George Washington University Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Please join us in congratulating clinical psych student, Lauren Kobylski and co-authors on her commentary for postpartum psychosis, published two days ago in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry!

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Enhancing Postpartum Psychosis Care The authors discuss the need for qualitative research to fill gaps in the current understanding of postpartum psychosis, as well as the barriers that make conducting this research a challenge.

Please join us in congratulating, Dr. Gabriela Rosenblau (cognitive neuroscience faculty) who was recently awarded tenure!

Congratulations on this recognition of all your accomplishments, Dr. Rosenblau. We look forward to having you in the PBS department for years to come!

Please join us in congratulating clinical psychology program professor, Dr. Sherry Molock, whose contributions to the field and university were recognized with a promotion to Full Professor! Congratulations!!

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Maria-Cecilia Zea who retired this year and has been granted the status of Professor Emerita!

Dr. Zea has made incredible contributions to the field through her research. As a member of the Clinical psychology program, she has mentored many students over the years and been a treasured colleague in the PBS department. She will be sorely missed.

We wish her the very best as she continues to travel the world in this new chapter in her life!

Please join me in congratulating Xen Modrakovic et al. on the acceptance of their manuscript: Dissecting the Onion: Identifying and Remediating Issues Surrounding Data Integrity in Online Survey Research (full reference below).

Modrakovic, D. X., Boone, C. A., Kalwicz, D. A., Rao, S., Parchem, B., Wittlin, N. M., Patel, V. V., Magnus, M., Zea, M., Kharfen, M., Dovidio, J. F., & Calabrese, S. K. (in press). Dissecting the onion: Identifying and remediating issues surrounding data integrity in online survey research. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology.

Congrats to all 🥳🥳🥳

Congratulations to our 2024 B.A. & B.S. graduates in Psychological and Brain Sciences and B.S. graduates in Cognitive Neuroscience! We are excited to see what the future holds for you all. Graduates received words of wisdom from our own Dr. Fallon Goodman (Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology), the students’ choice for the faculty speaker at the CCAS Celebration Ceremony!

Please join us in congratulating our newest Ph.D. graduates from Applied Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience who were recently honored at the doctoral hooding ceremony. In addition, Dr. Ellen Yeung (Assistant Professor in Applied Social Psychology) received a well-deserved award for mentoring of graduate students. Congratulations to all 🥳🥳🥳

Check out our Clinical Psych graduate students and alumni who presented this past month at the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference!

They did an amazing job and we are proud of them 👏👏👏

Please join us in congratulating two ASP students, Luke Herchenroeder and Jonah Kracke-Bock, and one PBS's graduating seniors, Saba Rentia, on a paper that was just accepted in Substance Use and Misuse.

*Herchenroeder, L., *Kracke-Bock, J., Rentia, S., & Dodge, T. (in press). Application of Self-Determination Theory to Substance Use and Its Treatment: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Substance Use and Misuse.

Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating ASP student Stacy Post on her co-authored article titled, The effect of GLP-1 receptor agonist use on negative evaluations of women with higher and lower body weight.

Post, S. M., & Persky, S. (2024). The effect of GLP-1 receptor agonist use on negative evaluations of women with higher and lower body weight. International Journal of Obesity, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01516-4

Congratulations Stacy 🥳🥳🥳

The effect of GLP-1 receptor agonist use on negative evaluations of women with higher and lower body weight - International Journal of Obesity GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have dramatically altered obesity treatment. Media reports suggest that GLP-1 RAs users often report feeling judged for taking a “shortcut” to lose weight, which may be related to negative stereotypes toward people with larger bodies. Media reports also descri...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kira Wegner-Clemens who successfully defended her dissertation titled "The Influence of Audiovisual Semantics on Attention."

Special thanks to Dr. Sohn for chairing the defense; Drs. Kravitz and Rosenblau for serving as dissertation committee members; and Drs. Thothathiri and Mitroff for being readers.

Congratulations, Kira 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bowleg and her 1st-year student Myla Lyons who spoke at the Dr. John Lamont Peterson Annual Research Symposium for the Student Opportunities for AIDS/HIV Research (SOAR) Program at the University of Michigan .

Dr. Bowleg's talk was titled "Want to Be A Future HIV Prevention and Treatment Researcher? You're Going to Need to Critical (and Intersectional). She interviewed Myla about her experience as a first year doctoral student with critical theoretical perspectives and nontraditional research methods (e.g., qualitative).

At the end of the presentation, Dr. Gary Harper (the SOAR joint-PI and Myla's mentor when she was at SOAR) surprised them with beautiful glass prism plaques.

Please join us in congratulating our clinical student alumni - Devin English and Danielle Busby on their recent publication!

English, D., Oshin, L. A., Lopez, F. G., Smith, J. C., Busby, D. R., & Anestis, M. D. (2024). Systemic White supremacy: U.S. state policy, policing, discrimination, and suicidality across race and sexual identity. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000891

Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Systemic White supremacy: U.S. state policy, policing, discrimination, and suicidality across race and sexual identity. Although su***de rates are stable or decreasing among White communities, rates are increasing among Black communities, a trend that appears to be disproportionately affecting Black le***an, gay, bisexual, and q***r (LGBQ) people. To understand the structural drivers and mechanisms of these trends, w...

Please join us in congratulating our clinical students alumni - Nick Talisman, Jenny Marceron, and Katie Burns on their recent publication!

Talisman, N.W., Rohrbeck, C.A., Moore, P.J., Jennifer E. Marceron; Katherine M. Burns. Measuring personal emergency preparedness: validation and application of the emergency preparedness checklist. Natural Hazards (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06529-w

Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳

Measuring personal emergency preparedness: validation and application of the emergency preparedness checklist - Natural Hazards Large-scale emergencies such as natural and human-made disasters (e.g., hurricanes, terrorist attacks) have profound, deleterious effects on human well-being, including loss of life, physical injury, psychological trauma, and financial devastation. Personal or household emergency preparedness may mi...

Recap of GW's Research Showcase!

Please join us in congratulating our amazing undergraduate students who presented their research at the Research Showcase.

The citations follow the order of the pictures.

Kracke-Bock, J., Dodge, T. Krishnamurti, H., Rentia, S., Schoen, E. & Moore, B. (2024, April 16). Assessing the Accuracy of Patients’ Beliefs about their Handgrip Strength [Poster presentation]. CCAS Research Days, Washington, D.C., USA.

Lang, M. A., Anderson, A. E., Russo, T., & Stock, M. L. (2024). Examining differences in cognitions following a personalized UV-photo intervention. Poster presented at the 13th GW Research Showcase at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Goppel, N. C., Adams, E. B., Russo, T., & Stock, M. L. (2024). The buffering effect of self-control on drinking identity, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences. Poster presented at the 13th GW Research Showcase at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Noble, J. N., Barsky, J. N., Jobe, M. C., Stock, M. L., & Lindbergh, P. O. (2024). Examining protective and risk factors associated with alcohol use, coping, and problems among middle-aged Black women. Poster presented at the 13th GW Research Showcase at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Demeterco, R., Montgomery, B., Post, S. M., & Stock, M. L. (2024, April). The relationship between gender discrimination, loneliness and perceived stress on disordered eating behaviors and alcohol consumption among college women. Poster presented at the 13th GW Research Showcase at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Tetrault, E., Krishnamurti, H., Dodge, T., & Stock, M. L. (2024). Understanding ma*****na use: Exploring norms across methods of administration.

Schoen, E., Kracke-Bock, J., Dodge, T., Krishnamurti, H., Rentia, S., & Moore, B. (2024). Assessing the impact of a psychoeducational intervention on attitudes and intentions towards strength training among primary care patients.

Demeterco, R., Montgomery, B., Post, S. M., & Stock, M. L. (2024, April). The relationship between gender discrimination, loneliness and perceived stress on disordered eating behaviors and alcohol consumption among college women. Poster presented at the 13th GW Research Showcase at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Amazing work 👏👏👏👏

Please join us in congratulating some of our faculty Drs. Po**en and Moore and Applied Social Student Mary, who received awards yesterday at the Faculty Honors Ceremony!

Mary Jobe, WID Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award
Paul Po**en, Gold Anniversary (50 years)
Philip Moore, Silver Anniversary (25 years)

Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating our first-year clinical student, Lauryn Hoard, who received NSF GRFP award for her project titled "‘Examining the effects of online vicarious racism on loneliness and social contact among Black college students: The role of racial identity."

This mixed methods project will investigate the relationships between online vicarious racism, loneliness, and intra- and intergroup contact among Black college students, and examine how racial identity might mitigate the negative effects of online vicarious racism.

Congratulations, Lauryn 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating Prachi Mahableshwarkar, who successfully defended her dissertation last week! The title of her dissertation is: "Natural Scene Perception: Interactions between Semantics and Space".

Committee members included Drs. John Philbeck, Dwight Kravitz, Sarah Shomstein, Steve Mitroff, and Robert Pless. Dr. Gabriela Rosenblau served as the Chair.

Congratulations Prachi!! 🥳🥳🥳

Spring Advising Day was a wonderful event co-hosted by Psi Chi. It was great to see many current PBS majors and minors for advising and to learn about available research opportunities. We also welcomed many new majors and minors to our PBS community!

Please join us in congratulating Clinical Psych alumnus Dr. Ben Parchem who just accepted an offer for a faculty position at Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern University in Chicago. He will be providing clinical care in their Gender Development Program and doing research with several of their faculty, but primarily Dr. Diane Chen.

Congratulations Ben 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

We want to invite you to Spring Advising Day! This is an opportunity to meet PBS advisors, socialize with fellow students and learn more about our resources.

Please join us in congratulating Clinical Psych alumna Dr. Dot White who recently published an article entitled Working Memory and Language Relate to Report of Socioemotional Functioning in Children with Hearing Loss.

Citation: White, D. A., Costa, E. A., Mellon, N., Ouellette, M., & Ottley, S. W. (2024). Working Memory and Language Relate to Report of Socioemotional Functioning in Children with Hearing Loss.https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13061637

Congratulations Dot 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Working Memory and Language Relate to Report of Socio-Emotional Functioning in Children with Hearing Loss Background: Children with hearing loss have been found to have significantly more behavioral and emotional challenges than their typically hearing peers, though these outcomes are variable at the individual level. Working memory deficits have been found to relate to executive functioning and overall...

Congratulations to 5th year Cognitive Neuroscience PhD student, Prachi Mahableshwarkar, for placing 2nd overall in GW's 3 Minute Thesis Competition, as well as being the People's Choice winner!

Congratulations Prachi!

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University Archive of the 2019-2023 GW Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competitions at CCAS. As of 2024, you can find 3MT on the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs site.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mbaba on the successful defense of her dissertation, titled: The Stereotypical Yogi(ni): Exploring the Effects of Prototype Similarity and Racial Centrality on Black Adult Women’s Willingness to Practice Yoga.

A hearty thank you to the following faculty members for their valuable guidance and insight throughout the dissertation process:

Dr. Michelle Stock (committee member)
Dr. Ellen Yeung (committee member)
Dr. Sharon Lambert (examiner)
Dr. Jameta N. Barlow (examiner)

And a very special thank you to Dr. Paul Po**en for chairing the defense.

Congratulations Mary 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating Mary Jobe who has been selected as the winner of the Writing in the Disciplines Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award for 2024!

Congratulations Mary 🥳🥳🥳

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Rao on the successful defense of her dissertation, entitled Healthcare Experiences of U.S. Sexual Minority Women and Gender Diverse People of Color: Understanding Stigma, Satisfaction, and Sequelae!

Many thanks for the following faculty members for their valuable guidance and insight throughout the dissertation process:
Dr. Lisa Bowleg (committee member)
Dr. Maria Cecilia Zea (committee member)
Dr. Sherry Molock (examiner)
Dr. Bianca Wilson (examiner)

Special thanks also to Dr. Sharon Lambert for chairing the defense.

Great work, Sharanya 🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating Sharanya Rao on her postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital! She will be working with the Psychiatry Consultation Service doing a combination of research and clinical work.

Thank you to our wonderful alums, Julia Hagen (BA '22), Vince Patierno (BA '23), and Kiera O'Harrow-Strickstein (BA '22) for coming back to campus to share their experiences on the job market at our Career Pathways Panel! We also appreciated the insights of Dr. Paul Binkley from the GW Center for Career Services. And, special thanks to Psi Chi and Dr. Denny Schell for hosting this lovely event.