Things We're Proud Of!

• In June 2024, Sidonia Compton defended and passed her dissertation, Associations of Intimate Partner Violence Profiles with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Cortisol: A Latent Profile Analysis.
• Congratulations to Michelle Cornish on delivering the UNT CLASS commencement speech and graduating with honors
• On May 3rd, 2024, Maddie Straup defended and passed her disseration, Examining the Role of Emotion Dysregulation in the Association Between Interpersonal Trauma and Impulsivity.
• On April 26th, 2024, Andrea Fentem defended and passed her dissertation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Reckless Behaviors, and Criminal Justice System Involvement Among Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: A Latent Profile Analysis.
• Congratulations to Andrea Fentem for recieving the Rogers Excellence Award in Clinical Psychology in Spring 2024.
• Congratulations to Sidonia Compoton for matching at the Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium for her prodoctoral internship at the University of Missouri in February 2024!
• Congratulation to Andrea Fentem for matching at the St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium for her predoctoral internship in February 2024!
• Congratulations to Maddie Straup for matching at the VA North Texas Health Care System for her prodoctoral internship in February 2024!
• In October 2023, Andrea Fentem became a doctoral candidate with the successful proposal of her dissertation.
• In September 2023, Maddie Straup became a doctoral candidate with the successful proposal of her dissertation.
• In August 2023, Maddie Straup started her externship at Mental Health Gold Team at the Dallas VA.
• Congratulations to Andrea Fentem who passed her clinical psychology qualifying exam in July 2023!
• In July 2023, Sidonia Compton became a doctoral candidate with the successful proposal of her dissertation.
• In June 2023, Sidonia Compton began her clinical neuropsychology externship at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNT-HSC) Center for Older Adults Memory Clinic.
• Preston Gould, undergraduate lab assistant alum, has been accepted into Southern Methodist University's Masters of Science in Counseling program! Good luck on your future endeavors, Preston!
• In January 2023, Sidonia Compton passed the clinical psychology qualifying exam, an important step toward doctoral candidacy.
• On November 11, 2022, Dr. Contractor revieved the Chaim and Bela Danieli Young Professional Award at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies conference! Congrats!
• Congratulations to Michelle Cornish on being inducted into the CLASS Ambassadors program. She is representing the psychology department here at UNT.
• We got funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to examine a novel PTSD intervention focused on positive memories!
• Congratulations to Sidonia Compton on her student practicum placement at The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Metrocare.
• We had an article written about us by Trista Moxley! Check it out here: https://research.unt.edu/news/positive-memory-intervention-may-offer-new...
• Congratulations to Megan Dolan on her PTSD/SUD postdoctoral fellowship position at the VA North Texas Health Care System.
• Congratulations to Megan Dolan on her defense of her doctoral dissertation in May 2021.
• Congratulations to Megan Dolan, recipient of the 2019 Anna Wright Memorial Scholarship.
• Congratulations to Stephanie Caldas, recipient of the 2019 Ernest H. Harrell Memorial Scholarship.
• Congratulations to Christina Cantu, recipient of the 2019 Louis C. Weber Scholarship for Psi Chi Award.