CHRISTINE E. BREAZEALE Southern Illinois University Life Science II Christine.Breazeale@siu.edu EDUCATION: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Masters of Psychology, December 2015 CLINCAL EXPERIENCE: University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg Bachelor of Psychology, May 2013 Summa Cum Laude, 3.9 2015 Present 2015 Present Choate Mental Health Hospital Position: Psychology Extern Semesters: Summer 2015, Fall 2015 Supervisor: Jan Pregel, Ph.D. Position is an internship at an inpatient mental hospital involving therapy and assessments given to clients with presenting problems such as Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and head injury, and receiving supervision in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). VA Hospital Marion, IL Position: Psychology Extern Semesters: Summer 2015, Fall 2015 Supervisor: Susan Rosenberger, Ph.D. Position is an internship at VA medical hospital involving therapy and assessments given to clients with presenting problems such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and receiving supervision in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). 2015 SIU Education Development Center Position: Psychometrist Semesters: Spring 2015, Summer 2015 Supervisor: Ladonna Hensen, LPC; James Bordieri, Ph.D. Position is an internship at an Education Development Center providing cognitive and intellectual assessments to community members referred for a variety of reasons such as Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, Asperger s Syndrome, Learning Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Traumatic Brain Injury.
2013-Present SIU Clinical Center Position: Practicum Student Semesters: Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 Supervisors: Sarah Kertz, Ph.D.; Mary Louise Cashel, Ph.D.; Chad Drake, Ph.D. Practicum position involving therapy and assessments given to clients with presenting problems such as Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Learning Disorders, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and receiving supervision in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 2014-Present SIU Clinical Psychology Department Semesters: Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 Supervisor: Benjamin Rodriguez, Ph.D. Position involved serving as a research assistant on multiple projects investigating anxiety and posttraumatic stress. 2013-Present SIU Criminal Justice Department Semesters: Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2015 Supervisor: Daryl Kroner, Ph.D. Position involved serving as a research assistant on multiple projects investigating hopelessness, negative affect, depression, suicidality, and PTSD in offender populations. 2012-2013 Anatomies Weight Loss Center; Hattiesburg, MS Position: Behavioral Consultant Assistant Semesters: Fall 2012, Spring 2013 Supervisors: James W. Moore, Ph.D., Rachel R. Mitchell, M.A. Position is an independent internship in a weight loss center employing behavioral principles with weight loss clients. Duties include collecting, analyzing, and reporting data as well as making contact with and scheduling clients. Further duties include administering data collection techniques and consultation with clients following data collection.
2011-2013 USM Psychology Department, Behavioral Neuropsychology; Hattiesburg, Mississippi Semesters: Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 Supervisor: David Echevarria, Ph.D. Position involved serving as a research assistant on multiple projects investigating food-motivated tasks in an animal model. Duties include collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. 2011 USM Psychology Department, School Psychology, Hattiesburg, Mississippi Semesters: Fall 2011 Supervisor: Joe Olmi, Ph.D. Served as a research assistant on a project investigating the effects of teacher delivered public versus private praise on the classroom behavior of secondary level students. Duties included collecting, analyzing, and reporting data.
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS Bernard, J., Breazeale, C., Palo, A., Rodriguez, B. F., (2014, May). Positive Relational Centrality and Positive Event Centrality: A Preliminary Comparison. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Bernard, J., Breazeale, C., Palo, A., Rodriguez, B. F., (2014, May). A preliminary Examination of the Centrality of Negative Social Relationships. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Bernard, J., Palo, A., Breazeale, C., Rodriguez, B. F., (2014, May). Positive Relational Centrality: Examination of a Modified Centrality Measure. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Echevarria, D., Collier, A., Breazeale C., Camarillo E., (2013) Assessing Behavior Change Related to Acute Stress Exposure in the Zebrafish. Poster accepted for presentation at the International Regional Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry Conference, New Orleans, LA. Echevarria, D., Collier, A., Breazeale C., Camarillo E., (2013) Cortisol expression and related behavior change in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Poster accepted for presenation at The Annual Meeting of The Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Breazeale, C., "Assessing Behavior Change Related to Acute Stress Exposure in the Zebrafish" (2013). Honors Theses. Paper 165. http://aquila.usm.edu/honors_the ses/165 Moore, J.W., Mitchell, R.R., Folkes, V., Breazeale, C., Ewoldt, E., Jordan, T., Smith, B. & Singh, R. (2013, May). Exploring Behavioral Treatment of Over-Eating. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavior Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN. Olmi, D.J., Mitchell, R. R., O Handley, R., Ness, E., Labrot, Z. & McHugh, M., Breazeale, C. (2012). CBT in the Schools: Effective Programming for Behavior Change. Training presented at The Louisiana School Psychologists Association Annual Conference, Lafayette, LA. Blaze, J.T., Olmi, D. J., Mercer, S. H., Dufrene, B. A., Tingstrom, D. H, Breazeale, C. (2012, February) Public versus private praise: A direct behavioral comparison in secondary classrooms. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.
TEACHING AND SERVICE EXPERIENCE: 2014-Present Southern Illinois University, Psychology Department Position: Undergraduate Career Counselor Semesters: Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Supervisor: Reza Habeeb, Ph.D. Position involves meeting with students to discuss academic concerns, organizing events, serving on the undergraduate committee meeting, advising clubs, meeting with potential students and parents interested in visiting campus, and attending SIU open houses. 2014 Southern Illinois University, Psychology Department Position: Teaching Assistant for Careers in Psychology Semesters: Fall 2014 Supervisor: Meera Komarraju, Ph.D. Position involved teaching two discussion sections per week, leading class discussions, giving examples, keeping graded papers, inviting feedback, keeping grade book, and meeting with students as needed. 2013-2014 Southern Illinois University, Psychology Department Position: Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Psychology Semesters: Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Supervisor: Meera Komarraju, Ph.D. Position involved teaching one discussion section per week, leading class discussions, gaveing examples, keeping graded papers, inviting feedback, keeping grade book, and meeting with students as needed. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE: Seasonal Work 2010-2013 Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi DOI National Park Ranger (full-time) Served as an Interpretive Ranger at a civil war national military park. Duties included: communicating with the customers, researching historical topics, conducting programs on varied aspects of the civil war, first aid, and secretarial duties. HONORS AND AWARDS:
Member of USM Honor s College 2009 2013 USM Leadership Scholarship 2009 2010 USM Jubilee Scholarship 2009 2013 MS Imminent Scholars Scholarship 2009 2013 ACTIVITIES: Member of Midwest Psychological Association 2014 Present Member of SIU Red White and Blue 2013 Present Member of SIU Fitness Club 2014 Member of USM Honor s College Member of Psychology Club 2011 2013 Member of The Legacy 2009 2013