Marcia L. Caron-Besch                                                         Curriculum Vitae

 

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EDUCATION

2011    Ph.D. pending in Clinical Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; GPA 3.97/4.00

2007    Qualifying examination in Clinical Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

2006    M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

2004    B.A. in Psychology and French with a statistics minor, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; GPA 3.98/4.00

2000    Valedictorian, St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School, Fitchburg, MA

 

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Fa 09-Su 10     Aurora Mental Health Center, Aurora, CO. APA-accredited predoctoral internship. Outpatient adult, geriatric, and health psychology rotations. Individual, family, couples, and group psychotherapy; case management; and psychological assessment.

Su 08-Sp 09    Emory University Psychological Center, Atlanta, GA. Senior clinician and intake coordinator.

Fa 07-Sp 09     Emory University Psychological Center, Atlanta, GA. Assistant to the assessment coordinator.

Su 06-Sp 09    Emory University Psychological Center, Atlanta, GA. Practica in individual, family, and couples therapy and psychoeducational, psychosocial, and neuropsychological assessment. Satellite service provider to the Emory Student Counseling Center and Positive Impact, Inc.

Su 08               Atlanta Psychological Services and Gary Santavicca and Associates, Atlanta, GA. Practica in psychoeducational, developmental, parental fitness, substance abuse, and psychosexual assessment.

Sp 07               Down Syndrome Clinic, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Neurodevelopmental assessment practicum.

Sp 06               Benjamin S. Carson Preparatory School, Atlanta, GA. Intervention II practicum.

Fa 04-Sp 06     Emory University Psychological Center, Atlanta, GA. Assessment I and II practica, testing apprenticeship, and observation in clinical supervision.

Sp 03               Sunflower Daycare Center, Lewisburg, PA. Developmental Psychology practicum.

Sp 02               Danville State Hospital, Danville, PA. Abnormal Psychology practicum.

 

MENTORING and SUPERVISING EXPERIENCE

Sp 11               Mentor for a graduate teaching assistant, University of Colorado, Denver.

Fa 10-Sp 11     Advising professor for two undergraduate honors projects, Johnson and Wales University, Denver.

Fa 09-Su 10     Supervision of supervision for an advanced practicum student, Aurora Mental Health Center.

Su 09               Supervision of supervision for a beginning clinician, Emory University Psychological Center.

Su 07-Su 09    Mentor for five new trainees through the Therapy Buddy, Mock Therapy, and Testing Apprenticeship programs, Emory University Psychological Center.

Sp 07-Su 07    Mentor for an undergraduate laboratory assistant, Department of Psychology, Emory University.

Su 07               Supervisor to a new psychometrist, Down Syndrome Clinic, Emory University School of Medicine.

Fa 06-Sp 07     Supervisor to seven first-year graduate students in the Assessment I practicum, Emory University Psychological Center.

Fa 05-Fa 06     Mentor for two incoming graduate students through the Psych Buddy program, Department of Psychology, Emory University.

Fa 03-Sp 04     Mentor for four honors thesis research assistants, Department of Psychology, Bucknell University.

 

TUTORING and CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Su 11               Research consultant on an intern research project, Aurora Mental Health Center, Aurora, CO.

Su 10-Fa 10     Statistical consultant on a school psychology dissertation, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO.

Su 09               Statistical consultant on a library science master’s thesis, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA and an anthropology dissertation, Emory University.

Sp 09-Su 09    Tutor in Research Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

Fa 08-Sp 09     Statistical consultant on an organizational psychology research study, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA.

Su 08               Statistical consultant on an educational studies master’s thesis, online Walden University and a religious studies dissertation, Emory University.

Sp 07               Tutor in Advanced Statistics, Emory University.

Fa 05               Tutor in Business Statistics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fa 10-Sp 11     Adjunct Faculty, Introductory Psychology (4 sections), Johnson and Wales University, Denver.

Fa 10-Sp 11     Lecturer, Principles of Learning and Behavior and Introductory Psychology II, University of Colorado, Denver.

Fa 08-Sp 09     Teaching Assistant, multiple social science research methods and data analysis courses, Emory University.

Su 08               Workshop Instructor, Beginning Assessment Work at the Clinic, Emory University Psychological Center.

Fa 06-Sp 07     Practicum Instructor, Assessment I, Emory University.

Fa 06               Laboratory Instructor, Experimental Methods for Psychology, Emory University.

Sp 06               Laboratory Instructor, Applied Statistics for Psychology, Emory University.

Fa 05               Co-Instructor, Advanced Statistics, Emory University.

Fa 05               Student, Teaching Practicum, Emory University.

Su 05               Seminar Attendee, Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity Program, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University.

Sp 04-Fa 08     Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies, Bucknell University; Applied Statistics for Psychology, Behavior Modification, Child Development, Advanced Statistic, Personality Theories, Psychological Center Case Conference, and Assessment I Practicum, Emory University.

Sp 03               Teaching Assistant, French Literature II, Bucknell University.

Fa 02               Teaching Assistant, Psychological Statistics, Bucknell University.

Fa 02, Fa 01    Teaching Assistant, General Biology I Laboratory, Bucknell University.

 

THESES and PUBLICATIONS

Abramowitz, A., & Caron, M. L. (2010). Psychological and neuropsychological testing. In M. K. Dulcan (Ed.), Dulcan’s textbook of child and adolescent psychiatry (4th ed., pp. 135-148). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.

Caron-Besch, M. L. (in preparation). When therapists cry: A survey study of therapists’ and clients’ opinions and experiences. Doctoral dissertation, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Caron-Besch, M. L., Love, D. R., Roy, M. N., & Sanchez, R. C. (2010, July). Comparing the effectiveness of individual vs. group therapy in a community mental health setting. Unpublished data, Aurora Mental Health Center, Aurora, CO.

Caron, M. L. (2004). Effects of male and female discussion partners on women’s perceptions of acquaintance rape scenarios. Honors thesis, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.

Caron, M. L. (2006). Applying matching theory to naturally-occurring human behavior. Master’s thesis, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Caron, M. L. (2007). Teaching effectiveness as related to teachers’ personality traits: A meta-analytic review testing the theory of educational seduction. Qualifying examination paper, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Flack, W. F., Jr., Caron, M. L., Leinen, S. J., Breitenbach, K. G., Barber, A. M., Brown, E. N., et al. (2008). The red zone: Temporal risk for unwanted sex among college students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23, 1177-1196.

Flack, W. F., Jr., Daubman, K. A., Caron, M. L., Asadorian, J. A., D’Aureli, N. R., Gigliotti, S. N., et al. (2007). Risk factors and consequences of unwanted sex among university students: Hooking-up, alcohol, and stress response. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 139-157.

McDowell, J. J, & Caron, M. L. (2007). Undermatching is an emergent property of selection by consequences. Behavioural Processes, 75, 97-106.

McDowell, J. J, & Caron, M. L. (2010a). Bias and undermatching in delinquent boys' verbal behavior as a function of their level of deviance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 93, 471-483.

McDowell, J. J, & Caron, M. L. (2010b). Matching in an undisturbed natural human environment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 93, 415-433.

McDowell, J. J, Caron, M. L., Kulubekova, S., & Berg, J. P. (2008). A computational theory of selection by consequences applied to concurrent schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 90, 387-403.

Visootsak, J. J., Huddleston, L., Caron, M., Ransom, A., & Sherman, S. (2008). Neurodevelopmental impact of congenital heart defects in Down syndrome. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 56, 426.

Visootsak J., Mahle W. T., Kirshbom P., Huddleston L., Caron-Besch M., Ransom A., & Sherman S. (in press). Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with Down syndrome and congenital heart defects. American Journal of Medical Genetics.

 

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Caron-Besch, M. L., Love, D. R., Roy, M. N., & Sanchez, R. C. (2010, July). Comparing the effectiveness of individual vs. group therapy in a community mental health setting. Presented at the Executive Board Meeting, Aurora Mental Health Center, Aurora, CO.

Caron, M. L. (2008, April). Teaching effectiveness as related to teachers’ personality traits: A meta-analytic review testing the theory of educational seduction. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Clinical Psychology Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Caron, M. L. (2008, May). Relationship of the evolutionary dynamics to the classic and modern theories of matching. Presented at the 34th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

Caron, M. L., Berg, J. P., Kulubekova, S., & McDowell, J. J (2007, May). Applying matching theory to extra-point decisions in American football. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.

Caron, M. L., & Flack, W. F., Jr. (2004, March). Effects of gender and small group discussions on individual perceptions of acquaintance rape scenarios. Presented at the Kalman-Posner Research Symposium, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.

Caron, M. L., & McDowell, J. J (2005, March). Classic and modern matching theories: An application to naturally-occurring human behavior. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Clinical Psychology Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Caron, M. L., & McDowell, J. J (2006, April). Computational modeling of behavioral selection by consequences: Consistent with classic or modern matching theory? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Clinical Psychology Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Caron, M. L., & McDowell, J. J (2006, May). An application of matching theory to naturally-occurring human behavior. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.

Caron, M. L., & McDowell, J. J (2007, April). Exploring matching theory in boys’ conversations. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Clinical Psychology Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Flack, W. F., Jr., Asadorian, J., Caron, M. L., & Daubman, K. A. (2003, November). Empirical support for the red zone: Unwanted sex among 1st- and 2nd- year college students. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL.

McDowell, J. J, & Caron, M. L. (2006, May). Undermatching as an emergent property of selection by consequences. Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior, Atlanta, GA.

Visootsak, J., Huddleston, L., Caron, M., Ransom, A., & Sherman, S. (2008, February). Neurodevelopmental impact of congenital heart defects in Down Syndrome. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Pediatric Research, New Orleans, LA.

Visootsak, J., Huddleston, L., Caron, M., Ransom, A., & Sherman, S. (2008, April). Neurodevelopmental impact of congenital heart defects in Down Syndrome. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Clinical Research and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, GA.

 

SERVICE and OUTREACH WORK

2010-2011     9 News Health Fair Volunteer, Aurora, CO and Eerie, CO. Stress management screenings.

2004-2009     Clinical Recruitment Weekend Committee Member, Emory University.

2004-2009     Departmental Events Coordination Committee Member, Emory University.

2004-2009     Graduate Student Instructors in Psychology Group Member, Emory University.

2004-2008     Team Captain and Teammate, Psychology Department Intramural Softball Team, Emory University.

2008              Emory HelpLine Volunteer Training Workshop Facilitator, Student Counseling Center, Emory University.

2008              Professional Development Committee Member, Emory University.

2006-2008     American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Program Volunteer, Student Counseling Center, Emory University.

 

GRANTS

2008       Student Grant from the American Psychological Association for participation in an Advanced Training Institute on Nonlinear Methods in Psychology, Cincinnati, OH.

2008       Professional Development Support Grant from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

2008,      Student Presenter Grants from the Association for Behavior Analysis, 33rd and 34th

2007       Annual Conventions, Chicago, IL and San Diego, CA.

2003       Undergraduate Research Grant, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.

 

AWARDS and HONORS

2008-2009     Senior Clinician, Emory University Psychological Center.

2008-2009     Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Center Graduate Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University.

2005              Chancellor’s List, National Honor Society for Graduate Students.

2000-2004     Dean’s List, Bucknell University.

2003              Psi Chi Induction, National Honor Society in Psychology, Bucknell University Chapter.

2002              National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

2001              Alpha Lambda Delta, National Academic Honor Society.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2009-2011     Colorado Psychological Association (CPA), Student Member.

2007-2011     AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Family, Member.

2009-2010     Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP), Student Member.

2008-2009     Georgia Psychological Association (GPA), Student Member and Student Representative to the Emerging Professionals Committee for the Clinical Psychology Program at Emory University.

2008-2009     American Psychological Association (APA), Student Affiliate.

2006-2008     Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA), Student Member.

2006              Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (SQAB), Student Member.