Graduate Student Mentees:

Class of 2014 (began fall of 2010)
Bachelor's: Auburn Montgomery
Dissertation: Do Mental Health Factors Moderate the Relationship between Measures of Poverty and Juvenile Delinquency?
Internship: Chicago Leadership Consortium: Lawrence Hall Youth Services
Private Practice - Alabama Psychiatry, Montgomery, AL

Class of 2014  (began fall of 2010)
Bachelor's: Northwestern St. U. of LAMaster's: Northwestern St. U. of LA
Dissertation: Organizational Readiness to Adopt Evidence-Based Risk/Need Assessment in Juvenile Probation
Internship: Torrance State Hospital, PA
Previous: Staff Psychologist, Monroe Correctional Complex, Special Offenders Unit, Seattle, WA
Psychologist, Included Health

Class of 2015 (began fall 2011)
Bachelor's: Samford U.
Dissertation: Depression in African American Women: Examining the Effects of Racial Identity, Religiosity and Social Support
Internship: University of Western Kentucky, Counseling & Testing Center.

Class of 2016 (began fall of 2012)Bachelor's: Harding U.
Master's Applied Psychology: Emporia State U.
Dissertation: Organizational Psychosocial Capacity to Adopt Evidence-Based Services in a Child Residential Treatment Facility
Internship: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
Psychiatric Research Institute, Child & Adolescent Track.
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Psychology, Austin Peay State University

Class 2017 (began fall 2012)
Bachelor's: U. South Alabama
Dissertation: The Roles of Adult Attachment and
Racialized Experiences on Help-Seeking Intentions
Internship: Milton Hershey School
Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Pennsylvania Counseling Services
Psychologist Mobile, AL VA Service Center

Class of 2018 (began fall of 2014)
Bachelor's in Psychology,  LSU
Master's Applied Psychology: Auburn Montgomery
Dissertation: Psychopathy, Intelligence & Offense Patterns in Detained Adolescents
Internship: Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department, San Antonio, TX
Private Practice - Center for Calm Living, Fairhope, AL

Class of 2020  (began fall of 2015)
Bachelor's in Psychology, Xavier UniversityMaster's
Thesis: Body Image & Compensatory Behaviors among Black Women
Dissertation Proposed August of 2018:
Body Image and Mental Health among Black Women: Examining Culture-Specific Factors
Internship: Youth Services Department, West Palm Beach, FL
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Wellness 360, Dallas, TX
Psychologist, Department of Psychology, Oschner Clinic, New Orleans, LA

Class of 2019 (began fall of 2013)
Bachelor's in Psychology, UAB
Thesis: Psychological Violence Perpetration in Intimate Relationships as Related to Adult Attachment Style, Victimization & Masculine Gender Roles
Dissertation: Mixed methods analysis of attitudes towards gun ownership: The roles of honor culture and adherence to masculine role norms.
Internship:  Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, United States Air Force
Staff Psychologist, Air Force Captain - Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Class of 2020 (began fall of 2016)
Master's, Correctional Counseling, Santa Clara University
Pre-dissertation Research Paper: The Dark Triad Personality Traits & the Impact of Knowledge of the Impact of Incarceration as Predictors of Criminal Sentencing Preferences among the Public
Dissertation - Rape by any other name…: The impact of labeling sexual assault reports “suspicious circumstances
Internship: Atascadero, California State Forensic Hospital
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Biltmore Psychological Services, Asheville, NC

Class of 2022 (began fall of 2017)
Master's, Brain & Behavioral Science, University of South Alabama
Thesis: An Examination of Eye Gaze During Judgments of Faces of Known Murderers and Control Participants (Dr. Jack Shelley-Tremblay Chair)
Dissertation: Threat Detection from Phenotypic Facial Features (Dr. Jack Shelley-Tremblay, Co-Chair, Dr. Tres Stefurak, Co-Chair)
Internship & Postdoctoral Fellowship: Copper Lake School for Girls and Lincoln Hills School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Irma, WI

Class of 2023 (began fall of 2018)
M.A., Criminology, St. John's University
Dissertation: Is it good to be bad? The potential buffering role of callous-unemotional traits on the relationship between trauma and juvenile offending.
Internship: Lexington Federal Medical Center, U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Lexington, KY
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Lexington Federal Medical Center, U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Lexington, KY

Class of 2023 (began fall of 2018)
BS, Psychology, University of South Florida
Thesis: Examining the influence of racial and crime stereotypes on verdict decisions and death penalty recommendations. (University of South Alabama Thesis Award - 2021)
Dissertation: Intelligence, trauma & personality in juvenile offenders: A latent profile analysis
Internship: Arkansas State Hospital, Little Rock Arkansas
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Child Welfare and Trauma-Informed Care at the Vanderbilt Center for Excellence, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical School
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN

Class of 2026 (began fall of 2021)
B.S., Psychology, University of South Alabama
M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of South Alabama
Thesis: Law Enforcement Decision-Making in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Examining the influence of victim age, statement consistency, & parental validation on perceptions of victim credibility

Class of 2026 (began fall of 2021)
B.A., Communications, McKendree University
M.S., Journalism, University of North Texas
M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of North Florida

Class of 2026 (began in fall of 2021)
B.A., Psychology, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
M.A., Clinical Psychology, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
M.A., Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Class of 2028  (began in fall 2023)
BS, Psychology, University of South Alabama
M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of South Alabama

• • Thesis: College Campus Racial Demographics and Depression Among African American Women

• • Thesis: Exploration of Gender-Specific Correlates of Prejudice Towards Homosexuals

  • Stefurak, T., Taylor, C., & Mehta, S. (2010). Gender-specific models of homosexual prejudice: Religiosity, authoritarianism, and gender roles. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2(4), 247-261.

  • Currently: Montgomery County Alabama District Attorney's Office, Victims Services Officer