Scholarships

Eunkyung Chung
Paul Sterzing, PhD., Advisor
University of California, Berkeley
“Bullying involvement among disabled students in childhood and adolescence: Analysis of measurement issues, school context, and intersectional identities“

Spenser R. Radtke
Cynthia Fraga Rizo, PhD., Advisor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Taking a Multi-Faceted Approach to Understanding Youth Victimization, Protective Factors, and Resilience-Related Outcomes”

Emily Zhang
Lisa Goodman, PhD., Advisor
Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development
“Asian American Women’s Experiences of Disclosing Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Descriptive Study“

Carolyn Boyd Rogers
Teresa Treat, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Iowa
"Personalized normative feedback on risk factors of alcohol related sexual assault: Are effects on normative misconception still evident after consuming a moderate dose of alcohol?”

Jordyn Tipsword
Christal L. Badour, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Kentucky
“The experience and regulation of posttraumatic shame among women with histories of interpersonal violence”

Sarah Godoy
Mimi Chapman, Ph.D., Advisor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Exploring commercial sexual exploitation initiated during preadolescence in the United States”

Roxanna Shayesteh Ast
Victoria Banyard, Ph.D., Advisor
Rutgers University
“Quality of Life among LGBTQ+ Survivors of IPV: A Sequential Exploratory Mixed Method Approach”

Lea Marineau
Jaquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Advisor
School of Social Work at John Hopkins University
“Understanding Risk Factors, Including Substance Abuse, for Repeat Assault Related Injury”

Melissa Renee Jenkins
Cynthia Fraga Rizo, Ph.D., MSW, Advisor
School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Sex-Trafficking Prevention Education for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Promising Practices”

Shaina Kumar, M.A.
David DiLillo, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
“Resilience to Adult Revictimization Among Survivors of Child and Adolescent Sexual Assault”

Helen Hailes, M.A., M.Sc.
Lisa Goodman, Ph.D., Advisor
Boston College
“When You Can’t Believe Your Own Eyes: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Gaslighting in Intimate Partner Violence”

Monique McKenny, M.S.Ed.
Guerda Nicolas, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
“Investigating the Protective Potential of Racial Socialization for Black Adolescent Health Outcomes”

Jiepin Cao, BSN, RN, M.S
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Ph.D, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN, Advisor
Duke University
“Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Among Chinese Women via the Lens of Social Determinants of Health and Intersectionality”

Ashely Maxie-Moreman, M.Ed., M.A.
Marie Guerda Nicolas, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
“It Depends: Effects of Context on Ethnic-Racial Identity’s Protective Role for Black and Latina/o Emerging Adults”

Susanna Park, M.A.
Sunil Khanna, Ph.D., Co-Advisor
Jangho Yoon, Ph.D., Co-Advisor
Oregon State University
“How Native American Women Seek Support as Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence”

Jade Kinney, M.A.
Evelyn Hunter, Ph.D., Advisor
Auburn University
“The Effect of Stereotype Threat on African Americans’ Perception of Police Officer Communication Accommodation”

Robyn McClure, M.A., M.Ed.
Shelley Hymel, Ph.D., Advisor
University of British Columbia
“Empathy and Defending in Bullying Episodes in Pre-adolescence”

Hannah Rasmussen, M.A.
Gayla Margolin, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Southern California
“Interrupting the Intergenerational Transmission of Aggression: Examining Physiological Reactivity to Infant Cries in Young Adults Before They Become Parents”

Kiet D. Huynh, M.A.
Debbiesiu Lee, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
“Structural Equation Model of the Indirect Effect of Traumatic Heterosexism and Racism on PTSD Symptoms Through Coping Mediators in LGBT People of Color”

Matthew Lee, M.A.
Shelley Hymel, Ph.D., Advisor
University of British Columbia
“Do Teacher Responses to Peer Victimization Differ Based on Victim Emotional and Behavioral Problems?”

Karen Trister Grace, Ph.D.(c), MSN, CNM
Nancy Glass, Ph.D., MPH, PN, FAAN, Advisor
Johns Hopkins University
"Exploring Correlates of Reproductive Coercion Among Low-Income Latina Women"

Lauren Gutman, B.A.
Etiony Aldarondo, Ph.D., Co-Advisor
Debbiesiu Lee, Ph.D., Co-Advisor
University of Miami
"Towards an Understanding of the Experiences of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children in Miami, Florida"

Elizabeth A. Miller, M.S.
Sandra T. Azar, Ph.D., Advisor
Penn State University
"Social Information Processing Deficits and Economic Stress in Disadvantaged Rural Fathers: Informing Child Maltreatment Prevention With an Understudied Population"

Johnathan Duff, M.S.
Isaac Prilleltensky, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"The Development and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Scale of Fairness"

Krithika Malhotra, M.A.
Etiony Aldarondo, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"Domestic Violence Practitioners' Use of Research Evidence: Attitudes and Organizational Social Context"

Amelia Swanson, M.S.
Etiony Aldarondo, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"Posttraumatic Growth Among Latina Victims of Interpersonal Violence in Psychological Treatment"

Sara L. Stromeyer, M.A.
John E. Lochman, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Alabama
"Relationships Between the Hostile Attribution Bias and the Positive Illusory Bias in Aggressive Children and Their Mothers: The Role of Schemas and Intergenerational Influences"

Sarah A. O. Gray, M.A.
Alice S. Carter, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Massachusetts Boston
"The Role of Parent Insight in Young Children's Trauma Exposure: Testing a Relational Model of Risk and Resilience"

Mrinalini Aroor Rao, M.A., M.S.
Dorothy L. Espelage, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Peer Victimization and Substance Use in Early Adolescence: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors"

Stephanie Donnelly, M.Ed.
Guerda Nicolas, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"Understanding the Experiences of Immigrant Mothers in Defining and Coping With Intimate Partner Violence"

Michelle Kozey, M.A.
Shelley Hymel, Ph.D. and Laurie Ford, Ph.D., Advisors
Director of Clinical Training, Psychology University of British Columbia
"Childhood Aggression and Executive Functions"

Ryan Landoll, M.A.
Annette M. La Greca, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"The New Frontier of Peer Victimization: Associations Between Adolescents On-line Peer Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms Over Time"

Lydia Barhight, M.A.
Julie A. Hubbard, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Delaware
"Children's Physiological and Emotional Reactions to Witnessing Bullying"

Heidi Kar, M.H.S., M.A.
K. Daniel O'Leary, Ph.D., Advisor
Director of Clinical Training, Psychology Stony Brook University
"Victims Who Victimize: The Association Between PTSD and Intimate Partner Violence Among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Veterans OEF/OIF Veterans"

Jennifer S. Mendel, B.S.
Daniel W. Webster, Sc.D., MPH, Advisor
Johns Hopkins University
"From Promise to Practice: Keys to Successful Implementation of Street Outreach for Youth Violence Prevention"

Nicholas A. Mescia, M.A.
Etiony Aldarondo, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"A Structural Equation Model Examination of Traumatic Stress, Psychological Distress, Social Support and Quality of Life with HIV+ African American Women in Drug Recovery"

Michael L. Sulkowski, M.Ed.
Thomas Oakland, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Florida
"An Investigation of Students' Willingness to Report Threats of Violence in Campus Communities"

Shanna B. Dulen, M.A.
Etiony Aldarondo, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"Assessment of Traumatic Experience, Distal and Proximal Risk and Protective Factors and Differential Adjustment Indicators of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children"

Anita Jose, M.A.
K. Daniel O'Leary, Ph.D., Advisor
Stony Brook University
"Antisocial Traits, Borderline Traits, Substance Use, Marital Distress, and Psychological Aggression as Predictors of Physical Aggression in Couples"

Andrea Regina, MSCCP
Dale M. Willows, Ph.D., Advisor
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Universtiy of Toronto
"At-Risk Youth with Reading Difficulties: Targeting Negative Consequences through Literacy Intervention"

Kimberly A. Van Orden, M.S.
Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Ph.D., Advisor
Florida State University
"Construct Validity of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire"

Lisa D. Bailey, M. S.
Annette M. La Greca, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Miami
"Social Support as a Moderator of the Relationship between Peer Victimization and Psychosocial Maladjustment in Adolescent Boys and Girls"

Jennifer L. Becker, L.C.S.W.
Barbara Thomlison, Ph.D., Advisor
Florida International University
"The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Socioemotional Development during Early Childhood"

Stephanie T. Mihalas, M.A.
Linda M. Raffaele Mendez, Ph.D., Advisor
University of South Florida
"Utilization of an Ecological Framework to Address the Relationship between Relational Victimization and Depression in High-Risk Minority Adolescents"

Sara G. Whitcomb, Ed.M.
Kenneth W. Merrell, Ph.D., Advisor
University of Oregon
"Strong Start: The Impact of Direct Teaching of a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum and Infusion of Skills on Emotion Knowledge of First Grade Students"