Michelle Buffie, Ph.D., 2022

  • Dissertation Title:  Self-Regulation, Emotion Regulation, & Social Problem-Solving: Common & Distinct Pathways to  Depression
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Developmental Medicine Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

Natalie Roy (Holbrook), Capt., Ph.D., 2020

  • Dissertation Title: Stress, social problem solving, and irritable bowel syndrome: A cross-lagged panel design investigation of interactive influences. 
  • Current Position: Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Research Service Officer in Charge, U.S. Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, TX.

Shannon Brothers, Ph.D., 2018

  • Dissertation Title: Examining links between social anxiety and relational aggression in adolescence: The influence of rumination and anger.
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Hannah Ford, Ph.D., 2016

  • Dissertation Title: Predicting relationship satisfaction in same- and cross-sex friendships.  
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS.

Ethan Rothstein, Ph.D., 2015

  • Dissertation Title: Determinants of social support satisfaction: A multi-informant matching model.
  • Current Position: Staff Psychologist, Southfield Center for Development, Darien, CT.

Jen Sauve, Ph.D., 2015

  • Dissertation Title: Susceptibility to ostracism in adolescents:  An evaluation of predictors of reactivity in a lab-task simulation.
  • Current Position: Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist at Children’s Hospital Community Mental Health Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Jessica Fales, Ph.D., 2012

  • Dissertation Title: Dyadic social processes and depressive symptoms in adolescent dating couples: Their links to relationship quality, partner’s perceptions, and the HPA response to conflict.
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA.

Agnieszka Serwik (Kronholm), Ph.D., 2010

  • Dissertation Title: The effects of dyadic social behaviors on depression and friendship quality.
  • Current Position: Health Psychologist, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME.

Michelle Rivera (Hanby), Ph.D., 2008

  • Dissertation Title: Evaluating a social learning theory of dating aggression: The role of relational aggression.
  • Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, United States Air Force, San Angelo, TX.

Elizabeth Shepherd, Ph.D., 2008

  • Dissertation Title: Intervening to promote social skill usage in Head Start preschoolers: A single-subject design evaluation of effectiveness.
  • Current Position: Staff Psychologist and Certified Juvenile Court Clinician, Adolescent Consultation Services, Cambridge, MA.

Karen Zeff (Hebert), Ph.D., 2005

  • Dissertation Title: The effects of social anxiety on the development of romantic relationships in adolescence.
  • Current Position: Staff Psychologist, Hudson Valley Center for Cognitive Therapy and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Erika Carpenter (Rich), Ph.D., 2002

  • Dissertation Title: A curriculum-based approach for social-cognitive skills training: An intervention targeting aggression in Head Start preschoolers.
  • Current Position: Owner/Director, Rich & Associates, Los Angeles, CA.

Rachel Grover, Ph.D., 2002

  • Dissertation Title: The Measure of Adolescent Heterosocial Competence: Development and construct validation.
  • Current Position: Professor, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD.