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Student Research
Publications
Fernandez, K., Boccaccini, M.T., & Noland, R.M. (2007). Professionally responsible test selection for Spanish speaking clients: A four-step approach for identifying and selecting translated tests. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice, 38, 363-374.
McCoy, W.K. & Edens, J.F. (2006) Do black and white youth differ in levels of psychopathic traits? A meta-analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist Measures. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,74, 386-392.
Lyons, P. M., Jr.,Anthony, C. M., Davis, K. M., Fernandez, K., Torres, A. N.,& Marcus, D. K. (2005). Police judgments of culpability and homophobia. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 1, 1-14.
Kan, Y. W., & Phillips, S. (2003). Race and the death penalty: Including Asian Americans and exploring the desocialization of law. Journal of Ethnicity and Criminal Justice, 1, 63-92.
Conference Presentations
Fernandez, K., Boccaccini, M.T., & Noland, R.M. (2007, March). Validity of the Spanish language translation of the PAI. Paper presented at the Society of Personality Assessment. Washington, DC.
Fernandez, K., Boccaccini, M.T., & Noland, R.M. (2007, August). Identification of malingering with the Spanish translation of the PAI. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Riley, B. D., & Desforges, D. M. (January, 2007). Symbolic racism, legal authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation: An investigation of correlates and predictors of attitudes regarding police use of force. Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Torres, A., Boccaccini, M.T., & Noland, R.M. (2007, August). Internalized homophobia, body image, and disordered eating in gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Gurley, J.R. (2006, March). Competent to assess? Considerations in assessing offenders with disabilities. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychology and Law Society, St. Petersburg, Fl.
Anthony, C., & Marcus, D. (2005, March). Effects of defendant race, victim race, and stereotypical crimes on mock juror judgments. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society’s Annual Conference, La Jolla, California.
Chethem, J., Chew, C., Timmons, K., Wood, J.G., Gurley, J.R., Calliouet, B., & Torres, A. (2005, November) Heterosexuals views of homosexuality. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Texas Psychological Association, Houston, Texas.
Fernandez, K., Boccaccini, M.T., & Noland, R.M. (2005, August). A critical review of the psychometric properties of personality tests for Hispanic populations. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Camp, J., Skeem, J. L., Edens, J. F., Colwell, L. H, & Bensaheb, A. (2004). Are there ethnic differences in levels of psychopathy? Comparing two- and three-factor PCL models. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Marcus, D. K., Anthony, C. M., Davis, K. M., Fernandez, K., Torres, A.N., & Lyons, P. M. (2003, August). Homophobia and police judgments of culpability. Poster presented at the meeting of the APA, Toronto, Canada.
Skeem, J. L., Edens, J. F., & Colwell, L. (2003, April). Are there racial differences in psychopathy? A meta-analysis. Paper presented at the 3rd annual conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Miami, FL.
Wynn, M. I., Velasquez, R. J., Spinetta, J. J., & Talavera, G. A. (2002). Why bother with culture in the DSM-IV?: A national survey of mental health professionals. Presented at the 110th meeting of the American Psychological Association,Chicago, IL.
Hamlin, R. J., Conroy, M. A., & Miller, R. S. (2000, March). The aging prison population and health care utilization: Locus of control, depression, and stress. Paper presented at the biennial conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Bye, K.S. & Littleton, H. (2009, August). Examination of Rape Supportive Attitudes in a Multi-ethnic College Sample. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Sanders, J.S., Nungaray, K.M., Spears, C., & Anastasi, J.S. (2009, August). Examining the own-race bias using racially ambiguous faces. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Woods, C., Varela, J., Boccaccini, M.T., & Clark, J.W. (2009, March). Juror race, juror bias, and jury verdicts over an eight-year period. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Antonio, Texas.
Faculty Research
Dr. Craig E. Henderson's Grant: Integrative Data Analysis of Gender and Ethnic Differences in Randomized Controlled Trials of Multidimensional Family Therapy
Dr. Robert J. Cramer's Grant: Hate Crime Victimization and Sexual Identity: Understanding Risk Factors and Coping Strategies among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals
Fernandez, K., Boccaccini, M.T., & Noland, R.M. (2008). Detecting over- and under-reporting of psychopathology with the Spanish-language Personality Assessment Inventory: Findings from a simulation study with bilingual speakers. Psychological Assessment, 20, 189-194.
Rodriguez, R. A., Henderson, C. E., Rowe, C. L., Burnett, K. F., & Liddle, H. A. (2007). Acculturation and drug use among dually diagnosed Hispanic adolescents. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 6, 97-114.
Varela, J. G., Boccaccini, M. T., Gonzalez, Jr., E., Gharagozloo, L., & Johnson, S. M. (2011). Do defense attorney referrals for competence to stand trial evaluations depend on whether the client speaks English or Spanish? Law and Human Behavior, 35, 501-511.
Boccaccini, M. T., Clark, J. W., & Varela, J. G. (2011). Juror race and jury selection: Can venire persons’ attitudes explain an apparent pattern of race-related use of peremptory challenges? Criminal Law Bulletin, 47, 715-730.
Accepted/Completed Conference Posters/Presentations:
Sanders, J.M., Sauvagnat, C.L., Nelson, D.V., Kordinak, S.T., & Boccaccini, M.T. (2008, August). Racial and acculturative differences among Hispanic Americans on Restructured Clinical Scale Scores of the MMPI-2. Poster [accepted for presentation] at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Sauvagnat, C.L., Sanders, J.M., Nelson, D.V., Kordinak, S.T., & Boccaccini, M.T. (2008, August). MMPI-2 Personality Psychopathology Five(PSY-5): Influences of Ethnic Group Membership. Poster [accepted for presentation] at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Henderson, C. E., Dakof, G. A., Gillikin, C., Li, H., Lederman, C. S., & Liddle, H. A. (2008, June). Racial differences in psychosocial functioning among youth in juvenile detention. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Miller, A. K., Nelson, D. V., *Backstrom, T. L., *Canales, E. J., *Menaker, T. A., & *Wang, D. (2010, August). Ethnicity, ethnic identification, and posttraumatic spiritual growth. Poster presentation accepted to the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
Miller, A. K., **Rose, J. S., *Wang, D., *Backstrom, T. L., *Canales, E. J., *Kennedy, E., *Menaker, T. A., *Duncan, J. M., **King, A. R., & **Lee, B. L. (2009, February). Development and validation of the Acceptance of Modern Myths about Ethnic Sexuality(AMMES) scale: An initial validation report. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Varela, J. G., Boccaccini, M. T., Gonzalez, Jr., E, Murrie, D. C. (2011, March). Do the Static-99 and Static-99R perform similarly for White, Black, and Hispanic offenders? In I. Packer (Chair), Field Reliability and Field Validity of Forensic Assessments. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Miami, FL.
Henderson, C.E., Greenbaum, P., Wang, Wei, Klekamp, B., Bodenweiser, C., Liddle, H.A. (2011, August). Synthesis of Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) Trials for Adolescent Drug Abuse: Hipanic Findings. Presented at National Hispanic Science Network, Miami, FL.
Varela, J. G., Gonzalez, Jr., E., Cramer, R. J., Clark, J. W., Cuervo, V. A., & Sartain, W. (2012, March). The moderating role of blameworthiness in jurors’ verdict and punishment decisions in anti-Latino hate crimes. In R. J. Cramer (Chair), Juror perceptions of diversity in court: Implications for research, policy, and trial consultation. Symposium [to be] conducted at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR.
*Canales, E. J, & Varela, J. G. (2012, March). Criminal Forensic Assessment of Latinos and Latinas: A Survey of Practice. In L. Kois (Chair), Multicultural considerations in competency to stand trial. Symposium [to be] conducted at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR.
Perillo, A. D., Varela, J. G., & Mercado, C. C. (2012, March). Recidivism, risk instrument utility, and SVP decision making for White, Black, and Latino sex offenders. Paper [to be] presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR.
*Kline, S. A., Varela, J. G., Boccaccini, M. T., & Murrie, D. C. (2012, March). Does the Personality Assessment Inventory predict violent recidivism similarly for White, Black, and Latino sex offenders? Poster [to be] presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR.
Gonzalez, Jr., E, Varela, J. G., Clark, J. W., Cramer, R. J., Rodriguez, M. C., Cuervo, V. A., & Sartain, W. (2012, March). Evaluating juror immigration attitudes: Development and validation of the Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration Scale (ATIIS). Poster [to be] presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR.
*Tellez, A., Varela, J. G., Boccaccini, M. T., Gonzalez, Jr., E., Rice, A. K., Percosky, A. B., & Kline, S. A. (2012, March). Role of language in perceptions of emotional expression and Miranda comprehension: An exploratory study. Poster [to be] presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR.
* Student research
Under Review:
Miller, A. K., Markman, K. D., **Wagner, M. M., & **Hunt, A. N. (2010). Mental simulation and sexual prejudice reduction: The debiasing role of counterfactual thinking following discrimination. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Miller, A. K., **Wagner, M. M., & **Hunt, A. N. (2009). Parsimony in personality: Predicting sexual prejudice. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Miller, A. K., *Wang, D., *Backstrom, T. L., & *Canales, E. J. (2010). Paradoxical effects of perpetrator race on culpability attributions toward sexual assault victims. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Varela, J. G., Boccaccini, M. T., Murrie, D. C., Caperton, J. D. & Gonzalez, Jr., E. (2011). Do the Static-99 and Static-99R perform similarly for White, Black, and Hispanic offenders?
Studies in Progress:
Miller, A. K., Nelson, D. V., *Backstrom, T. L., *Canales, E. J., *Menaker, T. A., & *Wang, D. (studies in progress). An ethnocultural investigation of posttraumatic growth.
Lecture Series
Dr. Melba J.T. Vasquez was the spring 2008 lecture series guest speaker for the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. Her talks included: “Latina Leadership in Psychology: What I’ve Learned So Far” and “Cultural Diversity and the Therapeutic Alliance: An Ethical Analysis”.
Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Melba Vasquez is a nationally recognized expert in the area of multicultural diversity in psychology. She has been a tireless advocate for the psychology of ethnic minorities and the psychology of women. She is past president of the Texas Psychological Association, past president of APA Division 35 (Psychology of Women) and the first Latina member-at-large of APA’s Board of Directors. She is a co-founder of APA’s Division 45 (Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues), as well as the National Multicultural Conference and Summit. She maintains an active private practice in Austin, TX. She has also published over 60 articles and book chapters and is co-author with Dr. Ken Pope of Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide (2007, 3rd edition).
April 1, 2011, Dr. Randy Cox presented a workshop on Disabilities and the practice of Psychology.
Dr. Randy Cox
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