Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the positive and negative effects of classical conditioning on a person's psyche.

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the importance of superstition as competition increases.

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on academic acculturation stress and first generation students.

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on social support as a mediator of stress and quality of life in HIV positive individuals.

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on stigma and recidivism.

Poster for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on suicide across time and culture.

Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing the role of stress, behavioral disengagement, and self distraction and the perceived stigma in HIV-positive individuals.

Paper on denial, daily hassles, and health distress in HIV positive individuals. The authors' findings are important from a therapeutic perspective, and suggest that experiencing hassles and choosing to use denial as a coping strategy are associated with more health distress.

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on denial, daily hassles, and distress in HIV positive individuals.

Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on stress, self-esteem, loneliness, sex guilt, and sexual risk in college students.

Undergraduate thesis studying anxiety and substance use disorders (SUD) by examining the prevalence of anxiety-SUD comorbidity in an outpatient psychology training clinic and assessing how it affects psychotherapy outcomes. Results revealed that anxiety and SUD is more highly comorbid compared to when anxiety is paired with another disorder and the presence of a comorbid SUD was associated with worse therapy outcomes at the beginning and end of therapy. However, the comorbid SUD did not affect the rate of recovery in patients. Both groups benefited equally from therapy.

Undergraduate thesis with the initial attempt to validate the Attention Network Test (ANT) by comparing it to a thoroughly validated measure, the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metric (ANAM) battery. The author examines the validity of the ANT in order to confirm its use in both clinical and normal populations.

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing the quality of life of people with mental illnesses.

Poster for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing self-motivation among college students who have experienced the death of a parent.

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) affective scale and how marital satisfaction relates to interpersonal affect.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on gangs and preventive measures.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on identifying faculty attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) issues.

Paper explores theories about the possible biological causes of homosexuality in people.

Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the psychology of revenge.

Undergraduate thesis examining the relationship between religious beliefs and an antisocial behavior outcome (revenge-seeking behaviors). The researchers hypothesized that those who are religiously committed would be less likely to act in an antisocial manner by declining the opportunity to take revenge against an ostensible offender.

Undergraduate thesis examining the moderating role of religious coping on the associations between romantic attachment and psychological symptoms among 86 heterosexual, married couples with children aged 8-11. Spouses completed a demographic questionnaire, the Brief RCOPE (Pargament et al., 1998), the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (Brennan et al., 1998), and the Symptom Assessment-45 (Maruish, 1996, 1998). Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny et al., 2006), multilevel modeling examined both within-person (actor) and dyadic (partner) influences between spouses.

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing social anxiety and word use and how environments can influence words.

This paper discusses research on social anxiety and word use.