Scranton Psychology Graduates
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Natalie Fala- 2007- I have decided to update and change what I wrote in the beginning of the year since a lot has happened! In July, I will be finishing up the study I am working on at UPenn/Philadelphia VA Medical Center. I helped develop and test an instrument that will soon be implemented in VAs nation wide to assess treatment outcomes of substance abuse patients. I have loved working with veterans and I hope to continue to do so with a focus on PTSD. I will be moving down to Melbourne, Florida in August to go to Florida Institute of Technology for my Psy.D. I am extremely stoked about it because I really loved the program when I interviewed! I miss Scranton everyday of my life and cannot believe I graduated a year ago! I just booked a trip for the summer to Hong Kong, Singapore, and12`1 Seoul (South Korea). I plan on bungy jumping in Hong Kong. It is the highest bungy in the world at 762 feet! (I have done it before in NZ at about 440 ft). My boyfriend is filing his paperwork to be able to come back to work and live in America (he is from Australia) so I am VERY excited about that!! I have a lot of exciting things coming up this summer and I would love to hear what everyone else is up to!
Chris Fernandez -2007 - Hello all and Happy Holidays! I would just like to start out by saying how much I miss Scranton and how upset I am about missing out on the new student center and the whole "Office" fiesta earlier this fall. Oh well. I am currently living in Yardley, PA which is about 20 minutes North of Philly and am enrolled at Rider University going for my Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology. An EdS. degree is something unofficially between a Master's and a Doctorate and its about 2 years coursework and the final year is a 1200 hour practicum (sometimes paid). I just finished my first semester and was a little overwhelmed. I got all A's but I definitely had to work for it more than I ever have. If I wanted to obtain my PsyD or PhD in school psychology it will only be about 1 more year after this degree (1 more practicum and a couple of courses). Its not just learning how to test kids for cognitive or academic disabilities. When I'm done I can pretty much do everything in a school minus doing the custodial duties. Anyway, I'm working a lot too on the weekends. Ironically, I work at a restaurant called Havana's in New Hope, PA where if you know anything about that town, I earn good tips from both genders if you catch my drift. The place sells zero Cuban cuisine and I pretty much bring the only Cuban aspect there. Its fun though and I do ok with funds. My social life has suffered a little, but not much b/c the restaurant is somewhat of a nightclub at night. Well, thats all for me. You can contact me at cubanism20@yahoo.com or call me at 607 761 0788 if anyone has any Q's or just want to say Hey and that they miss me :). Best of luck to everyone!
Christina Irace -2007 -Hey guys! Well, I'm currently living in Lancaster, PA and enrolled in a Master's degree and Certification program in School Psychology at Millersville University. First semester was a bit of a rude awakening, but as an overachiever, I worked my butt off and am doing well academically. I love the area that I'm living in (Lancaster has amazing outlets and shopping in general :) ) and Millersville is great - it's no Scranton, but it suits me well. My program is also 2 years of courses, and 1 year of internship, which will hopefully be paid. I managed to get a Graduate Assistantship in one of the academic offices on campus, which pays for a majority of my credit hours, while I work 20 hours a week. Graduate Assistantships are pretty awesome if you can snag one, so my advice is to apply as soon as you can!
I'd be glad to offer information on Millersville (although there are currently two other Scranton alums here finishing their internship year!) or School Psychology in general. Good luck to all in your futures in Psychology!
email: christina.irace@gmail.com Lyndsey Collins- 2006: Hi everyone! Hope that all is well! So what's the last year and a half been like in my life? Impossibly busy! Right after graduating from Scranton, I began attending a doctoral program in clinical psychology at the State University of New York at Binghamton, where I specialized in neuropsychology and in the neural correlates of antinociception in borderline personality disorder. Although my work was interesting and it was great to learn how to use fMRI, anyone who spoke to me last year may recall that I wasn't exactly enjoying my graduate experience at SUNY. Luckily, Drs. Cannon and Waldeck managed to calm me down long enough to realize that, rather than dropping out of school all together, I might want to consider applying to a school that better fit my interests and training goals. Enter the University of Connecticut.
In July of 2007, right after being awarded an Outstanding Scholars Program Fellowship, I moved to Manchester, CT and began attending UConn as a doctoral student in Behavioral Neuroscience. I LOVE it here! I work in the neuropharmacology lab of Dr. John Salamone, and I specialize in Parkinson's disease research. In addition to investigating novel drug treatments for the disease (specifically those targeting adenosine-dopamine receptor interactions, the muscarinic acetylcholine (specifically M4) receptors, and the possible interactions between the cholinergic and adenosine systems, which I wrote my thesis on), I also study basal ganglia circuitry functioning in general using a variety of neuroanatomical and neurophysiological methods. My other research projects involve investigating the role of several basal ganglia neurotransmitter systems in effort-related choice behavior and trying to understand the excessive neurophysiological synchrony seen in Parkinson's. In the coming months, I will also be beginning research collaborations with the Connover lab here at UConn to study the effects of stem cell therapy in our model of Parkinson's Disease and with Jill Crittenden at MIT/Anne Young at Mass General Hospital to study cell signaling markers of dyskinesia and P.D. It's good to be back in neuroscience :-).
In the tiny bit of free time that leaves, I attend my own classes, teach (last semester I taught Adv. Psychology discussion; this semester I have a senior-level neuroanatomy/neurophysiology lab to look forward to), see patients (since I still take clinical classes and intend to sit for licensure in clinical psychology, with the intention of pursuing a residency in neuropsychology, I still need to be a neuropsychology practicum student), serve as my lab's undergraduate coordinator (read: czarina) for our staff of 23 undergraduates, work on the beginning of my dissertation, and attempt to have some semblance of a social life. Busy, but I wouldn't change a thing (except maybe having more time to pay a once-in-a-while visit to Scranton). I am roommates with Brentt Swetter, a 2007 neuroscience graduate and a fellow doctoral student at UConn. We live in Vernon, CT (the dodgy end haha) with a cat who is way too badly behaved to be living with two behavioral neuroscientists. We spend the majority of our time traveling to random places (we're going to Iceland in May) and pursuing our ultimate goal of bringing as much of Scranton to us as possible (though I'm not sure UConn is ready for a colony of Scranton neuroscience majors). I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about my research, UConn, or life in New England. Feel free to stay in touch, and, for those of you still at Scranton, treasure every moment of it. I still spend most days missing life at Da U.
Email: lyndsey.collins@uconn.edu
Stephanie Brenne- 2006: Hello everyone! Here's a little update on what I've been up to since graduation :) I applied to doctoral programs in clinical psychology, but that didn't quite work out, so I decided to get a job in the field and try again. I worked for about a year as a therapist in the Adult Partial Hospitalization Program at Scranton Counseling Center. I conducted group therapy twice daily with a caseload of approximately 12 clients with chronic schizophrenia, and also led psychoeducational groups (such as Mental Health Education, Relationships, Social Skills, etc). The job was a lot of work for little pay, but I loved working with the clients. I applied to doctoral programs again, and I'm currently a first year PsyD student at Marywood University! I'm interested in working with adults, and I would also like to work in Community Mental Health again someday. I'm not sure what the topic of my thesis will be yet, so I'll keep everyone posted as my research interests develop. I'm still working part-time in retail, teaching dance, and living the dream of staying in Scranton forever (I know some of you are jealous!). Feel free to drop me a line and stay in touch!
Cell: 570-430-3156
Email: brennes2@gmail.com
Megan Sweeney - 2006: Hi guys! I hope that everyone is doing well. I have been pretty busy as well since graduation. I am one semester away from finishing my master's in Mental Health Counseling at Queens College CUNY. I don't know how the rest of you are doing PhD programs because I am counting the seconds till I am done with school and it's only a two year program ha. Last year around this time I went for some interviews for internships and I was offered a full time job working for Zucker Hillside Hospital, which is a psych hospital on Long Island. So now I work as a Job Coach in a Supported Employment program for individuals with chronic psych disabilities. It's pretty hard work at times, but overall I enjoy it. I am back living in Massapequa, NY with my parents, which works out since I barely spend any time at home between work and school. I know alot of Scranton alum are from NY so if anyone has any questions about master's programs or Mental Health Counseling or just wanna chat feel free to contact me.
Cell: 516-510-2606
Email: meg.sween@gmail.com
Jennifer Doles - 2006: Hi Everyone! I'm in my second year in the Combined School-Community Psychology Psy.D. program at Hofstra University on Long Island. It's definitely a lot of work, but I love the program, and it's flying by sooo fast. This past December I earned my masters degree in school-community psychology...only 2 1/2 years til the Psy.D.! My masters thesis aimed to increase social communicative behaviors (eye contact, pointing, gesturing, etc.) in young children with autism spectrum disorders using milieu communcation teaching. My dissertation will hopefully be related to my masters thesis. Besides coursework (12-14 credits), I spend two days a week in my practicum placement at an elementary and middle school functioning as an intern school psychologist. For my assistantship, I work three days a week in an autism clinic at Hofstra conducting autism assessments and prelinguistic milieu interventions with children on the spectrum. On an ongoing basis, I also conduct full battery psychological evaluations for another community clinic at Hofstra. Finally, I teach the graduate statistics lab for the 1st level students in my program. The awesome psychology department at Scranton definitely prepared me well for this position. If all goes well, I'll have my Psy.D. by 2010! And for the most exciting news...on August 16, 2007 I got engaged in Disney to my boyfriend Kevin....we're planning on a 2009 wedding! We live in an apartment in Pelham Bay in the Bronx...right next to the Throgs Neck bridge. Drop me line if any one is near! Hope everyone is well!
E-mail: jdoles331@hotmail.com
Alli Smith - 2006 (last updated 11/2009): Hi everyone :) I'm in the middle of my fourth year in the clinical psych PhD program at the University of Rhode Island. My research so far has focused mainly on the physical & mental health effects of childhood maltreatment. I fell in love with pediatric psychology (adjustment of children with/to chronic illness), so I'm on several research teams at the children's hospital in Providence. One team looks at sibling relationships where one child has Type I Diabetes, another team looks at nutrition in preschoolers from low SES homes, and the last team is running two clinical trials teaching affect management strategies to kids at risk for HIV and kids in the drug court system. I'm also currently running those HIV prevention groups. My favorite job of all is treating anxious little munchkins at our on-campus clinic and supervising the new therapists on our therapy team. In order to pay rent, I'm the assistant to our director of clinical training (who happens to be my major professor and favorite person here) and I coordinate admissions for the program. I live in a pretty house on East Matunuck Beach. I spend my most of my time watching The Office, listening to James Taylor, drinking chai, and visiting Scranton whenever possible :) If I can help anyone with anything, drop me a line - especially if you are thinking about applying to grad school or interested in clinical child/pediatric psychology. I hope this finds you well. Take care*
Cell: 845-661-8084Email: alli921@gmail.com
Cassie Dyer - I go to the University of Pittsburgh. I'm in my second (and last) year in Research Methods. It is awesome. I haven't decided if I want to get a job or go back to school for Psychology next year. Let me know what you think. If you have any questions about Pittsburgh and the area, ask Ryan Pohlig. If you have any questions for me about what it feels like to not have a clue about your future, email me at: dyerc2@gmail.com
Amanda Bistran 2006 - Hello everyone! In August 2006 I got engaged while vacationing in Australia to my boyfriend of seven years, Matt Hall. I am currently employed by the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. I work in the Department of Neurology, Division of Brain Injury Outcomes. We are a coordinating center for multi-center, international clinical trials on the treatment of stroke. We are home of the CLEAR IVH and MISTIE Trials. We also run a few post-stroke and another brain injury trials as well. I've worn a few hats in the past year and a half since I was hired. Recently, I am working very closely with raw outcome data from stroke assessments (Glasgow Outcome Scale, Barthel Index, Stroke Impact Scale etc.) and transforming it into charts and reports which are easier to understand for when they data goes into publication or for the Data Safety Monitoring Board, etc. This is probably the favorite of all of my hats. I was taking classes part-time at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for a Masters of Public Health, until December 2007, when it became too difficult for me to work full-time, go to school part-time, plan a 2008/2009 wedding and continue coming home to Scranton every weekend to spend time with my father who was diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer in May 2007. Needless to say, since graduation I've experienced the good, the bad and the ugly. I do miss my time at Scranton and hope to update this in the future with some more good news. Best of luck to all of you! E-mail: amandajayne25@gmail.com
Jennifer Applegate Hey everyone! Hope all is well! In December '07, I finished an M.A. program at American University in Psychology, with a clinical focus. Currently, I'm working as a Sr. Counselor at an agency in NJ with chronic psych disabilities. Its definitely never boring, I will say that :) Overall I definitely really like it, but its a lot of work. I'm considering going back to school in the next few years to obtain my PsyD, but I'm not in any rush at this point. I definitely miss Scranton and all of you every day. Hopefully I'll be able to update you all with some news, once I figure out a more exact plan of what I'm going to do. Email: jena813@gmail.com
Billy Casale (2006): Hey, I just wanted to say a quick hello and update everyone on what I have been doing since graduation. Right after graduating from the University I was hired by Pfizer as a Healthcare Representative. At the time, this made me the youngest employee in the company and was a major accomplishment for me. A year later… my division at Pfizer was acquired by Johnson & Johnson and I was fortunate enough to keep my position. So that’s where I am now, just trying to climb the corporate ladder. My goal is to have a very satisfying and mutually productive career in whatever I do so we'll see what happens. I am very thankful for all of my experiences as a Psych Major at the University. I miss the faculty and my classmates very much. Best of luck to everyone! Email: wcasale@conus.jnj.com
Patrick Orr: Hi! I'm in my fourth year of a Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) PhD program at Yale University. My research focuses on hormonal influences on learning and memory, and my dissertation is focusing specifically on the mechanisms of via which progesterone modulates hippocampal learning and memory. I'm more than happy to talk anyone about research, grad school, psychology or neuroscience.
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Stephanie Campbell - 2005 Hello everyone. It's great to read how well everyone is doing. After Scranton I moved to Tampa, FL in October 2005 to pursue my M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy at Argosy University/Tampa. I completed this program in August of 2007. While attending Argosy I worked full-time at Mental Health Care, Inc as a Crisis Counselor/Discharge Planner on the Adult Crisis Stablization Unit. I worked there for a year before leaving to complete my Practicum. After a 2-month break and lots to job applications I landed a job as an Access Clinician/Children's Outpatient Therapist at Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health. I am currently registered with the state of Florida as Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern and will take the licensure exam next year. Now I am getting that itch again to go even further: Next month I will start a PhD program in General Psychology at Capella University. If you asked me if I would pursue my doctorate a few months ago I would "Absolutely not." But I feel it would be highly beneficial to me in the long run so why not. Congratulations to everyone! I haven't put it all together yet but my dissertation will have something to do with Kinship Care. Email: steph_campbell12@yahoo.com
Megan Hosey - 2005 (last updated 10/2009) - Hi all! Thanks, Tim, for coming up with this great idea. I can't wait to hear what everyone is doing. As for me, I'm a fourth year graduate student in the Human Services Psychology Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I am enrolled in the Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited) and Behavioral Medicine Tracks. I think the most salient thing graduate school is teaching me is how to wear several "hats": I am a student, attending courses and completing classwork; I am attending practica at the Baltimore VA Medical center where I conduct therapy and do assessments; I help my mentor, Shari Waldstein, conduct research in the Baltimore area. All of this keeps me quite busy, but I've still managed to make new friends and explore Baltimore. I often find myself thinking about (and missing) Da U. For those of you who are there currently, enjoy the experience and take advantage of the great opportunities presented by your professors! I don't know where I'd be without them.
email: mhosey1@umbc.edu Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in the
HSP program at UMBC. I'd be happy to share more details.
Ryan Pohlig - At University of Pittsburgh for in Research Methodology (Statistics, Design, and Psychometrics).
Currently doing or assisting research in many areas, Quantitative Methods- examining latent growth modeling and comparing its power to repeated measures ANOVA, Bioengineering- wheel chair propulsion [analysis of data using General Linear Mixed Models, with time varying covariates], Physical Therapy- program assessment for a continuing educational program [analysis of nested data, item creation for test of content knowledge], Social Work- examining youth who are in department of social services in Allegheny county and their interactions in the juvenile justice system [using General Estimating Equations of binary outcomes, Latent Trajectory analysis, Cluster Analysis, GLMM], Rehabilitation Science- evaluation of tele-rehabilitation system [Equivalence/non-inferiority testing, inter-rater reliability]. Education- longitudinal study in school district in Canadia [Analysis of Growth, Confirmatory Factor Analysis]
Ryan Montes (2005)- Greetings. Currently, I am in my third year of doctoral training in clinical psychology at Nova Southeastern University. I specialize in clinical forensic psychology and my research covers several areas within the forensic arena. Specifically, I have projects on the effect of expert testimony on capital murder cases, contextual influences in prisoner research, and a critical analysis of priesthood assessment. In addition to my training, I am an officer in the student section of the APA's division 41 (Law and Psychology). My advice for any student is to make the most of your education and try to frame your schooling as not just an education but as training. Feel free to contact me at montes.ryan@gmail.com
Joshua Stewart (2005) - I am currently living and working in Annapolis, Md., writing about politics, crime, government and all other sorts of messes for The Capital, a daily rag. While it took me two tries to get through it, Stats for the Behavioral Sciences was arguably the most valuable course I took. Understanding how margin of error works in an office of people who know the differences between en and em dashes but can’t count past 10 unless their shoes are off is quite a valuable asset. If you are in town, know unscrupulous politicians I should write about or enjoy beer, send an e-mail to jptstewart@gmail.com.
Sarah Fridirici (2005) formerly known as Sarah Shirer- Hey all, after reading all your exciting life details, I'm a little nervous to share about myself. I'm currently in my internship year in School Psychology as noted by Christina up top (, 2008). I work with preK-12 students at Pottsville Area School District, but most of the time I'm at the elementary. I lived with a fellow Scranton grad, Tiffany Ott, in Millersville for the past 2 years and we battled the grad program together at Millersville University. While in M'ville, I worked as a Therapeutic Staff Support and Graduate Assistant for the Elementary Education Dept. Currently, I don't do any research, teach any classes, or make much money, but I can do some sick psychoeducational assessments and write looong reports about them. I recently got married in October (several Scranton Alumni attended) and am enjoying my "grown up" life. We live in Schuylkill County with our new puppy, Maggie. If you have any questions about school psych, Millersville, or Yuengling Lager feel free to email me at shirers2@gmail.com. I really am a professional person, despite this profile. Good luck to all and enjoy Scranton!
Tiffany Ott [2005] Hey everybody- Well, I guess I don't have too much explaining to do since Sarah & Christina sort of already summed it up for me! But here it goes anyway: After graduating Scranton I was still unsure what I wanted to do w/ my life. I was accepted into the Psy.D. program at Nova Southeastern and wait-listed at Florida Tech. I realized Florida was too far from home (and the ex-bf), not to mention too expensive and I didn't want to devote another 5 years of my life to school! So, I started looking at the master's programs I was accepted into. After talking to Sarah about her decision to go to Millersville, I decided what the heck, let's be roommates! And so began two full years (including summers, which was not easy for me to give up, being from the "Jersey Shore"!) of grad school torture. The only things that kept us sane were watching ridiculous TV shows every possible chance and eating exorbitant amounts of Coldstone ice cream. Anyway, we made it through and now I'm just waiting for my degree to be conferred b/c a certain professor I had during the summer won't give me a grade b/c I missed the very last class meeting b/c I had strep throat (yes, I'm just a little bitter). So, in the meantime, I am living back at home in beautiful Monmouth County, NJ with my parents and I'm completing my 1200 hour internship at my old elementary school. Some of my old teachers are still there, which is very weird, but kind of cool at the same time to now have a "professional" relationship w/ them. My supervisor is extremely knowledgeable about everything and I feel that I've had a good experience thus far. To reiterate what Sarah said, I can write a pretty sweet psychological report! I'm looking in to getting a part-time job at the moment since my internship (and all in NJ) is unpaid. It kind of stinks being 24 and still having to rely on your parents to live. But, hopefully it'll pay off someday! If anyone has any questions for me about school psych, Millersville, New Jersey (yeah, I know, probably not), or anything else, feel free to contact me! tiffany.v.ott@gmail.com Thanks for reading! Take care. : ) *Update: My degree finally got conferred and I am picking up my diploma next week!! I am officially a Master--yay! : D
Tracy DeStefano [2005] Hi everyone! What a great way to keep us all updated! I am currently finishing up my final semester at Neumann College in Aston, PA; I will graduate in May 2008 with an M.S.Ed. in the Instructional Leadership program. I have taken all of the necessary coursework to be certified in Elementary and Special Education - I just need to take all of the required Praxis tests and complete a form of student teaching to be certified by the state of PA. This is my second year teaching at the Phelps School in Malvern, PA, which is an all-boys boarding school. I am a special educator teaching in the Academic Support Program. I teach 7th - 12th grade English to boys with language-based and non-verbal learning disabilities. I never thought I would be an English teacher with a B.S. in psychology, but the main focus of the Academic Support curriculum is writing skills. And we all know as Scranton psych grads, writing is pretty well-covered at the undergrad level, so I was more prepared than I thought I would be going into it. Essentially I teach the writing process in a very procedural way, with a great deal of assistive technology and kinestethic instructional strategies. Working full-time and going to grad school has been quite a balancing act, but I am looking forward to starting up again with another graduate program (to be determined) in 2009. Currently I am the most focused on planning my October 2008 wedding! If I have learned anything since graduation from the U, I would have to say I learned that I really love school - both being a student and teaching students! I hope to stay in education for as long as I can, and eventually move towards Educational Psychology somewhere down the line. If you have any questions about moving towards a career in education, let me know - I would be happy to help!
email: tracyd21@yahoo.com
Jackie Lopez (2005) Oh what to say about life in the real world! For starters, I've been what I feel to be the most reluctant graduate ever to decide upon a career choice. I grew up in a house with two principals as parents, and swore I'd never go into education... Cue to me now, in my fourth year as an elementary school teacher! I teach Grade 8 at a Catholic school in upper Manhattan. Gulp! It's my second year, and I swear, I'm getting shorter as my classes are getting taller. Prior to grade 8, I taught grade 4 for a year, and a Pre-K classroom straight out of college. Needless to say, I've experienced a lot of children. I'm putting my Psych degree to good use on a daily basis I feel--between just plain dealing with my teenagers, and teaching them science and social studies...to grades 6 through 8. Today, as I was going over the requirements for their science experiments, I introduced them to the beauty of an abstract. I'm going to have the smartest little middle schoolers around!
I really do miss my time in Scranton. To all of you still there--enjoy it. I spent four years, always lurking around AMH in a TA, or just plain student capacity. I earned my BS in Psych as well as Criminal Justice (fitting for education, I say), and am now pursuing a masters in history. Pursuing as in I HOPE to be allowed to! Good luck to all of you! Enjoy your time! If you think this mess of a person can be of any help. I'll be in my old town on NYC for a bit longer! JackieCLopez@gmail.com
Kelly Lister (2004) - Hi all! Glad to see everyone's doing so well and that Scranton grads are so successful. I cannot believe that I just started my 5th year of graduate school (it's currently early September, 2008), because it feels like I just left Scranton. I hear the campus is completely different, and I can't wait to see the changes. I attend Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH, and am getting my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (child track). I got my master's last year and am now working hard on my dissertation. I finished all of my coursework last year as well, so life now consists of teaching, supervising, conducting therapy, doing my dissertation, and applying for internship for next year. After years of being a research assistant and teaching assistant and then two years of external placements, I'm very excited to be teaching two of my own classes. I'm currently teaching a section of 101 with about 200 undergraduate students and a 400-level Child Psychopathology course with about 45 juniors and seniors. They are very different experiences and are both teaching me a lot! My research focuses on youth and the internet. My master's thesis was about aggression and prosocial behavior via instant messaging, blogging, and face-to-face interactions, and my dissertation is about youth's addictions to text messaging, instant messaging, and blogging. Regarding my upcoming internship year, I hope to make it back to the east coast in some way, but we'll see what happens. Ohio has been a very nice place to spend a good portion of my 20s, but I can't wait to get back to Philly to be with all of my family and friends! Hope you're all doing well, and keep in touch at kellylister@comcast.net. Take care :)
Mark P. Fitzgerald - 2002 - Hey y'all! Like Joy, I'm apparently now old, since I'm a 2002 alum and an MD/PhD student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. I'm nearing the end of the PhD phase of my program, and for the last few years, I've been studying neocortical development in a rat model of a cortical malformation that leads to epilepsy. Many animal models in the epilepsy field are created via experimental manipulation, so it is difficult to know if the observed cellular and molecular changes that occur after the fact are a result of ongoing seizure activity or the cause of the seizures. Our model is unique in that it occurs via a spontaneous genetic mutation (we're still trying to figure out the causative gene!) and requires no experimental manipulation to induce seizures, so we are hoping that the study of these pre-seizure animals will allow us to come up with potential causes for epileptic activity.
While at Scranton, I was in the SJLA program and received degrees in Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuroscience (yes, I was an overachiever). I was also involved with various organizations, including the annual psychology conference and the Farley's Friday happy hour club. Thankfully, I hear that particular group is still doing well, and it has even expanded! If anyone is interested in learning about Neuroscience at the University of Virginia, or about applying to MD/PhD programs or graduate school programs in general, feel free to contact me. I'm always willing to help, and I'd love to see more Scrantonites down here below the Mason-Dixon line!
Email: mpf3y@virginia.edu
Joy Oliver [2002]: Little update - finished my PhD at UT in summer 08. Did a (brief) postdoc at the Air Force Research Lab in Mesa, AZ on skill acquisition training using gaming platforms. Moved to Alexandria, VA to work in as a research scientist for a HR consulting firm. Hoping to get up to Scranton some time soon to visit JTC - maybe for the Psych Conference. As always, email me if you have questions about I-O (joytoliver@gmail.com).
John Dziak - 1999: Hello everybody, and I hope all is well back at the University. I got a Ph.D. in statistics from Penn State, and then I stayed there, working at the Methodology Center, where we study applications of statistical methods to the social sciences and health promotion. My email address here is jjd264 at psu.edu.
Ken Herbert - 1999: I went to graduate school at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY and earned an M.A. in General Psychology. After that, I attended the University of Hartford, Hartford, CT where I obtained another M.A. in Clinical Psychology, and finally a Psy.D. in Clinical Psych. My internship and Post-doc were both completed at UMASS-Amherst Mental Health Services in Amherst, MA. While on internship I was able to specialize in EMDR, Biofeedback, and Clinical Hypnosis. Along with those specialties, I tend to focus my practice around depression, anxiety, severe PTSD (for veterans & civilians), while utilizing Long-term & Brief therapy, CISD/CISM, and Behavioral Medicine.
I currently live in Western, Mass, but will be moving to Long Island, NY around August of 2009 when my wife completes her Psy.D.. My friends and I are only able to make it back to Scranton about once per year for Cannon related events and the PT Volleyball Marathon.
Feel free to email me anytime at herbertk1@gmail.com. If anyone is ever in the area of Western Mass, or LI in a year, lets get a beer and chat.
Ken
Kevin Myers - 1993: Hello fellow alum. I am now Associate Professor in the Psychology Department and Animal Behavior program at Bucknell University. After Scranton I did my PhD in the Experimental Psychology department at Duke University; PhD in 1999. Then I spent 2 years as a postdoc at Brooklyn College - CUNY. I started on the tenure track at Bucknell in 2001 and earned tenure Spring 2007. I teach classes in Intro Psych, Learning, Comparative Animal Cognition, and Appetite & Eating Behavior. My research is on early developmental factors and learning mechanisms that influence appetite, food preferences and meal size. I still get up to Scranton every once in a while to see Tim et al., although not as often as I'd like. I get a kick out of catching the obscure references to Scranton minutiae on The Office. I used to see Bob Wheeler and Anne Baldwin at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior conference, but they have since moved on to other things. In July 2007 I married Paula Cogan Myers, who is director of International Student Services at Bucknell. We live in Lewisburg, PA with our dog and two cats. We enjoy travelling, cooking, Guitar Hero, homemade ice cream, and situational irony.
Tiffany Griffiths (1993): Hello fellow alumni. I can't believe it's been fifteen years. Since leaving the U, I earned my Psy.D. from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago and am now back in Scranton where I have a private practice working with mostly adults and teens. I am also an adjunct faculty member at the University, although I have not been able to teach in the last few years since my family and business have grown. I have two children--currently 20 months and 6 1/2 years.
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Tim Cannon - 1971: I went to graduate school at the University of Maine, Orono and earned? my Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis on Physiological in 1977. I then won a post-doc fellowship to work in the laboratory of John Liebeskind at UCLA. I returned to The University of Scranton in the middle of the academic year (someone broke their contract - lucky for me) in 1980 and I'm still hanging in there. In 1995, I was lucky enough to be named the CASE Professor of the Year for the State of Pennsylvania. Most of my research has involved pain and pain inhibition. Lately I've developed interests in environmental enrichment in mice and gender differences in humans. We have two picnics a year that are open to all our alumni - come visit!
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