Alumni

  •  Huanzhen Xu, Ph.D.

Year: 2022

Dissertation Title: Measuring Acculturative Stress of Chinese International Students: Development and Validation of the Unique Stress of Chinese International Students Questionnaire (USCIS)

Current Location: Northeast Ohio Medical University

  • Rachel Wasson, Ph.D.

Year: 2022

Dissertation Title: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Pilot Online Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Medical Students

Current Location: Indianapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center

  • Mary Moeller, Ph.D.

Year: 2021

Dissertation Title: Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Selective Optimization with Compensation.

Current Location: Cleveland Clinic

Year: 2021

Dissertation Title: The Role of Mindfulness, Perceived Discrimination, and Diabetes-Related Distress in Predicting Health Behaviors and Glycemic Control

  • Tanya Watford, Ph.D.

Year: 2020

Dissertation Title: Altered Cognitive and Psychophysiological Components of Psychological Flexibility in Individuals with Overweight/Obesity

Current Location: Boise VA Medical Center

  • Rolf Ritchie, Ph.D.

Year: 2019

Dissertation Title: Comparing Atheist, Non-Religious, And Religious Peoples' Cardiovascular Reactivity: A Laboratory Stressor

Current Location: Private practice

Year: 2020

Dissertation Title: The Role of Mindfulness in Cardiovascular Recovery from Stress

  • Tatiana Rodriguez Klien, Ph.D.

Year: 2018

Dissertation Title: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Latinos Living with HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Randomized Control Outcome Study

  • Erin Bannon, Ph.D.

Year: 2017

Dissertation Title: The Efficacy of Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapy Versus Cognitive Therapy for Test Anxiety and Working Memory Performance

  • Kyoung Baik, Ph.D.

Year: 2015

Current Location: Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX

Dissertation Title: Evaluating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Insomnia: A randomized controlled trial

  • Victoria Carhart, Ph.D.

Year: 2015

Current Location: Dayton Veteran's Administrations Medical Center, Dayton, OH

Dissertation Title: The Relationships between Acceptance, Avoidance, and Immunity in Medical Rehabilitation

  • Paul Goetz, Ph.D.

Year:  2011

Current Location: Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Dissertation Title: Worry, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, and Health Behaviors  

  • Jebediah Northern, Ph.D.

Year: 2010

Current Location: Pittsburgh Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Dissertation Title: Anxiety and Cognitive Performance: A Test of Predictions Made by Cognitive Interference Theory and Attentional Control Theory

  • Eileen Delaney, Ph.D.

Year: 2010

Current Location: Naval Center for Combat and Occupational Stress Control, Sand Diego, CA

Dissertation Title: The Association Between Acceptance and Heath for Individuals who are HIV Positive

  • Heather Schwetschenau, Ph.D.

Year: 2008

Current Location: Cincinnati Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Dissertation Title: The Effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention for Work Stress      

  • Chris Chiros, Ph.D.

Year: 2007

Current Location: Department of Psychology, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

Dissertation Title: The Role of Acceptance and Appraisal in Coping with Migraine Headaches

  • Purvi Shah, Ph.D.

Year: 2005

Current Location: Department of Psychiatry/HIV Clinic, New York University

Dissertation Title: HIV Testing:  Coping and Decision Making

  • Carlos Perez-Benitez, Ph.D.

Year: 2004

Current Location: Department of Psychiatry, Brown University

Dissertation Title: Psychophysiological Effects of Concealing and Disclosing Homosexuality

  • Allison Collins, Ph.D.

Year: 2004

Current Location: Department of Psychology, VA Medical Center/Boston Consortium, Boston, MA.
Dissertation Title:
 Promoting Well-Being in the Workplace:  A Tailored Approach to Stress Management

  • Jennifer McGrath, Ph.D.

Year: 2002

Current Location: Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Ontario

Dissertation Title: Pediatric Cardiovascular Reactivity:  Evidence for Stable Individual Differences and Differentiation of Higher- and Lower-Risk Children

  • Jennifer Yarab, Ph.D.

Year: 2001

Current Location: Department of Psychology, VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Dissertation Title: The Naturalistic Course of Self-Induced Vomiting for Weight Control and Treatment-Seeking Behavior:  A Four-Year Follow-up Study Using the Health Belief Model

  • Roksana Korchynsky, Ph.D.

Year: 2000

Current Location: Department of Psychology, VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Dissertation Title: Treatment of Tension-Type Headache in College Women:  An Examination of a Group-Based Intervention and Group Process Measures as Predictors of Outcome

  • Hilary Hassinger, Ph.D.

Year: 2000

Current Location: Private Practice, Wadsworth, Ohio

Dissertation Title: Appraisal, Coping, and Cardiovascular Response to Acute Pain and Stress in Female Migraine and Tension-Type Headache Sufferers

  • Kelly Baskind, Ph.D.

Year: 1999

Current Location: Private Practice, Saginaw, Michigan

Dissertation Title: Theoretical Predictors of Behavioral Risk Factors for Skin Cancer

  • Jori Berger, Ph.D.

Year: 1999

Current Location: Department of Psychiatry, Boston College Medical School

Dissertation Title: The Effect of a Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management intervention on Salivary IgA, Self-Reported Levels of Stress, and Physical Health Complaints in an Undergraduate Population

  • Jennifer Anthony, Ph.D.

Year: 1999

Current Location: Department of Psychiatry, Brown University

Dissertation Title: The Effect of a Social Support Intervention on Cardiovascular Functioning

  • Jennifer Schuler, Ph.D.

Year: 1998

Current Location: Psychology Department, Hines VA, Chicago, Ohio

Dissertation Title: Cardiovascular Reactivity and Cognitive Appraisal in Women:  The Role of Hostility and Harassment

  • Gerald Ogrisseg, Ph.D.

Year: 1998

Current Location: Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Psychologist, U.S. Airforce Survival School.

Dissertation Title: Communication Apprehension and Morita Therapy:  Evaluation of a Brief Morita Therapy Workshop Against a Stress Management Education Control

  • Robert Taylor, Ph.D.

Year: 1998

Current Location: Psychology Department, VA Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio

Dissertation Title: The Role of Worry and Verbal Linguistic Mentation in Cardiovascular Reactivity to an Arithmetic Stressor

  • Julianne Zweifel, Ph.D.

Year: 1997

Current Location: OB/GYN/Infertility Clinic, University of Madison, Wisconsin

Dissertation Title: Memory Function and the Menstrual Cycle

  • Brent Coy, Ph.D.

Year: 1997

Current Location: Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea, Michigan

Dissertation Title: Evaluation Anxiety, Task Irrelevant Self-Statements, and Working Memory:  An Evaluation of the Cognitive Interference Theory

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