Alissa Fay Doobay
123 University Street
Some Town, Iowa 12345
(111) 222-3333
Education
/ The University of Iowa (UI) College of Education, Iowa City, IA (2004-present)· Doctor of Philosophy, Counseling Psychology Program, anticipated August 2010
· Advisor: Saba Ali, PhD
UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, (2001-2004)
· Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Honors and Highest Distinction
· Minor in Social Work
Clinical Experience
/ The Connie Belin & Jacqueline Blank Center for Gifted Education & Talent Development, (2005-present)· Provide assessment services for gifted children; supervised by Claire Whiteman, PhD
· Provide counseling services for gifted children; supervised by Megan Foley Nicpon, PhD
· Provide outreach services for gifted children; supervised by Megan Foley Nicpon, PhD
· Co-facilitator of a support and social skills group for 9 to 12 year-old children with Autism Spectrum Disorders; supervised by Megan Foley Nicpon, PhD and Susan Assouline, PhD
University Counseling Center, (2005-2006)
· Provide counseling services for UI students; supervised by Scott Liu, PhD; Julie Corkery, PhD; Michael McIntosh, MA; Paula Keeton, PhD
· Provide initial contact consultations for UI students; supervised by Eva Schoen, PhD
Relevant Coursework, (2004-2006)
· Psychological Diagnosis (Fall 2004)
· Intro to Counseling Psychology II; Psychological Assessment-Intelligence & Personality (Spring 2005)
· Career Intervention; Dynamic and Phenomenological Theories; Practicum Training (Fall 2005)
· Cognitive and Behavioral Theories; Practicum Training (Spring 2006)
· Hypnosis (Summer 2006)
· Ethics; Medical Aspects of Disability; Practicum Training (Fall 2006)
· Process & Outcomes, Practicum Training (Spring 2006)
Assessments, (2004-2007)
· Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III)
· Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV)
· Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-III)
· Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-II)
· Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement (WJ-III)
· Delis-Kaplin Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
· Conners’ Continuous Performance Test (CPT)
· Comprehensive Testing Program (CTP4)
· Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI)
· Grooved Pegboard
· Test of Written Language (TOWL)
· Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC-2)
· Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI)
· Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale (Piers-Harris 2)
· Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale
· Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales
· Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
· Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Vineland-II)
· Strong Inventory
· Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)
· Draw-A-Family (DAF)
Teaching Experience
/ UI College of Education, Introduction to Counseling Psychology I (Fall 2005)· Assist in the development, teaching, and grading of a new undergraduate course in Counseling Psychology
· Focus on history, theory, counseling techniques, and roles of counseling psychologists
· Course Instructor: William Liu, PhD
UI College of Education, Introduction to Counseling Psychology II (Spring 2005)
· Assist in teaching graduate course in Counseling Psychology
· Focus on counseling techniques and professional development in Counseling Psychology
· Course Instructors: Sam Cochran, PhD; Julie Corkery, PhD
International Study
/ The Republic of Cuba, Havana, Holguin, and Manzanillo, Cuba (Winter 2003)UI Global Health Studies Program and Office for Study Abroad
Advisor and Project Coordinator: Professor Maureen McCue, M.D., Ph.D.
· Awarded UI Hewlett Grant to investigate global health challenges and models for success in low resource settings, specifically urban and agricultural contributions to water quality and their public health effects
· Surveyed hospitals, polyclinics, water treatment facilities, and organic farmsteads
· Interviewed public health officials, primary care physicians, healthcare workers, epidemiologists, PAHO representatives, agriculturalists, industrialists, and civil engineers
Research
/ UI College of Education, Division of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, (2006-present)Graduate Research Assistant, Counseling Psychology
Principal Investigator: Saba Ali, Ph.D.
· Develop a career intervention program for rural ninth-grade students
· Implement the career intervention program with ninth-grade students in three rural Iowa schools
· Investigate the effectiveness of the career intervention program with rural ninth-grade students
UI College of Education, Division of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, (2006-present)
Graduate Research Assistant, Counseling Psychology
Principal Investigator: John Westefeld, PhD
· Investigate the views of the general public regarding specific components of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act
· Investigate whether the general public would be willing to support a similar law in their state
UI College of Education, Division of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, (2004-present)
Graduate Research Assistant, Counseling Psychology
Principal Investigator: Daniel Clay, PhD
· Investigate the psychological and physiological effects of bullying on 14-18 year old children in Iowa schools
· Visit Iowa schools to administer questionnaires, educate students and instructors about bullying, and brainstorm ways to prevent bullying in their schools
UI College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, (2004-2005)
Graduate Assistantship, Psychiatry and Neuropsychology
Principal Investigator: Jane Paulsen, PhD
· Administer a comprehensive cognitive and psychological battery to patients with symptomatic Huntington’s disease (HD) as co-coordinator of the UI Symptomatic Predict-HD study
· Patient guide for the monthly HD clinic at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC)
UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, (2003)
Research Assistant, Clinical Psychology
Principal Investigators: Michael O’Hara, PhD, and Scott Stuart, MD
· Recruited participants from the community and the UIHC Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic
· Gathered demographic data on research participants using the Beck Depression Inventory as a screening instrument for depressive symptoms
UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, (2002-2004)
Research Assistant, Developmental and Social Psychology
Mentor and Principal Investigator: Grazyna Kochanska, PhD
· Longitudinally examined social development, processes of socialization, development of conscience, parent-child interaction, and child temperament and its role in social development
· Conducted research sessions, collect/analyze data, interpret emotional/physical responses to stimuli
Presentations
/ · Doobay, A., Ali, S., Hall, T., Sanchez, L. (2007). Holland Code differences between Caucasian and Latino ninth grade students. Poster accepted for the 114th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.· Cortina, S., Spilsbury, J., Doobay, A., & Gross, J. (2007). From the mouths of babes: Qualitative analysis of school bullying. Poster accepted for the 114th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
· Doobay, A., Clay, D. L., Cortina, S., Hall, T., Gross, J., Hagberg, R., Buttjer, C., & Schoulte, J. (2006). School Bullying and Academic Outcomes. Poster presented at the 113th Annual conference of the American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
· Doobay, A., Clay, D., Cortina, S., Hall, T., Gross, J., Buttjer, C., & Schoulte, J. (2006). Examining the effects of bullying: Academic performance, health care, and resiliency among middle and high school students. Poster presented at the Tenth National Conference on Child Health Psychology, Gainesville, FL.
· Doobay, A. & Clay, D. (2005). School bullying: Physical, emotional, and educational outcomes. Presented to Muscatine High School faculty, Muscatine, IA.
· Chisholm, A. & Kochanska, G. (2005). Development of self-regulation in very young children. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
· Chisholm, A. & Kochanska, G. (2003) Development of self-regulation in fifteen-month-old children. Oral presentation at the Fourth Annual IBA Program Student Research Symposium, Iowa City, IA.
· Chisholm, A. & Kochanska, G. (2002). Individual differences in infants’ reactivity to aversive stimulation. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), New Orleans, LA.
Publications
/ · Cortina, S., Doobay, A., & Clay, D. (2007). Cognitive processes of bully participants: Effects on academic, adjustment, and health outcomes. Manuscript in progress.· Cortina, S., Spilsbury, J., & Doobay, A. (2007). Out of the mouths of babes: Student perceptions of school bullying and what can be do about it. Manuscript in progress.
· Doobay, A. F. (in press). School refusal behavior associated with separation anxiety disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral approach to treatment. Psychology in the Schools.
· Doobay, A. F. & Clay, D. (in press). Bullying. In E. M. Altmaier and B. Johnson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Counseling, Vol. 1: Changes and challenges for counseling in the 21st century. New York: Sage.
· Kochanska, G., Aksan, N., & Doobay, A. F. (2006).Early positive emotionality as a heterogeneous trait: Implications for children’s self-regulation.Manuscript in resubmission.
Service and Leadership
/ UI Women’s Resource and Action Center (WRAC), (2005)· Dedicated to fostering women's individual empowerment and systemic solutions to all forms of oppression
· Serve as Group Facilitator for “Centered Self,” a weekly support and discussion group
· Work with group members to identify barriers to self-care and explore various techniques of self-care
Counseling Psychology Program, Undergraduate Resource Committee, (2004-present)
· Co-founded committee to educate prospective students on graduate opportunities in the College of Education
· Develop resources about graduate school for undergraduate students
· Speak about graduate programs in psychology at undergraduate student meetings
Counseling Psychology Program, Admissions Committee, (2004-2006)
· Work with committee members to develop and coordinate the open house interview day
· Correspond and assist prospective students with questions and concerns
· Assist in the admissions decisions
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) Volunteer Program, (2002-2003)
· Family Services—shadow and assist Ruth Cornick, LISW
· Family Medicine—read to children in a nationally recognized program that promotes literacy
· Intermediate Care Nurseries—comfort and hold newborns who remain in the hospital
Memberships / · American Psychological Association, Division 54, since 2006
· American Psychological Association, Division 17, since 2005
· American Psychological Association of Graduate Students, since 2004
· Iowa Psychological Association, since 2004
· Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, since 2004
Honors and Awards / · 2007 Marie Newton Sepia Memorial Scholarship, finalist
· 2006 Pediatric Disability Grant Travel Award, awarded to students funded by the grant for research travel
· 2006 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, awarded to UI grad students attending research conferences
· 2006 Audrey Qualls Research Travel Award, awarded to UI COE students attending research conferences
· 2006 Preparing Leaders in Disability and Pediatric Psychology: Integrating Practice and Educational Psychology, Grant Recipient, awarded to students pursuing careers in Pediatric Psychology
· 2004 Joseph E. and Ursil I. Callen Prize, awarded to two UI students who will attend graduate school
· 2004 Susan B. Hancher Award, awarded to one outstanding UI graduating woman
· 2004 Collegiate Scholar Award, awarded to a select group of UI graduating students
· 2004 Alpha of Iowa Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
· 2004 Golden Key International Honor Society
· 2003 IBA Best Oral Presentation Award, awarded at annual IBA Research Symposium
· 2003 UI Chapter of Psi Chi, national honorary society in Psychology
· 2003 UI Honors Program Dewey B. Stuit Sophomore Award, awarded to one student
· 2003 UI Honors Program Rhodes Dunlap Sophomore Award, awarded to one student
· 2002-2004, UI President’s List, earned 4.0 GPA every semester
· 2002 UI Hewlett Grant, awarded to students pursuing research opportunities
· 2002 UI Honors Program Dewey B. Stuit First-Year Student Award, awarded to one student
· 2002 UI Honors Program Rhodes Dunlap First-Year Student Award, awarded to one student
· 2001 Iowa Bar Association Citizenship Award
· 2001 UI Valedictorian Scholar, awarded to Iowa high school valedictorians
Practicum Goals / · Gain further experience in the psychological assessment of children
· Gain further experience in integrated psychological report writing
· Further develop my theoretical orientation as it applies to working with children