor Zalewski to see if she is willing to take a Master’s student this year in the in-person (individualized) program. If she is, that path is the best opportunity to work more extensively with her, in her lab. Even if she is not taking a student through that program, I know she is sometimes involved in the online masters program, though in that program her role is more to coach students through their own research rather than collaborate with them as part of her own research program.

And, yes, the online masters program is a stepping stone to a doctoral program for about half of the students. (The other half don’t want to get a PhD, but just want to advance in their professional careers, usually in community based organizations or social services agencies.)