Current Students and Alumni
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would like to know where you are currently practicing and what research projects
you have completed or are working on!!!
Admitted in 2007
Makini L. King Brown
mlknpb@umkc.edu Current Placement
Practicum Counselor, Community Counseling and Assessment Services Advisor
Dr. Tierra Freeman
Research Interests
Adolescent resiliency and multicultural counseling
Young S. Song
yssnn3@umkc.edu Current Placement
Graduate Assistant, Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology Advisor
Dr. DC Wang
Research Interests
Attachment Theory, cross-cultural psychology, multicultural counseling, and Asian American mental health.
Romana Krycak
rck8t3@umkc.edu Current Placement
Graduate Assistant, Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology
Graduate Assistant, Community Counseling and Assessment ServicesAdvisor
Dr. Nancy Murdock
Julie Kohlhart
jdk972@umkc.edu Current Placement Practicum Counselor, Rockhurst University Predissertation Adolescent Prostitution Advisor Dr. Jake Marszalek Research Interestes Prostitution, adolescent high risk sexual behaviors, substance abuse, trauma, and LGBTQ issues
Conrad Mueller
ctmwc2@umkc.edu Current Placement
Graduate Assistant, Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology Advisor
Dr. Chris Brown
Mirko Briemle
Contact: http://mabhobs.de/index.php?module=mailto&PHPWS_MAN_ITEMS[]=1&MT_MAN_OP=mail&MMN_position=27:27 Current Placement
Graduate Assistant, Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology Predis/Dissertation Writing Predis proposal: International Student Supervision Scale Revision (in progress) Advisor
Dr. Johanna Nilsson
Research Interests
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Forecasting;
Cognitive Dissonance Theory in Escalation of Commitment Situations; Transferring Computational Neuroscience Theories to Counseling; International Student Supervision Scale; Ethical Decision MakingAdditional information
Website: http://mabhobs.de, vita: http://cv.mabhobs.de
Personal Interests Spending time with spouse, traveling, cycling, snowboarding
Admitted in 2006
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Dominick Scalise
Current Placement
Advanced Practicum in Child Psychology at Kansas University Medical Center, KC, Kansas.
Predis/dissertation
Predissertation completed: Factors Associated with Substance Abuse Program Completion
Advisor
Dr. LaVerne Berkel
Research Interests
Multicultural and cross-cultural approaches to counseling, Spirituality/Religion, Process and Outcome in counseling, & Sports Psychology
Bobby Kizer
Current Placement
Practicum Counselor at Crittenton Children's Center
Graduate Assistant LGBT Programs and Services (UMKC Student life)Predis/dissertation
Predissertation Approved and in progress: Empathy toward and perceived likability of lesbians and gay college students by their peers
Advisor
Dr. Changming Duan
Research Interests
multicultural counseling, international counseling psychology, faith/religion, and sexual orientation
Presentations Kizer, B. (2008, February). Bisexuality uncovered: Examining the reality and
complexity of bisexuality. A topic presentation sponsored by LGBT Programs
and Services at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Complete Script Detailed outline
Duan, C., Murdock, N., & Kizer, B. (2007, August). Counseling experiences of
involuntary clients. A poster presentation for the American Psychological
Association 2007 Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Handout
Barbara Fritts
Current Placement
Practicum Counselor at Community Counseling and Assessment Services
Graduate Assistant, UMKC Center for Academic DevelopmentPredis/dissertation
Predissertation Approved, waiting for IRB: An Examination of Emotion Detection by Counseling Trainees from an Attachment Perspective: Empathy as a Mediating Factor
Advisor
Dr. DC Wang
Research Interests
Attachment in the therapeutic relationship, attachment in romantic relationships, Interpersonal Theories of psychotherapy, contemporary theories of psychodynamic psychotherapy
Additional Information Presentations
Rachel Kirkpatrick
Information not currently available
Danah Barazanji
Current Placement
Practicum II Counselor at Community Counseling and Assessment Services
Predis/dissertation
Advisor
Dr. Johanna Nilsson
Research Interests
Social Advocacy; Refugee and immigrant mental health
Personal Interests Playing piano, writing and reading, tennis, travel, and spending with friends and family.
April Connery
alctq3@umkc.edu Current Placement
Practicum II Counselor at Community Counseling and Assessment Services
Administrative Intern at Student Life Communiversity OfficePredis/dissertation
Pre-dissertation approved, waiting for IRB. The Self Serving Bias in Teachers’ Attributions for Student Failure Moderated by Teaching Self Efficacy
Advisor
Dr. Nancy Murdock
Research Interests
Attribution theory, dimensions of personality & personality disorders, assessment of cognitive therapy interventions.
Admitted in 2005
Ashley Heintzelman
Current Placement
Predis/dissertation
Predissertation completed: Self-Serving Bias in Attribution of Blame for Cheating in Committed Relationships
Advisor
Dr. Nancy Murdock
Research Interests Infidelity, Attribution theory
Nicholas Debernardi
Current Placement
Predis/dissertation
Predissertation completed: Help-seeking Attitudes Black and White College Students: Exploring the Role of Attachment and Ethnic Identity
Advisor
Dr. DC Wang
Additional information
Admitted in 2004
Codi Schale
Current Placement
Practicum Counselor at Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center
Predis/dissertation
Completed predissertation: Vietnamese Refugee Women: An Examination of Perceived Career Barriers, Employment Status, Job Procurement Self-Efficacy, Acculturation, and Mental Health
Dissertation will be studying the experience of growing up as a child in the military. This research will survey adult military children to understand the relationship between attachment, identity factors, relationship quality, and life satisfaction.Advisor
Dr. Johanna Nilsson
Additional information
Admitted in 2002
Erika Blue
elbfff@umkc.edu Current Placement
internship Predis/Disseration Predis complete, dissertation in progress Advisor
Dr. LaVerne Berkel
Research Interests
Multicultural training in counselor education/psychology programs and Health Concerns in African American women.
Shoshanna Landen
smsp63@umkc.edu Current Placement
APPIC Internship Oklahoma Health Consortium Predis/Disseration Predisertation: Testing a Model of Adult Attachment, Work Cohesion, Coping, and Psychological Well-Being in Firefighters Advisor
Dr. DC Wang
Admitted in 2001
Carissa Klevins
clklevens@aol.com Current Placement
2006-2007 USC Student Counseling Services (pre-doc internship)
2007-2008 Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center (Inpatient psychiatric hospital in Los Angeles) _Post Doctoral FellowshipPredis/Disseration Completed Both Advisor
Dr. Johanna Nilsson
Personal Interests
Cooking, Dancing, Karate, Hanging out with friends
