Fourth Year Students & beyond. . .

Aleha K. Buffaloe, M.A. stdakb31@shsu.edu

  • North Carolina State University, B.A. (Psychology, Criminology)
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, M.A. (Forensic Psychology)
  • Research Interests: capital case mitigation, developmental psychopathology, child maltreatment, family violence and forensic assessment
  • Memberships: APA, Div. 41, American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS), Div 12 (Clinical), Texas Psychological Association (TPA)
  • APAGS Advocacy Coordinating Team: State Advocacy Coordinator for Texas
  • Thesis: The Organization and Presentation of Mitigating Evidence in Capital Case Trials: A content Analysis of Trial Transcripts from Harris County, Texas

Beth Caillouet, M.A. stdbac31@shsu.edu

  • Louisiana State University, B.S.
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A.
  • Research Interests: mitigation, witness preparation, anything to do with the courts and psychology, police officers
  • Memberships: APA, divisions 12 and 41, Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, TPA, Sam Houston Area Psychological Association
  • Completed thesis
  • Currently working on dissertation (Witness Preparation Training: Eye tracking methods to determine differences between naïve observers and trained raters)
  • Internship (beginning September 2008): University of Massachusetts Medical Center/Worcester State Hospital

Meghan Davis, M.Sc. rmdavis@shsu.edu

  • McGill University, B.A. (Psychology)
  • University of Calgary, M.Sc. (Medical Science, Psychiatry)
  • Research interests: Problem Gambling; Substance Use Disorders; Sexual offenders; Convention refugee claimants, public policy, & Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Samantha Horsley, M.A. stdsch11@shsu.edu

  • George Mason University, B.A. (Psychology and English)
  • Catholic University of America, M.A.(General Psychology)
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
  • Research Interests: gender differences and perceived sexual interest, community reentry and juvenile offenders/substance abusers, factors associated with clinical outcomes in juveniles, and broader topics such as risk assessment, jury selection, and psychologists' roles in the court.
  • Membership: APA, AP-LS

Siji John, M.A. sijijohn@hotmail.com

  • University of Houston, B.S. (Psychology) 
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
  • Research interests: psychopathy, malingering, and forensic assessment
  • Memberships: TPA, APA, AP-LS, Div. 12 

Lisa Kan, M.A.. stdylk@shsu.edu

  • University of Houston, B.S.
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A.
  • Research Interests: Mental retardation & death penalty; Motivational Interviewing interventions; treatment outcome; mechanisms of change
  • Thesis completed 2006: Content Analysis of Adaptive Functioning Testimony in Texas Death Penalty Trials
  • Memberships: APA, AP-LS, TPA

Cynthia Mundt, M.A. stdcam43@shsu.edu

  • Loyola University Chicago, BS (Psychology)
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A.
  • Research Interests: Juvenile Justice Policy, Mock juror evaluation of mitigating evidence
  • Memberships: APA, APA Div 12, APA Div 41
  • Thesis completed 2006: Expert Testimony about Continued Brain Development in Early Adulthood as Mitigating Evidence in a Hypothetical Capital Case

Edwina Reece, M.A. msreece@shsu.edu

  • Grand Valley State University, B.A.
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A.
  • Research Interests: Sex offenders, malingering, mentally ill offenders, and multicultural psychology
  • Memberships: APA and AP-LS

Jennifer Rockett, M.A. jgorham@shsu.edu

  • State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A.
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A.
  • Research Interests: Adolescent antisocial behavior, juvenile and female psychopathy, child and adolescent psychopathology, vicarious trauma (secondary), application of item response theory models to investigate biases in assessment
  • Memberships: APA (Div 12, 41, APAGS); ABCT (Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies); SSSP (Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy)
  • Internship (beginning July 2008): Baylor College of Medicine

Leah Sanders, M.A. stdlms39@shsu.edu

  • University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A. (Psychology)
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A.
  • Research Interests: grandparent-grandchild relationships; adjustment outcomes of youth from divorced families; juvenile delinquency; eating disorders
  • Memberships: APA
  • Thesis completed 2006: Do Kinship and Gender Matter? Considering the Role of Contact in Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship Quality

Bethany Young, M.A. bethanyyoung@shsu.edu

  • Towson University, B.S.
  • Sam Houston State University, M.A.
  • Research Interests: Adaptive behavior scales, sexual offenders, competency for execution, forensic assessment, relation between adaptive behavior and psychopathy, risk assessments (including SVP assessments), death penalty 
  • Memberships: APA, AP-LS, TPA, Sam Houston Area Psychological Association (SHAPA)  
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