EDUCATION. LICENSURE and CERTIFICATIONS

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1 Lindsey J. Zemanek 3606 Bryant Ave N., Unit 1, Minneapolis, MN Phone: , EDUCATION Doctorate of Philosophy in Family Social Science, (anticipated) May 2016 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN Certificate: Disability Policy and Services Advisor: B. Jan McCulloch, Ph.D. GPA: 3.92 of 4.00f Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences, May 2012 New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM Specialization: Marriage and Family Therapy Advisor: Marcel Montanez, Ph.D. GPA: 4.00 of 4.00 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, December 2009 New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM Minor: Chemistry GPA: 3.85 out of 4.00 LICENSURE and CERTIFICATIONS Eligible for New Mexico Licensed Mental Health Counselor designation and Minnesota Mental Health Practitioner designation Certificate of Instructorship at the Registered Level Professional Association for Therapeutic Horsemanship, International, Denver, CO (2009) HONORS and AWARDS Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Fellowship University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, COMMITTEE WORK Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Faculty Fall 2012-Spring 2014 Attended Graduate faculty meetings in the Family Social Science department to ensure that the graduate student voice was heard. Also reported back to the graduate student body about current events and changes in the department. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Person-Centered Thinking Trainer, Institute for Community Integration, University of Minnesota 101 Pattee Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55110, July Current Employer: Research and Training Center, Supervisor: Lori Sedlezky Responsibilities: provide training that meets the core requirements and addresses the basic components of person-centered thinking. Must perform at least three trainings a year and attend all relevant meetings, and continuing education. Animal Assisted Interaction Program Lead - Animal Assisted Interaction Program, The Arboretum, University of Minnesota 3675 Arboretum Dr, Chanhassen, MN 55315, (952) April Current Employer: The Arboretum, Supervisor: Tanya Bailey, LICSW Responsibilities: providing programming that is appropriate for the population and is respectful to the animals involved. Maintain appropriate paperwork for each session. Provide programming in a collaborative manner, including the preparation and debriefing with team. University of Minnesota Autism Clinic Social Skills Group for Boys with ASD 717 Delaware St., Minneapolis, MN

2 February 2014-current Employer: University of Minnesota Autism Clinic Responsibilities: creating treatment plans, goals, and objectives for each participant as well as tracking progress towards goals. Leading sessions, designing and implementing interventions in a collaborative fashion. Marriage and Family Therapy Intern - Group Psychotherapy (Stress Management), New Mexico State University Family Resource Center. October 2011 May 2012 Responsibilities: creating worksheets, presenting material, maintaining client notes and records, shaping group dynamics, establishing curriculum. Marriage and Family Therapy Intern, New Mexico State University Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Program Sam Steel Blvd., Las Cruces, NM , marcel@nmsu.edu. September 2011 May 2012 Responsibilities: performing intake assessments, treatment planning, maintaining client notes and records, shaping therapeutic activities, establishing curriculum, advertising for new clientele, working with faculty member to establish program. Equine Specialist, New Mexico State University Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Program Sam Steel Blvd., Las Cruces, NM , marcel@nmsu.edu. September 2011 May 2012 Responsibilities: performing horse assessments, treatment planning, maintaining horse notes and records, reviewing therapeutic activities for horse appropriateness, establishing curriculum, advertising for new clientele, desensitization of horses to new items and environments, working with faculty member to establish program. New Mexico State University Marriage and Family Therapy Intern, Family Resource Center. August 2011 May 2012 Responsibilities: performing intake and diagnostic assessments, sustaining caseload, maintaining clients notes and records, advertising for new clients as needed, performing appropriate psychotherapeutic services, treatment planning, and referring as needed. Marriage and Family Therapy Intern with MECA Therapies Hillrise Circle, Las Cruces, NM 88011, , sebastian@meactherapies.com. May 2011 May 2012 Responsibilities: maintaining caseload of community-based clients, providing in-home family therapy, submitting weekly billing statements, completing client records and notes, attending staff meetings, scheduling clients, participating in evaluations and reviews as needed, treatment planning, and shaping therapeutic activities. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant Training, We Can Ride, Inc. October 2013 December 2013, August 2014 Employer: We Can Ride, Inc., Supervisor: Mary Mitten ~Created and implemented curriculum, taught course collaboratively with another staff member. Teaching Assistant, Family Social Science Department, University of Minnesota 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, , fsosinfo@umn.edu. August Current Employer: Family Social Science Department, Supervisor: Sara Lassig, Ph. D ~ Teaching Assistant: Families and Aging Responsible for grading papers, interacting with students, giving occasional lectures, administering quizzes, and maintaining class records. FSoS 8001 Orientation to Family Social Science: Lead class on two occasions. Therapeutic Horseback Riding Instructor, We Can Ride Therapeutic Riding Program January 2013 Current Employer: We Can Ride, Inc., Supervisor: Loveaya Magnus ~Created lesson plans based on the individual needs of each client, carried out those lessons based on the lesson plans and the day to day changes of the clients. Worked with therapists and family members to satisfy the needs of clients. Managed volunteers, reported to office, maintained equine, client, and volunteer records.

3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Graduate Assistant, Institute for Community Integration, University of Minnesota 101 Pattee Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55110, January Current Employer: Research and Training Center, Supervisor: Lori Sedlezky ~ Worked as a research assistant providing Person-Centered Thinking training, performed duties related to the creation, editing, and publication of Frontline Initiative as the assistant editor, analyzed qualitative and quantitative data, revised and wrote policies and procedures, created crosswalks of content areas, and authored online curricula. Equine Manager, We Can Ride Therapeutic Riding Program June 2013 Current Employer: We Can Ride, Inc., Supervisor: Mary Mitten ~Create and maintain equine files, manage equine work schedule, work collaboratively with Barn Manager to ensure equine mental and physical health, write individual goals and plan for each member of the equine team, responsible for creating appropriate equine policies and providing training on those policies, provide a minimum of 10 hours/week of instruction. Graduate Assistant, Family Social Science Department, University of Minnesota 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, , fsosinfo@umn.edu. August January 2014 Employer: Family Social Science Department, Supervisors: Abigail Gewirtz, Ph. D., B. Jan McCulloch, Ph. D., Sara Lassig, Ph. D., & Lynne Borden, Ph. D. ~ Worked as a research and teaching assistant. Responsible for creating literature review, working on ADAPT and REACH (see below), assisting in teaching Families and Aging (see below). Hippotherapy Program Coordinator, joint endeavor: MECA Therapies & New Mexico State University Therapeutic Riding Program 1350 Hillrise Circle, Las Cruces, NM 88011, , melanie@mecatherapies.com. May September 2012 Employer: MECA Therapies, Supervisors: Sarah Veeder (New Mexico State University Therapeutic Riding Program) & Melanie Waller (MECA Therapies) ~ Responsible for negotiating between the two agencies, training, horses, staff, and therapists, creating new ways to utilize the resources at hand when challenges were encountered. Scheduled staff, horses, clients, arenas, and therapists on a weekly basis. Managed client records, coordinated with other agencies to serve their clients, met standards set by both programs, and maintained equine paperwork. Established systems and protocols for new program with two competing agendas. Program Coordinator, New Mexico State University Family Resource Center January 2010 May 2012 Employer: New Mexico State University, Supervisor: Marcel Montanez, Ph. D. ~Supervised interns, implemented programs for the benefit of the students at New Mexico State University and their children, designed age appropriate activities for the children, advertised for the Center and its associate activities, found ways to incorporate the entire family in events, worked with children and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Reach: Supporting Military Families through Research and Outreach 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, August current Principal Investigator: Lynne Borden, Ph. D. ~ Based in translational research, created training modules, research briefs, summaries of articles for use by families and professionals, work in a collaborative team with other members of the research staff. ADAPT: After Deployment: Adaptive Parenting Tools 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, , adapt@umn.edu. August August 2013 Principal Investigator: Abigail Gewirtz, Ph. D. ~ Based in prevention science, evaluating the effectiveness of a parenting program for military families

4 post-deployment. Responsibilities include assisting on manuscripts for publication, calling families for recruitment, calling families to schedule assessments, contacting teachers for data collection, managing a team of five graduate and undergraduate students, contacting families at multiple timepoints in the study, managing different aspects of data and data collection. Impact of Trauma on Law Enforcement Officers Partners and Couple Relationships 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, , zeman048@umn.edu, land0552@umn.edu. November Current ~ Conducted phenomenological inquiry with co-investigator into the lived experience of partner of law enforcement officers. Looked at the impact of the traumatic events witnessed or suffered through by law enforcement officers on their partners and couple relationships. Recruited participants, performed interviews, transcribed, coded, analyzed the data. Developed implications and recommendations. REFEREED ARTICLES Landers, A. L., Zemanek, L. J. & Mendenhall, T. J. (in progress). The impact of trauma on partners of law enforcement and couple relationships. Zemanek, L. J. (in progress). Impact of Animals on the Prosocial Behaviors of Children with Autism, a Family Analysis of Current Literature. NON-REFEREED ARTICLES Kuhl, M. W., Casper, D. M., Jordan, A. C., Zemanek, L. J., Pinna, K. L. M., Hawkey, K. R., Koch, B., Tessier, C., Kearney, J., Steinman, D., Otto, M., Langbert, L. & Borden, L. M. (2013). Safeguarding Children and Youth from Sexual Abuse. Brief report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, February, Kuhl, M. W., Casper, D. M., Jordan, A. C., Zemanek, L. J., Pinna, K. L. M., Hawkey, K. R., Koch, B., Tessier, C., Kearney, J., Steinman, D., Otto, M., Langbert, L. & Borden, L. M. (2013). Safeguarding Children and Youth from Sexual Abuse: Implications of Grooming for Prevention. Brief report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, January, Pinna, K. L. M., Kuhl, M. W., Casper, D. M., Jordan, A. C., Hawkey, K. R., Borden, L. M., Koch, B., Zemanek, L. J., Hawkins, S., Tessier, C., Kearney, J., Langbert, L. (2013). Safeguarding Children and Youth from Sexual Abuse: The Role of Organizations. Brief report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, December, Zemanek, L. J. (2014). What is AAT and why does it matter to MFTs?. Minnesota Association of Marriage and Family Therapists quarterly newsletter. Maple Grove: MN. PRESENTATIONS Zemanek, L. J. (2014, November). Impact of Animals on the Prosocial Behaviors of Children with Autism, a Family Analysis of Current Literature. Paper to be presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, Maryland. Landers, A. L., Zemanek, L. J. & Mendenhall, T. J. (2014, October). The impact of trauma on partners of law enforcement and couple relationships. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Zemanek, L. J. (2014, April). Embracing Islam and the Middle East. Presented at the Annual TRiO Conference, Nisswa, Minnesota. Zemanek, L. J. & McCulloch, B. J. (2013, December). Elders of Advanced old age: Experiences of daily life. Poster session presented at the Minnesota Council on Family Relations, Winter Conference, Minneapolis, MN. Zemanek, L. J. & McCulloch, B. J. (2013, November). Elders of Advanced old age: Experiences of daily life. Poster session presented at the National Council on Family Relations, San Antonio, Texas. Landers, A. L. & Zemanek, L. J. (2013, May). The impact of trauma on partners of law enforcement and couple relationships. Poster presented at the Annual MCFR Spring Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota. Zemanek, L. J. (2013, April). FSoS Graduate Student Panel Member. Presented at FAST 400 Family Studies Capstone Seminar, University of St. Thomas, Twin Cities, Minnesota. Landers, A. L. & Zemanek, L. J. (2013, January). Embracing Islam and the Middle East. Presented

5 at the Annual Power in Diversity Leadership Conference, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.