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Graduates Galore!
Graduates Galore!
Congratulations to our undergraduate research assistants, Abbey Grace, Flor, and Jennifer, for graduating with their bachelor degrees this summer! 🎉 We're so grateful to have been a part of your academic journeys and wish you the best!
PhDone 🎉
PhDone 🎉
Congratulations to Lacy and Taylor for graduating from the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at UofM! 🥳 What a milestone! We coudn't be prouder of all your accomplishments!
Second Annual Bringing Home Baby: A Baby Shower for Whitehaven Families
Second Annual Bringing Home Baby: A Baby Shower for Whitehaven Families
The REACH lab attended our LAST community event in Memphis on June 22nd! We loved getting to see some of our community partners as well as providing families with beneficial services. We are sad this was our last event to attend, but grateful for all the opportunities we have had to share our resources with Memphis families!
Congrats, Grad! 🎓
Congrats, Grad! 🎓
Congratulations to our graduate research assistant, Rachel Stobbe, for graduating from the MSGP program at UofM! She will be continuing her education in the School Psychology PhD Program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. We're so proud of you, Rachel, and wish you the best in your new program!
Dr. Howell is moving to Madison, WI! 🚗
Dr. Howell is moving to Madison, WI! 🚗
Congratulations to Dr. Howell for receiving and accepting a career opportunity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison!🎉 All of us in Memphis will miss you, but we all wish you the best of luck in these next steps of your career!
Congratulations to our team member Abbey Grace Hosea for getting accepted into Baylor University's Physical Therapy Program for Fall 2024! We are so proud of you, and we wish you the best of luck! 🥳👏
Baptist Desoto Baby Fair 🍼
Baptist Desoto Baby Fair 🍼
The REACH Lab had a wonderful time at the Baptist Desoto Baby Fair this past Saturday! We enjoyed seeing our community partners & giving families resources!
The REACH Lab had a great time at the Midsouth Psychology Conference 2024! A round of applause to everyone who presented. Thank y'all for your time and dedication representing the lab! 🎉
The REACH Lab had a great time at the Midsouth Psychology Conference 2024! A round of applause to everyone who presented. Thank y'all for your time and dedication representing the lab! 🎉
Big shoutout to Rachel for sharing her experience here at the University of Memphis. We're all rooting for you as you continue on with your research! 🌟👏
Big shoutout to Abby Grace for rocking her presentation on 'Factors Related to Externalizing Symptoms Among Bereaved Youth'! 🌟👏
The REACH Lab had a wonderful time at Resilience Con 2024! Congrats to everyone who presented, and thank you for your hard work!🎉
The REACH Lab had a wonderful time at Resilience Con 2024! Congrats to everyone who presented, and thank you for your hard work!🎉
Another one of our wonderful graduate students, Rachel Stobbe, successfully defended her Master's thesis! It is entitled 'An Exploration of Black and African Youth's Engagement with the Meaning Making Model of Coping.' Congrats Rachel! We are so excited to see the next steps of your journey!
Celebrating another successful defense from another Clinical Doctoral lab member, Anissa Garza! Her project is entitled 'Factors Associated with Youth's Perceptions of Parenting: The Role of Social Ecological Assets.' We are so excited for her as she continues on her graduate school journey! Congrats, Anissa!
Celebrating one of our Clinical Doctoral lab members, Hannah Gilliam, for successfully presenting her Midpoint Project Defense, 'Providers Perceptions of Spanish Speaking IPV-Exposed Pregnant Women Faciltator of Resillence.'
We are all super excited to see her graduate student journey continue to reach new heights. Congratulations, Hannah!
Our undergraduate research assistant Mia presented her research poster, 'Examining the relationship between childhood truama and agressive behaviors in children', at The 36th Annual Student Research Forum! She rocked it. Congrats, Mia! We’re so proud of you!
We enjoyed sharing our program at a community baby shower!
Thanks again to our community partners!
Orientation Complete! Cheers to Mia, Abbey, and Reezon for completing their undergraduate research assistant orientations. We're excited to have them onboard!
Celebrating our undergraduate research assistant, Celeste Kersey, for successfully defending her undergraduate honors thesis, Externalizing Problems in Children: Examining the Role of Caregiver and Child Adversities and Parental Involvement! She will be graduating later this week with the designation "University Honors with Thesis". So proud of you, Celeste!
Congratulations to our post-baccalaureate lab members, Abigail Budney and Breanna Moss, for their acceptance into the Masters level Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at The University of Memphis for Spring 2024! We can't wait to see what you do in your graduate journey and beyond!
The REACH Lab had another successful year at ISTSS! Congratulations to everyone who gave a presentation.
Welcome to our newest undergraduate research assistants, Mia Chambers and Reezon Eke!
We are so excited to have both of you joining the team.
Celebrating our undergraduate research assistant, Abbey Grace, for receiving funding through an Experiential Learning Fellowship offered by the Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences! This fellowship is available to undergraduate students assisting faculty members with their psychology research. Congrats, Abbey Grace!
Congratulations to our undergraduate research assistant, Celeste Kersey, for receiving an Undergraduate Research Scholar designation! Students recognized as Undergraduate Research Scholars receive a designation on their transcript and cord to wear during their commencement. Proud of you, Celeste!
We always enjoy connecting with the Memphis community and representing the REACH Lab at community events!
Dr. Howell recently presented at the European Conference on Domestic Violence in beautiful Iceland!
Everyone had a great time at our recent Chili's lab get together! Thank you again, Anissa, for putting together the Giraffies Awards!
🎉 WELCOME 🎉 to our new doctoral student Emily Velandia!
We are so excited to have you with us, Emily!
We are very pleased to announce Dr. Howell's promotion to Full Professor! Congrats on your well-deserved promotion!
Such a wonderful and productive grad student meeting this summer!
A huge thank you also goes to our sweet Lacy Jamison who is off on internship in Saint Louis! Lacy has been a passionate, dedicated member of the REACH Lab for many years, and we all miss her presence. So excited to see what the future holds for you, Lacy!💕
A huge thank you goes to our dear Taylor Napier who is starting her internship in Oklahoma City! Taylor has served as an incredible, diligent member of the REACH Lab for several years, and we are all going to miss having her around. We can't wait to see you thrive in OK, Taylor!💕
Thanks again to Breanna and her partner Will for hosting the REACH Lab Pool Party earlier this month! We really appreciate you hosting, Bre!
Thanks again to Breanna and her partner Will for hosting the REACH Lab Pool Party earlier this month! We really appreciate you hosting, Bre!
Welcome to our newest undergraduate research assistants, Abbey Grace Hosea, Abigail Hicks, Jennifer Jaramillo, Flor Gomez, and Jalen Gales!
We are so excited to have all of you joining the team!
Congratulations to our May 2023 graduate, Abigail Budney!
We are so proud and happy for you, Abigail!
The REACH Lab successfully completed its first in-person Pregnant Moms Empowerment Program group session since pre-COVID. Great job to the whole team for stepping up to make it happen! We are delighted to be able to connect with our participants in person going forward.
Congratulations to Lacy for receiving the Dr. Craig M. Brown Clinical PhD Program Directors Award! This prestigious award is granted to an outgoing internship PhD student who has demonstrated outstanding performance in, and service to, the clinical psychology program.
Shout out to our REACH Lab members who presented at ResilienceCon 2023!
Dr. Howell, Lacy, and Kari had a wonderful time at SRCD 2023!
We are thrilled to announce that our fearless leader has been awarded the first inaugural Urban Child Institute Chair of Child Well-Being. This position comes with financial support to extend our work in understanding intergenerational adversity and building family resilience.
Congratulations, Hannah, on receiving the Life Paths Scholar Award! This prestigious award grants Hannah full access to this year’s ResilienceCon and allows her to highlight the incredible work she has done with the Memphis community.
Congratulations, Rachel, on being accepted to present at the International Death, Grief, and Bereavement conference!
Congratulations Kari, Lacy, and Dr. Howell on being accepted to present at the annual conference for the Society on Research in Child Development!
Welcome to our newest undergraduate research assistant, Lauren Dempsey!
We are so excited to have you joining the team, Lauren.
Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Hasselle for accepting a faculty position at Rhodes College!
We are so proud of you and happy for you, Dr. Hasselle.
CONGRATULATIONS to our December 2022 graduate, Breanna Jade Moss!
We are so proud of you, Bre! ♥
The REACH Lab had another successful year at ISTSS!
Dr. Howell gave a talk on youth resilience in relation to maternal syndemics using data from the PaTH Kids study
Hannah and Jess gave a talk on themes of supporting Hispanic and Latina pregnant women enduring violence from Spanish-speaking providers
Lacy presented a poster using data from RUBY examining emotion regulation strategies and clinically significant prolonged grief symptoms among children
Taylor presented a poster using data from PMEP exploring intergenerational cycles of maltreatment and therapy engagement
We also loved spending time with a number of our colleagues and alumni from around the world, including Dr. Laura Miler-Graff, Dr. Cecilia Martínez-Torteya, and Hannah Shoemaker!
Dr. Kathryn Howell
Hannah Gilliam, M.S., (left) and Jessica Mandell, M.S. (right)
Lacy Jamison, M.S.
Taylor Napier, M.S.
Lacy and Taylor successfully proposed their dissertations and are on track to apply for internship this cycle. Congratulations you two!
Lacy's dissertation: Examining the Roles of Emotion Regulation and Potentially Traumatic Events in Longitudinal Expressions of Grief and Resilience Among Bereaved Youth
Taylor's dissertation: Examining the Effects of Maternal Violence Exposure on Youth’s Social Competence
The beginning of a new academic year brings lots of changes!
🎉 WELCOME 🎉 to our new doctoral student Anissa Garza! And welcome back to our postdoctoral fellow and former doctoral student Amanda Hasselle!
A big, big thank you goes to our dear Hanna Sheddan who is moving onto the next steps of her career. Hanna has served as a diligent and passionate lab manager for several years, and we are all going to miss her dearly. 💕
Anissa Garza
Hanna Sheddan
Amanda Hasselle, Ph.D.
It's always a great time seeing friends at conferences!!
Dr. Howell, Lacy, and Kari all had a wonderful time at APA 2022!
It is with great sadness that the REACH Lab has said goodbye to one of our most wonderful giraffes! We will miss you, Kay!! All our best to you as you pursue your doctoral degree at the University of Missouri - St. Louis!
We know you're going to rock it!
The REACH Lab had a wonderful time at the ResilienceCon Writers workshop! Thank you to Drs. Hamby, Banyard, and Yuan for all your beneficial feedback!
Congratulations to Kaytryn Robinson and Kari Thomsen for successfully defending their Masters theses! Such ALLSTAR women!!
Congratulations to Rachel Stobbe for completing her second Bachelor's degree this semester! Rachel graduated this past Saturday with her Bachelors in Psychology. Naturally, the Psych department honored this wonderful woman and all the hard work she has put in!
We're so happy for you, Rach!
The REACH Lab showed out at the iIMPACT Summit 2022: Building Personal and Community Resilience
Congratulations to Candice Crossnine for winning first place in the student poster competition!
Kari Thomsen and Rachel Stobbe also placed second in the competition! Congrats, all!
REACH Lab representation at ResilienceCon 2022!
Congratulations to Kari Thomsen for such a wonderful 1st conference presentation at ISPCAN 2022! Dr. Howell and Kaytryn were also in attendance, and all three did such amazing work! Great job, ladies!
And best wishes to all the giraffes attending ResilienceCon this upcoming week! We're confident you all will rock your presentations!
The PMEP team had a wonderful time attending the community drive-thru baby shower last weekend!
Congratulations to Taylor Napier for successfully defending her doctoral mid-point project entitled "Empirically Derived Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Associations with Prenatal Social Networks."
What a wonderful milestone, Taylor!
Warm welcome to our newest giraffe, Anissa Garza! Anissa will be a doctoral candidate under the direction of Dr. Howell starting in the Fall 2022 semester. She's joining the REACH Lab from the behavioral science division at the National Center for PTSD. Welcome, Anissa!
Congratulations to Kaytryn Campbell for being accepted into the Clinical Psychology Doctoral program at the University of Missouri - St. Louis!
UMSL is so lucky to have you, Kay!
Can't wait to see what all you accomplish over the coming years!
Congratulations to Jessica Mandell, an honorary giraffe that we've been working with for several years. Jess recently matched with the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska to complete her doctoral internship. We're so happy for you, Jess!
Shout out to Lacy Jamison for obtaining the Life Paths Scholar Award for ResilienceCon 2022! Congratulations, Lacy!
We hope everyone enjoys the winter weather!
Happy Fall Y'all!
This past Saturday, the PMEP team joined the Shelby County Health Department, CHOICES, Shelby County Crime Victims & Rape Crisis Center, Memphis Fire Department, and Riverside Missionary Baptist Church to host a community baby shower in honor of pregnancy and infant awareness month. We're so thankful for the opportunity to support our community!
Congratulations to our amazing leader, Dr. Howell, for receiving the University Research Professorship award at the University of Memphis!
You are such an inspiration!
Congratulations to Laura Schwartz for successfully defending her dissertation!! Laura's dissertation is titled "Investigating the co-occurrence of parent and child prolonged grief symptoms: the effect on parent-child interactions."
Congratulations Laura! You've worked so hard for this and we could not be more proud!
Once again, the REACH Lab will be representing at the symposium at the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies!
Hannah Gilliam, Taylor Napier, Kari Thomsen, and Kaytryn Campbell will all be presenting posters on our research.
Dr. Howell will also be presenting a talk on preliminary findings from the Pregnant Moms Empowerment Program!!
Great job, ladies!
Congratulations to Dr. Howell and Dr. Miller-Graff for obtaining more funding for the various portions of the PMEP study!
Dr. Howell received funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for the grant titled "Using intensive longitudinal methods to examine the effects of intervention and risk and resilience factors on pandemic related stress among IPV-exposed mother-infant dyads (MPI) ." This funding will provide an opportunity for the PMEP team to investigate COVID related stress over the next couple years.
Dr. Miller-Graff also received funding from the Mental Research Institute for the grant titled "Identifying the impact of prenatal intervention and pandemic-related stress on mother-infant relational quality in families experiencing intimate partner violence."
Thanks so much for all your hard work to fund our vital projects!
The REACH Lab represented at APA this year! Dr. Howell, Kari Thomsen, and Candice Crossnine all did a wonderful job presenting at this year's conference! Great job, team!
We'd like to take a moment to welcome back all our students to campus! Happy Fall semester, y'all!
Congratulations to Candice Crossnine for receiving the 2021 APA Council of Representatives’ Child and Family Caucus student research award!
Candice received this award for her study “Examining associations between trauma, the parent-child relationship, and youth functioning”.
Way to go, Candice!
We are so proud of all our wonderful giraffes!
Lacy Jamison, our 5th year clinical doctoral candidate was recently awarded the Graduate Student Coordinating Committee: Student Service Award!
Go Lacy!!
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AUGUST 2021 GRADUATES!
You all have worked so hard for this!! Good luck on your new adventures, and congratulations to:
Amanda Hasselle, PhD
Candice Crossnine, MS
Asiauna Woolfork, BA
And just like that, Candice Crossnine successfully defended her Master's thesis! Congratulations, Candice!!
You've worked so hard for this, and we are thrilled to watch you graduate in August!
Happy Summer from the REACH lab giraffes!
Congratulations to Candice Crossnine for successfully proposing her thesis titled "Examining the Associations between Parental and Child Trauma, the Parent-Child Relationship, and Children's Functioning during Middle Childhood."
Great job, Candice!
The University of Memphis counseling department recently accepted a few giraffes into their programs, and we could not be more excited for the bright future these individuals hold! Congratulations to Candice Crossnine for her acceptance into the Counselor, Education, and Supervision PhD program, as well as Madeline Voss and Vivica Martin on their acceptances into the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. May the success that has come your way lead you to even bigger achievements.
Big shout out to Lacy Jamison for successfully defending her mid-point project titled "Exploring Adversity, Coping, and Mental Health among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Emerging Adults." Congratulations, Lacy!
Congratulations to our astonishing leader, Dr. Howell, for winning the 2021 Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Award from the University of Memphis!
We're so happy for you, Katie!! Thank you for being such an inspiration to us all!
We're so proud of Rachel Stobbe and Pamela Pugh for winning 1st and 2nd place in the Social and Behavioral sciences category at the University of Memphis Student Research Forum! Great job, giraffes!!
Congratulations to Rachel Stobbe for successfully defending her undergraduate honors thesis titled "Internalizing Symptoms in Children Exposed to ACEs: Examining Associations with Resilience, Social Support, and Community Cohesion"
Warmest congratulations on your achievement, Rachel!
Hanna presenting her poster virtually at ResilienceCon 2021
Congratulations to Hanna Sheddan for winning the Children and Families poster award at ResilienceCon 2021! Hanna won this award for her poster titled "Associations between Parental Attachment, Global Self-Worth, & Social Support in Children Exposed to Adversity."
Congratulations, Hanna!
Congratulations to Taylor Napier for successfully proposing her mid-point project! Taylor's MPP is titled "Empirically-Derived Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Associations with Prenatal Social Networks"
We're so pleased to see you accomplishing such great things, Taylor!
Congratulations to Hannah Gilliam for successfully defending her thesis entitled "Community Violence and Code of the Streets: A Person-Centered Examination of General Strain Theory"
Congratulations on your well-deserved success!
Congratulations to Dr. Howell and Dr. Miller-Graff for receiving grant funding from the Mental Research Institute for the grant titled "Identifying the impact of prenatal intervention and pandemic-related stress on mother-infant relational quality in families experiencing intimate partner violence"
We look forward to seeing how this grant funding supports families during the COVID-19 pandemic!
We'd like to wish all of our giraffes good luck as we enter a busy conference season!
Many students in the REACH lab will be presenting their research findings at conferences this season, including meetings at the Society for Research in Child Development, Society of Pediatric Psychology, Association for Death Education Studies, Association for Women in Psychology, Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and ResilienceCon.
Great job, team! We know you will do great!
Congratulations to Laura Schwartz, Lauren Schaefer, and Amanda Hasselle for accepting postdoctoral positions! We're so proud of you all!!
Laura will be at the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute within the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Lauren will be at Perkins Counseling & Psychological Services in Wake Forest, NC
Amanda will be at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in the Division of Community Behavioral Health
Congratulations to Amanda Hasselle for successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Children’s Self-Perception: Investigating the Impact of Victimization and the Effectiveness of a Strengths-Based Camp Intervention"
Great job, Amanda! We're so happy for you!
The giraffes are back in full swing for the Spring 2021 semester!
Shout out to Vivica and Asiauna for hosting a fabulous February journal club! The lab discussed the recent article "Upending Racism in Psychological Science: Strategies to Change How Our Science is Conducted, Reported, Reviewed & Disseminated "
All of the best to those that have helped support the REACH Lab. The holidays are a great time to show gratitude, so thank you to everyone that has supported us this year. We wish the best for you in this zoom holiday season and upcoming year!
Five REACH Lab members presented posters at this year's virtual meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies!
Hannah Gilliam also presented her manuscript titled "Perinatal complications for pregnant women exposed to intimate partner violence: The moderating role of posttraumatic stress symptoms."
Great work, team!!
Congratulations to Dr. Howell, Dr. Schauss, Dr. Bartelli, and Dr. Cogdal for recieving funding from the Urban Child Institute for the project "Fostering Resilience and Well-Being in the Pediatric Trauma Population: Counseling Interventions for an At-Risk Population." This project is a joint initative between the BRAIN Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
The giraffes are back & ready to tackle the virtual semester!
Also, a warm welcome to a number of new giraffes on our team. Kari Thomsen, a first-year doctoral student in the lab, has joined us from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Kari will be working on PMEP throughout the 2020-2021 academic year.
We also have Missy Beyer-Naumer joining us from Dr. Hipp's VIP lab. Missy is a second-year doctoral student and is also assisting with PMEP this year.
Along with Kari and Missy, the REACH Lab also welcomed a number of new undergraduate assistants. We'd like to welcome Nikki Dwyer, Vicki Do, Pamela Pugh, Esther Sutton, Asiauna Woolford, and Yolanda Nguyen.
Welcome, all! We're happy to have you working with us.
As the University of Memphis makes an effort to return to campus following the COVID-19 outbreak, the REACH Lab has also made strides to return to in-person data collection. Considering the need to administer assessments in person, the Pregnant Moms Empowerment Program (PMEP) practices to maximize safety in order to complete these assessments on campus. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of those involved in keeping our research ongoing and safe in the midst of the pandemic!
The REACH Lab has received another year of funding from the Urban Child Institute! Funding from UCI supports both the iImpact and PMEP projects. Way to go, team!
In an effort to stay connected, encourage creativity, and commemorate this unprecedented time, each of our lab members created letters, which were assembled to create this sign. Shoutout to everyone for your contributions, your creativity, and your resilience!
COVID-19 Update
COVID-19 Update
Like most of the world, our team has been working hard for the past few weeks to adapt to the current global pandemic. Our lab has transitioned to remote operation, and we are now able to complete most of our tasks from home. The project coordinators for each of our studies have submitted IRB amendments, which allow us to conduct interviews with participants remotely, and we have found creative solutions for conducting many of our other lab tasks remotely. We are also using this time to re-organize and update important documents and lab procedures. Finally, we are all trying to find ways to slow down, take care of ourselves and our loved ones, and prioritize the things that are most important to us. When the time is right, the REACH lab will be ready to jump back in to in-person work! We are sending our best to all the families, individuals, and organizations we work with. Stay healthy, stay safe!
The REACH Lab has welcomed a number of new lab members!
Hannah Gilliam will be transitioning into the doctoral program in August 2020 and will be staying in the REACH Lab! We are THRILLED that you are staying on board with us.
Kari Thomsen will also be joining the doctoral program under Dr. Howell's mentorship in August 2020! We cannot wait to have you join us, Kari.
Jonathan Cabrera, a current undergraduate student at U of M, joined the REACH Lab in March, 2020. He will be working on the RUBY/GRACE studies through the Spring and Summer! Welcome, Jonathan!
Rachel Stobbe, a current undergraduate honors student, will be joining our team in the summer of 2020! Rachel will be working on the iImpact project. We're happy to have you, Rachel!
P.I. Millionaire Award
P.I. Millionaire Award
In March, 2020, Dr. Howell was recognized by The University of Memphis for attaining over $1 million as a Principal Investigator on externally supported sponsored projects. Congratulations, Dr. Howell!!
Internship Match News
Internship Match News
Laura Schwartz will be going to the Children's Hospital of Michigan! Amanda Hasselle will be going to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center! Lauren Schaefer will be going to the Medical College of Georgia! WOOOHOOOO!
January 2020:
Dr. Howell just received a 3-year appointment to the American Psychological Association's Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. This committee "functions as a catalyst, interacting with and making recommendations to the various parts of the APA's governing structure, to the APA's membership, and to relevant divisions and other groups."
ISTSS 2019
ISTSS 2019
The REACH Lab had NINE members present at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 2019 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
Laura Schwartz & Dr. Howell at Laura's poster.
Hannah Gilliam soaking up her first ISTSS experience.
Hannah Shoemaker, REACH lab alumni, presenting REACH data.
Candice Crossnine at her first conference presentation.
Dr. Howell looking starstruck because Ann Masten cited her.
Taylor Napier, our first year doctoral student, at her second ISTSS meeting.
Lacy Jamison, our third year doctoral student.
Amanda Hasselle & Dr. Howell trying to make poster selfies happen.
TPA 2019
TPA 2019
Congratulations to Kaytryn and Hannah G., who both won awards at the Tennessee Psychological Association (TPA) 2019 Annual Convention.
Poster Award
Poster Award
Kaytryn Robinson (senior undergraduate)
Presentation Award
Presentation Award
Hannah Gilliam (2nd year MSGP student)
The REACH Lab and BRAVE Lab have successfully launched a new arm of the Pregnant Mom's Empowerment Program funded by a $2.5 million NIH Research (R01) grant! Such amazing work! Congratulations to all! Use this link to learn more about R01 grants.
The REACH Lab has welcomed a number of new research assistants at the undergraduate and graduate level to help support our many ongoing projects. Loving welcomes to:
Madeline V.
Sam
Sandra
Chelsea
Amy
Jaime
Chris
Jordan
Abigail S.
The REACH Lab supported the Family Safety Center in providing the 3rd Annual Camp HOPE Tennessee experience for children exposed to adversity. Thank you all for adding some light and fun into these kids' lives! Camp HOPE 2019 is definitely one for the books.
Dr. Kathryn Howell and Lauren Schaefer presented their research at the APA 2019 Convention.
Dr. Howell received the coveted APA Division 12 Theodore Blau Early Career Award and gave several talks on the REACH Lab's ongoing projects.
Lauren received multiple well-deserved awards, including:
2019 Division 12 Student Poster Award 2019
2019 Division 36 Student Research Award
2019 Melanie Foundation Scholarship
Congratulations, Dr. Howell and Lauren! Outstanding work!
Taylor Napier successfully defended her thesis entitled "Differentiating Attachment Styles among Emerging Adults Exposed to Trauma" utilizing data from the Childhood Loss and Trauma Study. Congratulations, Taylor!
Hannah Shoemaker successfully defended her thesis entitled "Contextual Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following Exposure to Trauma" utilizing data from the Community Violence Exposure study. Congratulations, Hannah!
Amanda Hasselle, Lauren Schaefer, Lacy Jamison, Taylor Napier, Hannah Shoemaker, and Hanna Sheddan presented their research at the 2019 ResilineceCon conference in Nashville, TN.
The REACH Lab hosted a baby shower for Dr. Howell in welcoming baby Noah! Congratulations, Dr. Howell! We are so happy for you and your family.
Lauren Schaefer, Dr. Kathryn Howell, Hanna Sheddan, Taylor Napier, Hannah Shoemaker, and Dr. Laura Miller-Graff have had a manuscript accepted for publication in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence entitled "The Road to Resilience: Strength and Coping among Pregnant Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence." Congratulations, all!
Laura Schwartz successfully proposed her dissertation entitled "Investigating the Co-Occurrence of Parent and Child Prolonged Grief Symptoms: The Effect on Parent-Child Interactions" utilizing data from the RUBY Study. Congratulations, Laura!
Lacy Jamison successfully defended her thesis entitled "Risk Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence" utilizing data from the Parenting through Hardships Study. Congratulations, Lacy!
Several REACH Lab members and collaborators presented posters at the 2019 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, hosted in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Kathryn Howell and Dr. Laura Miller-Graff co-facilitated a talk presentation on findings from the Pregnant Moms' Empowerment Project entitled "Interventions with Violence-Exposed Women during the Prenatal Period Improves the Functioning of their Infants.
Taylor Napier presented a poster on findings from the Childhood Loss and Trauma Study entitled "The Protective Role of Parental Attachment in Emerging Adults Who Experience Divorce."
Hanna Sheddan presented a poster on findings from the Childhood Loss and Trauma Study entitled "Associations between Social Support, Attachment Style, and Emotional Intelligence following Exposure to Adversity."
Dr. Kathryn Howell and Dr. Idia Thurston hosted the 2nd Annual Forum on Adversity and Resilience: Building Bridges over Breakfast. They were joined by community panelists Dr. Sachiko Terui, Mr. Jordan Taylor, as well as a number of community partners and students who have worked diligently to make our research projects possible. Applause all around for a beautiful, successful event!
Dr. Kathryn Howell has received the coveted 2019 American Psychological Foundation & APA Division 12 Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology! Congratulations, Dr. Howell!
Taylor Napier has accepted an offer to enter The University of Memphis Clinical Psychology PhD program, and continue in the REACH lab, in Fall 2019. Congratulations, Taylor! We are so excited you are continuing with the REACH Lab!
A manuscript using data from the REACH Lab's Childhood Loss and Trauma Study has been featured through a Child Trends News Service Broadcast. See this link to learn more!
The giraffes are back in business for the Spring 2019 semester!
Laura Schwartz, Amanda Hasselle, Lauren Schaefer, Lacy Jamison, Taylor Napier, Hannah Shoemaker, and Dr. Kathryn Howell presented their research at the ISTSS 2018 Convention in November 2018.
The REACH Lab celebrated a kick-off to the Fall 2018 semester by meeting at Pinot's Palette to paint funky giraffes!
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