Kristy E. Benoit - Psychology Department - Virginia Tech

Kristy E. Benoit 

Child Study Center 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 

460 Turner Street, Suite 207 

Blacksburg, VA 24060 

Phone: (540) 231-3514 

Fax: (540) 231-8193 

Email: benoit@vt.edu 

EDUCATION 

Virginia Tech 

Summer 2009 - Present 

Blacksburg, VA 

• Doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology (Expected Spring 2013) 

• Dissertation Title - Interpretation bias in anxious mothers and their children: Can interpretation 

modification affect the intergenerational transmission of anxiety? 

o Proposed: November 2010 

o Data collection started: October 2011 

• Advisor: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. 

Virginia Tech Fall 2007 - Spring 2009 

Blacksburg, VA 

• Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology 

• Thesis Title - The relationship between parenting style and childhood anxiety in an ethnically 

diverse South African sample 

• Advisor: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. 

Harvard University Fall 2000 - Spring 2004 

Cambridge, MA 

• Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in Psychology, magna cum laude 

• Certificate in the Mind/Brain/Behavior program, specializing in psychopathology 

• Honors Thesis Title - Selective attention to threatening facial expressions in childhood anxiety 

• Advisor: Richard J. McNally, Ph.D. 

Macquarie University Study Abroad Program Spring 2003 

Sydney, Australia 

• Combined a semester of university studies with honors thesis research 

• Advisor: Ronald M. Rapee, Ph.D. 

AWARDS AND HONORS 

American Psychological Foundation 

• Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (APF/COGDOP) 2011 Fall 2011 

Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship - $3000 

Virginia Tech Department of Psychology 

• Graduate Travel Fund Awards - $500 each Fall 2011, Fall 2010, and Spring 2010

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• Clinical Psychology Research Fair Poster Award - $150 Spring 2010 

• Clinical Child Research Fund Awards - $500 each Fall 2008 and Spring 2008 

American Psychological Association Division 1 – Society for General Psychology Spring 2011 

• Finalist for the Anne Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award 

Virginia Tech College of Science Spring 2011 

• Roundtable Make-a-Difference Scholarship for Graduate Study “to enable a graduate student to 

make a difference to the College of Science and the world outside the university through their 

research” - $5000 

Virginia Tech Graduate Student Assembly 

• Graduate Research Development Program Award - $600 Spring 2011 

• Graduate Travel Fund Awards - $450, $350, and $200 Fall 2010, Fall 2009, and Spring 2009 

• First Place Research Poster in the Social Sciences Spring 2008 

Category at the 24 th Annual Research Symposium - $250 

Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology Fall 2010 

• Dissertation Grant Award - $500 

Virginia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi Spring 2009 

• Graduate Award for Master’s Degree Candidates - $1500 

Virginia Tech Dean’s Forum on Health and Nutrition Fall 2007 

• Honorable mention for research poster 

Harvard University 

• Harvard College Scholarship 2001, 2002, and 2004 

• John Harvard Scholarship 2003 

• Harvard College Research Program Grant - $1750 Summer 2003 

• Radcliffe Traveling Fellowship - $3500 Summer 2002 

GRANT ACTIVITY 

Modification of Interpretation Bias for Intergenerational Anxiety Transmission 

Agency: National Institute of Mental Health (R21 mechanism) 

Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. 

Role on Project: Graduate Research Assistant and Project Director 

Impact score = 13 (1st %), to be funded from January 2012 to January 2014 

Dollar Amount = $400,478 

PUBLICATIONS 

Ollendick, T. H. & Benoit, K. E. (In press). A parent-child interactional model of social anxiety disorder 

in youth. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.


Ollendick, T. H., Allen, B., Benoit, K. E., & Cowart, M. W. (2011). The tripartite model of fear in 

phobic children: Assessing concordance and discordance using the behavioral approach test. 

Behavior Research and Therapy, 49, 459-465. 

Costa, N. M., Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (2010). Interpersonal issues in treating children and 

adolescents. In L. Horowitz & S. Strack (Eds.), Handbook of interpersonal psychology: Theory, 

research, assessment, and therapeutic interventions (pp. 493-508). West Sussex, England: John 

Wiley & Sons. 

Ollendick, T. H., Costa, N. M., & Benoit, K. E. (2010). Interpersonal processes and the anxiety disorders 

of childhood. In G. Beck (Ed.), Interpersonal processes in the anxiety disorders: Implications for 

understanding psychopathology and treatment (pp. 71-95). Washington, DC: American 

Psychological Association. 

Benoit, K. E., McNally, R. J., Rapee, R. M., Gamble, A. L., & Wiseman, A. L. (2007). Processing of 

emotional faces in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Behaviour Change, 24, 183- 

194. 

Under Review: 

Benoit, K. E., Ollendick, T. H., Loxton, H., & Muris. P. (Under review). The relationship between 

parenting style and childhood anxiety in an ethnically diverse South African sample. Journal of 

Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 

In preparation: 

Benoit, K. E., Allen, B., Cowart, M. W., & Ollendick, T. H. (In prep). Concordance and synchrony as 

predictors of treatment outcome in clinically phobic children. 

Benoit, K. E., Costa, N. M., & Ollendick, T. H. (In prep). Interpersonal difficulties in children with 

anxiety disorders, externalizing disorders, and their comorbid conditions. 

Benoit, K. E., Lewis, K. M., Halldorsdottir, T., Milliner, E, & Ollendick, T. H. (In prep). The 

intergenerational transmission of anxiety: Findings from a study of clinically phobic children. 

Benoit, K. E., Lewis. K. M., & Jones, Russell T. (In prep). Anxiety in African American youth: Cultural 

protective factors. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (In prep). Interpersonal processes in the development of childhood 

anxiety: The role of temperament, emotion regulation, parenting, and peer rejection. 

Fraire, M. G., Benoit, K. E., Austin, K. E., Canavera, K. E., Milliner, E., Cowart, M. W., & Ollendick, 

T. H. (In prep). The moderating role of parenting variables in the treatment of children with 

specific phobias.


PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 

Oral Presentations 

Benoit, K. E., Lewis, K. L., & Fraire, M. G. (November, 2011). Exciting new projects underway at the 

Child Study Center. Oral presentation presented at the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Special 

Interest Group Preconference Meeting at the 45 th annual meeting of the Association for 

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2011). The intergenerational transmission of anxiety: 

Findings from a study of clinically phobic children. Oral presentation presented at the 31 st annual 

meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA. 

Conference Symposia (Chair/Co-Chair) 

Benoit, K. E. (April, 2012). Novel applications of interpretation bias modification across development 

and internalizing disorders. Symposium to be presented at the 32 nd annual meeting of the 

Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Arlington, VA. 

Benoit, K. E. (November, 2011). Exploration of the relationship between physiological arousal 

and treatment outcome in anxiety disorders. Symposium presented at the 45 th annual meeting of 

the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada. 

Benoit, K. E. (September, 2011). Interpretation bias in anxious children: New directions in etiology, 

development, and treatment. Symposium presented at the 41 st annual congress of the European 

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Reykjavik, Iceland. 

Halldorsdottir, T. & Benoit, K. E. (September, 2011). Evidence-based treatment: Issues of dissemination 

across countries. Symposium presented at the 41 st annual congress of the European Association 

for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Reykjavik, Iceland. 

Benoit, K. E. (November, 2010). New directions in the study of attentional biases to threat in anxious 

youth and adults. Symposium presented at the 44 th annual meeting of the Association for 

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA. 

Ollendick, T. H., & Benoit, K. E. (March, 2010). The role of psychophysiology in the understanding and 

assessment of childhood anxiety disorders. Symposium presented at the 30 th annual meeting of 

the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, MD. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2009). The role of peer relationships in the 

psychopathology and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders in youth. Symposium 

presented at the 43 rd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 

New York City, NY.


Conference Symposia (Presenter) 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (April, 2012). Can interpretation bias modification affect the 

intergenerational transmission of anxiety? Preliminary results from a feasibility study. In K. E. 

Benoit (Chair), Novel applications of interpretation bias modification across development and 

internalizing disorders. Symposium to be presented at the 32 nd annual meeting of the Anxiety 

Disorders Association of America, Arlington, VA. 

Benoit, K. E., Allen, B., Cowart, M. W., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2011). Concordance and 

synchrony as predictors of treatment outcome in clinically phobic children. In K. E. Benoit 

(Chair), Exploration of the relationship between physiological arousal and treatment outcome in 

anxiety disorders. Symposium presented at the 45 th annual meeting of the Association for 

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (September, 2011). Can interpretation bias modification affect the 

intergenerational transmission of anxiety? Preliminary results from a feasibility study. In K. E. 

Benoit (Chair), Interpretation bias in anxious children: New directions in etiology, development, 

and treatment. Symposium presented at the 41 st annual congress of the European Association for 

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Reykjavik, Iceland. 

Benoit, K. E., Ollendick, T. H., Loxton, H., and Muris, P. (November, 2010). The relationship between 

parenting style and childhood anxiety in an ethnically diverse South African sample. In K. M. 

Lewis and T. H. Ollendick (Co-chairs), All in the Family: Exploration of parenting practices and 

their relation to internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents across cultures. Symposium 

presented at the 44 th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 

San Francisco, CA. 

Benoit, K.E., Cowart, M. W., Allen, B., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2010). The tripartite model of fear 

in phobic children: Assessing concordance and discordance using the behavioral approach test. 

In T. H. Ollendick & K. E. Benoit (Co-chairs), The role of psychophysiology in the 

understanding and assessment of childhood anxiety disorders. Symposium presented at the 30 th 

annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, MD. 

Poster Presentations 

Benoit, K.E., & Ollendick, T. H. (June, 2010). The differential importance of peer and family 

dysfunction in children with social phobia or generalized anxiety disorder. Poster presented at 

the 6 th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2010). Do behavior, cognitions, and physiology differentially 

predict treatment outcome in concordant and discordant groups? Poster presented at the 30 th 

annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, MD. 

Benoit, K. E., Anderson, S. R., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2009). Anxiety as a moderator of the 

relationship between the functions and forms of childhood aggression: Does the effect differ by 

gender, age, and clinical status? Poster presented at the 43 rd annual meeting of the Association 

for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York City, NY.


Benoit, K. E., Ollendick, T. H., Loxton, H., & Muris, P. (November, 2009). Maternal control, maternal 

rejection, and anxiety in ethnically diverse South African children. Poster presented at the 43 rd 

annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York City, NY. 

Patriquin, M. A., Scarpa, A., & Benoit, K. E. (October, 2009). Vagal reactivity to stress in sexually 

revictimized women. Poster presented at the 49 th annual meeting of the Society for 

Psychophysiological Research, Berlin, Germany. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2009). Anxiety as a moderator of the relationship between the 

functions and forms of childhood aggression. Poster presented at the 25 th annual Virginia Tech 

Graduate Student Assembly Research Symposium, Blacksburg, VA. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2009). Heart rate and heart rate variability as predictors of 

treatment response in phobic children. Poster presented at the 29 th annual meeting of the Anxiety 

Disorders Association of America, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. 

Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2009). The relationship between parenting style and 

childhood anxiety in an ethnically diverse South African sample. Poster presented at the 29 th 

annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. 

Benoit, K. E., Costa, N. M., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2008). Interpersonal difficulties in children 

with anxiety disorders, externalizing disorders, and their comorbid conditions. Poster presented 

at the 42 nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, 

FL. 

Benoit, K. E., Raishevich, N., Canavera, K. E., Anderson, S. R., Lewis, K. M., & Ollendick, T. H. 

(November, 2008). Maternal efficacy as a moderator of the relationship between maternal 

overprotection and child anxiety: Does the effect differ by age and gender? Poster presented at 

the 42 nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL. 

Lewis, K. M., Benoit, K.E., & Ollendick, T.H. (November, 2008). Predictors of childhood anxiety: The 

role of birth order and parenting style in child anxiety. Poster presented at the 42 nd annual 

meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL. 

Raishevich, N., Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2008). The relationship among phobias, 

family environment, and internalizing symptoms in children: An examination of maternal and 

paternal reports of family environment. Poster presented at the 42 nd annual meeting of the 

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL. 

Raishevich, N., Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2008). The relationship between 

childhood aggression and teacher-reported social problems: The moderating role of family 

environment. Poster presented at the 42 nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and 

Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL. 

Benoit, K. E., Wolff, J. C., Costa, N. M., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). Peer difficulties in children 

with anxiety disorders, externalizing disorders, and comorbid conditions. Poster presented at the 

24 th annual Virginia Tech Graduate Student Assembly Research Symposium, Blacksburg, VA.


Anderson, S. R., Benoit, K. E., Lewis, K. M., Noguchi, R. J. P., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). 

When body mass index moderates the relationship between self-concept and anxiety among 

phobic children. Poster presented at the 28 th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders 

Association of America, Savannah, GA. 

Benoit, K. E., Raishevich, N., Canavara, K. E., Anderson, S. R., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). 

Parental efficacy as a moderator of the relationship between parental overprotection and child 

anxiety. Poster presented at the 28 th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of 

America, Savannah, GA. 

Raishevich, N., Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). The relationship among specific 

phobias, family factors, and internalizing symptoms in a child and adolescent clinic-referred 

sample. Poster presented at the 28 th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of 

America, Savannah, GA. 

Anderson, S. R., Benoit, K. E., Lewis, K. M., Noguchi, R. J. P., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2007). 

Body mass index, self-concept, and anxiety among phobic children. Poster presented at the 

Virginia Tech Dean’s Forum on Health, Food, and Nutrition, Blacksburg, VA. 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

Graduate Research Assistant 

Spring 2008 - Present 

Virginia Tech Child Study Center, Blacksburg, VA 

• Work as an assessor and therapist on an NIMH-funded R01 treatment outcome study of 

childhood specific phobias 

• Extract and analyze psychophysiological data 

• Code therapy sessions for therapist adherence and competence for this and an earlier NIMHfunded 

R01 treatment outcome study of childhood specific phobias 

• Conduct reliability checks on ADIS administrations 

• Supervisor: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. 

Graduate Research Assistant 

Fall 2007 - Present 


• Work as an assessor and therapist on an NIMH-funded R01 treatment outcome study of children 

with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) 

• Supervisors: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. and Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. 

Research Assistant Summer 2009 


• Worked as an assessor on the ADHD and Anxiety Project 

• Coded therapy sessions for therapist adherence and competence 

• Supervisors: Matthew A. Jarrett, Ph.D. and Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. 

Research Assistant Spring 2003 

Macquarie University Anxiety Research Unit, Sydney, Australia 

• Coded research participant speeches for signs of anxiety in a study of social phobia


• Supervisor: Ronald M. Rapee, Ph.D. 

Research Assistant Fall 2001 - Spring 2002 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 

• Scheduled and ran subjects in various computer tasks relating to memory 

• Generated stimuli and analyzed data 

• Learned fMRI scanning techniques at Massachusetts General Hospital 

• Supervisor: Jason P. Mitchell, Ph.D. 

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 

Graduate Assessor 



• Work as an assessor on my dissertation project, which involves the administration of semistructured 

interviews (ADIS-IV and ADIS C/P), computer tasks, various self-reports, parentchild 

interaction tasks, behavioral approach tests, and a speech task, as well as the collection of 

psychophysiological data 

• Participate in weekly case management meetings 


Graduate Assessor and Clinician 



• Work as an assessor on an NIMH-funded R01 treatment outcome study of childhood specific 

phobias, which involves the administration of semi-structured interviews (ADIS C/P), computer 

tasks, various self-reports, parent-child interaction tasks, and behavioral approach tests, as well 

as the collection of psychophysiological data 


• Serve as a therapist on this project, receiving training and supervision in both the child and 

parent components of One-Session Treatment (OST), a cognitive-behavioral intervention 


Graduate Assessor and Clinician 



• Work as an assessor on an NIMH-funded R01 treatment outcome study of children with 

oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which involves the administration of semi-structured 

(ADIS C/P) and structured (DISC) interviews, computer tasks, various self-reports, parent-child 

interaction tasks, and vocabulary tests 


• Serve as a therapist on this project, receiving training and supervision in Parent Management 

Training (PMT) and Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) 

• Supervisors: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. and Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. 

Graduate Assessor and Clinician Fall 2007 - Fall 2010 

Virginia Tech Psychological Services Center, Blacksburg, VA 

• Assessed and treated children, adolescents, and adults in individual, group, and family therapy 

formats, with a focus on anxiety, trauma, and depression


• Administered intelligence, memory, and achievement tests, computerized tasks, semi-structured 

interviews, and self-report questionnaires to children, adolescents, and adults 

• Wrote comprehensive psycho-educational assessment reports 

• Participated in weekly case reviews and treatment planning meetings 

• Supervised a second year clinical Ph.D. student on child and family cases 

o Offered both individual and live supervision 

• Supervisors: Lee D. Cooper, Ph.D., George A. Clum, Ph.D., Russell T. Jones, Ph.D., and Maria 

J. W. Cowart, Ph.D. 

Psychology Extern Summer 2009 

Carilion Hospital, Roanoke, VA 

• Conducted individual, group, and family therapy, as well as assessments, on a child and 

adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit 

• Participated in daily rounds and various milieu groups 

• Aided in multidisciplinary consultations for the Family Assessment Planning Team at the 

Department of Social Services 

• Supervisors: Daniel F. Shreeve, M.D., Ph.D., Nicole Searfoss, Psy.D., and Ashley Lenker, 

LCSW 

Assessor Summer 2008 - Spring 2009 


• Administered semi-structured interviews (ADIS C/P) for the ADHD and Anxiety Project 

• Participated in case management meetings 

• Supervisors: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. and Matthew A. Jarrett, Ph.D. 

Consumer Advocate Fall 2006 - Fall 2007 

Canadian Mental Health Association, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada 

• Supported and advocated for individuals with severe and chronic mental illness on an inpatient 

and outpatient basis in areas such as housing, financial assistance, employment, social skills, 

health care, and legal issues 

• Directed a transitional housing unit for four men with mental illness, which entailed screening 

applicants, managing landlord and tenancy issues, aiding in daily life skills, mediating disputes, 

and facilitating monthly meetings 

• Led a weekly woodworking class for individuals with mental illness 

• Counseled mental health inpatients with regards to their rights under the Mental Health Act 

Youth Worker Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 

McMan Youth Treatment Center, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada 

• Worked with youth aged 12-16 in this residential treatment facility to determine goals and 

monitor progress 

• Helped youth with daily life skills and aided in the implementation of behavioral programming 

• Organized social programming and anger management group sessions 

Volunteer Summer 2002 

Yaba Psychiatric Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria 

• Scored MMPI’s


• Took part in group therapy sessions 

Volunteer Fall 2001 - Spring 2002 

Transition House, Cambridge, MA 

• Organized play activities and cared for children in this domestic violence shelter 

• Gave support to residents 

SPECIALIZED CLINICAL TRAINING 

Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Spring 2011 


• Ella Milliner, Psy.D. 

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Fall 2010 

Virginia Tech Department of Psychology, Blacksburg, VA 

• Rochelle Hanson, Ph.D. 

Cognitive Therapy Workshop Summer 2010 

Beck Institute, Bala Cynwyd, PA 

• Judith Beck, Ph.D., Leslie Sokol, Ph.D., and Torrey Creed, Ph.D. 

Collaborative Problem Solving Spring 2009 

Community Services Board, Blacksburg, VA 

• Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

Instructor of Record Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 

Virginia Tech Department of Psychology, Blacksburg, VA 

• Taught a 3000-level undergraduate course in Abnormal Psychology (2 times) 

Teacher Summer 2002 

Lagos Prison System, Lagos, Nigeria 

• Created lesson plans and taught high school science at a maximum security male prison and high 

school English and math at a medium security female prison 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES 

Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Family Psychology 

Ad hoc reviewer, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 

Ad hoc reviewer, Behavior Therapy 




PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

• American Psychological Association (APA) 

• American Psychological Association Division 53 - Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent 

Psychology


• American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) 

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) 

• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 

• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies - Child and Adolescent Anxiety Special 

Interest Group 

• Association for Psychological Science (APS) 

• Sigma Xi, National Research Honor Society 

• Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 

Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology 

• Student Representative to the Board Term to begin Spring 2012 

• Student Listserv Facilitator 


Virginia Tech Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 

• Graduate Student Representative 

o Member of a student/faculty subcommittee that implemented the department’s first 

mentor feedback program 

o Advocated for professional development opportunities for students 

o Organized a research forum on grant writing 

o Designed a feedback form in order to give student presenters in the department’s monthly 

research forum more constructive feedback for future professional presentations 

o Organized a panel discussion with female faculty on work/life balance issues 

American Psychological Association 

• Invited APAGS representative at APA’s Education Leadership Conference Fall 2010 

REFERENCES 

Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. 


Department of Psychology 

460 Turner Street, Suite 207 


540-231-8276 

tho@vt.edu 

George Clum, Ph.D. 


Department of Psychology (0436) 

317 Williams Hall 

Blackburg, VA 24060 

540-231-5701 

gclum@vt.edu


Ross W. Green, Ph.D. 

Harvard Medical School 

Department of Psychiatry 

P.O. Box 67393 

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 

617-527-3745 

drrossgreene@gmail.com 

Lee Cooper, Ph.D. 


Department of Psychology 

3110 Prices Fork Road 


540-231-7709 

ldcooper@vt.edu

Kristy E. Benoit - Psychology Department - Virginia Tech

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