2007-Present: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado M.A. in Clinical Psychology
2003-2007: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado B.S. in Psychology, Emphasis in Pre-Medicine
Professional Experience
Turning Point Center for Youth and Family Development, Ft. Collins Colorado
Employee (Summer 2006) – Floor Counselor at Boys Residential Facility & Emancipation Group Home
Intern (Spring 2006) – Floor Counselor at Boys Residential Facility
Volunteer (Fall 2005) – Floor Counselor at Boys Residential Facility
The Family Center/ La Familia, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Volunteer (Fall 2003) – Tutor/Mentor for English as a second language elementary school children
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Psychology (UCCS, under Dr. Sambrook, Spring 2007 to Present)
Sensation & Perception in Psychology (CSU, under Dr. Volbrecht, Spring 2006)
Research Experience
Relationship of Health Behaviors to Psychological Distress
Purpose: To study the relationship between alcohol consumption, coping-self efficacy, and psychological distress following a natural disaster.
Advisor: Charles C. Benight
Current Study
Psychometric Analysis of the Regressive Trauma Coping Scale
Purpose: To test the psychometric properties of the RTCS on a clinical sample of PTSD participants
Advisor: Charles C. Benight
Current Study
Implicit/Explicit Memory & Time of Day Study
Purpose: To study the accuracy of memory depending on the subjects preferred time of day.
Researcher: Amanda Sensinig, Ed Delosh
Conducted: Fall 2006
Time Production Study
Purpose: To assess the effects of distraction in producing time estimations
Researcher: Amanda Sensinig, Ed Delosh, Deana Davalos
Conducted: Fall 2005
Presented at the 2006 Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Convention
Stroop Interference Study
Purpose: To study the differences in Stroop interference between subjects with Parkinson disease and a control group population.
Researcher: Julie Bugg
Task: Data Entry (Fall 2004)
Presentations
Benight, C. C. , Waldrep, E., & Mitchell, J. (2007). Regressive trauma coping scale: Initial psychometrics. Poster presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Baltimore, MD.