Dina Gordon, B.A.

E-mail: dina.gordon@temple.edu

Lab Webpage: http://www.temple.edu/phobia

Bio: Dina is currently in her second year of graduate studies, working with Dr. Richard Heimberg at the Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple (AACT). Dina received her B.A. in psychology from Boston University and spent two years doing research at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders in Boston before joining the clinical psychology program at Temple. Her current research focuses on assessment of generalized anxiety disorder in adults.

Representative presentations and/or publications:

Gordon, D., Orr, S. P., Pollack, M. H., Simon, N. M., LeBeau, R. T., & Otto, M. W. (2008). Differential and Simple Conditioning: Learning Fear and Learning Safety in Anxious, Depressed, and Healthy Individuals. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, November 13-16, Orlando, FL.

Gordon, D., Orr, S. P., Thompson, E.H., Basden, S. L., Pollack, M. H., & Otto, M. W. (2007). Prediction of “fear” extinction in healthy control participants in a de novo fear-conditioning paradigm. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, November 15-18, Philadelphia, PA.

Basden, S. L., Griffin, M. G., Orr, S. P., Resick, P. A., Gordon, D., Gutner, C. A., Pollack, M. H., & Otto, M. W. (2007). Skin conductance levels as a function of race: Implications for research utilizing physiological measures in African-Americans. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, November 15-18, Philadelphia, PA.

Squires, L., McHugh, R. K., Gutner, C. A., Gordon, D., & Otto, M. W. (2007). Overgeneral autobiographical memory, avoidant coping, and emotional intolerance among patients with chronic substance dependence. In E. C. Marshall & M. J. Zvolensky (Chairs), How can basic research inform clinical perspectives on substance use and anxiety comorbidity? Symposium presented at the 41st Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, November 15-18, Philadelphia, PA.