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Emma did such a fantastic job during her presentation. The blitz talk was 3 minutes and she was presenting to the most knowledgeable group of individuals about psychological assessment and the MMPI specifically that I can imagine being assembled. This high quality of a talk is evidence of not only how great a student EmmaContinue reading “Emma (PATS lab undergrad lab RA) presented on the MMPI-3’s EAT scale at her first national conference!”

Click here to download the pre-Print Two years ago I started working with Dr. Adam Schmidt on another training related study, just accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. This time, we were curious about factors leading to successful internship application and match at various sites. There has been some work on thisContinue reading “A study of the APPIC Match”

WOW! I can’t believe so many of the awesome undergrads are leaving the lab all at once (Kassidy, Brittany, Dani, and Will.. and Liz Morger left us in December). We had such a huge group for the last two years and they all helped the lab feel like a little family. Now, suddenly, HALF areContinue reading “Graduation Weekend for the PATS lab”

I’m thrilled to have Megan (left) and Bryce (right) joining the PATS lab here at Texas Tech this fall. Megan is interested in assessment of psychopathology and will be focusing on projects related to the PAI and MMPI, and the implementation of contemporary models of diagnoses. Bryce’s passions revolve around military and veteran mental healthContinue reading “Incoming PATS lab members!”

The Texas Tech Department of Psychological Sciences hosted the first of its now annual, competitive grant program and each proposal underwent an NIH-style panel review. Each proposal was judged on its feasibility, significance, innovation, and methodological approach. With a strong pool of applications, the department was unable to fund all such proposals. Nicole (@NicoleLemaste10 onContinue reading “Congrats to Nicole Morris: A research grant story”

I’m thrilled to have a paper with Anthony Isacco and TTU’s newest faculty member Nick Borgogna accepted for publication in Psychological Assessment. We utilized a sample of catholic clergy who underwent a psychological evaluation to predict if those individuals were ultimately admitted by the Catholic Church to the formation training program, and if they completedContinue reading “Examining admission and formation outcomes for Catholic clergy applicants with the MMPI-2-RF: A Prospective Study”

I’m thrilled to have gotten the e-mail from Nicole Morris this morning letting me know that our paper was accepted into Addictive Behaviors. The study uses a large, multi-site sample of individuals receiving residential substance use treatment and asks if the CES-D (a common depressive measure) is useful for predicting treatment outcomes. The results areContinue reading “New Paper: Treatment outcomes in a residential substance use sample”

Applying to graduate school can be super confusing and stressful. I wanted to try and give some insight into what you can do along the way to maximize your potential for admission into a psychology doctoral program, and how I (and many others) view applications and the process in general. There is a lot moreContinue reading “Applying for graduate school?”