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Stephen D. Benning

4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Box 455030

Las Vegas, NV 89154-5030

E-mail: stephen.benning@unlv.edu | Phone: (702) 895-5061

Licensed psychologist in Nevada: PY0830

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EMPLOYMENT

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology: 2020 – present

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology: 2012 – 2020

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology: 2006 – 2012

DEGREES AWARDED

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Christopher J. Patrick, Adviser)

Ph.D. in Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research

Dissertation: Embedding the postauricular reflex in a psychophysiological nomological network: Construct validation of a putative measure of appetitive processing

Degree awarded: 2006/08/31

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Christopher J. Patrick, Adviser)

M.A. in Psychology

Thesis: Fearlessness and underarousal in psychopathy: Startle blink modulation and electrodermal reactivity in a young adult male community sample

Degree awarded: 2004/03/31

Rice University, Houston, TX

B.A. in Psychology, Biology, and Religious Studies

Senior thesis: Effects of a novel mood priming tool on clinical measures of negative affect

Honors: Graduated cum laude; Honors in Psychology

Degree awarded: 2000/05/13

EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FUNDING

Ongoing

Misophonia Research Fund

Grant title: “Misophonia and High-Level Auditory and Affective Processing in Adults and Children”

Project period: 2020/10/01 – 2025/04/01

Total costs: $392,163

Role: Co-investigator

Completed

American Physical Therapy Association, Acute Care Section Research Grant

Grant title: “Patient Non-Treatment by Physical Therapy in the Acute Hospital Setting”

Project period: 2016/03/01 – 2016/12/31

Total costs: $1,500

Role: Consultant

NIMH R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award

Grant #: 1 R21 MH093692, “Modeling Hedonic Processing and Anhedonia in Depression”

Project period: 2012/02/01 – 2015/08/31

Direct costs: $275,000

Role: Principal investigator

NIMH R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award

Grant #: 1 R21 MH085254, “Emotion-Modulated Psychophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders”

Project period: 2009/08/01 – 2012/06/30

Total direct costs: $275,000

Role: Principal investigator (with Gabriel Dichter)

NIMH F31 National Research Service Award

Grant #: 1 F31 MH070104-01, “Emotional Modulation of the Post-Auricular Reflex”

Project period: 2004/09/01 – 2005/08/31

Direct costs: $31,411

Role: Principal investigator

NIMH T32 Institutional Training Grant

Grant #: MH17069-21

Project period: 2002/09/01 – 2003/08/31

Direct costs: $18,250

Role: Trainee

NIMH T32 Institutional Training Grant

Grant #: MH17069-19

Project period: 2001 /09/01 – 2002/08/31

Direct costs: $16,500

Role: Trainee

INTRAMURAL RESEARCH FUNDING

Completed

Faculty Opportunity Award, “Effects of Psychopathic Traits on Social Networks and on Social Support during Stress”

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Project period: 2016/07/01 – 2018/12/01

Total costs: $19,800

Role: Principal investigator

University Central Discovery Grant, “The Interpersonal Emotional Reactivity of Individuals with Psychopathic Traits and Their Observers”

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Project period: 2008/05/01 – 2011/06/30

Total costs: $25,000/year ($50,000 total)

Role: Principal investigator

University Central Research Scholars Grant, “The Link between Perspective Taking and Deficient Empathy in Psychopathy”

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Project period: 2009/06/01 – 2009/08/10

Total costs: $5,000

Role: Faculty supervisor of Michael A. Bradshaw

Graduate Research Partnership Program Award, “Phenotypic and Biometric Analysis of Relations between Personality Indices of Psychopathy and Emotion-Modulated Startle”

University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Project period: 2002/05/15 – 2002/08/15

Role: Principal investigator

Direct costs: $5,460

Graduate School Block Grant Fellowship

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Project period: 2000/09/01 – 2001/05/31

Role: Trainee

Total costs: $8,250

AWARDS

UNLV Department of Psychology, Las Vegas, NV

Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award, 2024/04/17

Walk-In Counseling Center, Minneapolis, MN

Volunteer Service Award, 2004/05

Society for Psychophysiological Research, Chicago, IL

Student Poster Award, 2003/11

Poster title: “Emotion-modulated startle in community males with psychopathic traits”

Rice University, Houston, TX

Howell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2000/05

Rice University, Houston, TX

National Merit Scholar, 1996 Fall – 2000 Spring

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ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

(underline = supervised student author)

1. Poston, A. M., Oliver, T. L., Lanti, A., & Benning, S. D. (in press). Why college women and men refrain from sex despite desire: Development of the No Sex Despite Desire (NSDD) measure. The Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2368695 Preprint at https://PsyArXiv.com/efbtp/
2. McDonough, M., Weisman, A., Hanson, A., & Benning, S. D. (in press). The psychological impact of mass shootings on emergency physician mental health. Journal of Emergency Management.
3. Racine, S. E., Trolio, V., Miller, A. E., Mehak, A., Bicaker, E., Wilson. S., & Benning, S. D. (in press). Testing a reward processing model of negative urgency in women with binge eating. Clinical Psychological Science. Preprint at https://PsyArXiv.com/ntvr3/
4. Mednicoff, S. D., Barashy, S., Vollweiler, D. J., Benning, S. D., Snyder, J. S., & Hannon, E. E. (2024). Misophonia reactions in the general population are correlated with strong emotional reactions to other everyday sensory-emotional experiences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 379(1908), 20230253https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0253 Preprint at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rt3bf
5. Benning, S. D., & Smith, E. J. (2023). The registration continuum in personality disorder studies: Theory, rationale, and template. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14(1), 5-18. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000602 PMID: 3684806 Preprint at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ubpyg
6. Habashy, J., Benning, S. D., Renn, B., Borgogna, N., Lawrence, E., & Kraus, S. W. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire: Factor analysis and measurement invariance by race and gender. Eating Behaviors, 48, 101696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101696 PMID: 36516727
7. Becker Wright, M. L., Ahmed, A. O., Barchard, K. A., Benning, S. D., John, S. E., & Allen, D. N. (2022). Latent structure of cognitive tests is invariant in men and women with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 250, 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.10.016 PMID: 36403294
8. Mednicoff, S. D., Barashy, S., Gonzales, D. A., Benning, S. D., Snyder, J. S., & Hannon, E. E. (2022). Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 924806. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.924806 PMCID: 9537735
9. Wilson, S., Benning, S. D., & Racine, S. E. (2022). Examining relationships among thin-ideal internalization, eating pathology, and motivational reactions to high- and low-calorie food. Appetite, 178, 106258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106258 PMID: 35921868
10. Baggio, M. C., & Benning, S. D. (2022). The influence of psychopathic traits and strategic harshness on point gain and cooperation rate in the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Personality and Individual Differences, 186(B), 111344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111344 Preprint at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gahxj
11. Smith, E. A., & Benning, S. D. (2021). The Assessment of Physical Risk Taking: Preliminary construct validation of a new behavioral measure. PLoS ONE, 16(10), e0258826. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258826 PMCID: PMC8553120 Preprint at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/abt4f
12. Shan, G., Johnson, S. L., Fertitta, J., Kim, J., Williams, P., Wu, Q., Ge, K., Daruwalla, J., Benning, S. D., & Young, D. (2021). Missed physical therapy treatments in the acute hospital: Toward a more complete understanding. Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy, 12(4), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.1097/JAT.0000000000000156
13. Becker, M. L., Ahmed, A. O., Benning, S. D., Barchard, K. A., John, S. E., & Allen, D. N. (2021). Bifactor model of cognition in schizophrenia: Evidence for general and specific abilities. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 136, 132-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.051 PMID: 33588227
14. Donohue, B., Gavrilova, E., Danlag, A., Perry, J., Kuhn, C., Allen, D., & Benning, S. D. (2021). A comprehensive examination of factors impacting collegiate athletes’ utilization of psychological assessment and intervention services. Psychology in the Schools, 58(3), 458-474. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22458 PMID: 33678909
15. Patrick, C. J., …, Benning, S. D., … & Krueger, R. F. (2021). Latent variable modeling of item-based factor scales. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 12(1), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000424 PMID: 33001671
16. Racine, S. E., Suissa-Rocheleau, L., Martin, S. J., & Benning, S. D. (2021). Implicit and explicit motivational responses to high- and low-calorie food in women with disordered eating. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 159, 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.11.012 PMID: 33245920
17. Donohue, B., Gavrilova, Y., Galante, M., Burnstein, B., Aubertin, P., Gavrilova, E., Funk, A., Light, A., & Benning, S. D. (2020). Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14(3), 313-324. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000199
18. Benning, S. D., & Smith, E. A. (2019). Forms, importance, and ineffability of factor interactions to define personality disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 33(5), 623-632. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2019.33.5.623 PMID: 31621540 Preprint at https://PsyArXiv.com/v8t7q/
19. Rozalski, V., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Divergences among three higher-order self-report psychopathology factors in normal-range personality and emotional late positive potential reactivity. Journal of Research in Personality, 82, 103861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103861 PMCID: PMC7449373 Preprint at https://PsyArXiv.com/muqz6/
20. Suissa-Rocheleau, L., Benning, S. D., & Racine, S. E. (2019). Associations between self-report and physiological measures of emotional reactions to food among women with disordered eating. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 143, 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.08.004 PMID: 31415796
21. Benning, S. D., Bachrach, R. L., Smith, E. A., Freeman, A. J., & Wright, A. G. C. (2019). The registration continuum in clinical science: A guide toward transparent practices. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(6), 528-540. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000451 PMCID: PMC6677163 Preprint at https://PsyArXiv.com/an8h3/
22. Howard, T., Poston, B., & Benning, S. D. (2019). The neurocognitive process of deradicalization: A theoretical model and analytical framework. Journal for Deradicalization, 19, 122-148. http://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/217
23. Patrick, C. J., Kramer, M. D., Vaidyanathan, U., Benning, S. D., Hicks, B. M., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (2019). Formulation of a measurement model for the boldness construct of psychopathy. Psychological Assessment, 31(5), 643-659. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000690 PMID: 30730192
24. Racine, S. E., Horvath, S. A., Brassard, S. L., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Effort Expenditure for Rewards Task modified for food: A novel behavioral measure of willingness to work for food and associations with binge eating. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52(1), 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22999 PMID: 30597585
25. Benning, S. D., Molina, S. M., Dowgwillo, E. A., Patrick, C. J., Miller, K. F., & Storrow, A. B. (2018). Psychopathy in the medical emergency department. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32(4), 482-496. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2017_31_308 PMID: 28910216
26. Lakens, D., … Benning, S. D., … Zwaan, R. A. (2018). Justify your alpha. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(3), 168-171. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0311-x
27. Racine, S. E.,* Hebert, K. R.,* & Benning, S. D. (2018). Emotional reactivity and appraisal of food in relation to eating disorder cognitions and behaviours: Evidence to support the motivational conflict hypothesis. European Eating Disorders Review, 26(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2567 PMID: 29105204 * = co-first author
28. Benning, S. D., & Freeman, A. J. (2017). The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire’s inconsistency scales identify invalid profiles through internal statistics and external correlates. Psychological Assessment, 26(12), 1531-1536. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000452 PMID: 28263643
29. Benning, S. D., & Ait Oumeziane, B. (2017). Reduced positive emotionality and underarousal are uniquely associated with subclinical depression symptoms: Evidence from psychophysiology, self-report, and symptom clusters. Psychophysiology, 54(7), 1010-1030. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12853 PMCID: PMC5493475
30. Aaron, R. V., & Benning, S. D. (2016). Postauricular reflexes elicited by soft acoustic clicks and loud noise probes: Reliability, prepulse facilitation, and sensitivity to picture contents. Psychophysiology, 53(12), 1900-1908. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12757 PMID: 27596354
31. Wagenmakers, E.-J., Beek, T., Dijkhoff, L., Gronau, Q. F., Acosta, A., Adams, R. B., Jr., Albohn, D. N., Allard, E. S., Benning, S. D., … Carfagno, N. S., … Nance, C. N., … , Zwaan, R. A. (2016). Registered Replication Report: Strack, Martin, & Stepper (1988). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(6), 917-928. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691616674458 PMID: 27784749
32. Benning, S. D., Kovac, M., Campbell, A., Miller, S., Hanna, E., Damiano, C. R., Sabatino-DeCriscio, A., Turner-Brown, L., Sasson, N. J., Aaron, R. V., Kinard, J., & Dichter, G. S. (2016). Late positive potential ERP responses to social and nonsocial stimuli in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(9), 3068-3077. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2845-y PMCID: PMC27344337
33. Donohue, B., Pitts, M., Chow, G. M., Benning, S. D., Soto-Nevarez, A., Plant, C. P., & Allen, D. N. (2016). Development and initial psychometric examination of the Home Safety and Beautification Assessment in mothers identified to neglect their children and abuse illicit drugs. Psychological Assessment, 28(5), 523-538. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000197 PMCID: PMC4775469
34. Benning, S. D., Rozalski, V., & Klingspon, K. L.(2015). Trait absorption is related to enhanced emotional picture processing and reduced reactivity to secondary acoustic probes. Psychophysiology, 52(10), 1409-1415. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12468 PMID: 26174767
35. Heritage, A. J., & Benning, S. D. (2013). Impulsivity and response modulation deficits in psychopathy: Evidence from the ERN a1nd N1. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(1), 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030039 PMID: 22985014
36. Benning, S. D. (2013). Heterogeneity in content and psychopathies. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 4(1), 83-84. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027451 PMID: 23339317
37. Lilienfeld, S. O., Patrick, C. J., Benning, S. D., Berg, J., Sellbom, M., & Edens, J. F. (2012). The role of fearless dominance in psychopathy: Confusions, controversies, and clarifications. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 3(3), 327-340. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026987 PMID: 22823232
38. Benning, S. D. (2011). Postauricular and superior auricular reflex modulation during emotional pictures and sounds. Psychophysiology, 48(3), 410-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01071.x PMCID: PMC2962877
39. Buckholtz, J. W., Treadway, M. T., Cowan, R., Woodward, N. D., Benning, S. D., Li, R., Ansari, M. S., Baldwin, R. M., Schwartzman, A. N., Shelby, E. S., Smith, C. E., Cole, D., Kessler, R. M., & Zald, D. H. (2010). Mesolimbic dopamine reward system hypersensitivity in individuals with psychopathic traits. Nature Neuroscience, 13(4), 429-431. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2510 PMCID: PMC2916168
40. Dichter, G. S., Benning, S. D., Holtzclaw, T., & Bodfish, J. (2010). Affective modulation of the startle eyeblink and postauricular responses in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,40(7), 858-869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0925-y PMCID: PMC2892022
41. Armstrong, T., Divack, M., David, B., Simmons, C., Benning, S. D., & Olatunji, B. O. (2009). Impact of experienced disgust on information-processing biases in contamination-based OCD: An analogue study. International Journal for Cognitive Therapy, 2(1), 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2009.2.1.37
42. Quevedo, K. M., Benning, S. D., Gunnar, M. R., & Dahl, R. E. (2009). The onset of puberty: Effects on the psychophysiology of defensive and appetitive motivation. Development and Psychopathology, 21(1), 27-45. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579409000030 PMCID: PMC2929819
43. Ross, S. R., Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Thompson, A., & Thurston, A. (2009). Factors of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory: Relationships with the Five-Factor Model of personality and criterion-related validity. Assessment, 16(1), 71-87. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191108322207 PMID: 18703823
44. Krueger, R. F., Markon, K. E., Patrick, C. J., Benning. S. D., & Kramer, M. D. (2007). Linking antisocial behavior, substance use, and personality: An integrative quantitative model of the adult externalizing spectrum. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116(4), 645-666. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.116.4.645 PMCID: PMC2242625
45. Ross, S. R., Benning, S. D., & Adams, Z. (2007). Symptoms of executive dysfunction are endemic to secondary psychopathy: An examination in criminal offenders and noninstitutionalized young adults. Journal of Personality Disorders, 21(4), 384-399. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2007.21.4.384 PMID: 17685835
46. Patrick, C. J., Edens, J. F., Poythress, N. G., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Benning, S. D. (2006). Construct validity of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory two-factor model with offenders. Psychological Assessment, 18(2), 204-208. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.18.2.204 PMCID: PMC2373269
47. Bernat, E. M., Patrick, C. J., Benning, S. D., & Tellegen, A. (2006). Effects of picture content and intensity on affective physiological response. Psychophysiology, 43(1), 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2006.00380.x PMCID: PMC2242429
48. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., & Iacono, W. G. (2005). Psychopathy, startle blink modulation, and electrodermal reactivity in twin men. Psychophysiology, 42(6), 753-762. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00353.x PMCID: PMC2242355
49. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Blonigen, D. M., Hicks, B. M., & Iacono, W. G. (2005). Estimating facets of psychopathy from normal personality traits: A step toward community-epidemiological investigations. Assessment, 12(1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191104271223 PMCID: PMC2242356
50. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Salekin, R. T., & Leistico, A.-M. R. (2005). Convergent and discriminant validity of psychopathy factors assessed via self-report: A comparison of three instruments. Assessment, 12(1), 270-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191105277110 PMCID: PMC2242351
51. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., & Lang, A. R. (2004). Emotional modulation of the post-auricular reflex. Psychophysiology, 41(3), 426-432. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.00160.x PMID: 15102128
52. Hall, J. R., Benning, S. D., & Patrick, C. J. (2004). Discriminant validity of the three-factor model of psychopathy: Personality, behavior, and adaptive functioning. Assessment, 11(1), 4-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191103261466 PMID: 14994949
53. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Hicks, B. M., Blonigen, D. M., & Krueger, R. F. (2003). Factor structure of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory: Validity and implications for clinical assessment. Psychological Assessment, 15(3), 340-350. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.15.3.340 PMID: 14593834

BOOK CHAPTERS

54. Benning, S. D., Venables, N. C., & Hall, J. R. (2018). Successful psychopathy. In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (2^nd ed., pp. 585-608). Guilford.
55. Benning, S. D. (2018). The postauricular reflex as a measure of attention and positive emotion. In P. E. Nathan (Series Ed.), Oxford Handbooks Online in Psychology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935291.013.74
56. Hall, J. R., & Benning, S. D. (2006). The “successful” psychopath: Perspectives on adaptive and subclinical manifestions of psychopathy in the general population. In C. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (pp.459-478). Guilford.

ENCYCLOPEDIA AND POPULAR ARTICLES

57. Benning, S. D., Barchard, K. A., & Labus, B. (2020, March 19). How to stop touching your face to minimize the spread of coronavirus and other germs. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-to-stop-touching-your-face-to-minimize-spread-of-coronavirus-and-other-germs-133683 [French] [Spanish] [Indonesian]
58. Benning, S. D. (2018). From tragedy, recovery and resilience. UNLV Innovation, 11(1), 56. https://issuu.com/university.of.nevada.las.vegas/docs/unlv-innovation-2018
59. Benning, S. D. (2017). Psychopathic Personality Inventory. In V. Zeigler-Hill and T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1098-2

TESTS

Benning, S. D., Barchard, K. A., Westfall, R. S., Brouwers, V. P., & Molina, S. M. (2017). Meanness in Psychopathy – Self-Report (MiP-SR). https://osf.io/xvj7a

Oliver, T. L., Lanti, A., & Benning, S. D. (2020). No Sex Despite Desire. https://osf.io/t7jvx/

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

Benning, S. D., Smith, E. J., & Flores, A. (2019). Assessment of Physical Risk Taking. https://osf.io/4vm7k/

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS

In-Principle Acceptance

Peixoto Couto, A. L.,& Benning, S. D. (2022). Cognitive-affective interactions in psychopathy: The importance of attention to threat cues in fearless dominance. [Stage 1 registered replication report accepted]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/284sh

In Revision

Submitted for Publication

Benning, S. D., Barchard, K. A., Westfall, R. S., Brouwers, V. P., & Molina, S. M. (2024). Development of the Meanness in Psychopathy – Self Report: Factor structure, criterion-related validity, and incremental validity. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8qbgd

Kourtesi, D., Baggio, M. C., Islas, B. S., Wrenn, K. H., Paul, N., & Benning, S. D. (2024). Sacrificial moral dilemmas: Emotional interactions with instrumental harm, absorption, disgust, and sadness. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hgdy9

McGinty, K.,Benning, S. D., Youngstrom, J. K., Findling, R. L., Youngstrom, E. A., & Freeman, A. J. (2024). Impairments in family functioning among youth with bipolar disorder [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Pace, S. A., Kennedy, L. P., Healy, T. C., Laughlin, J. S., & Benning, S. D. (2024). Predictors of successful resolutions and avoidance of harms in crisis negotiations: An analysis of the FBI’s HOBAS database from 1982 to 2013 [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Poston, A. M., Molina, S. M., Barchard, K. A., & Benning, S. D. (2024). Disentangling instrumental and reactive aggression in an improved competitive reaction time task. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rbzad

Zvonar, S., Reyes, A .T., Benning, S. D., Kawi, J., & Serafica, R. (2024). Fear of recurrence in acute myocardial infarction survivors [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Preprints

Molina, S. M., Pierce, M. E., Bergquist, B. K., & Benning, S. D. (2018). Risk perception mediates relationships between psychopathic traits and risk taking. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jmv68

COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECTS

Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners (2020 – 2021): Revision of licensure exam for online administration from existing Angoff item analyses, pilot data, and content continuity.

INVITED COLLOQUIA AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Ohio University, Athens, OH (February 5, 2016). Title: The psychopathic circumplex: Cognitive, affective, behavioral, and interpersonal correlates of fearless dominance and impulsive antisociality.

Rice University, Houston, TX (March 23, 2007). Title: Development of a two-factor model of psychopathy in the community.

1. Smith, E. J., & Benning, S. D. (2024, May). From psychopathy to psychopathology: Meta-analyses of fearless dominance and impulsive antisociality lead to a circumplex and measure of symptoms. Oral paper presentation at the 10^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Paphos, Cyprus.
2. Benning, S. D., & Molina, S. M. (2021, October). A friendly touch supports, a cold touch frightens: Social support during instructed fear of shock. Psychophysiology, 58, S30.
3. Benning, S. D., & Molina, S. M. (2021, May). A friendly touch relieves, a cold touch frightens: Social support during instructed fear of shock. Blitz talk presentation at the 2021 virtual convention of the Association for Psychological Science.
4. Benning, S. D., Ait Oumeziane, B., & Molina, S. M. (2019). The postauricular reflex diagnoses anhedonia (but not depression) comparably to self-reported consummatory pleasure. Psychophysiology, 56, S19.
5. Benning, S. D., Molina, S. M., Wrenn, K. H., & Mraz, A. L. (2019). Mean feats: Construct validities of the Meanness in Psychopathy – Self-Report factors. Oral paper presentation at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
6. Benning, S. D., Barchard, K. A., Westfall, R. S., Molina, S. M., & Brouwers, V. P. (2017). What does it mean to be mean? Malice, Coldness, and Imperviousness in the Inventory of Psychopathic Meanness. Oral paper presentation at the 7^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Antwerp, Belgium.
7. Benning, S. D. (2015). Psychopathy and physiological responses to risk-taking. Oral paper presentation at the 6^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Chicago, IL.
8. Benning, S. D. (2015). Psychopathy and physiological responses to risk-taking. Symposium presentation at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
9. Benning, S. D., & Dowgwillo, E. A. (2013). Speech characteristics mediate the relationships of psychopathic traits with interpersonal presentation and observer emotion. Oral paper presentation at the 5^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Washington, DC.
10. Benning, S. D., Benson, T. L., Aaron, R. V., Nichols, H. S., & Park, S. (2012). Blunted emotional processing in patients with negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Psychophysiology, 49, S13.
11. Benning, S. D. (2011). The postauricular reflex as a measure of anhedonia in depression within internalizing psychopathology. Symposium presentation at the 25^th biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology: Boston, MA.
12. Benning, S. D. (2011). Clinical utility of the postauricular reflex as a measure of positive emotion in psychopathology. Psychophysiology, 48, S11.
13. Benning, S. D., & Wilson, G. H. (2011, May). Reduced processing of fearful and angry faces in fearless dominance. Symposium presentation at the 4^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Montreal, Quebec.
14. Benning, S. D., & Quevedo, K. M. (2009, April). Fearless dominance and impulsive antisociality in adolescents. Symposium presentation at the 3^rd biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: New Orleans, LA.
15. Benning, S. D., & Patrick, C. J. (2007, April). The psychophysiology of fearless dominance: Effects of stimulus modality and participant gender. Symposium presentation at the 2^nd biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: St. Pete Beach, FL.
16. Benning, S. D., Ross, S. R., & Patrick, C. J. (2005, July). Bridging psychopathic and normal-range personality dimensions. Symposium presentation at the 1^st biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Vancouver, BC.
17. Benning, S. D., Bernat, E. M., Starr, M. J., Gewirtz, J. C., & Patrick, C. J. (2004). Post-auricular reflex potentiation during relief stimuli in differential aversive conditioning: A construct validation study. Psychophysiology, 41, S3-S4.
18. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Malone, S. M., Bernat, E. M., & Iacono, W. G. (2002). Psychopathy and emoti1on-modulated startle in a young adult community sample. Psychophysiology, 39, S5.

CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA

1. Benning, S. D. (2011). Clinical psychophysiology of positive emotionality. Psychophysiology, 48, S11.
2. Benning, S. D. (2011). Reduced emotionality in fearless and unemotional facets of psychopathy: Evidence from behavior, psychophysiology, and neuroimaging. Symposium presented at the 4^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Montreal, Quebec.
3. Patrick, C. J., & Benning, S. D. (2004). Emotional modulation of the post-auricular reflex. Psychophysiology, 41, S3-S4.

CONFERENCE POSTERS

1. Agostini, L-C., Le, J., Fermin, F. P., Raleigh, N., Delph, I., Peixoto Couto, A. L., & Benning, S. D. (2024, May). Boldness associated with regular financial planning and disinhibition with risks of unforeseen debt. Poster presented at the 10^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Paphos, Cyprus
2. Kourtesi, D., Wrenn, K. H., & Benning, S. D. (2024, May). Utilitarian harm mediates the relationship between callous affect and moral decision making. Poster presented at the 10^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Paphos, Cyprus
3. Le, J. U., Delph, I., Agostini, C., Raleigh, N., Fermin, F. P., Magana, J., Salinas, S., Peixoto Couto, A. L., & Benning, S. D. (2024, May). Malice, Coldness, and Imperviousness within meanness: Associations with avoidant and anxious attachment to friends. Poster presented at the 10^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Paphos, Cyprus
4. Hayes, J. E., McGinty, K., & Benning, S. D. (2023, May). Meanness in psychopathy and perceived family criticism. Poster presented at the 2^nd Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
5. Le, J., & Benning, S. D. (2023, May). Prepulse inhibition, emotion, and psychopathy. Poster presented at the 2^nd Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
6. Newhouse-Van Vlerin, M., & Benning, S. D. (2023, May). What are the indirect effects of attachment styles on the relationships between meanness in psychopathy and sexual functioning? Poster presented at the 2^nd Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
7. Peixoto Couto, A. L., & Benning, S. D. (2023, May). Error processing and impulsive antisociality in a letter shock task. Poster presented at the 2^nd Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
8. Poston, A. M., & Benning, S. D. (2023, May). Psychopathy’s influence on perceived inherent value: A proposed investigation of morality. Poster presented at the 2^nd Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
9. Benning, S. D., Kourtesi, D., Poston, A. M., Islas, B. S., Fobian, K., Peixoto Couto, A. L., & Wrenn, K. H. (2022, May). Mean interactions: Evidence for the Emergent Interpersonal Syndrome model of meanness in psychopathy. Poster presented virtually at the 9^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.
10. Fobian, K., Poston, A. M., & Benning, S. D. (2022, May). Triarchic Meanness correlates with reactively delivering more severe shocks. Poster presented virtually at the 9^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.
11. Islas, B. I., Wrenn, K. H., Kraus, S. W., & Benning, S. D. (2022, May). Quit playing games with my heart: Meanness in psychopathy and the Ludus love style. Poster presented virtually at the 9^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.
12. Kourtesi, D., Newhouse-Van Vlerin, M., & Benning, S. D. (2022, May). Emotional detachment in psychopathy drives utilitarian decisions in sacrificial dilemmas. Poster presented virtually at the 9^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.
13. Kourtesi, D., Peixoto Couto, A. L., & Benning, S. D. (2022, May). Psychopathic Malice potentiates Coldness’ impaired emotion recognition. Poster presented virtually at the 9^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.
14. Poston, A. M., Fobian, K., & Benning, S. D. (2022, May). Coldness “cools” the emotional heat of Malice, reducing reactive aggression. Poster presented virtually at the 9^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.
15. Smith, E. A., Bunn, A., & Benning, S. D. (2022, May). The Assessment of Physical Risk Taking (APRT): Correlations with problem gambling and other disinhibited externalizing psychopathology. Poster presented at the 15^th annual Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling.
16. Fisher, A., Phillips, E., Carfagno, N. C., & Benning, S. D. (2021, May). Individuals high in psychopathic meanness do not lack ability emotional intelligence. Poster presented at at the 2021 virtual convention of the Association for Psychological Science.
17. Islas, B. S., Baggio, M. C., Wrenn, K. H., Paul, N. B., & Benning, S .D. (2021, May). Utilitarianism relates positively to willingness to sacrifice others; disgust sensitivity and absorption relate negatively. Poster presented at at the 2021 virtual convention of the Association for Psychological Science.
18. Dennis, S. J., Poston, A. M., Fobian, K., Wrenn, K. H., & Benning, S. D. (2021, May). The complex relationship between meanness in psychopathy and emotional intelligence. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
19. Fisher, A. F., Phillips, E., Carfagno, N. C., & Benning, S. D. (2021, May). Meanness and sacrificial moral decision making. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
20. Odrunia, K. S., Wrenn, K. H., Paul, N. B., & Benning, S. D. (2021, May). Meanness in psychopathy and its relationship to theory of mind. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
21. Phillips, E.. Carfagno, N. C.., Kourtesi, D., & Benning, S. D. (2021, May). Psychopathy and emotional intelligence: Can we understand what we cannot feel? Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
22. Smith, E. J., & Benning, S. D. (2021, May). Validation of the Meanness in Psychopathy – Super-Short Form (MiP-SSF). Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
23. Wrenn, K. H., & Benning, S. D. (2021, May). Romantic attachment of the Dark Tetrad. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s virtual Early Career Event.
24. Dennis, S. J., Kourtesi, D., Carfagno, N.C., & Benning, S. D. (2020, November). Examining relationships between normal-range personality traits and meanness in psychopathy. Poster presented at the Nevada Psychological Association 29th Annual Conference, in Las Vegas, NV.
25. Odrunia, K. S., Wrenn, K. H., Paul, N. B., & Benning, S. D. (2020, November). The role of first-order cognitive theory of mind in moral decision making. Poster presented at the Nevada Psychological Association 29^th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Third place poster award.
26. Phillips, E., Carfagno, N.C., Kourtesi, D., & Benning, S.D. (2020, November). Examining relationships between trait emotional intelligence and factors of psychopathy. Poster presented at the Nevada Psychological Association 29^th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
27. Wrenn, K.H., Paul, N.B., Favela, S., Odrunia, K.S., & Benning, S.D. (2020, October). Dark Tetrad responses to Moral Dilemmas. Poster presented at the centennial meeting of the Western Psychological Association, in San Francisco, CA.
28. Baggio, M. C., Poston, A. M., Vazquez, R. K., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Interpersonally-measured and self-reported psychopathy factors’ effects on event-related potentials during face processing. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
29. Baggio, M. C., Vazquez, R. K., Poston, A. M., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Interpersonal factors of psychopathy and vocal characteristics during speeches. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV. Finalist for Cheryl Wynne Hare student award.
30. Bergquist, B., Sodipe, D., Benning, S. D., & Schmidt, A. T. (2019). Convergent and divergent validity of the Meanness in Psychopathy – Self Report with prosociality. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
31. Fisher, A., Melgarejo, E. O., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Empathy and early maladaptive schemas partially mediate the relationship between psychopathy and attitudes toward others. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
32. Fisher, A., Smith, E. J., Poston, A. M., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Psychopathic meanness and interpersonal perception in friendships. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
33. Islas, B. S., Mann, B. A., Baggio, M. C., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Psychopathy traits and interpersonally rated traits in friend dyads. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
34. Molina, S. M., & Benning, S. D. (2019). The relationship between psychopathic meanness and forms of behavioral aggression. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
35. Mraz, A. L., Favela, S., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Malice in meanness is negatively associated with real-world generosity after a mass shooting. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
36. Poston, A. M., Baggio, M. C., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Interpersonal perceptions of psychopathy during social speeches and the effect on emotional reactivity. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
37. Smith, E. J., Baggio, M. C., Pedregon, C., & Benning, S. D. (2019). A cold, fearful touch: Social support and psychopathic meanness. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
38. Smith, E. J., & Benning, S. D. (2019). The Assessment of Physical Risk Taking: Associations with risk perception and psychopathy. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
39. Wrenn, K. H., Mann, B. A., Islas, B. S., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Correlations between Dark Tetrad traits and factors of meanness in psychopathy. Poster presented at the 8^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Las Vegas, NV.
40. Benning, S. D., & Molina, S. M. (2018). The postauricular reflex measures positive emotion, not (angry) approach. Psychophysiology, 55, S54.
41. Racine, S., Suissa-Rocheleau, L., & Benning, S. D. (2018). Implicit and explicit motivational responses to high- and low-calorie food in women with disordered eating. Psychophysiology, 55, S50.
42. Carfagno, N. C., McIntyre, G. R., & Benning, S. D. (2018). A case for depressive realism: Nonmonotonicity in absolute and relative reward preferences. Poster presented at the Nevada Psychological Association 27^th Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
43. Mann, B. A., Joy, K., Mraz, A. L., & Benning, S. D. (2018, May). Association of post-traumatic stress and conspiratorial beliefs in the aftermath of Route 91. Poster presented at the Nevada Psychological Association 27^th Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
44. Mraz, A. L., McIntire, G. R., Urquilla, E. C., & Benning, S. D. (2018, May). Impacts of the Route 91 mass shooting on post-traumatic stress, depression, and well-being. Poster presented at the Nevada Psychological Association 27^th Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV. Received third place.
45. Benning, S. D., Pierce, M. E., & Molina, S. M. (2017). Postauricular reflex potentiation during tonic social support and phasic relief from shock. Psychophysiology, 54, S116.
46. Molina, S. M., Pierce, M. E., & Benning, S. D. (2017). Psychopathic meanness and emotional processing deficits within the context of a social support task. Psychophysiology, 54, S97.
47. Baggio, M. C., & Benning, S. D. (2017). The influence of psychopathic traits on scores and behavior in the prisoner’s dilemma. Poster presented at the 7^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Antwerp, Belgium.
48. Baggio, M. C., & Benning, S. D. (2016). Event-related potentials during face processing of interpersonal psychopathy factors. Psychophysiology, 53, S46.
49. Benning, S. D., & Aaron, R. V. (2016). Click-elicited postauricular reflexes are sensitive to picture content but not individual differences. Poster presented at the 56^th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research: Minneapolis, MN.
50. Molina, S. M., & Benning, S. D. (2016). Postauricular and startle blink reflexes capture anticipatory and consummatory emotional deficits in psychopathy. Psychophysiology, 53, S70.
51. Benning, S. D., & Mercado, K. (2015). Consummatory and anticipatory emotional deficits in depression. Psychophysiology, 52, S101.
52. Lapping-Carr, L., Oliver, T. L., Duckro, A., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Central and reflexive measures of reactivity to human and primate erotica. Psychophysiology, 52, S40.
53. Molina, S. M., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Psychopathy factors, postauricular and startle blink reflexes during emotional pictures and sounds. Psychophysiology, 52, S40.
54. Benning, S. D., Barchard, K. A., Westfall, R. S., & Brouwers, V. (2015). Factor structure of the Inventory of Psychopathic Meanness. Poster presented at the 6^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Chicago, IL.
55. Molina, S. M., Barchard, K. A., Brouwers, V., Westfall, R. S., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Convergent validity of the Inventory of Psychopathic Meanness. Poster presented at the 6^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Chicago, IL.
56. Molina, S. M., Pierce, M. E., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Relationships between psychopathy and friendships, personality, education, and health behaviors. Poster presented at the 6^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Chicago, IL.
57. Benning, S. D., Westfall, R. S., Barchard, K. A., & Brouwers, V. (2015). The Intermediate Psychopathy Measure: Factor structure and criterion-related validity. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
58. Carfagno, N., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Overvaluation of relative and absolute rewards involving decimals. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
59. Duckro, A. P., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Psychopathic traits and the ultimatum game: Asymmetries in proposing and deciding. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
60. Greenman, M. O., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Effects of loss, gain, and delay on simulated physical risk taking. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
61. Isom, J., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Orthogonal internalizing and externalizing factors of psychopathology in self-reports. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
62. Mercado, K., Ait Oumeziane, B., & Benning, S. D. (2015). State-level personality profiles and financial outcomes, health, and education. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
63. Mercado, K., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Modeling hedonic processing and anhedonia in depression. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
64. Molina, S. M., Pierce, M. E., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Relationships between psychopathy and friendships, personality, education, and health behaviors. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
65. Molina, S. M., Ait Oumeziane, B., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Postauricular and startle blink reflexes assess consummatory but not anticipatory emotional processing. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
66. Schubert, K. N., Molina, S. M., & Benning, S. D. (2015). Associations between factors of psychopathy, demographics, externalizing, impulsivity, and sensation seeking. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
67. Schubert, K. N., Molina, S. M., & Benning, S. D. (2015). The association between factors of psychopathy and risk taking and risk perception. Poster presented at the 95^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
68. Ait Oumeziane, B., Molina, S. M., & Benning, S. D. (2014). ERPs assess consummatory but not anticipatory emotional visual attention. Psychophysiology, 51, S15.
69. Benning, S. D., & Powell, G. (2014). Effects of harm, probability, numeracy, and psychopathy on arousal during risk judgments. Psychophysiology, 51, S15.
70. Molina, S. M., Ait Oumeziane, B., & Benning, S. D. (2014). Postauricular and startle blink reflexes assess consummatory but not anticipatory emotional processing. Psychophysiology, 51, S15.
71. Ait Oumeziane, B., & Benning, S. D. (2013). Reduced positive emotionality underpins subclinical depression: Evidence from psychophysiology, self-report, and symptom clusters. Psychophysiology, 50, S100.
72. Benning, S. D., Heritage, A. J., & Kelly, L. A. (2013). I don’t care if I die: Psychopathic traits and ERP measures of risk taking. Psychophysiology, 50, S100.
73. Heritage, A. J., & Benning, S. D. (2013, June). Stimulus processing and stop signal performance in fearless dominance and impulsive antisociality. Poster presented at the 5^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Washington, DC.
74. Heritage, A. J., Kelly, L. E., & Benning, S. D. (2013, June). Preferential relationships among fearless dominance, impulsive antisociality, and risky behavior. Poster presented at the 5^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Washington, DC.
75. Mikulich, S. E., Dowgwillo, E. A., Miller, K. F., Storrow, A. B., & Benning, S. D. (2013, June). Psychopathy in the emergency room: Reasons for admission, demographics, medication, and comparisons with incarcerated samples. Poster presented at the 5^th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Washington, DC.
76. Mercado, K., Ait Oumezaine, B., & Benning, S. D. (2013, May). State-level links among Big Five personality dimensions, financial outcomes, and health coverage. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Nevada Psychological Association: Las Vegas, NV.
77. Benning, S. D., Sabatino, A., Franklin, J. C., Sasson, N. J., Bodfish, J. W., & Dichter, G. S. (2012). Startle blink modulation during circumscribed interest and face stimuli in autism spectrum disorder. Psychophysiology, 49, S50.
78. Heritage, A. J., & Benning, S. D. (2012). Differential stimulus processing and stop signal task performance in fearless dominance & impulsive antisociality. Psychophysiology, 49, S50.
79. Aaron, R. V., Marks, L. A., & Benning, S. D. (2011). Emotion modulation of the postauricular and blink reflexes in response to noise probes and low intensity clicks. Psychophysiology, 48, S45.
80. Benning, S. D., Marks, L. A., & McClure, E. W. (2011). Fearless dominance, impulsive antisociality, and ERPs to emotional pictures and sounds. Psychophysiology, 48, S46.
81. Heritage, A. J., & Benning, S. D. (2011). Response modulation deficits in impulsive antisociality: Evidence from the ERN and N1. Psychophysiology, 48, S45.
82. Aaron, R. V., Dowgwillo, E. A., & Benning, S. D. (2011, May). Interpersonal deficits associated with psychopathic traits in the ultimatum game. Poster presented at the 4^thbiennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Montreal, Quebec.
83. Benning, S. D., Bradshaw, M. A., Wilson, G. H., Thakkar, K. N., & Park, S. (2011, May). Psychopathy and deficits in empathy and social processing. Poster presented at the 4^thbiennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Montreal, Quebec.
84. Heritage, A. J., & Benning, S. D. (2011, May). Impulsive antisociality and a lexical decision stop signal task: ERN and N1 indicate deficits in response modulation and error processing. Poster presented at the 4^thbiennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Montreal, Quebec.
85. Wilson, G. H., & Benning, S. D. (2011, May). Facial emotion recognition and processing in fearless dominance and impulsive antisociality. Poster presented at the 4^thbiennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Montreal, Quebec.
86. Benning, S. D., & Malone, M. M. (2010). The limits of fear in fearless dominance: Evidence from the emotional dot probe. Psychophysiology, 47, S80.
87. Benning, S. D., Ray, R. D., Armstrong, T. A., & Zald, D. H. (2010). Neural correlates of appetitive postauricular reflex potentiation. Psychophysiology, 42, S104.
88. Benning, S. D. (2009). Reduced appetitive postauricular reflex potentiation in depressed undergraduates. Psychophysiology, 46, S103.
89. Malone, M. M., & Benning, S. D. (2009). The influence of trait absorption on emotional picture and acoustic startle processing: Evidence from ERPs. Psychophysiology, 46, S103.
90. Thompson, V. R., Stevens, S., & Benning, S. D. (2009). Testing basic assumptions of the concealed information test. Psychophysiology, 46, S102.
91. Buckholtz, J. W., Treadway, M. T., McHugo, M., Benning, S. D., & Zald, D. H. (2008, November). Trait psychopathy is associated with alterations in mesolimbic dopamine circuitry for reward and motivation. Poster presented at the 38^th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience: Washington, DC.
92. Benning, S. D., Quevedo, K. M., Dahl., R. E., & Gunnar, M. R. (2007). Effects of personality traits on startle blink and postauricular reflex modulation in adolescents. Psychophysiology, 44, S23.
93. Quevedo, K. M., Benning, S. D., Dahl. R. E., & Gunnar, M. R., (2007). The onset of puberty: Effects on the psychophysiology of emotion processing and motivation. Psychophysiology, 44, S22.
94. Benning, S. D., & Patrick, C. J. (2006). Embedding the postauricular reflex in a nomological network of emotion. Psychophysiology, 43, S23.
95. Benning, S. D., & Patrick, C. J. (2006). Emotional modulation of the anterior, superior, and postauricular reflexes. Psychophysiology, 43, S23.
96. Benning, S. D., Larson, B. M., & Patrick, C. J. (2005, July). Criterion validity of the four-factor structure of the Psychopathy Checklist – Revised. Poster presented at the 1^stbiennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Vancouver, BC.
97. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Salekin, R. T., & Leistico, A.-M. R. (2005, July). Convergent and discriminant validity of psychopathy factors assessed via self-report. Poster presented at the 1^stbiennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy: Vancouver, BC.
98. Vizueta, N., Bernat, E. M., Hirai, R., Benning, S. D., He, S., & Patrick, C. J. (2005). Examining the effects of emotion on attention using binocular rivalry. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, S154-S155.
99. Bernat, E. M., Patrick, C. J., Hall, J. R., Steffen, B. V., Venables, N. C., & Benning, S. D. (2004). Emotional post-auricular reflex modulation in community and incarcerated males. Psychophysiology, 41, S3.
100. Patrick, C. J., Benning, S. D., & Bradley, M. M. (2004). Psychopathy, trait fearlessness, and startle potentiation. Psychophysiology, 41, S24.
101. Ward, M. R., Benning, S. D., & Patrick, C. J. (2004, March). Estimating psychopathy facets from normal personality in female offenders: Criterion related validity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society: Scottsdale, AZ.
102. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Malone, S. M., Bernat, E. M., & Iacono, W. G. (2003). Emotion-modulated startle in community males with psychopathic traits. Psychophysiology, 40, S25.
103. Starr, M. J., Bernat, E. M., Benning, S. D., Steffen, B. J., Patrick, C. J., & Gewirtz, J. C. (2003). Facilitory effects of awareness on differential delay fear conditioning. Psychophysiology, 40, S83.
104. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Blonigen, D. M., Hicks, B. M., & Iacono, W. G. (2003, July). Estimating facets of psychopathy from normal personality traits: Validation in community and incarcerated samples. Poster presented at the Developmental and Neuroscience Perspectives on Psychopathy conference, University of Wisconsin: Madison, WI.
105. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Malone, S. M., Bernat, E. M., & Iacono, W. G. (2003, July). Facets of psychopathy, startle blink modulation, and skin conductance magnitudes in young adult community males. Poster presented at the Developmental and Neuroscience Perspectives on Psychopathy conference, University of Wisconsin: Madison, WI.
106. Hall, J. R., Benning, S. D., & Patrick, C. J. (2003, July). Three’s company: Evidence for the validity of a three-factor model of psychopathy. Poster presented at the Developmental and Neuroscience Perspectives on Psychopathy conference, University of Wisconsin: Madison, WI.
107. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Hicks, B. M., Blonigen, D. M., & Krueger, R. F. (2003, May). Two-factor structure of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory: Development and criterion validation. Poster presented at the 15^thannual meeting of the American Psychological Society: Atlanta, GA.
108. Ward, M. R., Benning, S. D., & Patrick, C. J. (2003, May). Estimating facets of psychopathy from normal personality traits: A validation study with female offenders. Poster presented at the 15^thannual meeting of the American Psychological Society: Atlanta, GA.
109. Bernat, E. M., Patrick, C. J., Cadwallader, M., van Mersbergen, M., & Benning, S. D. (2003, April). Affective orienting responses: A novelty P3 study with emotional pictures. Poster presented at the 10^th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society: New York, NY.
110. Bernat, E. M., Patrick, C. J., Benning, S. D., Hicks, B. M., & Blonigen, D. M. (2002). Parsing effects of affective stimulus content on startle reflex modulation in men. Psychophysiology, 39, S21.
111. Benning, S. D., Hicks, B., Blonigen, D., Lang, A. R., & Patrick, C. J. (2001). Affective modulation of blink startle and post-auricular reflexes to noise probes. Psychophysiology, 38, S24.
112. Bernat, E. M., Patrick, C. J., Benning, S. D., & Amrhein, C. J. (2001). ERP concomitants of startle blink responses. Psychophysiology, 38, S26.
113. Benning, S. D., Patrick, C. J., Hicks, B., & Blonigen, D. (2001, May). Modulation of acoustic blink and post-auricular startle amplitude by slide valence and content. Poster presented at the Mind and Emotion conference, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Faculty instructor experience

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Psy 435: Personality (2012 Fall – 2017 Fall; 2013 Spring)

Psy 716: Assessment of Adults (2013 Spring – 2019 Spring)

Psy 724: Assessment II: Personality and Psychopathology (2020 Spring – present)

Psy 736: Psychopathology (2018 Fall – present)

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Psy 360: Clinical Science Seminar (2007 Spring, 2012 Spring)

Psy 312: Psychological Assessment (2008 Fall – 2010 Fall, 2012 Spring)

Psy 209: Quantitative Methods (2008 Spring, 2008 Fall, 2009 Fall, 2011 Spring, 2011 Fall)

Psy 115F-10: Consciousness and the Unconscious (2007 Fall)

Graduate and undergraduate experience

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Instructor: Psy 3960, The Psychology of Consciousness and the Unconscious (2004 Summer)

Teaching Assistant: Psy 3604, Abnormal Psychology (William M. Grove, 2000 Fall; James N. Butcher, 2001 Spring)

Guest Lecturer: Psy 1910W, Psychopaths and Serial Killers (Christopher J. Patrick, 2003 Fall); Psy 3617, Introduction to Clinical Psychology (Jan Kamphuis; 2003 Fall); Psy 8112, Psychopathology II (Christopher J. Patrick, 2005 Spring)

Rice University, Houston, TX

Teaching Assistant: Psyc 332, Abnormal Behavior (Sarah A. Burnett, 2000 Spring)

MENTORING

Awards in support of student research

Research Training Fellowship, Society for Psychophysiological Research (2017-2018)

Provided $1924 for Ann Haynos to visit my lab to train on the postauricular reflex and for me to visit her lab to troubleshoot her psychophysiological setup at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

Doctoral Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2014-2017)

Provided 3 years of support for doctoral student education.

Doctoral committees

Chair

1. Michelle Poston (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2023/09/29. Psychopathy’s Influence on Perceived Inherent Value: An Investigation of Moral Decision Making across Different Degrees of Demographic Similarity to Diverse Individuals
2. Kayla McGinty (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2023/09/26. Ecological Momentary Assessment of Perceived Criticism and Mood: Investigation of Daily Patterns and Bidirectional Associations
3. Demi Kourtesi (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2022/09/20. Defended: 2023/05/11. Psychopathy and Moral Decision Making
4. Arianne Fisher (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2021/09/30. Defended: 2023/04/07. The Relationship between Psychopathy and Sexism across Self-Report, Vignette, and Novel Dialogue Tree Tasks
5. Edward A. Smith (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2020/11/02. Defended: 2022/07/08. The Psychopathology Cylindroplex: A Meta-Analysis Series and Introduction of a Novel Clinical Measure WINNER: UNLV Outstanding non-STEM Dissertation Award 2022-2023
6. Kayli H. Wrenn (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2020/09/18. Defended: 2022/04/13. The Antagonistic Tetrad and Romantic Attachment Styles
7. Megan M. Shope (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2020/09/25. Defended: 2022/04/04. An In-Depth Examination of the Literature on Early Pubertal Timing and Disordered Eating in Women and Girls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
8. Nicholas S. Carfagno (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2018/09/28. Defended: 2020/07/17. The Factor Structures of Ability and Trait Emotional Intelligences Relative to General Intelligence and Personality
9. Mary C. Baggio (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2019/09/20. Defended: 2020/07/15. What They Say and How They Say It: The Effects of Linguistic and Acoustic Speech Characteristics on Persuasion and Interpersonal Perception of Psychopathic Traits
10. Kimberly N. Schubert (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2015/12/03. Defended: 2018/05/29. Evaluation of a Brief “Surf the Urge” Intervention
11. Stephany M. Molina (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2017/04/17. Defended: 2018/05/15. Validating Empathy as Captured by the Inventory of Psychopathic Meanness
12. Vincent Rozalski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2016/09/30. Defended: 2018/03/22. The Structure of Psychopathology and Its Relationship to Personality and EEG
13. Meghan E. Pierce (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2016/09/16. Defended 2017/04/07. The Psychophysiological Correlates of Personality, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Social Support

Committee member

14. Jessica H. Habashy (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2022/09/30. Defended: 2023/05/30. The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Binge Eating Disorder in a Demographically Diverse US Community Sample
15. Megan Becker (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2019/10/03. Defended: 2021/10/21. Stability of Neurocognitive Abilities in Heterogeneous Groups of Schizophrenia
16. Breanna Garcia (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2019/09/30. Defended: 2021/05/19. Attention Bias in Irritability: A Social Information Processing Perspective
17. Liya Akoury (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2016/09/16. Defended: 2019/04/08. Disordered Eating in Asian American Women: Sociocultural and Culture-Specific Predictors
18. Shane Westfall (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2016/11/16. Defended: 2018/03/23. The Effects of Physical Attractiveness in the Health Care Industry
19. Kathleen Larson (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2016/05/04. Defended: 2017/03/31. The Relationship between Mood and Implicit Learning
20. Kara Klingspon (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2015/09/21. Defended: 2017/03/27. Development and Psychometric Validation of the Unfinished Business in Bereavement Scale
21. Michelle Pitts (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2015/09/10. Defended: 2016/05/11. Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Consequences among Collegiate Softball Athletes: The Role of Drinking Motives
22. Dio Turner (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2013/09/24. Defended: 2015/11/18. Does Exploring Inner Experience Affect Participants?
23. Chelcie Heaney (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2014/05/23. Defended: 2015/03/27. A Comparison of the Effects of Different Doses of GABAB Receptor Ligands on Spatial Learning and Memory And Memory Flexibility
24. Stephen Killingsworth (Vanderbilt University). Proposed: 2011/09/29. Defended: 2012/06/18. Object-Relevant Kinematics Influence Imitative Compatibility
25. Brian G. Essex (Vanderbilt University). Proposed: 2010/01/26. Defended: 2011/08/22. The Neural Mechanisms of Intertemporal and Risky Choice

Graduate College representative

26. Shelley Price (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2022/11/15. Defended: 2023/10/24. Compassion, Oxytocin, and Simulation Experiences among Prelicensure Nursing Students
27. Sarah Zvonar (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2019/12/10. Defended: 2023/04/06. Fear of Recurrence as a Mediator of Illness Perception and Perceived Stress in Acute Myocardial Infarction Survivors

Qualifying examination committees

1. Meghan E. Pierce (University of Nevada, Las Vegas): 2016/04/06. Role: Committee chair
2. Stephen Killingsworth (Vanderbilt University): 2011/09/29. Role: Committee member Representing Kinematics and Directionality in Object Concepts
3. Thomas R. Armstrong (Vanderbilt University): 2010/12/13. Role: Committee member The Eyes Have It! An Empirical and Methodological Review of Eye Tracking Studies of Attentional Biases in the Anxiety Disorders
4. Brian G. Essex (Vanderbilt University): 2008/10/13. Role: Committee member The Neural Coding of Utility

Master’s thesis committees

Chair

1. Bianca Islas (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: May 23, 2022. Analyzing the Relationships between Factor Structures of Moral Injury and Disinhibited Externalizing
2. A. Michelle Poston (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2021/08/27. Defended: 2022/08/19. Disentangling the Instrumental and Reactive Aggression in the Competitive Reaction Time Task And Their Associations with Factors of Meanness in Psychopathy
3. Kayla Fobian (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2020/09/18. Defended: 2021/11/05. Family Functioning in Youth with Bipolar Disorder
4. Kayli H. Wrenn (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2019/10/22. Defended: 2020/01/17. Dark Tetrad Responses to Moral Dilemmas
5. Edward A. Smith (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2018/11/05. Defended: 2019/04/12. Assessing Factors of Physical Risk-Taking in a Novel Behavioral Measure
6. Mary C. Baggio (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2018/02/2018. Defended: 2018/06/04. The Influence of Opponent Strategy and Psychopathic Traits on Point Gains and Cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma
7. Nicholas S. Carfagno (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2016/09/12. Defended: 2017/04/07. Nonmonotonicity in Absolute and Relative Preferences for Real and Imagined Rewards
8. Stephany M. Molina (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2015/05/13. Defended: 2015/11/16. The Effects of Psychopathic Traits on Social Support Networks
9. Allan J. Heritage (Vanderbilt University). Defended: 2012/05/24. Response Modulation Deficits in Psychopathy: Evidence from Stimulus and Response Processing
10. Rachel V. Aaron (Vanderbilt University). Defended: 2012/05/17. Postauricular and Blink Reflexes to Startle Probes and Auditory Clicks
11. Melville M. Malone (Vanderbilt University). Defended: 2010/03/30. Visual Attention Mechanisms Underlying the Emotional Dot Probe

Committee member

12. Jessica H. Habashy (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2021/11/05. Defended: 2022/03/25. Psychometric Properties of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q): Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance by the Intersection of Race and Sex
13. Erick Rogers (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2019/11/19. Defended: 2020/04/22. Depressive Symptoms as a Moderator of Diurnal Trends in Reward Seeking
14. Alek Krumm (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2017/09/18. Defended: 2019/01/19. Exploring the Pristine Inner Experience of Individuals in Psychotherapy
15. Bern Lee (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2014/03/10. Defended: 2015/11/16. Integration of Audio-Visual Emotional Information in Schizophrenia
16. Vincent Brouwers (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2014/04/11. Defended: 2015/06/08. Inner Experience While Reading Fiction: A Descriptive Experience Sampling Exploration
17. Vincent Rozalski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2014/04/22. Defended: 2014/12/01. Objective Circumstances of the Death and Complicated Grief: Examining Indirect Associations through Meaning Made of Loss
18. Liya Rakhkovskaya (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2014/05/08. Defended: 2014/09/29. Ethnic and American Identity as Correlates of Eating Pathology in College Women
19. Caroline Maykut (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2013/04/15. Defended: 2014/08/27. Who or What Should I Be Like? Self-Assessment of Sexual Desire
20. Kara Klingspon (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2013/12/06. Defended: 2014/07/24. Unfinished Business in Bereavement: A Mixed Methods Study
21. Michelle Pitts (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2013/12/10. Defended: 2014/05/08 A Checklist of Child Safety Hazards in the Home: Development and Initial Psychometric Support in Neglectful and Substance-Abusing Mothers
22. Alessandra Lanti (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Defended: 2012/11/08. Exploring Reasons Why Men and Women Refrain from Sex Despite Desire
23. Taylor L. Benson (Vanderbilt University). Defended: 2012/05/22. Enhanced Visuospatial Imagery Manipulation in Schizophrenia
24. Thomas R. Armstrong (Vanderbilt University). Defended: 2009/05/26. Orienting and Maintenance of Gaze in Contamination-based OCD: Biases for Disgust and Fear Cues

Graduate College representative (includes professional papers and oral exams)

25. Colin Robin (Kinesiology professional paper; University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Proposed: 2024/03/05. Defended: 2024/06/28. Preparing Female Prisoners for the Arduous Pack Test: Designing a Strength and Conditioning Protocol Tailored to Female Inmates
26. James Gordon II (English oral exam; University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Passed: 2024/03/18.
27. Farhad Fallahlalehzari (Electrical engineering; University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Defended: 2016/12/01. EMG-Based Patient Monitoring System Using Zynq SoC Device

Undergraduate honors theses advised

1. Michal Newhouse-Van Vlerin: 2023/04/27. Malice Loves Company: The Indirect Effects of Insecure Attachment Styles on the Relationships between Malice in Meanness and Psychopathy in Sexual Functioning
2. Amanda Mraz: 2018/11/15. Psychological Impacts of the Route 91 Shooting
3. Andrea Flores: 2016/11/30. Validation of the Assessment of Physical Risk Task (APRT)
4. Kevin Mercado: 2014/10/30. Modeling Anhedonia and Hedonic Processing in Depression
5. George H. Wilson III: 2011/04/11. Factors of Psychopathy and Facial Emotional Processing
6. William M. Schumacher: 2010/04/21. Poor Stop-Signal Task Performance: Mechanisms Revealed through Event-related Brain Potentials
7. Marika C. Coffman: 2009/04/14. Emotional Psychophysiological Responses during Self-Referential and Persuasive Talks

Other significant research projects advised

1. Stephany M. Molina: 2018/08/01 (Summer Doctoral Research Fellowships) Social Ecology of Psychopathic Traits
2. Shane Westfall: 2016/08/01 (COLA Student Summer Faculty Research Award) Development of the Inventory of Psychopathic Meanness
3. Kevin Mercado: 2014/08/08 (UROP poster session) Modeling Anhedonia and Hedonic Processing in Depression
4. Geoff Powell: 2013/08/01 (UROP poster session) Reduced Positive Emotionality Underpins Subclinical Depression
5. Evan W. McClure: 2011/09/07 (VUSRP poster session) Assessment of Physical Risk Taking: Associations with Psychopathy and Measures of Risky Behavior
6. Michael A. Bradshaw: 2009/09/02 (VUSRP poster session) Empathy Is Related to Social but Not Perceptual Perspective Taking

Undergraduate/post-baccalaureate students mentored in lab research

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Lilou-Carole Agostini (2023-present), Belel Ait Oumeziane (2012-2014), Travis Albert (2016-2017), Rebecca Bergquist (2014-2016), Mark Bito-Onon (2024-present), Ashley Bunn (2021-2022), Brandon Carba (2022-2023), Hector Chaidez (2016), Minie Chauhan (2024-present), Tianchang (Allen) Chen (2015-2016), Sadie Christiansen (2021-2022), Cristina Ciobanu (2014), Stephanie Cohen (2014-2015), Victoria Copeland (2016-2017), Lisha Davis (2018-2020), Isaac Delph (2023-present), Shakur Dennis (2019-2021), Rosa Diaz (2019), Charyss Dolor (2016-2017), Adam Duckro (2014-2015), Susette Favela (2018-2021), Flynn Fermin (2023-present), Andrea Flores (2015-2017), Miles Greenman (2013-2014), Sydnee Halsey (2017-2018), Melody Hardy (2024-present), Jordan Hayes (2020-present), Stephanie Hernandez (2019-2020), Cassandra Hoffman (2022-2023), Madison Hurley (2016-2017), Scarlett Iglesias Hoyos (2020-2021), Bianca Islas (2018-2020), Jessica Isom (2014-2015), Ashley Jarrett (2015-2016), Kymberlie Joy (2017-2018), Christine Lee (2023-present), Brittney Lehtinen (2016-2017), Jordyn Magana (2023-2024), Brianna Mann (2017-2020), Brianna Maxim (2015-2017), Shawn McHugo (2022-2023), Gregory McIntyre (2017-2018), Edwing Melgarejo (2018), Kevin Mercado (2013-2015), Sarah Mikulich (2013), Amanda Cordero Moncayo (2018-2019), Tiffanie Moore-Quinn (2017), Amanda Mraz (2017-2018), Christin Nance (2015-2016), Karisa Odrunia (2019-2021), Sarah Oettinger (2015-2016), Daisy Parra-Venegas (2018), Jennifer Paytas (2013-2014), Corrina Pedregon (2017-2019), Mirna Pelemis (2013-2014), Emma Phillips (2019-2021), Geoff Powell (2013), Duncan Poe (2020-2021), Nathaly Quinteros (2013), Noel Raleigh (2023-present), Ana Reyes (2014), Erick Rogers (2016-2017), Yana Ryjova (2016-2017), Sophia Salinas (2023-2024), Emma Sevoian (2019-2021), Raina Siemers (2024-present), Donna Sim (2022-2023), Carlos Tamayo (2024-present), Elsy Urquilla (2017-2019), Roxana Vazquez (2017-2019), Aiden Work (2024-present), Kayli Wrenn (2014-2017), Fernanda Zettel (2014)

Vanderbilt University

Josh Altonji (2011); Tristan Barsky (2009-2010), Alexandra Bennett (2009), Joseph Blum (2007-2010), Michael Bradshaw (2008-2011), Brian Collura (2008-2009), Stephanie Cordel (2009-2010), Sasha Daddeh (2011-2012), Emily Dowgwillo (2009-2012), Nick Dunbar (2008-2010), Mary-Madison Eagle (2009-2010), Ann Ekechukwu (2007-2008), Surosree Ganguli (2010-2012), Elleena Grove (2011), Al Hardaway (2011-2012), Aneel Henry (2011-2012), Collette Jackson (2008-2010), Lauren Johnson (2009-2010), Nicole Krellenstein (2007), Lauren Marks (2009-2011), Evan McClure (2009-2011), Jamie Michael (2011-2012), Diana Minevski (2011-2012), Hayley Pionk (2011-2012), Sarah Stevens (2007-2008), Ashley Thomas (2008-2010), Vanessa Thompson (2007-2009), Jessica Tribble (2007)

Additional significant mentoring projects

Britz, J. (2014, April 11). My OCD Diary: An imperfect story. http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Julia-Britz-My-OCD-Diary-An-Impe

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Extramural service

External grant reviewer

National Science Foundation (2017)

Guggenheim Foundation (2016)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2009)

Editorial board member

Assessment (2007 – present)

Ad-hoc reviewer: profile at https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1697645

Top 1% of peer reviewers in psychiatry/psychology: 2018; psychology and at UNLV: 2017

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science; Aggressive Behavior; Assessment; Biological Psychiatry; Biological Psychology; Clinical Psychological Science; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience; Communication Measures and Methods; Criminal Behavior and Mental Health; Current Directions in Psychological Science; Emotion; Emotion Review; European Journal of Personality; Evolution and Human Behavior; Human Brain Mapping; International Journal of Psychophysiology; Journal of Abnormal Psychology;Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry; Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology;Journal of Individual Differences; Journal of Nonverbal Behavior; Journal of Personality; Journal of Personality Assessment; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Journal of Personality Disorders; Journal of Psychophysiology; Journal of Research in Personality; Neuropsychologia;Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment;Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law; Psychiatry Research; Psychological Assessment; Psychological Medicine; Psychological Science; Psychophysiology

Clinical reviewer

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 field trials (2013)

Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy

Treasurer (2022 – present)

Membership chair (2022 – 2023)

Early Career Event Program Committee member and host (2023)

Local Host of 8^th biennial meeting (2015–2019)

Program Committee member (2006–2007, 2011–2013)

Program Committee Chair (2010–2011)

Historian (2007–present)

Executive Board member (inaugural student: 2003–2007; 2019–2022)

Society for Psychophysiological Research

Program Committee member (2018–2019)

Student poster judge (2015, 2019, 2021)

Western Psychological Association

Faculty mentorship panel (2021)

Walk-In Counseling Center

Computer consultant (2004 – 2006)

Intramural service

University service

Board of directors, UNLV PRACTICE (2021 – present)

Chair (2021 – 2022, 2023 – present)

Graduate awards committee – scholarships and fellowships, UNLV (2021 – present)

Co-chair (2024 – present)

Faculty adviser, Clinical Student Committee, UNLV (2021 – present)

Graduate campus wellness advisory board, UNLV (2021 – 2023)

Facilitator, UNLV Interprofessional Education Day (2021)

Panelist, UNLV Symposium on [1 October] Memorial Design (2021)

Internal grant reviewer, UNLV DoD HBCU basic research program (2019)

Panelist, UNLV Executive Master’s of Health Care Administration Immersion (2018)

Presenter, UNLV Chapter of Phi Alpha, “Intro to Integrated Behavioral Health” (2017)

Moderator, U. of Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial Mind and Emotion conference (2001)

Departmental service

Director of Clinical Training, UNLV (2021 – present)

Personnel committee, UNLV (2021 – 2022, 2024 – present)

Clinical psychology graduate admissions coordinator, UNLV (2015 – 2023)

Clinical psychology comprehensive exam committee, UNLV (2013, 2014, 2019)

Psychology awards committee, UNLV (2012 – 2021)

Clinical psychology area committee, UNLV (2012 – present)

Departmental web site coordinator, Vanderbilt University (2007 – 2011)

Randolph Blake award committee, Vanderbilt University (2010)

Clinical psychology website committee, University of Minnesota (2004)

Research Day planning committee, University of Minnesota (2002 – 2003)

Faculty mentorship

Melissa Troyer: Department of Psychology (2023 August – present)

Hao (Felix) Wang: Department of Psychology (2020 January – 2022 March)

Search committees

Assistant Director of UNLV PRACTICE (2021 – 2022)

Clinical psychology faculty, UNLV (2013 – 2014)

Chair, UNLV (2022 – 2023)

Chair for Associate Director of Clinical Training, UNLV (2023)

Neuroscience faculty, UNLV (2013 – 2014; 2014 – 2015; 2019 – 2020, 2021 – 2022)

Developmental psychology faculty, UNLV (2012 – 2013)

Clinicalpsychology faculty(grad student), University of Minnesota (2004)

Judging

Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum, UNLV (2016)

Psi Chi poster judge, UNLV (2014)

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

Humanist Assembly Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (2019, May 19). Recovery and resilience in the aftermath of the 1 October shooting.

Sunday Assembly Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (2019, April 7). What does it mean to be mean?

Sun City Anthem Lifelong Learning Club, Henderson, NV (2018, September 24). Recovery and resilience in the aftermath of the Route 91 shooting.

United Conversations Network, Las Vegas, NV (2017, November 27). Is there a way forward, or is this a way of life?

Killer Nashville, Nashville, TN (2011, August 26). Psychopaths: How they are and are not like us.

Killer Nashville, Nashville, TN (2010, August 20). The two faces of psychopathy: Dual paths to deviance.

Killer Nashville, Nashville, TN (2009, August 14,). The mind of a psychopath: Dual paths to deviance.

Frist Center, Nashville, TN (2009, February 28). Through the eyes of a psychopath: How individual differences impact perception of paintings.

MEDIA COVERAGE OF LAB STUDIES

1. Jacob, M. (2024, February 27). The emotional aftereffects of trauma on communities.UNLV Magazine.https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/emotional-aftereffects-trauma-communities
2. Torres-Cortez, R. (2024, January 5). After shooting, how is UNLV community emotionally? Survey will find out. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/after-shooting-how-is-unlv-community-emotionally-survey-will-find-out-2977084/
3. Matthey, R. (2023, December 21). UNLV professor focuses on 1 October study to analyze impacts of campus shooting. KLAS CBS News. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/unlv-professor-focuses-on-1-october-study-to-analyze-impacts-of-campus-shooting/
4. Roselli, D. (2019, October 1). Healing from 1 October. Action News 13 Midday. https://www.ktnv.com/interviews/healing-from-one-october
5. Langeler, J. (2019, October 1). UNLV professor continues to study PTSD in Las Vegas community after 1 October. KLAS CBS News. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/unlv-professor-continues-to-study-ptsd-in-las-vegas-community-after-1-october/
6. Langeler, J. (2018, October 1). Resilience stands out in study on 1 October impact. KLAS CBS News. https://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/local-news/resilience-stands-out-in-study-on-1-october-impact/1490638497
7. Crosby, R. (2018, September 30). 1 year after Las Vegas shooting, survivors still seek help. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/1-year-after-las-vegas-shooting-survivors-still-seek-help/
8. Savone, J. (2018, September 25). The lessons of tragedy. UNLV Magazine. https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/lessons-tragedy
9. Reese, M. (2017, December 11). Not ‘safe spaces’: New group at UNLV tackles divisive topics. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/east-valley/not-safe-spaces-new-group-at-unlv-tackles-divisive-topics/
10. Weisbaum, H. (2017, November 14). First study results on mental trauma caused by Las Vegas shooter. KOMO Midday News. http://komonews.com/news/newsradio/first-study-results-on-mental-trauma-caused-by-las-vegas-shooter
11. Bekker, J. (2017, November 13). Las Vegans who weren’t at Route 91 shooting may still get PTSD, study suggests. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/las-vegans-who-werent-at-route-91-shooting-may-still-get-ptsd-study-suggests/
12. Weisbaum, H. (2017, October 30). UNLV researcher wants stories about Vegas massacre. KOMO Midday News. http://komonews.com/news/newsradio/unlv-researcher-wants-stories-about-vegas-massacre
13. Lyle, D. (2017, October 27). UNLV professor launches study of traumatic effects of Oct. 1 tragedy. The Now Report. http://www.thenowreport.vegas/article/local-news/unlv-professor-launches-study-traumatic-effects-oct-1-tragedy/
14. Akers, M. (2017, October 26). Emotional response to mass shooting is subject of UNLV professor’s study. Las Vegas Sun. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/oct/26/emotional-response-to-shooting-subject-of-unlv-pro/
15. Melendez, D. (2017, October 21). Traumatic side effects from the 1 October Shooting. KLAS CBS News.http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/traumatic-side-effects-from-the-one-october-shooting/842329950
16. Ortiz, A. (2017, October 20). Participants needed for 1 October study. Channel 13 News. http://www.ktnv.com/news/participants-needed-for-1-october-study
17. Bekker, J. (2017, October 18). UNLV researcher using Las Vegas shooting to study trauma effects. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/unlv-researcher-using-las-vegas-shooting-to-study-trauma-effects/
18. Thomas, K. (2017, October 18). Heartbreak and healing: UNLV wants to hear your stories about the Route 91 tragedy. KSNV NBC News. http://news3lv.com/news/local/heartbreak-and-healing-unlv-wants-to-hear-your-stories-about-the-route-91-tragedy

MEDIA INTERVIEWS (last 3 years; 105 total)

1. Torres-Cortes, R. (2024, July 23). Why did people think Joe Biden died in Las Vegas? Blame social media. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/why-did-people-think-joe-biden-died-in-las-vegas-blame-social-media-3100498/
2. Schaeffer, J. (2024, July 17). Las Vegas swimmers’ actions examined by psychology expert, amid woman’s lengthy drowning. KLAS CBS News. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/las-vegas-swimmers-actions-examined-by-psychology-expert-amid-womans-lengthy-drowning/
3. Haupt, A. (2024, March 25). Are personality tests actually useful? Time. https://time.com/6959682/are-personality-tests-useful/
4. Dixon, A. R. (2023, December 8). Community in mourning after UNLV shooting. Nevada Week. https://www.vegaspbs.org/blogs/nevada-week-season-6/community-mourning-after-unlv-shooting/
5. Sizeland, J. (2023, September 25). The psychological reason you fancy your best friend’s partner. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/the-psychological-reason-you-fancy-your-best-friends-partner-70840
6. McFarland, K. (2023, August 11). Las Vegas road rage stabbing victim speaks out amid rise in incidents. KTNV ABC News. https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-road-rage-stabbing-victim-speaks-out-amid-rise-in-incidents
7. Yang, M. (2023, July 20). High temps and hot tempers: US road rage boils over as country sizzles. The Guardian.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/20/road-rage-high-temperature-link
8. Matthey, R. (2023, July 10). Road rage incidents increasing in North Las Vegas since 2021, psychologist explains ‘surge’ of anger. KLAS CBS News. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/road-rage-incidents-increasing-in-north-las-vegas-since-2021-psychologist-explains-surge-of-anger/
9. Pattemore, C. (2023, May 17). 7 ways to identify “psychopath eyes”. PsychCentral. https://psychcentral.com/health/identifying-psychopathic-stare Note: I do not support this “stare” construct.
10. Harrison, C. (2023, April 5). Trump’s staying power explained: Personality favored over values. Las Vegas Sun. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/apr/05/trumps-staying-power-explained-personality-favored/
11. Daniel, K. (2023, January 30). No link found between serotonin deficiency and depression. Giddy. https://getmegiddy.com/serotonin-not-linked-to-depression
12. Kim, S. (2022, October 28). What should I be for Halloween? Find costumes that match your personality. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/halloween-adult-costume-ideas-personality-types-1755206
13. Byrne, C. (2022, September 15). Why we care so much about celebrity gossip, according to psychology. Everyday Health. https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/why-we-care-so-much-about-celebrity-gossip/
14. Green, Z., & DeSilva, K. (2022, August 30). False alarms led to mass panic in several Las Vegas incidents. Why are we so on edge? KNPR State of Nevada. https://knpr.org/knpr/2022-08/false-alarms-led-mass-panic-several-las-vegas-incidents-why-are-we-so-edge
15. Cazares, C. (2022, August 5). Priming Effect: How social media and ‘panic posting’ can be dangerous. KLAS CBS News. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/priming-effect-how-social-media-and-panic-posting-can-be-dangerous/
16. Torres-Cortez, R. (2022, July 22). ‘I always felt very safe there. Not anymore.’: Strip tourists express new worries. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/i-always-felt-very-safe-there-not-anymore-strip-tourists-express-new-worries-2611379/
17. Brewer, R. (2022, May 22). ‘A sad, sad state of affairs’: Las Vegas basketball referee recuperating after violent postgame attack. Las Vegas Sun. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/may/22/a-sad-sad-state-of-affairs-las-vegas-basketball-re/
18. Clark, L. (2022, April 20). To mask or not to mask? Mixed reactions from travelers. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/to-mask-or-not-to-mask-mixed-reactions-from-travelers
19. Guy, B. (2022, February 28). Many Americans stressed about terror in Ukraine, UNLV psychophysiology expert shares tips for coping. KTNV ABC News. https://www.ktnv.com/news/as-news-of-terror-continues-to-flow-out-of-ukraine-many-americans-are-stressed-about-what-is-to-come-next
20. Torres-Cortez, R. (2022, January 24). ‘He should be here’: Survivor grieves boyfriend’s death in random shooting. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/he-should-be-here-survivor-grieves-boyfriends-death-in-random-shooting-2518146/
21. Delgado, C. (2021, December 21). The problem with the Myers-Briggs personality test. Discover. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-problem-with-the-myers-briggs-personality-test
22. Przybys, J. (2021, December 18). ‘It can go a long way’: Donations of small change boost Las Vegas charities. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/it-can-go-a-long-way-donations-of-small-change-boost-las-vegas-charities-2498612/
23. Green, Z., & Schoenmann, J. (2021, December 13). Protests outside public officials’ homes: The need for more communication. KNPR State of Nevada. https://knpr.org/knpr/2021-12/protests-outside-public-officials-homes-need-more-communication
24. Torres-Cortez, R. (2021, October 20). Road rage rising: Experts say stay calm, avoid confrontation. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/traffic/road-rage-rising-experts-say-stay-calm-avoid-confrontation-2463460/
25. Kidman, K. (2021, October 11). The Clark County School District starts the year with challenges, TikTok and otherwise. KNPR State of Nevada. https://knpr.org/knpr/2021-10/clark-county-school-district-starts-year-challenges-tiktok-and-otherwise
26. Harrison, C. (2021, September 26). CCSD laments spike in vandalism likely inspired by TikTok challenge. Las Vegas Sun. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/sep/26/ccsd-uptick-campus-vandalism-spurred-tiktok-pranks/
27. Clark, L. (2021, September 23). What’s behind public meeting outbursts? Psychology professor weighs in. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/explosive-outburst-at-public-meetings-whats-causing-them
28. Dodgson, L. (2021, September 19). Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has a fandom of ‘Holmies’ that hail her as a ‘girl boss’ despite fraud charges. Business Insider. https://www.insider.com/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trial-court-fans-holmies-girl-boss-fraud-2021-9
29. Delgado, C. (2021, August 24). Why are people so into astrology all of a sudden? Discover. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/why-are-people-so-into-astrology-all-of-a-sudden
30. Geall, L. (2021, August 18). Plymouth attack: blaming women or mental health issues for mass shootings isn’t solving anything. Stylist. https://www.stylist.co.uk/news/plymouth-blame-psychology/557025
31. Pelley, V. (2021, August 18). Are you a short tempered dad? Here’s what to understand — and how to stay in control. Fatherly. https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/short-tempered-advice/
32. Alvarez, S. (2021, June 20). The Tesla autopilot excuse: How EV ignorance created the perfect storm for a misinformation nightmare. Teslarati. https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash-misinfromation-exposed/
33. Torres-Cortez, R. (2021, June 2). Online community advocating for slain Las Vegas boy hoping to make a lasting difference. Las Vegas Sun. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/jun/02/online-community-advocating-for-missing-children-h/
34. Green, Z., & Kidman, K. (2021, May 27). Mask questions linger even as vaccination rate increases. KNPR State of Nevada. https://knpr.org/knpr/2021-05/mask-questions-linger-even-vaccination-rate-increases
35. Darrow, M. (2021, May 14). Some eager to ditch masks, others may take their time. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/some-eager-to-ditch-masks-others-may-take-their-time
36. Silverstein, E. (2021, May 9). Oneida casino shooting survivors need psychological first aid, psychologist says. Casino.org. https://www.casino.org/news/oneida-casino-shooting-survivors-need-psychological-first-aid-psychologist-says/
37. Solé, E. (2021, April 20). AnnaLynn McCord reveals she has dissociative identity disorder. Experts explain what that means. Yahoo! News. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/annalynne-mc-cord-did-233240043.html
38. Goree, A. (2021, April 12). Anxiety and depression heightens as pandemic uncertainty continues nationwide. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/anxiety-and-depression-heightens-as-pandemic-uncertainty-continues-nationwide
39. Messerly, M. (2021, April 4). What happened here: Of the people. The Nevada Independent. https://projects.thenevadaindependent.com/article/what-happened-here-how-nevadans-changed-the-course-of-the-pandemic-and-how-it-in-turn-changed-us
40. Lane, T. (2021, April 3). Nevada ranked most stressed state for 2021, study says. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/nevada-ranked-most-stressed-state-for-2021-study-says
41. Schoenmann, J., & Johnson, B. (2021, March 29). Guns in Nevada: A closer look at new legislation. KNPR State of Nevada. https://knpr.org/knpr/2021-03/guns-nevada-closer-look-new-legislation
42. Bracelin, J. (2021, March 12). Pandemic fatigue: Coping with COVID-19’s mental toll. Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/health/pandemic-fatigue-coping-with-covid-19s-mental-toll-2301337/
43. Darrow, M. (2021, March 5). Locals reflect one year after Nevada’s first COVID-19 case. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/locals-reflect-one-year-after-nevadas-first-covid-19-case
44. Manna, O., & Wright, L. (2021, February 25). Serial bingeing: A look at the science behind true crime obsessions. KLAS CBS News. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/serial-bingeing-a-look-at-the-science-behind-true-crime-obsessions/
45. Manna, O. (2021, February 11). Catching a killer: How the FBI gets inside the mind of a murderer. KLAS CBS News. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/catching-a-killer-how-the-fbi-gets-inside-the-mind-of-a-murderer/
46. Reed, C. M. (2021, February 6). How to help with hoarding? This UNLV prof has the answers. Las Vegas Weekly. https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2021/feb/06/how-to-help-with-hoarding-this-unlv-prof-answers/
47. Clark, L. (2021, January 20). How to talk to loved ones sharing extremist views, spreading conspiracy theories. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/how-to-talk-to-loved-ones-sharing-extremist-views-spreading-conspiracy-theories
48. Darrow, M. (2021, January 7). Locals speak out about chaos at Capitol Hill: ‘It never should’ve happened’. KSNV NBC News. https://news3lv.com/news/local/locals-speak-out-about-chaos-at-capitol-hill-it-never-shouldve-happened

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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

UNLV PRACTICE®, Las Vegas, NV

Bridge Supervision of Postdoctoral Faculty

Kara Christensen: 2022 Fall – 2023 Spring

Supervision of Assessment and Intervention Practicum Students (2013 Fall – 2021 Spring, 2023 Fall – present)

Postdoctoral Assessment and Intervention: Michelle Paul, Ph.D. (2015/09 – 2016/08)

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN (2005/08/21 – 2006/08/19)

Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Wayne Siegel, Ph.D., LP, ABPP

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2003 Fall – 2005 Spring)

Consensus Diagnostic Reviews: William G. Iacono, Ph.D.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2003 Summer – 2004 Spring)

Psychopathy Checklist – Revised Secondary Assessments: Christopher Patrick, Ph.D.

Walk-In Counseling Center, Minneapolis, MN (2002 Fall – 2004 Spring)

Short-Term Psychotherapy: James Ayers, Ph.D., LP

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN (2002 Spring)

Interviewing and Case Integration: Supervisor: Wayne Siegel, Ph.D., LP

Private Practice, St. Louis Park, MN (2001 Fall – 2002 Spring)

Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: Vernon Devine, Ph.D., LP

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2001 Summer)

Pediatric Neuropsychology: Richard Ziegler, Ph.D., LP

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (1999 Summer)

Neuropsychological Malingering Study: Kristi Erdal, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Society for Psychophysiological Research: 2001 – present

American Psychological Association: 2002 – 2018

Division 12 affiliate: 2019 – present

Association for Psychological Science: 2003 – present

Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (founding member): 2005 – present

Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium: 2020 – present