Dissertations and Job Placements

 2009

Heather Wadlinger
Dissertation:
Looking on the Bright Side: The Effect of a Positive Visual Attention Training Intervention of Attention and Emotion Regulation
Workplace/Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience of Prevention
The Prevention and Methodology Training Program
Penn State University

Michael Sheehan
Dissertation:
An Analysis of Aggressive Victims: Behavioral and Psychosocial Characteristics in Children and Adolescents
Workplace/Position: Lecturer at the College of the Holy Cross and Tufts University

Jeongsook Yoon
Dissertation:
Psychophathy in Sexual Coercion against Women: the Role of Emotion and Attention
Cai Xing
Dissertation:
The Effects of Emotion and Motivation on Attentional Patterns in the Decision-making Process
Danielle M. Maurice
Dissertation: Perceptions of Justice in the Criminal Justice System: The Experience of Non-Offending Caregivers of Child Sexual Abuse Victims
Workplace/Position: Policy Analyst/Evaluator, Hornby Zeller Associates. Inc.

2008

Kelly Cotter
Dissertation: No Strain, No Gain: An Application of Social Cognitive Theory to Physical Activity across the Lifespan
Workplace/Position: Assistant Professor at California State University, Sacremento
Jiang Luo
Dissertation: Optimism, Cognition, and Information Processing in Medical Decision Making
Masako Kikuchi
Dissertation: Appearance Stereotypes and Social Value Orientation: Perception and Behavior in a Mixed-Motive Situation

2007

Victor Luevano
Dissertation: Truth in Advertising: The Relationship of Facial Appearance to Apparent and Actual Health Across Lifespan
Assistant Professor at California State University, Stanislaus
Vanessa Ferriera
Dissertation: Perception of SES and Support with Objective SES in the Physical functioning of Lower Income older Adults
Workplace/Position: Executrive Director, Mattapoisett Counsel on Aging
Arelys Feliciano Sanchez
Dissertation: Age & Cognitive Performance in Adult Onset Diabetes in a New England Puerto Rican Community
Workplace/Position: Research Fellow, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center For Aged, Harvard Medical School

2006

Cheryl DeLancey
Dissertation: What is in a Face? Hedonic Tone Judgements and Behavioral Inclinations in Response to Emeging Emotional Facial Expressions
Workplace/Position: Assistant Professor of Child Development at California State University, Stanislaus

2005

Feng Zhou
Dissertation: Information Processing and Selective Attention in Short-term Visual Memory
Workplace/Position: Brandeis University, Post doc
Yuko Yotsumoto
Dissertation: Understanding Visual Memory: Higher Dimensional Application of a Summed Similarity Model, Theoretical Approach using Signal Detection Theory, and Neurophysiological Measures
Workplace/Position: Boston University, Post Doctoral Research Associate
Sandra L. McCoy
Dissertation: The Effects of Age-Related Sensory and Cognitive Change on Speech and Language Comprehension
Workplace/Position: University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor
Robyn Lebovitz
Dissertation: Maintaining Weight Loss: The Role of Social Influences and Social Relationships
Workplace/Position: Research Scientist, Gillette Advanced Technology Center
Stacey Whitbourne
Dissertation: Daily Memory Failures in Adulthood: The Role of Control Beliefs and Activity
Workplace/Position: BU School of Public Health, Postdoctoral Fellow
Xiaolin Yu
Dissertation: The Relation of Family Influences and Personal Inhibition to Childhood Aggression in China and in the U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Study
Mark Saviano
Dissertation: When Is Aggression Perceived Favorably? The Role of Provocation, Facial Maturity, and Form of Aggression.
Workplace/Position: Colorado College, Psychology Department, Technical/Statistical Director
Mandy Smith
Dissertation: Couples and Condoms: A Dyadic Approach to Condom Decision in Latino Anglo Dating Couples
Workplace/Position: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Analyst
Kimberly Firth
Dissertation: Goal Outcomes in Adulthood: The Influence of Temporal Orientation and Perceived Control
Workplace/Position: George Washington University, Research Associate

2004

Viviane Siino-Sears
Dissertation: Motor Adaptation to Contacting and Non Contacting Coriolis Forces
Workplace/Position: Ananomouse Corporation, Vice President of Product Development
Maria Parmley
Dissertation: Perceiving Anger and Sadness: How Might Age, Gender, and Contextual Ambiguity Influence the Process?
Workplace/Position: Assumption College, Lecturer in Psychology
Kathleen Nancy Holmes
Dissertation: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity and Comorbid Psychiatric Syndromes: An Analysis by Subtype and Gender
Jason Maurice
Dissertation: Interrelationships Between Cognitive Discrepancies, Body Affect, and Body Changing Behaviors
Workplace/Position: Market Decisions Research Analyst
Jasmina Burdovic Andreas
Dissertation: Pathways of Risk and Resilence in the Development of Aggression in Children: The role of Family Functioning and Children's Social-Cognitive Styles.
Workplace/Position: Harvard Medical School, Post-doctoral Research Fellow

2003

Jong Sup Jun
Dissertation: Syntactic and Semantic Bases of Case: A Study of Verbal Nouns, Light Verbs and Dative.
Workplace/Position: Seoul National University, Lecturer

2002

Carrie Andreoletti
Dissertation: The influence of stereotype-consistent and stereotype-inconsistent information on memory performance in adulthood.
Workplace/Position: Brandeis University, Research Assistant
Jennifer Mueller
Dissertation: The effects of expressive writing on performance and well-being in the work place.
Workplace/Position: Yale University
Geoffrey Wright
Dissertation: Human self-motion perception during vertical linear oscillation and virtual environment exposure.
Workplace/Position: LMU-Grosshaden Clinical Center, Germany, Post doc

2001

Deborah Little
Dissertation: Age and attentional contraints on the encoding and recall of spoken discourse
Workplace/Position: University of Illinois Eye Center, Post doc
Anne Verbeck Sorber
Dissertation: The role of Peer Socialization in the development of emotion display rules: Effects of age, gender, and emotion.
Workplace/Position: Assumption College, Lecturer

2000

Sherry Lynn Anders
Dissertation: Gender and Working Models of Attachment: An Examination of Gender Differences in Communication Strategies Used to Pursue Attachment Goals
Workplace/Position: Suffolk University, Clinical Respecialization Program
Margaret Oliveira
Dissertation: The Effect of Media's Objectification of Beauty on Children's Body Esteem
Workplace/Position: CT Voices for Children, Early Childhood Research and Policy Analyst
Kristen Joy Prentice
Dissertation: Drawing Inferences from Spoken Discourse: Effects of Verbal Working Memory and Normal Aging
Workplace/Position: University of Maryland school of Medicine, Psychiatric Research Center
Darlene Kennedy Winkleman
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Ambivilance over the Inhibition and Expression of Specific Emotions, Physical Health, and Psychological Well-Being
Workplace/Position: University of Connecticut Health Center, Research Assistant