Recent Graduates

Read about our recent graduates on Education Matters Newsletter Spring 2002 issue.

Below are some profiles of recent graduates...

Dr. George Hanawahine (Fall, 2004) completed his internship at the University of Hawaii Counseling & Student Development Center in Honolulu. His dissertation was titled "Ethnic identity as a moderator in the relationship between parental monitoring and deviant peer affiliation". Upon graduation, Dr. Hanawahine accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in child and adolescent psychology at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI.

Dr. Jodie Knott (Spring, 2004) completed her internship at the Midcoast Consortium in California, working in Day Treatment and Foster Care. Her dissertation was titled, “Self-efficacy and motivation to change among chronic youth offenders: An exploratory examination of the efficacy of an experiential learning, motivation enhancement intervention". Currently, Dr. Knott is working as a Psychological Assistant in a private practice in Orange County, California.

Dr. Stephanie Shepard (Fall, 2003) completed her internship at the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology, Child and Adolescent Track, at the Boston Medical Center. Her dissertation was titled "Gender differences in siblings' contributions to at-risk youths' substance use". Upon graduation, Dr. Shepard accepted a postdoctoral research fellowship in developmental psychopathology at Bradley Early Childhood Clinical Research Center, Brown Medical School.

Dr. Kristin Stent (Summer, 2003) completed her internship at Morrison Child and Family Services in Portland. Her dissertation was titled "Examination of the facility-to-community transition of incarcerated females". Upon graduation, Dr. Stent accepted an APA approved postdoctoral fellowship in Forensic Psychology with the Oregon Youth Authority. Currently she runs a private practice working with teenagers and families.

Dr. Jason Burrow-Sanchez (Summer, 2003) completed his internship at the Counseling Center at University of Utah. His dissertation was titled, “Adolescent responses to maternal depressive behaviors during dyadic interactions: Predicting later adjustment.” Upon graduation, Dr. Burrow-Sanchez accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Utah.

Dr. Noah Kaufman (Spring, 2003) completed his internship at the Children’s Psychiatric Center at the University of New Mexico. His dissertation was titled, “Skill change as a mediator of treatment efficacy for depressed and conduct-disordered youth.”

Dr. Diane Hayashino (Winter, 2003) completed her internship at the Counseling Center at University of California at Irvine. Her dissertation was titled, “A construct development and preliminary validation study of the Parenting Stress Scale for Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee parents.” Currently, Dr. Hayashino is a staff psychologist at UC Long Beach.

Dr. Ryan Smith (Winter, 2003), completed her internship at the Counseling Center at Colorado State University. Her dissertation was titled, “Weight concern in at-risk early adolescent girls: The role of problem behavior and peer processes.”

Dr. Rebecca Hart (Winter, 2003) completed her internship at Turning Point, a child and family treatment center in Skokie Illinois. Her dissertation was titled, “An investigation of service provider multicultural competence and facility multiculturalism in children's residential treatment facilities.” Currently, Dr. Hart is providing clinical services to children and families.

Dr. Marcy Hunt-Morse (Spring, 2002) completed her internship at the Student Counseling Center at Illinois State University. Her dissertation was titled, “Adolescent mothers' psychosocial development: Implications for parenting.” Dr. Hunt Morse is currently director of  the counseling center at Baldwin-Wallace College.

Dr. Matthew Goodman (Spring, 2002) completed his internship in the internship consortium in Lincoln, Nebraska. His dissertation was titled, “If we build it will they come? Parent participation in behavioral parenting groups” Upon graduation, Dr. Goodman accepted a research post doctorate position at Arizona State University’s Center for Prevention Research. He is currently a staff psychologist at the University of California Riverside.

Dr. Dana Smith (Winter, 2002) completed her internship at the Morrison Center in Portland, Oregon. Her dissertation was titled, “Gender differences in behavior change during treatment with chronically delinquent youths.” Dr. Smith is a clinical researcher of the Oregon Social Learning Center.

Dr. Isabelle Mandell (Fall, 2002) completed her internship at the Counseling Center at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her dissertation was titled, “Sexualized behavior, likeability and aggression in mixed gender adolescent peer groups: How are they related?”

Dr. Saba Rasheed (Summer, 2001) completed her internship in the counseling center at Ohio State University. Her dissertation was titled “Postsecondary plans of rural Appalachian high school students.” Upon graduation, Dr. Rasheed accepted a 2-year multicultural research post doctorate position at the University of Iowa. In the Fall of 2003, Dr. Rasheed began a tenure-track assistant professor position on the counseling psychology faculty at the University of Iowa.

Dr. Catherine O'Leary (Spring, 2001), completed her internship at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, and in the Department of Child Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center. Her dissertation was titled, "The early childhood family check-up: A brief intervention for at-risk families with preschool-aged children." Upon graduation, Dr. O'Leary accepted a position as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Child Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center. Currently, Dr. O'Leary is a Project Director in the Center for Multicultural Mental Health, Boston University School of Medicine.

Dr. Helen Coble (March, 2001), completed her child clinical psychology internship at the Morrison Center (Portland, OR). Her dissertation was titled, " Therapists' attachment, interpersonal functioning, and counter transference: A test of a mediational model." Upon graduation, Dr Coble continued in her position as Assessment Specialist at The Child Center, a psychiatric day treatment facility in Springfield, Oregon. Currently, Dr. Coble is a Child and Family Therapist at The Child Center and adjunct instructor in the Counseling Psychology Program at University of Oregon.

Dr. Victoria Martin McKeever (Spring, 2001), completed her internship at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Her dissertation was titled, "Relationships between learned helplessness factors, child abuse, combat exposure, and severity of chronic combat-related PTSD." Upon graduation, Dr. McKeever accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow with the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology. Currently, Dr. McKeever is a licensed psychologist at the National Center for PTSD in Boston, Massachusetts.