CURRICULUM VITA - Psychology @ IUPUI

LAURA G. STULL, M.S.
Department of Psychology
402 North Blackford St., LD 126V
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Office: (317) 275-8827
Cell: (574) 361-2114
lgc@iupui.edu
EDUCATION
Updated 10/8/09
Expected May 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Clinical Psychology
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
APA Accredited Program
Dissertation Title: Implicit Stigma of Mental Illness: Attitudes in an Evidence-
Based Practice, Proposed September 2009
May 2009
Master of Science
Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Thesis Title: Staff and Consumer Perspectives on Defining Treatment Success
and Failure in Assertive Community Treatment Practices
May 2006
Bachelor of Arts
Summa cum laude with University Honors
Anderson University, Anderson, IN
Major: Psychology, Minors: Math and Statistics
HONORS AND AWARDS
May 2008
School of Science Graduate Student Travel Grant Recipient
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
2007-2008 Psychology Graduate Student Representative to the School of Science Graduate
Student Council
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
2006-2009 Research Assistantship
2004-2006 Psi Chi—National Psychology Honor Society (Chapter President)
Alpha Chi—National Honor Society
Kappa Mu Epsilon—National Honor Society
2002-2006 Presidential Scholar, Dean’s List (8 semesters)
Anderson University

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
5/2009-present Alzheimer’s Training and Research Center, Psychiatry Department,
Indiana School of Medicine (268 hours)
Indianapolis, IN
Supervisor: Dan Rexroth, Psy.D.
Placement has included neuropsychological testing using a variety of tests, including the MMPI-2,
Geriatric Depression Scale, Beck’s Depression Inventory, Beck’s Anxiety Inventory, Wechsler Adult
Intelligence Scale – III, Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised, Wide Range Achievement Test – III,
Boston Naming Test, Trail Making Test Parts A & B, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Wechsler
Test of Adult Learning, Animal Naming, Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Constructional
Praxis, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure, Mini-Mental Status Examination, Wisconsin Card Sorting
Test, and an Indiana University developed battery entitled CERAD. The CERAD battery is intended
to provide a quick estimate of potential dementia. Clients have ranged in age from 18 to 81 years and
were suffering from neurological and cognitive deficits resulting from dementia and other disease, or
were tested as part of a standard preoperative process. In addition to the assessment, I have written 17
integrated reports of psychological, neurological, and cognitive findings for referring physicians.
Individual supervision has been provided weekly on test administration, scoring, interpretation, and
report writing and group supervision through case presentations occurs biweekly.
1/2009-5/2009 Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital (299 hours)
Indianapolis, IN
Supervisor: Joan Farrell, Ph.D.
Placement included work with specialized inpatient unit for Borderline Personality Disorder.
Conducted individual therapy focused on distress management and coping. Co-facilitated Schema
Therapy, Process, Goal Follow-Up, and Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness, Skills, and
Empowerment (BASE) groups. Conducted assessments of intellectual functioning of two inpatients
and wrote brief reports. Participated in treatment planning and weekly multidisciplinary rounds with
psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses. Developed and presented a case
conceptualization with a medical student to all hospital clinical staff. Also helped develop and present
a three-session series for family members of persons with Borderline Personality Disorder. Weekly
supervision was in both individual and group format.
5/2008-12/2008 Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center (493 hours)
Indianapolis, IN
Supervisor: Paul Lysaker, Ph.D.
Placement included work with day treatment unit for veterans with psychiatric disabilities. Conducted
individual therapy with veterans on issues of trauma, emotional disorders, anxiety disorders, and stage of
life issues. Facilitated process groups and “Seeking Safety” group for an Intensive Outpatient Recovery
Program for veterans with PTSD. Co-facilitated groups: mental health psychoeducation, cognitive therapy,
and dual substance abuse and severe mental illness group. Other experiences: co-facilitated Illness
Management and Recovery group as part of a randomized controlled trial and consulted with other mental
health professionals. Group supervision was provided weekly regarding therapy.
1/2008-5/2008 Children’s Resource Center (220 hours)
Indianapolis, IN
Supervisor: Julie Steck, Ph.D.
Placement included work with children ages three to fifteen years receiving assessment services.
Conducted assessments of intellectual functioning, achievement, and social-emotional behavioral profiles
and wrote 10 integrative reports. Attended school individualized educational plan meeting. Received

intake phone calls and conducted scheduling/intake process with clients. Individual supervision was
provided weekly.
COMMUNITY CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
5/2005-8/2005 Undergraduate Internship
Mental Health Association of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
Supervisor: Stephen C. McCaffrey, J.D.
Placement involved working cooperatively with staff to write grant proposals and applications to
multiple community foundations and large organizations. I also designed flyers and brochures for
subsidiaries.
5/2005-8/2005 Undergraduate Internship
Our Town
Indianapolis, IN
Supervisor: Michelle Danner, M.S.
Placement involved working cooperatively with staff in an Integrated Service Agency program that
served persons 18-25 years old with severe mental illness, facilitating large group and substance abuse
meetings, and providing GED tutoring. I also coordinated with staff and consumer to design a
program newsletter
5/2004-8/2004 Undergraduate Internship
Fountain House
New York City, NY
Supervisor: Tom Malamud
Placement involved working cooperatively with staff and members in a Clubhouse community. I
helped supervise consumer duties pertaining to newsletter production. I was exposed to housing,
education, employment, and advocacy units. I also participated in evening and weekend programs.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
5/2009-Present Dissertation Research
“Implicit Stigma of Mental Illness: Attitudes in an Evidence-Based
Practice”
Chair: John H. McGrew, Ph.D.
The purpose of the study is to examine the explicit and implicit stigmatizing attitudes among assertive
community treatment staff, an evidence-based practice that may or may not facilitate recovery.
Secondarily, I will explore the extent to which explicit and implicit stigma predict organizational
outcomes (discriminatory processes and staff performance). I anticipate completing data collection by
March of 2009 and defending by July of 2009.
5/2007-present Research Assistant ACT Center of Indiana
Supervisor: Michelle P. Salyers, Ph.D.
My research examined evidence-based practices in individuals with severe mental illness with a
particular emphasis on implementation and outcomes. I was project manager for an NIMH-funded
pilot study (described below), assisted with two additional projects (described below), and performed
supportive tasks such as IRB submission and data analysis on additional projects. Additionally, I have

performed program fidelity assessments on Assertive Community Treatment and Illness Management
and Recovery.
IP-RISP Pilot #1: Recovery-Oriented Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). This project is the first
pilot study of an NIMH-funded interventions and practice and research infrastructure (IP-RISP) grant
awarded to the ACT Center of Indiana to examine recovery oriented ACT. As manager of this project,
I coordinated a total of 24 visits to four assertive community treatment teams in Indiana and assisted in
the collection of quantitative and qualitative data. I also supervised data entry personnel and coded,
cleaned, and analyzed data.
Randomized Controlled Trial of IMR in the VA. This project is funded by the Veteran’s
Administration to examine the effectiveness of the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR)
curriculum for persons with schizophrenia in a randomized controlled trial. As part of this project, I
have co-lead IMR groups in the VA and I have assisted with baseline Structured Clinical Interviews
for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID) to confirm diagnoses of schizophrenia. I have also helped develop and
apply a protocol for examining treatment adherence to the IMR curriculum.
A Comparison of Phone-Based and Onsite-Based Fidelity for Assertive Community Treatment. This
project is examining the association between phone administered and onsite administered fidelity
assessments. As manager of this project, I am coordinating phone calls with all 31 ACT teams in
Indiana. I am also conducting phone-based fidelity assessments using the Dartmouth Assertive
Community Treatment Scale (DACTS) and recording, cleaning, and analyzing data.
3/2007-4/2009 Masters Thesis Research
“Staff and Consumer Perspectives on Defining Treatment Success and
Failure in Assertive Community Treatment”
Chair: John H. McGrew, Ph.D.
This study was a qualitative examination of assertive community treatment staff and consumer
understandings of treatment success and failure and the processes that underlie them. The purpose was
to 1) understand how ACT consumers and staff define and describe the processes impacting treatment
success and failure and 2) examine whether definitions varied as a function of perspective (staff vs.
consumer), overall agency culture (high vs. low recovery-oriented teams), and individual differences
(optimism).
5/2007-9/2007 Research Assistant IUPUI Department of Psychology
Supervisor: John H. McGrew, Ph.D.
Indiana Integrated Dual Diagnosis Capability. Coded, cleaned, and analyzed data for an Indiana
Division of Mental Health and Addiction survey on the capability of Indiana addiction programs to
provide services to individuals with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders.
8/2005-5/2006 Undergraduate Research Project
“Changing the Attitudes of College Students Regarding Mental Illness”
Anderson University, Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Curtis K. Leech, Ph.D.
Proposed, designed, conducted, and presented an original research project.

PUBLICATION (in press)
MANUSCRIPT UNDER REVIEW
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Salyers, M., Stull, L., & Tsemberis, S. (2009; in production). Assertive
community treatment and recovery. In V. Vandiver (Ed.), Best Practices in
Mental Health: A Pocket Guide. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Stull, L.G., McGrew, J.H., & Salyers, M.P. (under review). Staff and consumer
perspectives on defining treatment success and failure in assertive community
treatment. Psychiatric Services.
Salyers, M.P., Rollins, A.R., & Stull, L.G. (in progress). Measuring the
recovery orientation of assertive community treatment.
Stull, L.G. & Salyers, M.P. (in progress). Correlates of patient activation.
McGrew, J.H. & Stull, L.G. (2009, September). Testing alternative fidelity
assessment methods. Presented at the Festschrift for Gary Bond, Indianapolis,
IN.
Stull, L.G., Medeiros, K. (2009, July). Making ACT work for you. Presented at
the National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, Washington
D.C.
Stull, L.G. (2008, June). Perspectives on defining treatment success in ACT
practices. Presented at the First Annual New York State ACT Conference, ACT
and Recovery, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Stull, L.G., Salyers, M.P., & McGrew, J.H. (2008, May). Perspectives on
defining treatment success in ACT practices. Presented at the 24 th Annual
Assertive Community Treatment Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Stull, L.G. (2007, November). RISP Pilot #1: Measuring the recovery
orientation of ACT teams. Presented to the IP-RISP National Advisory
Committee, Indianapolis, IN.
Stull, L.G. (2007, September). State of Indiana dual diagnosis capability in
addiction treatment. Presented to the Indiana Addictions Council Planning
Committee, Indianapolis, IN.
Stull, L.G. (2006, April). Changing the attitudes of college students regarding
mental illness. Presented at the 17 th Annual Butler Undergraduate Research
Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Stull, L.G. (2005, April). The effect of co-residence with grandparents on the
mental health of college students. Presented at the 16 th Annual Butler
Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Stull, L.G., McGrew, J.H., & Salyers, M.P. (2009, September). Staff and
consumer perspectives on defining treatment success and failure in ACT. Poster
presented at the Festschrift for Gary Bond, Indianapolis, IN.
Williams, J.R., Stull, L.G., Donovan, A. (2009, September). Can commitment to
change increase employees vulnerability to burnout Poster presented at the
Festschrift for Gary Bond, Indianapolis, IN.
Stull, L.G. (2008, November). Perspectives on defining treatment success and
failure. Poster presented at the Indiana Psychological Association Fall
Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Stull, L.G. (2005, May). Stigmatization and self-esteem in high school and
college learning disabled and mainstream students. Poster presented at the Psi
Chi Midwestern Regional Convention, Chicago, IL.
08/09-present Instructor
B104: Psychology as a Social Science
IUPUI Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Lisa Contino, Ph.D.
I developed and delivered lectures and administered class activities to an undergraduate class of
approximately 50 students.
08/08-05/09 Teacher’s Assistant
B386: Introduction to Counseling
IUPUI Department of Psychology
Supervisor: John Guare, Ph.D.
I was responsible for grading course assignments and providing lectures to an introduction to
counseling class of approximately 30 students.
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED
09/09 Festschrift for Gary Bond
Indianapolis, IN
07/09 National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference
Washington, D.C.
04/09 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Training
Rhonda M. Merwin, Duke University Assistant Professor
Indianapolis, IN

12/08 Qualitative Data Advanced ATLAS.ti Training
Ray Maietta, Research Talk, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
11/08 Grant Writing Workshop: Writing Wining Grants
Indiana University School of Medicine, Ruth Lilly Learning Center
Indianapolis, IN
11/08 Indiana Psychological Association Annual Conference
Indianapolis, IN
10/08 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Indiana State Conference
Indianapolis, IN
06/08 First Annual New York State ACT Conference
Saratoga Springs, NY
05/08 Assertive Community Treatment National Association Annual Conference
Indianapolis, IN
03/08 Qualitative Data Analysis Mini-Camp
Ray Maietta, Research Talk, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
10/07 Family Education Interventions: Moving Beyond the Evidence
ACT Center of IN/Adult & Child Community Mental Health
Indianapolis, IN
07/07 Our Town: A Model Program for Transition Aged Youth with SMI
ACT Center of IN/Adult & Child Community Mental Health
Indianapolis, IN
11/07 Motivational Interviewing Workshop
John Wryobeck, Ph.D.
Indianapolis, IN
04/04 Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference
Midwestern Psychology Association
Chicago, IL

REFERENCES
Clinical:
Paul Lysaker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry
Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1481 W. 10 th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
plysaker@iupui.edu
Office: 317-988-2546
Joan Farrell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry
Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital
2601 Cold Springs Road
Indianapolis, IN 46222
Joan.Farrell@fssa.in.gov
Office: 317-941-4331
Research:
John H. McGrew, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director, Clinical Psychology Program
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
402 N. Blackford Street, LD 124
Indianapolis, IN 46202
jmcgrew@iupui.edu
Office: 317-274-8672
Michelle Salyers, Ph.D.
Co-Director of the ACT Center of Indiana
Associate Scientist in Psychology
Acting Co-Director of the VA HSR&D Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practices
Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1481 W. 10 th St. (11H)
Indianapolis, IN 46202
mpsalyer@iupui.edu
Office: 317-988-4419