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Recent Grads: 

Here is a listing of recent graduates, where they completed their internships, their dissertation titles, and current professional positions. 

Richard Hanson

Advisor:  Nancy Crewe

Internship:  University of Missouri-Kansas City, Counseling Center

Dissertation Title: Personal, Familial and Social Predictors of Burden in HIV/AIDS Informal Caregivers

Current Position:  Associate Director, Rockhurst College Counseling Center

 

Saied Ali Mirzadeh, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Robbie Steward

Internship:  U.S. Air Force, Dayton, OH

Dissertation Title: The Roles of Hardiness and Perceptions of Social Support in the Early College Adjustment of International Students

Current Position: Psychologist, U.S. Air Force (stationed in CA)

 

Eric M. Sauer, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Fred Lopez

Internship:  University of Iowa Counseling Center

Dissertation Title:  Therapist and Client Adult Attachment:  A Longitudinal Examination of the Therapeutic Working Alliance

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville

 

Judy Ferris, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Nancy Crewe

Internship:  MSU Counseling Center

Dissertation Title:  Empowerment Training:  The Impact of Traditional Case Outcome Measures in Vocational Rehabilitation

Current Position:  Psychologist, MSU Counseling Center

 

Amanda Baden, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Robbie Steward

Internship:  Gouverneur Hospital, NY, NY

Dissertation Title:  The Psychological Adjustment of Transracial Adoptees:  An Application of the Cultural-Racial Identity Model

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, St. Johns University

 

David Sagula, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Ken Rice

Internship:  Syracuse VA Medical Center

Dissertation Title:  Varying Treatment Duration in a Mindfulness Meditation Stress Reduction Program for Chronic Pain Patients

Current Position:  Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center, Anoka, MN

 

Kimberly Thomas, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Fred Lopez

Internship:  Arizona State University Counseling Center

Dissertation Title:  An Attachment Theoretical Perspective on Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Psychological Adjustment

Current Position:  Private Practice, Tempe, AZ

 

 

Thomas Baez, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Gloria Smith

Internship:  University of Florida Counseling Center

Dissertation Title: The Impact of Protective Factors in the Resiliency of Single Black Mothers:  An Investigation of Stressful Low Socio-Economic Environments

Current Position:  Psychologist, Univ. of Michigan Counseling Center

 

Lisa Schirmer, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Fred Lopez

Internship:  Univ. of Notre Dame Counseling Center

Dissertation Title:  Interrelationships Among Adult Attachment Style, Work Stress, Social Support, and Indexes of Strain

Current Position:  Staff Therapist, Eastwood Clinics, Livonia, MI

 

Karyn Boatwright, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Linda Forrest

Internship:  University of Notre Dame Counseling Center

Dissertation Title:  The Mediating Influence of Connectedness Needs in Accounting for Sex Differences in Worker’s Ideal Leadership Style Preferences

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College

 

Ellen Behrens, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Fred Lopez

Internship:  Salt Lake City, UT VA Medical Center

Dissertation Title:  Relations of Concordant and Discordant Parent-Adult Attachment Styles to Adult Psychological and Relationship Adjustment

 

Brett VanTol, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Mike Leahy

Internship: Curative Rehabilitation Center, Milwaukee, WI

Dissertation Title:  Workplace Disability Management Inventory:  Development of a Screening Instrument

Current Position:  Psychologist, PAR Psych. Assoc., East Lansing

 

Tracy Thompson, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Gloria Smith

Internship:  University of Denver Counseling Center

Dissertation Title:  Managed Care:  An Assessment of Burnout of Psychologists

Current Position:  Research Associate, MSU

 

Donna McDonald, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Linda Forrest

Internship:  University of Akron Counseling Center

Dissertation Title:  A Qualitative Comparison of Employed and Unemployed Low Income African-American Single Mothers

Current Position:  Psychologist, Northeast Ohio Psychology Associates

 

Lisa Stephens, Ph.D.

Advisor:  Linda Forrest

Internship:  Community Support Services, Lansing

Dissertation Title: Connection and Separation:  An Exploration of the Beliefs of College Counselors

Current Position:  Clinical Director, Counseling Services of Addison County, Inc.

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