Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of Nevada at Reno 2002
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2016
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2010 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013
  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2006 - 2010
  • Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2004 - 2006
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2002 - 2004
  • Instructor, Temporary of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2002
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Leadership Positions:
    Vice Chair, Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Director, Adult Outpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Training Director, Clinical Psychology Fellowship Program
    Director, Cognitive Behavioral Research and Treatment Program
    Director, Misophonia and Emotion Regulation Program
    At-Large Board Member, Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC)
    Chair, Clinical Alignment PDC Communications Sub-Committee
    Committee Member, PDC Quality Committee
    
    Clinical Positions:
    Attending Psychologist, Cognitive Behavioral Research and Treatment Program
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Development of an Intervention for Misophonia awarded by The REAM Foundation 2018 - 2021
  • Evaluating the impact of an emotion regulation intervention on emotion perception awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
  • Generalizing Mindful Emotion Regulation awarded by Mind & Life Institute 2017 - 2019
  • Neuromodulation Enhanced Cognitive Restructuring for Emotion Dysregulation: A Proof of Concept Study awarded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation 2016 - 2019
  • Strengthening Instrumental Extinction to Prevent Smoking Relapse awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
  • Evaluating a Novel Method of Generalizing Emotion Regulation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2017
  • Evaluating the Relationship between Childhood SPD and Problems with Mental Health in Adulthood awarded by Wallace Research Foundation 2015 - 2016
  • Brain Imaging Studies of Negative Reinforcement in Humans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
  • Randomized Controlled Trial Computer-Base Intervention to Augment Drug Counseling awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2014
  • Stress and Behavior in Health and Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 1989 - 2011
  • Developing Computer Based Treatments for Addiction awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2009
  • Evaluation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2009
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Neacsiu, AD, Fang, CM, Rodriguez, M, and Rosenthal, MZ. "Suicidal Behavior and Problems with Emotion Regulation." Suicide & Life Threatening Behavior 48, no. 1 (February 2018): 52-74.  Full Text
    • Brout, JJ, Edelstein, M, Erfanian, M, Mannino, M, Miller, LJ, Rouw, R, Kumar, S, and Rosenthal, MZ. "Investigating Misophonia: A Review of the Empirical Literature, Clinical Implications, and a Research Agenda." Frontiers in Neuroscience 12 (January 2018): 36-null. (Review)  Full Text
    • Neacsiu, AD, Eberle,, JW, Keng, S-L, Fang, CM, and Rosenthal, MZ. "Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Across Sociocultural Groups: Findings, Issues, and Future Directions." Current Psychiatry Reviews 13, no. 3 (November 24, 2017).  Full Text
    • Dixon-Gordon, KL, Turner, BJ, Zachary Rosenthal, M, and Chapman, AL. "Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder: An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Instructed Acceptance and Suppression." Behavior Therapy 48, no. 6 (November 2017): 750-764.  Full Text
    • Chapman, AL, Rosenthal, MZ, Dixon-Gordon, KL, Turner, BJ, and Kuppens, P. "Borderline Personality Disorder and the Effects of Instructed Emotional Avoidance or Acceptance in Daily Life." Journal of personality disorders 31, no. 4 (August 2017): 483-502.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Neacsiu, AD, Geiger, PJ, Fang, C, Ahn, R, and Larrauri, J. "Emotional Reactivity to Personally-Relevant and Standardized Sounds in Borderline Personality Disorder." Cognitive Therapy and Research 40, no. 3 (June 2016): 314-327.  Full Text
    • Rodriguez, MA, Fang, CM, Gao, J, Robins, C, and Rosenthal, MZ. "Perceptions of the Limitations of Confidentiality Among Chinese Mental Health Practitioners, Adolescents and Their Parents." Ethics & Behavior 26, no. 4 (May 18, 2016): 344-356.  Full Text
    • Carmel, A, Villatte, JL, Zachary Rosenthal, M, Chalker, S, and Comtois, KA. "Applying Technological Approaches to Clinical Supervision in Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Randomized Feasibility Trial of the Bug-in-the-Eye (BITE) Model." Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 23, no. 2 (May 2016): 221-229.  Full Text
    • Kim, K, Rosenthal, MZ, Gwaltney, M, Jarrold, W, Hatt, N, McIntyre, N, Swain, L, Solomon, M, and Mundy, P. "A Virtual Joy-Stick Study of Emotional Responses and Social Motivation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal of autism and developmental disorders 45, no. 12 (December 2015): 3891-3899.  Full Text
    • Turner, BJ, Dixon-Gordon, KL, Austin, SB, Rodriguez, MA, Zachary Rosenthal, M, and Chapman, AL. "Non-suicidal self-injury with and without borderline personality disorder: differences in self-injury and diagnostic comorbidity." Psychiatry Research 230, no. 1 (November 2015): 28-35.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Fang, CM, and Chapman, AL. "Ambulatory measurement of emotional dysfunction in borderline personality disorder." Current Opinion in Psychology 3 (June 2015): 75-79.  Full Text
    • Kosson, DS, Walsh, Z, Rosenthal, MZ, and Lynch, TR. "Interpersonal assessment of borderline personality disorder: preliminary findings." Journal of personality assessment 97, no. 3 (May 2015): 278-290.  Full Text
    • Neacsiu, AD, Herr, NR, Fang, CM, Rodriguez, MA, and Rosenthal, MZ. "Identity disturbance and problems with emotion regulation are related constructs across diagnoses." Journal of clinical psychology 71, no. 4 (April 2015): 346-361.  Full Text
    • Dixon-Gordon, KL, Chapman, AL, Weiss, NH, and Rosenthal, MZ. "A Preliminary Examination of the Role of Emotion Differentiation in the Relationship between Borderline Personality and Urges for Maladaptive Behaviors." Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment 36, no. 4 (December 2014): 616-625.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, and Kutlu, MG. "Translation of associative learning models into extinction reminders delivered via mobile phones during cue exposure interventions for substance use." Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 28, no. 3 (September 2014): 863-871. (Review)  Full Text
    • Lazarus, SA, Cheavens, JS, Festa, F, and Zachary Rosenthal, M. "Interpersonal functioning in borderline personality disorder: a systematic review of behavioral and laboratory-based assessments." Clinical Psychology Review 34, no. 3 (April 2014): 193-205. (Review)  Full Text
    • "Effects of virtual environment platforms on emotional responses." Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 113, no. 3 (March 1, 2014): 882-893.  Full Text
    • Kim, K, Rosenthal, MZ, Zielinski, DJ, and Brady, R. "Effects of virtual environment platforms on emotional responses." Computer methods and programs in biomedicine 113, no. 3 (March 2014): 882-893.  Full Text
    • "Meclizine enhancement of sensorimotor gating in healthy male subjects with high startle responses and low prepulse inhibition." Neuropsychopharmacology 39, no. 3 (February 1, 2014): 651-659.  Full Text
    • Larrauri, JA, Kelley, LD, Jenkins, MR, Westman, EC, Schmajuk, NA, Rosenthal, MZ, and Levin, ED. "Meclizine enhancement of sensorimotor gating in healthy male subjects with high startle responses and low prepulse inhibition." Neuropsychopharmacology 39, no. 3 (February 2014): 651-659.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dixon-Gordon, KL, Chapman, AL, Weiss, NH, and Rosenthal, MZ. "A Preliminary Examination of the Role of Emotion Differentiation in the Relationship Between Borderline Personality and Urges for Maladaptive Behaviors." Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 36, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 616-625.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, and Kutlu, MG. "Translation of Associative Learning Models Into Extinction Reminders Delivered via Mobile Phones During Cue Exposure Interventions for Substance Use." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (2014).  Full Text
    • Herr, NR, Rosenthal, MZ, Geiger, PJ, and Erikson, K. "Difficulties with emotion regulation mediate the relationship between borderline personality disorder symptom severity and interpersonal problems." Personality and Mental Health 7, no. 3 (August 2013): 191-202.  Full Text
    • Herr, NR, Keenan-Miller, D, Rosenthal, MZ, and Feldblum, J. "Negative interpersonal events mediate the relation between borderline features and aggressive behavior: findings from a nonclinical sample of undergraduate women." Personality Disorders 4, no. 3 (July 2013): 254-260.  Full Text
    • Herr, NR, Rosenthal, MZ, Geiger, PJ, and Erikson, K. "Difficulties with emotion regulation mediate the relationship between borderline personality disorder symptom severity and interpersonal problems." Personality and Mental Health 7, no. 3 (2013): 191-202.  Full Text
    • Keefe, FJ, Huling, DA, Coggins, MJ, Keefe, DF, Zachary Rosenthal, M, Herr, NR, and Hoffman, HG. "Virtual reality for persistent pain: a new direction for behavioral pain management." Pain 153, no. 11 (November 2012): 2163-2166. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Kim, K, Roh, D, Kim, C-H, Cha, KR, Rosenthal, MZ, and Kim, SI. "Comparison of checking behavior in adults with or without checking symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder using a novel computer-based measure." Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 108, no. 1 (2012): 434-441.  Full Text
    • Larrauri, JA, Rosenthal, MZ, Levin, ED, McClernon, FJ, and Schmajuk, NA. "Effects of unexpected changes in visual scenes on the human acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition." Behav Processes 89, no. 1 (January 2012): 1-7.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Ahn, R, and Geiger, PJ. "Reactivity to sensations in borderline personality disorder: a preliminary study." J Pers Disord 25, no. 5 (October 2011): 715-721.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Kim, K, Herr, NR, Smoski, MJ, Cheavens, JS, Lynch, TR, and Kosson, DS. "Speed and accuracy of facial expression classification in avoidant personality disorder: a preliminary study." Personality Disorders 2, no. 4 (October 2011): 327-334.  Full Text
    • Gratz, KL, Rosenthal, MZ, Tull, MT, Lejuez, CW, and Gunderson, JG. "An experimental investigation of emotional reactivity and delayed emotional recovery in borderline personality disorder: the role of shame." Comprehensive Psychiatry 51, no. 3 (May 2010): 275-285.  Full Text
    • Kim, K, Kim, SI, Cha, KR, Park, J, Rosenthal, MZ, Kim, J-J, Han, K, Kim, IY, and Kim, C-H. "Development of a computer-based behavioral assessment of checking behavior in obsessive-compulsive disorder." Compr Psychiatry 51, no. 1 (January 2010): 86-93.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Merwin, RM, Zachary Rosenthal, M, and Coffey, KA. "Experiential Avoidance Mediates the Relationship Between Sexual Victimization and Psychological Symptoms: Replicating Findings with an Ethnically Diverse Sample." Cognitive Therapy and Research 33, no. 5 (October 2009): 537-542.  Full Text
    • Ebner-Priemer, UW, Mauchnik, J, Kleindienst, N, Schmahl, C, Peper, M, Rosenthal, MZ, Flor, H, and Bohus, M. "Emotional learning during dissociative states in borderline personality disorder." Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : Jpn 34, no. 3 (May 2009): 214-222.
    • Chapman, AL, Rosenthal, MZ, and Leung, DW. "Emotion suppression in borderline personality disorder: an experience sampling study." Journal of Personality Disorders 23, no. 1 (February 2009): 29-47.  Full Text
    • Smoski, MJ, Lynch, TR, Rosenthal, MZ, Cheavens, JS, Chapman, AL, and Krishnan, RR. "Decision-making and risk aversion among depressive adults." Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 39, no. 4 (December 2008): 567-576.  Full Text
    • Wang, L, LaBar, KS, Smoski, M, Rosenthal, MZ, Dolcos, F, Lynch, TR, Krishnan, RR, and McCarthy, G. "Prefrontal mechanisms for executive control over emotional distraction are altered in major depression." Psychiatry Research 163, no. 2 (July 2008): 143-155.  Full Text
    • Ebner-Priemer, UW, Kuo, J, Schlotz, W, Kleindienst, N, Rosenthal, MZ, Detterer, L, Linehan, MM, and Bohus, M. "Distress and affective dysregulation in patients with borderline personality disorder: a psychophysiological ambulatory monitoring study." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 196, no. 4 (April 2008): 314-320.  Full Text
    • "Dialectical behavior therapy: Efficacy, mechanisms, and application." Psychiatric Times 25, no. 2 (February 1, 2008).
    • Cheavens, JS, Rosenthal, MZ, Banawan, SF, and Lynch, TR. "Differences in emotional experience and emotion regulation as a function of age and psychiatric condition." Aging and Mental Health 12, no. 4 (2008): 478-487.  Full Text
    • Cukrowicz, KC, Ekblad, AG, Cheavens, JS, Rosenthal, MZ, and Lynch, TR. "Coping and thought suppression as predictors of suicidal ideation in depressed older adults with personality disorders." Aging Ment Health 12, no. 1 (January 2008): 149-157.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Gupta, S, Rosenthal, MZ, Mancini, AD, Cheavens, JS, and Lynch, TR. "Emotion regulation skills mediate the effects of shame on eating disorder symptoms in women." Eating Disorders 16, no. 5 (2008): 405-417.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Gratz, KL, Kosson, DS, Cheavens, JS, Lejuez, CW, and Lynch, TR. "Borderline personality disorder and emotional responding: a review of the research literature." Clinical Psychology Review 28, no. 1 (January 2008): 75-91. (Review)  Full Text
    • Chapman, AL, Lynch, TR, Rosenthal, MZ, Cheavens, JS, Smoski, MJ, and Krishnan, KRR. "Risk Aversion Among Depressed Older Adults with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder." Cognitive Therapy and Research 31, no. 2 (April 17, 2007): 161-174.  Full Text
    • Lynch, TR, Schneider, KG, Rosenthal, MZ, and Cheavens, JS. "A mediational model of trait negative affectivity, dispositional thought suppression, and intrusive thoughts following laboratory stressors." Behav Res Ther 45, no. 4 (April 2007): 749-761.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosenthal, MZ, and Follette, VM. "The effects of sexual assault-related intrusion suppression in the laboratory and natural environment." Behav Res Ther 45, no. 1 (January 2007): 73-87.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Gratz, KL, Rosenthal, MZ, Tull, MT, Lejuez, CW, and Gunderson, JG. "An experimental investigation of emotion dysregulation in borderline personality disorder." Journal of Abnormal Psychology 115, no. 4 (November 2006): 850-855.  Full Text
    • Lynch, TR, Rosenthal, MZ, Kosson, DS, Cheavens, JS, Lejuez, CW, and Blair, RJR. "Heightened sensitivity to facial expressions of emotion in borderline personality disorder." Emotion 6, no. 4 (November 2006): 647-655.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lynch, TR, Rosenthal, MZ, Kosson, DS, Cheavens, JS, Lejuez, CW, and Blair, RJR. "Heightened sensitivity to facial expressions of emotion in borderline personality disorder." EMOTION 6, no. 4 (November 2006): 647-655.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Cheavens, JS, Lynch, TR, and Follette, V. "Thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative mood and PTSD in sexually assaulted women." J Trauma Stress 19, no. 5 (October 2006): 741-745.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Cukrowicz, KC, Cheavens, JS, and Lynch, TR. "Self-punishment as a regulation strategy in borderline personality disorder." J Pers Disord 20, no. 3 (June 2006): 232-246.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lynch, TR, Chapman, AL, Rosenthal, MZ, Kuo, JR, and Linehan, MM. "Mechanisms of change in dialectical behavior therapy: theoretical and empirical observations." Journal of Clinical Psychology 62, no. 4 (April 2006): 459-480.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Polusny, MA, and Follette, VM. "Avoidance Mediates the Relationship Between Perceived Criticism in the Family of Origin and Psychological Distress in Adulthood." Journal of Emotional Abuse 6, no. 1 (March 30, 2006): 87-102.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ. "Dialectical behavior therapy for patients dually diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders." Psychiatric Times 23, no. 1 (2006): 28-29.
    • Bornovalova, MA, Lejuez, CW, Daughters, SB, Zachary Rosenthal, M, and Lynch, TR. "Impulsivity as a common process across borderline personality and substance use disorders." Clinical Psychology Review 25, no. 6 (September 2005): 790-812. (Review)  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Cheavens, JS, Lejuez, CW, and Lynch, TR. "Thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative affect and borderline personality disorder symptoms." Behaviour Research and Therapy 43, no. 9 (September 2005): 1173-1185.  Full Text
    • Cheavens, JS, Rosenthal, MZ, Daughters, SB, Nowak, J, Kosson, D, Lynch, TR, and Lejuez, CW. "An analogue investigation of the relationships among perceived parental criticism, negative affect, and borderline personality disorder features: The role of thought suppression." Behaviour Research and Therapy 43, no. 2 (2005): 257-268.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Cheavens, JS, Compton, JS, Thorp, SR, and Lynch, TR. "Thought suppression and treatment outcome in late-life depression." Aging & Mental Health 9, no. 1 (January 2005): 35-39.  Full Text
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Rasmussen Hall, ML, Palm, KM, Batten, SV, and Follette, V. "Chronic avoidance helps explain the relationship between severity of childhood sexual abuse and psychological distress in adulthood." Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 14, no. 4 (January 2005): 25-41.  Full Text
    • Lynch, TR, Cheavens, JS, Morse, JQ, and Rosenthal, MZ. "A model predicting suicidal ideation and hopelessness in depressed older adults: the impact of emotion inhibition and affect intensity." Aging & Mental Health 8, no. 6 (November 2004): 486-497.  Full Text
    • Polusny, MA, Rosenthal, MZ, Aban, I, and Follette, VM. "Experimental avoidance as a mediator of the effects of adolescent sexual victimization on negative adult outcomes." Violence and Victims 19, no. 1 (February 2004): 109-120.  Full Text
    • Lejuez, CW, Daughters, SB, Nowak, JA, Lynch, T, Rosenthal, MZ, and Kosson, D. "Examining the inventory of interpersonal problems as a tool for conducting analogue studies of mechanisms underlying Borderline Personality Disorder." Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 34, no. 3-4 (September 2003): 313-324.  Full Text

  • Book Sections

    • Robins, CJ, Rosenthal, MZ, and Cuper, PF. "Dialectical behavior therapy." In Evidence-based treatment of personality dysfunction: Principles, methods, and processes, edited by JJ Magnavita, 49-78. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2010. (Chapter)
    • Robins, CJ, and Rosenthal, MZ. "Dialectical Behavior Therapy(Published online)." In Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 164-192.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Symer, M, Abelson, JS, Yeo, H, Rosenthal, MZ, and Sosa, JAA. "The Myth of the Surgical Personality: Motivation and Attrition from Surgical Training." October 2017.  Full Text
    • Erfanian, M, Jo Brout, J, Edelstein, M, Kumar, S, Mannino, M, Miller, LJ, Rouw, R, and Rosenthal, MZ. "REMOVED: Investigating misophonia: A review of the literature, clinical implications and research agenda reflecting current neuroscience and emotion research perspectives." April 2017.  Full Text
    • Kim, K, Rosenthal, MZ, Zielinski, D, and Brady, R. "Comparison of desktop, head mounted display, and six wall fully immersive systems using a stressful task." 2012 IEEE Virtual Reality (VR). March 4, 2012 - March 8, 2012.: IEEE, March 2012.  Full Text
    • Chapman, A, Rosenthal, MZ, and Debbie, L. "Emotion suppression in borderline personality disorder: An experience sampling study." 2008.  Link to Item
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Ahn, R, and Rivinoja, C. "Emotional reactivity to auditory stimuli in borderline personality disorder." 2008.  Link to Item
    • Rosenthal, MZ, Baumann, SB, and Lynch, TR. "USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND CELLULAR PHONES TO AUGMENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING FOR CRACK COCAINE DEPENDENCE." December 2007.  Link to Item
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • NEUROSCI 150: Research Practicum 2019
  • PSY 105: Abnormal Psychology 2019
  • PSY 203: Practicum 2019
  • PSY 744: Clinical Practicum 2019
  • PSY 494: Research Independent Study 2018
  • PSY 755: Research Practicum 2018
  • PSY 493: Research Independent Study 2017
  • PSY 707: Models of Intervention and Prevention 2017
  • PSY 890S: Special Topics in Psychology 2017
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Leader. Emotional Connection: Developing a Mobile Intervention for Social and Emotional Dysfunction. 2018 - 2019  2018 - 2019

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