Recent and Upcoming Faculty, Student, and Alum Publications and Presentations

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Recent and Upcoming Faculty and Student Publications

  • Attaya, M. K., & Hilliard, L. J. (2026). Student outcomes associated with equity-based social and emotional learning. Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy, 7, 100195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2026.100195 
  • Block, P., Farley, J., & Kinscherff, R. (in press.) Missing Elements in Child Welfare Systems of Care. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 1-13. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-026-09990-6 
  • Breithaupt, L., Slattery, M., Lauze, M., Petterway, F., Lindman, L., Cravitz, M., Naticchia, S., Seenivasa, S., Powers, M., Javaras, K. N., Alperovitz, D. J., Halperin, J., Dechant, E., Thomas, J. J., Lawson, E. A., Lee, H., Pizzagalli, D. A., Romer, A. L., Kumar, P., & Plessow, F. (2025). Study protocol for a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked mechanistic clinical trial of transdermal estrogen replacement in hypoestrogenic eating disorders to explore the role of estrogen on cognitive flexibility and reward processing. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 154, 107924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2025.107924 
  • Canas, K., Contreras, P., & Pagan-Ortiz, M. (2026, March 21). The impact of sex tourism on sex trafficking in Medellín, Colombia: The perspective of victim-centered providers [Poster presentation]. Massachusetts Psychological Association Annual Conference, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
  • Contreras, P. M., Wilson, N., Joseph, A., Valentine, S., Minahan, J., Reed-Barnes, S., Wightman, H., Dockery, J., Stahl, J., Kallivayalil, D., Kirsch, N., Waterman, B., Wilson, S., Greenberg, R. M., Carter, C., Eid, S., Ayala Conesa, M. L., Sanchez, A., & Herlihy, L. (2025). The roles of adult attachment and complex trauma in sex trafficking–related coercive bonding: Entry, entrapment, and the challenges of exiting. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001951 
  • Coppola, P. J., Tortez, L. M., Heilman, E. L., & Cooper, T. L. (2026). Intersectionality burnout inventory. Frontiers in Organizational Psychology, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/forgp.2025.1708571 
  • Covino, N., Abelard, M., Mahr, B., Ibrahim, Y., & St. Louis, G. (2025). The behavioral health service corps: An innovative model for workforce development. Community Mental Health Journal, 61(5), 956-961.
  • Covino, N. A., & Palmer, G. (2025). Becoming William James College. William James Studies, 20(1), 1–19. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48822691 
  • Cronin, D., Block, P., & Connors-Kellgren, A. (in press). Determining the Structure of Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools. Psychology in the Schools.
  • DeFilippo, S., Fitzpatrick, M., Block, J., and Block, P. (2025). Reaching rural youth to reduce mental health and anti-social risk. In T. D. Hull (Ed.), Handbook of Video Games for Mental Health. Oxford U. Press.
  • D’Olympia, J. (2025). Women Veterans Rising: Reclaiming connection, support, and emotional wellbeing [Symposium Chair]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention.
  • D’Olympia, J., & Polanco, M. (2025). Battles within: Risk and resilience in women veterans’ mental health and wellness [Conference presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention.
  • Doneghey, H., Fass, T. L., Larson, K., & Talwar, A. (2026, March 12-14). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Social Distance Scale [Paper]. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Reno, NV.
  • Echols, T. D., Heilman, E. L., Tortez, L. M., (2026, April 30). Navigating Self and Society: The Social Identity Development Model [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.
  • Falcone, A., Shaw, E., Holler, K. (2026, March 21). The relationship between suicidality, borderline personality traits, and length of stay in a child inpatient population [Poster presentation]. Massachusetts Psychological Association Annual Conference, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
  • Fass, T. L. (2026, March 12-14). Racial bias in media representations of youth: A collocation study [Paper]. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Reno, NV.
  • Forgeard, M. (2025). Creativity and resilience: creativity from, or through adversity?. Creativity Research Journal, 37(2), 222-229.
  • Hamner, K., D’Olympia, J., Thoms, A., Lund, E.M., Taveira-Dick, Gatewood, T., Maury, R., Notch, R., Störmer, K., Watson, K., & Williams, K. (2025). Exploring associations among U.S. women veterans between mental health diagnoses and self-reported negative mental health days and wellbeing indicators. The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Annual Conference Presentation, Seattle, WA.
  • Hamner, K., Prevett, A., Rogers Farris, S., D’Olympia, J., Leghari, F., Wadham, B., Bird, K., & Lawn, S. (2025). Conceptions of wellbeing in veteran research literature. Presentation at the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR) Forum.
  • Hooshyar, D., D’Olympia, J., Kearns, J. C., Seed, R., Park, W., & Siddiq, J. D. (2025). Homeless outreach: Framework, influencers, and best practices. Illness, Crisis & Loss. https://doi.org/10.1177/10541373251316261
  • Hudson, C. C., Traynor, J., Beard, C., Björgvinsson, T., Forgeard, M., & Hsu, K. J. (2025). Measuring attentional blink magnitude: Reliability and validity of a novel single-target rapid serial visual presentation task index in a psychiatric sample. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 32, 821-828.
  • Iverson, G.I., Fauza S.C., & Luongo, D.A., Jarnigan, J. (2026, May 15). Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in a Youth Sport Concussion Clinic. [Poster presentation]. 14th Annual Sports Neuropsychology Society (SNS) Symposium, Cleveland, OH.
  • Irizarry-Martínez, N., Ijebor, E., Natarajan, M., & Pagán-Ortiz, M. (2026, March 8). Teaching from the intersections: Feminist praxis, resistance, and sustenance in graduate psychology. Presentation at the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) Conference.
  • Irizarry-Martínez, N. (2026, July 17–18). Hypervigilance and recognition: The politics of attention in high-achieving women of color. Presentation at the Society for Qualitative Inquiry Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Jacobs, D. (2025). Effectively Addressing Psychological and Behavioral Substance Usage Concerns in Schools: Making the Most of Evidence-Based SUD Assessments and Interventions. Presentation at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Conference, Newton, MA.
  • Jacobs, D. (2025). Effectively Addressing Substance Concerns in Schools: Training Evidence-Based SUD Assessments and Intervention. Presentation at The Trainers of School Psychologists (TSP) Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.
  • Jacobs, D. (2025). Fostering Academic Success and Well-Being by Effectively Addressing Student Substance Usage Concerns in Schools. Presentation at the 2025 Advancing School Mental Health Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Jacobs, D. (2025). Maximizing CPT to Foster Resilience for Students with Multiple ACEs. Presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.
  • Jacobs, D. (2025). Utilizing Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to Foster Resilience and Enhance Social Emotional Functioning for Students with Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Presentation at the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association (MSPA) Annual Conference, Norwood, MA.
  • Kelly, D., Fass, T. L., & Larson, K. (2026, March 12-14). The effects of defendant age and type of protective factors on juror sentencing decisions in capital cases involving transition-aged youth [Paper]. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Reno, NV.
  • Kim S, Spear HJ, Ghosh S, Brito R, Hodge SM, Nicholas S, Moore Simas TA, Byatt N, Rhein L, Broder-Fingert S, Kennedy DN, Frazier JA. The infant brain’s response to social cues: Associations with maternal postpartum anxiety and depression. Poster presentation accepted for Annual Meeting, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Phoenix, AZ
  • Kim, S., Spear, H.J., Ghosh, S., Brito, R., Moore-Simas, T.A., Byatt, N., Nicholas, S., Rhein, L., Broder-Fingert, S., Kennedy, D.N., & Frazier, J.A. Using infant fMRI to study the developing social brain in the first year of life [Poster Presentation]. Annual Meeting, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, Korea
  • Koh, K., D’Olympia, J., Hooshyar, D., Vranceanu, A.-M., Garde, S., Ginsburg, Z., Ré, K., Spaulding, M. T., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Wagner, J., Ursano, R. J., & Tsai, J. (in press). Pathways into homelessness and perspectives on prevention: A qualitative study of Army veterans.
  • LaCasse, A. T., Munro, C. E., Truitt, H., Yu, M., Aibel, C. R., Udeogu, O. J., Amariglio, R. E., Rentz, D. M., Marshall, G. A., & Dubbelman, M. A. (2026). Comparing the associations between performance-based, participant-reported, and study partner-reported instrumental activities of daily living tasks and cognition in cognitively unimpaired adults. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease: JAD, 113(3), 1467–1477. https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877261478266 
  • Lindman, L. & Martindale, J. (2026, November). Psychopathy and gun violence in youth: Comparing trait-based and environmentally based models in justice-involved and school-based samples. [Poster presentation]. New England Psychological Association, Salem, MA, USA
  • Luongo, D.A., Saperstein, O.D., Jackson. A. V., McGrath. N., & Maietta, J. E. (2026, May 15). Baseline PCSS symptoms in high school athletes with ADHD and psychiatric history. [Poster presentation]. 14th Annual Sports Neuropsychology Society (SNS) Symposium, Cleveland, OH.
  • Luongo, D.A., Osher, J.E., Moncata. S.J., Jackson. A. V., McGrath. N., & Maietta, J. E. (2026, May 15). Impacts of Affective Symptoms on Baseline Neurocognitive Performance in High-School Athletes [Poster presentation]. 14th Annual Sports Neuropsychology Society (SNS) Symposium, Cleveland, OH.
  • MacDonald, C., Block, P., & Cherkasky, A. (2026). Determinants of perceptions of eating disorder symptoms. [Doctoral Dissertation, William James College]. World Journal of Eating Disorders, 16(1). http://doi.org/10.52338/wjoed.2026.5429 
  • Maietta, J. E., Luongo, D. A., Saperstein, O. D., & Gaudet, C. E. (2026). Recovery from sport-related concussion in athletes with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review. Neuropsychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-026-09713-w 
  • Middlekauff, B., MacPherson, H.A., Kendall, P.C., & Carper, M.M. (April, 2026). Understanding discrepancies in parent-child anxiety reports: The interplay of family dynamics and child coping. [Poster Presentation]. 2026 Anxiety and Depression Association of America Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Morrill, Z. & Comas-Dìaz, L. (In press). Critical-liberation psychotherapy: Unsettling hegemonic power toward liberatory practice. American Psychologist.
  • Morrill, Z. (In press). Genuineness in Humanistic-Existential Psychotherapy. Invited chapter in L. Hoffman & Lac, V. (Eds.), Evidence-Based Foundations of Existential-Humanistic Therapy. APA Books.
  • Nassif, T. H., Adler, A. B., Atkinson, R. D., Bentley, K. H., Bonomi, R. E., D’Olympia, J., Edwards, E. R., Fortgang, R. G., Gaudiano, B. A., Geraci, J. C., Goodman, M., Herman, D., Kleiman, E. M., Maggio, S., McDaniel, A., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Paine, C., Regan, T., Torous, J., Capaldi, V. F., & Kessler, R. C. (in press). SAFEGUARD: Transforming military suicide prevention through predictive analytics and targeted interventions.
  • Nathanson, R., Larson, K., Bath, E., & Fass, T. L. (2026, March 12-14). The Kids’ Court School Competency Remediation Program: Overview and analyses of efficacy [Paper]. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Reno, NV.
  • O'Brien, Kymberlee (2026). Ancient Circuits, Modern Doubts: A Multi-System Neurobiological Model of the Impostor Phenomenon, SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7112099 
  • Purgavie, M., Larson, K., & Fass, T. L. (2026, March 12-14). The impact of defendant age and psychoeducation on jurors’ perceptions of guilt and responsibility in adolescent felony murder cases [Paper]. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Reno, NV.
  • Rabin, C. (2025). Predictors and impact of disclosure efficacy among cancer survivors. Psycho-Oncology.
  • Ramirez, N.R., Breton, J., Luongo, D.A., Laique, A., Jasper, H.A., Patel, S., Doran, A., & Manderino, L. M. (2026, May 15). Secondary Analysis of Sleep Functioning and Interleukin-6 Levels Between Controls and Athletes Following Sport-related Concussion. [Poster presentation]. 14th Annual Sports Neuropsychology Society (SNS) Symposium, Cleveland, OH
  • Romer, A. L., Breithaupt, L., Slattery, M., Petterway, F., Lindman, L., Scott, J., Lauze, M., Cravitz, M., Poon, Z., Seenivasa, S., Naticchia, S., Javaras, K. N., Alperovitz, D., Thomas, J. J., Lawson, E. A., Pizzagalli, D. A., Plessow, F., Kumar, P., Misra, M., & Eddy, K. T. (2025). Shared Versus Unique Features of Neural Activation During Cognitive Flexibility Across Restrictive Eating Disorder Presentations. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24599 
  • Rusnak, A., Vuky, C., Natarajan, M., McGinnis, H., Chappell, R. (2026, October 2-3). Preliminary results of an exploration of Chinese adoptive identity of emerging adults: An application of the adoptee consciousness model post-cessation of international adoption from China [Poster presentation]. Asian American Psychological Association Convention, Las Vegas, NY, United States.
  • Staples, J., Bird, C., Granato, H., & Yang, J. P. (2026). Oppression-Based Traumatic Stress among Transgender and Gender Expansive Adults: Multiple Forms of Discrimination and Trauma Symptoms. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2026.2637960 
  • Wadhwa, H. K., Daulat, N., & O’Brien, C. (2025). Masala and Misogyny: A qualitative study of South Asian American women’s ethnic-racial identity. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 12(5), Article 5. Https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2202 .
  • Wilson, N. C., & Barden, S. (2025). Individuals and Couples with Infertility: Quality of Life, Relationship Satisfaction, Resilience, Depression, and Shame. Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education, 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.34296/06022021 
  • Wilson, N., & Aaron, S. (2026, September 23-25). “Why do we have to talk about sex in therapy?”: Implications for human sexuality curriculum design in couples and family therapy training. North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES), Manchester, NH.
  • Wilson, N., & Aaron, S. (2026, September 23-25). From symptoms to systems: Teaching counseling students to think systemically through experiential learning. North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES), Manchester, NH.
  • Wilson, N., & Shoemaker, S. (2026, September 17-19). From practice to publication: Helping clinicians publish on counseling and sexual wellness. Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC), Dallas, TX.
  • Winer, J. P., Davis, S., Forgeard, M., Pejic, V., Park, H. S., Lemus, D., Yohannes, S., & Senesathith, V. (in press). Self-efficacy and trauma symptom benefits following a psychosocial skills-based group intervention for forcibly displaced Central American youth: A Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees (TST-R) approach. School Mental Health.
  • Xiu, Z., King, K., Jacob, S., Purgavie, M., & Vijayakumar, P. (2026, March 21). Practicing what we teach: Ethical self-care, boundaries, and sustainability [Breakout Session]. The Massachusetts Psychological Association 2026 Annual Conference, Cambridge MA.
  • Xiu, Z., Tian, P. (2026, March 7th). ADHD, Autism, or AuDHD? Differential diagnosis and treatment implications. 2026 Visions of Community Conference. Online.