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Graduate Students: Clinical Area

2006 - 2007

 

Andrea Barmish
Rinad Beidas
Rachel Bender
Courtney Benjamin
Brianne Magouirk Bettcher
Michelle Blackmore
Ilana Blatt-Eisengart
Michelle Bovin
Faith Brozovich
Jennifer Bubier
Johanna Carpenter
Frank Castro
Diane Chen
Jennifer Churg Podell     
Alex Cogswell
Jeremy Cohen
Sarah Crawley
Jennifer Dobbs
Shannon Egan

Eva Epstein
Jamie Furr
Rachel K Gerstein
David Grant    
Eric Henning
Hilary Hodgdon
Megan Hughes
Brian Iacoviello
Shari Jager-Hyman
Tejal Jakatdar
Ellen Jorstad-Stein
Rachael Kessler
Jessica Keyser
Dore LaForett
Richard Liu
Leanne Magee
Matthew Mychailyszyn
Kristin Pontoski
Julia Price

Anthony Puliafico
Anna Rosenberg
Arthur Sandt
Luke Schultz
Jeannette Smith
Jose Soler-Baillo
Erica Sood
Shilpee Tiwari
Clara Wagner
Justin Weeks

 


Andrea Barmish, MA
E-mail: abarmish@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: www.childanxiety.org

Bio: Andrea is currently in her fifth year of graduate studies. She received her MA in Clinical Psychology from Temple University and her BS from McGill University. Andrea’s current research examines self-disclosure as a predictor of treatment outcomes in anxious youth. She is also interested in the role for parents in CBT for anxious youth. Andrea currently works with Dr. Kendall.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Barmish, A.J., & Kendall, P.C. (2005). Should parents be co-clients in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for anxious youth? Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 569-581. (PDF)

Kendall, P.C., Barmish, A. J. , & Sood, E. (in press). Preventing anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: The Coping Cat approach. In N. Heinrichs, K. Hahlweg, & M. Dopfner (Eds.) Strengthening families: Different evidence-based approaches to support child mental health.

Kendall, P.C., & Barmish, A.J. (2006) Show-That-I-Can(Homework) in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for anxious youth: Individualizing homework for Robert. (in press) Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

 

Rinad S. Beidas, M.A.
E-mail: rbeidas@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: http://www.childanxiety.org 

Bio: Rinad is currently in her third year of graduate studies. She received her MA in psychology from Temple University and her BA in psychology from Colgate University. Rinad’s current research interests involve dissemination of empirically supported treatments, specifically cognitive behavioral treatment for youth anxiety. Rinad currently works with Dr. Kendall. 

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Kendall, P.C., & Beidas, R.S. (2007). Smoothing the trail for dissemination of evidence-based practices for youth: Flexibility within fidelity. Professional Psychology:
Research and Practice, 38,
13-19.

Beidas, R.S ., Podell, J.L., Kendall , P.C. (in press). Cognitive-behavioral treatment for child and adolescent anxiety: The Coping Cat Program. In C. LeCroy (Ed.). Handbook of Evidence Based Treatment Manuals for Children and Adolescents. New York : Oxford University Press.

Barmish, A., Beidas, R.S., & Kendall , P. (2007). Identifying and treated childhood anxiety. Child and Family Journal, 10.

Rachel E. Bender, B.A.
E-mail: rachel.bender@temple.edu

Bio: Rachel is currently a first-year graduate student working with Dr. Lauren Alloy. She received her B.A. in psychology from Harvard University. Broadly, her research interests are in the role of cognitive and interpersonal processes in the onset and maintenance of affective disorders. Particular areas of interest include: ruminative thinking, impulsivity, interpersonal functioning, addictive behaviors, and circadian and social rhythms in the context of unipolar and bipolar disorders.

 

Courtney Benjamin, BA
E-mail: benja61@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: www.childanxiety.org

Bio: Courtney is currently in her first year of graduate studies in the Clinical area.  She received her B.A. in Psychology from The Ohio State University.  Courtney’s research interests include agreement among parent and child reports of anxiety and comorbid conditions in children and adolescents diagnosed with anxiety disorders.  Courtney currently works with Dr. Philip Kendall.

 

Brianne Magouirk Bettcher, B.A.
E-mail: bettcher@temple.edu
Lab Web Page: http://web.mac.com/tgio/iWeb/CogNeuroLab/homepage.html

Bio: Brianne received her BA from Hiram College and is currently in her second year of graduate studies. Brianne's research interests utilize a cognitive neuropsychology perspective to study error patterns and error monitoring processes in individuals diagnosed with a dementia. Brianne works with Dr. Giovannetti in the Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory.

 

Michelle Blackmore
E-mail: mblackmo@temple.edu

 

Ilana Blatt-Eisengart, MA
E-mail: ibe@temple.edu

Bio: Ilana is currently in her fourth year of graduate studies. She received her MA in Clinical Psychology from Temple University and her BA from Brandeis University. Ilana’s current research is in the area of sex differences in the development of externalizing problems, and interaction of biological and contextual factors in the development of externalizing problems. Ilana currently works with Drs. Drabick and Steinberg.
 
Representative presentations and/or publications:
Blatt-Eisengart, I., Drabick, D., & Steinberg, L. (in preparation). Sex differences in the longitudinal relations among family risk factors and childhood externalizing symptoms.

Steinberg, L. D., Blatt-Eisengart, I., & Cauffman, E. (2006). Patterns of competence and adjustment among adolescents from authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful homes: A replication in a sample of serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 47-58.

Hofflich, S. A., Grandin, L. D., Blatt-Eisengart, I., & Creed, T. (2004). Voices of the future: Graduate students’ views on training to prescribe. Clinical Psychologist, 57, 8- 13.

 

Michelle J. Bovin, M. A.
E-mail: mbovin@temple.edu

Bio: Michelle is currently in her second year of graduate studies at Temple University. She received her M.A. in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Michelle’s current research is focused on identifying which traumatic events cause humans to experience Tonic Immobility (TI), and how the experiences of trauma and TI affect individuals’ subsequent functioning. Michelle currently works with Dr. Fauber.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Bovin, M. J., Pontoski, K., Marx, B. P., Sloan, D. M., & Forsyth, J. P.  (2006, November).  Tonic Immobility: Unique reaction to sexual trauma or potential reaction to other types of traumas?  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, Illinois.

Pontoski, K. E., Bovin, M. J., Sloan, D. M., & Marx, B. P.  (2006, November).  Does respiratory sinus arrhythmia predict PTSD severity?   Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, Illinois.

Thompson, S. C., Schlehofer, M. M., Bovin, M. J., Dougan, B. T., Montes, D., & Trifskin, S. (2006). Dispositions, control strategies, and distress in the general public after the 2001 terrorist attack. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 19(2), 143-159.

 

Faith Brozovich, BA
E-mail: faith.brozovich@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: www.temple.edu/phobia

Bio: Faith is a first year graduate student in the Clinical area in the psychology department. She received her BA in Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Faith’s current research interests include the role of interpretation and memory biases in the onset and maintenance of anxiety disorders. She is also pursuing research concerning the role of post-event processing in Social Anxiety Disorder and how it relates to memory biases and anxiety levels. Faith currently works with Dr. Heimberg.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Joormann, J., Hertel, P. T., Brozovich, F., & Gotlib, I. H. (2005). Remembering the good, forgetting the bad? Intentional forgetting of emotional material in depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 114, 640-648.

Rottenberg, J., Joormann, J., Brozovich, F., & Gotlib, I. H. (2005). Emotional intensity of idiographic sad memories in depression predicts symptom levels one year later. Emotion, 5, 238-242.

 

Jennifer L. Bubier, MA
E-mail: jbubier@temple.edu

Bio: Jennifer is currently in her third year of graduate studies. She received her M.A. in clinical psychology from Temple University and her B.A. in psychology from St. Anselm College. Jennifer’s current research interests focus on the biological, neuropsychological, and emotional underpinnings of social behavior and externalizing problems in children. Jennifer currently works with Dr. Deborah Drabick.  

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Drabick, D. A., Weisberg, R., Paul, L., & Bubier, J. L. (2006). Keeping it short and sweet: Brief, ungraded writing assignments have a positive influence on learning. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Bubier, J., Drabick, D. A., Zielinski, K., & Lomanovitch, O. (2005). Executive function and social impairment as risk factors for conduct problems in children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.

 

Hanna Carpenter, BA
E-mail: johannac@temple.edu

Bio: Hanna is currently in her second year of graduate studies in clinical psychology. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Yale University.  Her research interests are focused on understanding and promoting the socioemotional development and school readiness of preschool children, especially those who attend Head Start.  Currently, Hanna is examining parenting profiles of low-income ethnic minority parents and their relation to early childhood social competence and behavior problems.  Hanna works with Dr. Julia Mendez.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Szigethy, E., Carpenter, J., Baum, E., Kenney, E., Baptista-Neto, L., Beardslee, W. R., & DeMason, D. R. (2006). Longitudinal treatment of adolescents with depression and inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 396-400.

 

Frank Castro, MA
E-mail: fcastro@temple.edu

 

Diane Chen, BA
E-mail: diane.chen@temple.edu

Bio: Diane is currently in her first year of graduate studies. She received her BA from The University of Michigan. Diane's current research interests are in the development, assessment, and treatment of childhood behavior problems. Specifically, she is interested in investigating the role of executive functioning, social competence, and parenting practices in the development of ODD, CD, and ADHD, as well as comorbid depression and externalizing conditions. Diane currently works with Dr. Drabick.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Hart, K. C., Chen, D., Keenan, K., & Wakschlag, L. (2005, August). Effects of maternal depressive symptoms and parenting on preschool child disruptive behaviors in a low income predominately minority sample. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Ewell Foster, C., Chen, D., & King, C. A. (2005, August). Predictors of treatment adherence in suicidal youth. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Chen, D., Ewell Foster, C. J., & King, C. A. (2004, April). Externalizing behavior and treatment adherence in suicidal adolescents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidality, Miami, FL.

 

Jennifer Churg Podell, B.A.
E-mail: jpodell@temple.edu
Lab Web Page: www.childanxiety.org

Bio: Jenny is currently in her second year of graduate studies. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Jenny’s research interests include: the role of parents in the maintenance and treatment of anxious youth, parental psychopathology, and family environments of anxious youth. Jenny is currently working in the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic (CAADC) with Dr. Philip Kendall.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Tiwari, S., Podell, J.L., & Kendall, P.C. (2006). Interactions Between Anxious Children and Their Parents: Does Child Negative Affect Predict Parental Anxiety- Maintaining Behavior? Poster presented at the 40th annual conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, Illinois.

Churg, J.L., Buzzella, B., Roblek, T., Bergman, R.L. Piacentini, J.C. (November 2004). The Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Youth with Anxiety Disorders. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Buzzella, B., Churg, J.L., Roblek, T., Bergman, R.L. Piacentini, J.C. (November 2004). Characteristics of Child and Adolescent Obsessive Compulsive Disorder According to Age of Onset. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Alex Cogswell, MA
E-mail: cogswell@temple.edu

Bio:  Alex is currently in his fifth year of graduate studies. He received his MA in Psychology from Northern Arizona University and his BA from Wake Forest University.
Alex is currently exploring the personality and clinical implications of discrepancies bewteen self-reported and implicitly assessed interpersonal dependency. Alex works with Dr. Alloy.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Cogswell, A., & Alloy, L.B. (2006). The relation of neediness and Axis II pathology. Journal of Personality Disorders, 20, 16-21.

Cogswell, A., Alloy, L.B., van Dulmen, M.H.M., & Fresco, D.M. (2006). A psychometric evaluation of behavioral inhibition and approach self-report measures. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1649-1658.

Cogswell, A., Alloy, L.B., & Spasojevic, J. (in press). Neediness and interpersonal life stress: Does congruency predict depression? Cognitive Therapy and Research.

 

Jeremy Cohen, BA
E-mail: cohen92@temple.edu  

Bio: Jeremy is currently in his first year of graduate studies. He received his BA in Psychology and his BA in Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis. Jeremy’s research interests include early childhood interventions, school readiness, and preschool children’s social relationships. Jeremy currently works with Dr. Julia Mendez.

 

Sarah Crawley, MA
E-mail: sarah.crawley@temple.edu
Lab Web Page: www.childanxiety.org
 
Bio: Sarah is currently in her second year of graduate studies. She received her MA in General Psychology from the Catholic University of America in 2005 and her BA from Bucknell University in 2003. Sarah’s current research examines the symptom overlap among anxiety disorders in children. Sarah currently works with Dr. Philip Kendall.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
LaSalle-Ricci, V. H., Arnkoff, D. B., Glass, C. R., Crawley, S. A., Ronquillo, J. G., & Murphy, D. L. (2006). The Hoarding Dimension of OCD: Psychological Comorbidity and the Five Factor Model. Behavior Research and Therapy, 44, 1503-1512.

Hasler, G., Ronquillo, J. G., LaSalle-Ricci, V. H., Crawley, S. A., Cochran, L. W., Kazuba, D., et al. (2004). Obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom dimensions and psychiatric comorbidity. Psychiatry Research, 135, 121-132.

 

Jennifer Dobbs
E-mail: jdobbs@temple.edu

 

Shannon Egan, MA
E-mail: shannon.egan@temple.edu

Bio: Shannon is currently in her second year of graduate studies at Temple University. She received her M.A. in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and her B.A. from New York University. Shannon’s current research is focused on psychopathy and aggression in adult and juvenile forensic populations. Shannon currently works with Dr. Steinberg.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Egan, S.S., & Falkenbach, D.F. (2007, April) Psychometric Assessment of the YPI: Psychopathic Personality Traits in a Low- to Moderate-Level offender sample. To be presented at the 2nd Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Kucharski, L.T., Falkenbach, D.M., Egan, S.S., & Duncan, S. (in press). Antisocial Personality Disorder and the Malingering of Psychiatric Disorder: A Study of Criminal Defendants. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health.

Kucharski, L.T., Duncan, S., Egan, S.S., & Falkenbach, D.M. (2006). Psychopathy and Malingering of Psychiatric Disorder in Criminal Defendants. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 24, 633-644.

Egan, S.S., Kucharski, L.T., Duncan, S., & Falkenbach, D.M. (2005, March). Psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and malingering. Paper presented at the American Psychology–Law Society Conference, La Jolla, CA.

 

Eva M. Epstein, MA
E-mail: eepstein@temple.edu

Bio: Eva is currently in her fifth year of graduate studies. She received her MA in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 2004 and her BA from Cornell University. Eva’s current research employs a psycho-physiological approach to evaluating emotion reactivity and regulation in women with eating pathology.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Epstein, E.M., Sloan, D.M. (2005). Tailoring cognitive behavioral therapy for individuals diagnosed with bulimia nervosa. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 35, 317-330.

Epstein, E.M., Sloan, D.M. & Marx, B.P. (2005). Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Written Disclosure, Gender, and Heart Rate. Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 67, 413-419.

Sloan, D.M., Marx, B.P. & Epstein, E.M. (2005). Further examination of the
exposure model underlying the efficacy of written emotional disclosure.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 549-554. 

 

Jamie Furr
E-mail: jfurr@temple.edu

 

Rachel K Gerstein
E-mail: rgerstein@temple.edu

Bio: Rachel is currently in her third year of graduate studies at Temple University.  She received her M.A. from Temple University in 2006 and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003.  Rachel's current research involves cognitive style in bipolar disorder and major depression, the course of bipolar disorder, and suicidality. Rachel currently works with Dr. Lauren Alloy. 

 

 

David A. Grant, B.Sc.
E-mail: dgrant@temple.edu

Bio: David is currently in his second year of graduate studies. He received his Honors B.Sc. in Psychology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.  David's current research interests include vulnerability-stress models of unipolar depression and contrasts between depressive relapse and recurrence. He works with Dr. Lauren Alloy.

 

Eric Henning
E-mail: henninge@temple.edu

 

Hilary Hodgdon, M.A.
Email: hhodgdon@temple.edu

Bio: Hilary received her masters in clinical psychology from Temple University and her B.S. from the University of Maryland at College Park. Hilary’s work applies an ecological-transaction approach to the study of the relationship between childhood maltreatment and psychological maladjustment in adolescents. She currently works with Laurence Steinberg and Deborah Drabick.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Guyer, A.E., Kaufman, J., Hodgdon, H.B., Masten, C.L., Jazbec, S., Daniel S. Pine, D.S., & Ernst, M. (2006) Behavioral alterations in reward system function: The role of childhood maltreatment and psychopathology. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 000-000.

 

Megan Hughes
E-mail: hughesm@temple.edu

Bio: Megan is a fifth year graduate student at Temple. She graduated from Princeton University and earned her MA at Temple. Her research has focused on responses to negative and positive affect, including depressive rumination, worry, dampening, and positive rumination. Her dissertation will examine the psychological and physical health impact of dampening and positive rumination.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Hughes, M. E., Alloy, L. B., & Cogswell, A. (2006). Repetitive thought in psychopathology: The relation of rumination and worry to mood and anxiety symptoms. Manuscript accepted for publication with revisions. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly.

Hughes, M. E., Alloy, L. B., Cogswell, A., & Smith, J. (2005, May). Repetitive thought in psychopathology: Overlap between rumination and worry. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Hughes, M. E., Panzarella, C., Alloy, L. B., & Abramson, L. Y. (2007). Mental illness and mental health. In F.T. Durso (Ed.), Handbook of applied cognition, 2nd Edition (pp. 629- 658). New York, NY: Wiley.

Brian M. Iacoviello, M.A.
E-mail: biacov@temple.edu

Bio: Brian is currently in his fourth year of graduate studies at Temple.  He received his BA from The Johns Hopkins University in 2002 and MA in Psychology from Temple University in 2006.  His research interests include investigating the role of cognitive and personality factors in the course of affective disorders, and the development and role of the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy.  Brian’s current research concerns the prodromal symptoms of depression.  He is analyzing longitudinal data from a prospective study, testing hypotheses that such symptoms reflect the pathological processes underlying the disorder and form the core syndrome of the disorder, with implications for subtypes of depression.  Brian currently works with Dr. Lauren Alloy.  

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Iacoviello, B., Alloy, L., Abramson, L., Whitehouse, W., & Hogan, M. (2006).  The course of depression in individuals at high and low cognitive risk for depression: A prospective test.  Journal of Affective Disorders, 93,61-69. (PDF)

Alloy, L., Abramson, L., Cogswell, A., Hughes, M., & Iacoviello, B. (in press).  Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression:  Implications for Prevention.  In Tsuang, M. (Ed.), Toward Prevention and Early Intervention of Major Mental Disorders.  American Psychiatric
Publishing.

Alloy, L., Abramson, L., Walshaw, P., Cogswell, A., Smith, J., Neeren, A., Hughes, M., Iacoviello, B., King, R., Keyser, J., Urosevic, S., & Nusslock, R. (2006). Behavioral Approach System (BAS) Sensitivity and Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: A Retrospective and Concurrent Behavioral High-Risk Design.  Motivation and Emotion. (PDF)  

 

Shari Jager-Hyman, BA
E-mail: sharijh@temple.edu

Bio: Shari is currently in her second year of graduate studies at Temple. She received her B.A. from Vassar College in 2002. Shari's research interests include: personality disorders, trauma, and personality correlates of mood disorders. She is currently working with Dr. Lauren Alloy.

 

Tejal Jakatdar
E-mail: tejal.jakatdar@temple.edu

 

Ellen Jorstad-Stein, MSc
E-mail: ellen.jorstad-stein@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: http://www.temple.edu/phobia
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Bio: Ellen is currently in her first year of graduate studies. She received her MSc in Health Psychology from Staffordshire University (UK) and her BSc (Hons) from the University of Birmingham (UK). Ellen’s current research interests are in anxiety disorders, and she has a particular interest in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Some examples of interests are variables that may predict response to or the outcome of CBT for SAD, treatment outcome and outcomes research, mechanisms and process in CBT for SAD, SAD and co-morbidity, and SAD and appearance, specifically regarding people who are visibly different or disfigured. The latter stems from the research she did for her Masters thesis. Ellen currently works with Dr. Heimberg.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Jørstad EC, Clark-Carter D (2005). Self-esteem, appearance-related schemas and appearance-related shame as predictors of social anxiety in visibly different adults: a preliminary study. British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 8-10 September 2004. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society; 13(1), 82. (PDF)

Jørstad EC, Hauer K, Becker C, Lamb SE (2005). Measuring the psychological outcomes of falling: A systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(3), 501-510.
Lamb SE, Jørstad-Stein EC, Hauer K, Becker C (2005). Development of a common outcome data set for fall injury prevention trials: The Prevention of Falls Network Europe consensus. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(9), 1618-1622. (PDF)

 

Rachael Kessler
E-mail: rkessler@temple.edu

 

Jessica D Keyser, M.A.
E-mail: jkeyser@temple.edu

Bio: Jessica received her M.A. from Temple University, and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.  Currently, she is interested in the role of emotion regulation and appearance beliefs in disordered eating.  She works with Dr. Lauren Alloy. 

 

Dore LaForett
E-mail: laforett@temple.edu

 

Richard Liu, BA
E-mail: rliu@temple.edu

Bio: Richard is a second-year student in the clinical program.  He received his BA in Psychology and Anthropology from Cornell University.  His current research is focused on peer victimization in relation to cognitive risk factors for the onset of depression.  Richard is working with Dr. Lauren Alloy.

 

Leanne Magee, M.A.
E-mail: lmagee@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: www.temple.edu/phobia

Bio: Leanne is currently in her fourth year of graduate studies. She received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 2006 and her B.A. in Psychology from The University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Leanne’s current research involves investigating the relationship between social anxiety, appearance concerns, and the pursuit of and satisfaction with cosmetic surgery. Leanne currently works with Dr. Heimberg.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Magee, L., Rodebaugh, T.L., & Heimberg, R.G. (2006). Negative evaluation is the feared consequence of making others uncomfortable: A response to Rector, Kocovski and Ryder. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Magee, L., Erwin, B., & Heimberg, R.G., (In press).  Psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder and specific phobia.  In: Antony, M. & Stein, M. (Eds.) Handbook of anxiety and the anxiety disorders. New York: Oxford University Press.

Turk, C.L., Magee, L., & Heimberg, R.G. (manuscript in preparation). Social anxiety disorder.  In: Barlow, D.H. (Ed.). Clinical handbook of psychological disorders: A step-by-step treatment manual, fourth edition. New York: Guilford Press.

 

Matthew Mychailyszyn
E-mail: matthew.mychailyszyn@temple.edu

 

Kristin Pontoski
E-mail: kristin.pontoski@temple.edu

 

Julia Price, BA
E-mail: julia.price@temple.edu

Bio: Julia is currently in her first year of graduate studies and is working with Dr. Deb Drabick. Julia'scurrent research interests are in the development ofchildhood behavior problems and disorders. Specifically, she is interested in investigating the role of social competence, peer rejection, and emotion regulation in the development of aggression, ODD, and CD, as well as comorbid depression.

 

Anthony Puliafico
E-mail: tonyp@temple.edu

 

Anna Rosenberg
E-mail: arosenbe@temple.edu

 

Arthur Sandt, BS
E-mail: asandt@temple.edu

Bio: Arthur is currently in his second year. He received his BS in Psychology from Michigan State University. He is interested in biological and physiological mechanisms of emotions, particularly among individuals with depression and anxiety. He is also interested in emotion regulation, empathy among clinicians, facial expressiveness, and facial mimicry. Arthur is currently investigating the post-auricular reflex as a measure of positive emotion, and is part of Dr. Kareem Johnson’s lab focusing on the study of positive affect. In collaboration with Dr. Johnson, Arthur will begin examining the benefits of positive affect among therapists on therapeutic alliance, clients’ perception of empathy, and session helpfulness.

 

Luke T. Schultz, MA
E-mail: lschultz@temple.edu
Lab webpage: www.temple.edu/phobia

Bio: Luke is currently a fourth year graduate student working with Dr. Richard Heimberg at the Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple University. His primary research interests include the maintenance of anxiety disorders, particularly through biased information processing. His dissertation is an investigation into the nature of attentional process in social anxiety in order to elucidate cognitive behavioral models of this disorder.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Huppert, J. D., Schultz, L. T., Foa, E. B., Barlow, D. H., Davidson, J. R. T., Gorman, J. M., Shear, M. K., Simpson, H. B., & Woods, S. W. (2004). Differential response to placebo among patients with social phobia, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 1485-1487.

Schultz, L. T., Heimberg, R. G., & Rodebaugh, T. L. (2006). Social anxiety disorder. In M. Hersen, & J. Rosqvist (Eds.), Handbook of assessment, conceptualization, and treatment. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Schultz, L. T., Heimberg, R. G., Rodebaugh, T. L., Schneier, F. R., & Liebowitz, M. R. (2006). The appraisal of social concerns scale: Psychometric validation with a clinical sample of patients with social anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy, 37.

 

Jeannette Smith
E-mail: jsmith03@temple.edu

 

Jose Soler-Baillo
E-mail: jmsb@temple.edu

 

Erica D. Sood, M.A.
E-mail: esood@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: http://www.childanxiety.org

Bio: Erica is in her fourth year of graduate studies. She received her MA in Clinical Psychology from Temple University and her BA from Wesleyan University. Erica is currently researching how parental interpretations of child symptoms and beliefs about treatment affect the likelihood that a child will present for professional mental health treatment. Erica works with Dr. Philip C. Kendall.

Representative presentations and/or publications:
Sood, E. & Kendall, P.C. (in press). Assessing anxious self-talk in youth: The Negative Affectivity Self-Statement Questionnaire - Anxiety Scale. Cognitive Therapy and Research.  

Kendall, P.C., Barmish, A., & Sood, E. (in press). Preventing anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: The Coping Cat approach. In N. Heinrichs, K. Hahlweg, & M. Dopfner (Eds.) Strengthening families: Different evidence-based approaches to support child mental health. 

 

Shilpee Tiwari
E-mail: stiwari@temple.edu

 

Clara Wagner
E-mail: clara.wagner@temple.edu

 

Justin Weeks
E-mail: jweeks@temple.edu

 

 
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
 
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