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Lauren Bennett Cattaneo (University of Maryland). Assistant Professor. Intimate partner violence, psychology of gender, and risk assessment. Dr. Cattaneo is the Principal Investigator on a Department of Justice funded program evaluation at the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, and has held prior positions conducting policy-relevant research. Her major interest is the utility of psychology for addressing pressing social problems. Her research has focused on domestic violence in the context of the court system, and risk assessment in domestic violence cases. She has published papers in the Journal of Community Psychology, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence and Victims, and Violence against Women. (Research abstracts).

Christianne Esposito-Smythers (Virginia Tech). Assistant Professor. Social-cognitive development, prevention, and treatment of adolescent mental health problems and risk behaviors. Dr. Esposito-Smythers’s research interests include the study of social cognitive processes associated with the development of adolescent suicidality, depression, and substance abuse. She is also interested in the design and application of cognitive behavioral treatment and prevention protocols for adolescent psychopathology and high risk behaviors. Dr. Esposito-Smythers’s research has been funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS. Her papers have appeared in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, American Journal on Addictions, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, and others. She is currently on the editorial board for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (Research abstracts).

Todd B. Kashdan (University at Buffalo, State University of New York). Associate Professor. His work largely focuses on social anxiety and other anxiety related conditions, the role of self-regulation and positive psychological processes in understanding and treating psychopathology, risk and resilience pathways to positive health, and the assessment and cultivation of curiosity, gratitude, sense of humor, and meaning in life in clinical and non-clinical populations. Much of this research involves understanding emotional, social, and motivational factors associated with various emotion disturbances. His work integrates theory and research from clinical, personality, and social psychology. He has published papers in Psychological Science, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, and others. His work has been funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, the Anxiety Disorder Association of America, and other sources. (Research abstracts).

James E. Maddux (University of Alabama). Professor. Dr. Maddux's major interest is the integration of theory from clinical, social, and health psychology. His research is concerned primarily with understanding the influence of beliefs about personal effectiveness and control on psychological adjustment and health-related behavior. He is the editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. and has published papers in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Health Psychology, and American Psychologist. He is the editor of the book, Self-Efficacy, Adaptation, and Adjustment: Theory, Research, and Application and co-editor with Barbara Winstead of Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding. (Research abstracts).

Patrick E. McKnight (University of Arizona). Assistant Professor. Applied quantitative methods, measurement, research design, and health services research. Dr. McKnight's primary interests are in the application of quantitative methods to better understand the empirical research results. He works primarily with health services researchers to develop better outcome measures and better data analytic approaches in a wide range of medical fields including low-vision, cardiology, arthritis, cancer, chronic pain, asthma, and mental health. Dr. McKnight's published work can be found in the American Psychologist, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Public Health, Journal of Applied Measurement, Journal of Pain, Journal of Asthma, among others. He is the coauthor of a forthcoming book on missing data (Guilford Press) that presents missing data from a methodologist's perspective. (Research abstracts).

Jonathan J. Mohr (University of Maryland). Assistant Professor. Dr. Mohr is interested in diversity issues in psychology including sexual orientation, same-sex romantic relationships, and psychotherapy with gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients. Some of his work has also focused on race and gender issues and psychotherapy process. His papers have appeared in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Counseling Psychologist, Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, and Applied & Preventive Psychology. (Research abstracts).

John H. Riskind (Yale University). Professor. Cognitive behavior therapy, mood and memory cognition patterns in anxiety and depression. Dr. Riskind was a member of the DSM-IV work group on Generalized Anxiety Disorder. His teaching and research interests include anxiety and mood disorders, cognitive theories of emotion and emotion disorder, cognitive-behavior therapy. His more general interests are in clinical and social psychology. His papers have appeared in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and others. He is coauthor of a book on Abnormal Psychology (McGraw-Hill) and Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders (Lawrence Erlbaum) both with Lauren Alloy. (Research abstracts).

Jerome L. Short (Arizona State University). Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Training.. Community mental health promotion; family stress and coping. Dr. Short's specific research interests include developing and evaluating mental health promotion programs for children, adolescents, and college students; understanding the long-term effects of parental divorce on children; social support; substance abuse prevention; and mental health policy. His teaching interests include clinical supervision; group, couple and family psychotherapy; and community psychology theory and practice. His papers have appeared in the American Journal of Community Psychology, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Family Relations, Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Journal of Primary Prevention, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, and White House Studies. (Research abstracts).