EMMA R. KAHLE (812) 639-6098 Email: erkahle@wisc.edu Campus Address: 311 N Hancock St, Unit 134 Madison, WI 53703 EDUCATION University of Wisconsin Madison Joint MSW/PhD Program in Social Welfare Started September, 2014 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan School of L.S.A., Major in Psychology Minor in Community Action and Social Change Graduated May 2014 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS, AWARDS, AND DISTINCTIONS University Honors 2013 Asian American Psychological Association Travel Award 2013 Conference Travel Award, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan 2013 Martha Muenzer Memorial Award 2013 James B. Angell Scholar 2013 University Honors 2011 University Honors 2011 William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize 2010 University Honors 2010 Tri Kappa Community Scholarship 2010 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Psychological Association 2012 Asian American Psychological Association 2012 International Association of Applied Psychology 2012 Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology 2012 Sigma Xi, The National Research Society 2012 Society for the Psychology of Women 2013 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 1. Project Assistant: Working with Dr. Lonnie Berger on issues of family and child welfare, focusing specifically on family complexity and poverty 2014-2015 2. Research Assistant: The Interactions of Optimism/Pessimism/Hope with Mental Disorders (i.e. suicidal ideation, depression, eating disturbances) 2011 2014 Dept. of Psychology, University of Michigan (Faculty Advisor: Dr. Edward C. Chang) Description: Conduct literature reviews; enter and code data; perform statistical data analyses; write research proposals, abstracts, posters, and manuscripts; poster presentations RESEARCH INTEREST
Ethnic and minority differences, as well as affects of assimilation on psychological well being for immigrants and refugees Predictors of domestic abuse and protective factors for psychological adjustment in response to experiences of domestic abuse Implications this research would have on social work practices and mental health outcomes PEER-REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 1. Chang, E. C., Yu, E. A., Lee, J. Y., Hirsch, J. K., Kupfermann, Y., & Kahle, E. R. (2013). An examination of optimism/pessimism and suicide risk in primary care patients: Does belief in a changeable future make a difference? Cognitive Therapy and Research. 2. Chang, E. C., Yu, E. A., Kahle, E. R., Jeglic, E. L., & Hirsch, J. K. (2013). Is doubling up on positive future cognitions associated with lower suicidal risk in Latinos?: A look at hope and positive problem orientation. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 3. Chang, E. C., Kahle, E. R., & Hirsch, J. K. (in press). Understanding how domestic abuse is associated with greater depressive symptoms in female primary care patients: Does loss of belongingness matter? Violence Against Women. 4. Chang, E. C., Kahle, E. R., Yu, E. A., Hirsch, J. K., Kupfermann, Y., & Lee, J. Y. (in press). Examining the role of religiosity and spirituality in experiences of negative mood in primary care patients: Some evidence and implications for the centrality of hope. Journal of Positive Psychology. 5. Chang, E. C., Kahle, E. R., Yu, E. A., & Hirsch, J. K. (in press). BIS/BAS motives, loneliness, and eating disturbances in female college students: Is there evidence for an additive model? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 6. Chang, E. C., Kahle, E. R., & Yu, E. A. (in press). Understanding the Relationship Between Domestic Abuse and Suicide Behavior in a Community Sample of Adults: Examining Forgiveness of Self and of Others as Potential Mediators. Social Work. 7. Chang, E. C., Yu, E. A., & Kahle, E. R. (in press). Ethnic differences in the prediction of eating disturbances in females: Evidence for the positive role of independent self-construal in Asian, but not in European American. Eating Behaviors. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 1. Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Kahle, E. R., Hernandez, V., Yu, T., Jeglic, E. L., & Hirsch, J. K. (2013, October). Is doubling up on positive future cognitions associated with lower depressive symptoms and suicide behaviors in Latinos?: A look at hope and positive problem orientation. Poster submitted to the 12 th annual Depression on College Campuses Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 2. Yu, E.A., Chang, E. C., Kahle, E. R., Kupfermann, Y., Lee, J. Y., Perera, M. J., & Hirsch, J. K. (2013, August). On the Confluence of Hope and Optimism on Depressive Symptoms in Adults: Is Doubling Up on Positive Future Cognitions a Good Thing? Poster presented at the 121 st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,
3. Lee, J. Y., Chang, E. C., Kupfermann, Y., Yu, E. A., Perera, M. J., Kahle, E. R., & Hirsch, J. K. (2013, August). Hope and Optimism as Predictors of Quality of Life and Health in Adults: Is There Evidence for Distinguishing Between Different Positive Future Cognitions? Poster presented at the 121 st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, 4. Kahle, E. R., Chang, E. C., Perera, M. J., Yu, E. A., Kupfermann, Y., Lee, J. Y., & Hirsch, J. K. (2013, August) Relations Between Religiosity, Spirituality, and Negative Affective Outcomes: Evidence for the Centrality of Hope as a Mediator. Poster presented at the 121 st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. 5. Kahle, E. R., Chang, E. C., Lee, J. Y., Yu, E. A., Perera, M. J., Kupfermann, Y., & Hirsch, J. K. (2013, August) Hope and Vitality as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Behavior in Adults: Is There Evidence for an Interactive Model? Poster presented at the 121 st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. 6. Perera, M. J., Chang, E. C., Lee, J. Y., Kahle, E. R., Kupfermann, Y., Yu, E. A., Hirsch, J. K. (2013, August) Burdensome and Belongingness as Predictors of Suicide Risk in an At-Risk Adult Population: Controlling for Concurrent Depressive Symptoms. Poster presented at the 121 st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, 7. Perera, M. J., Chang, E. C., Kupfermann, Y., Kahle, E. R., Lee, J. Y., & Yu, E. A. (2013, August) Predictors of Eating Disturbances in South Asian American Females and Males: A Look at Negative Affectivity and Contingencies of Self-Worth. Poster presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Asian American Psychological Association, 8. Lee, J. Y, Chang, E. C., Yu, E. A., Perera, M. J., Kupfermann, Y., & Kahle, E. R. (2013, August) Examining Body Mass Index and Self-Construal as Predictors of Eating Symptoms in Female Students: A Study of Asian and European American Females. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Asian American Psychological Association, 9. Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Lee, J. Y., Kahle, E. R., Perera, M. J., & Kupfermann, Y. (2013, August) Drive for Thinness and Bulimic Symptoms in Asian and European American Females: Examining the Role of Interpersonal Influences and Perfectionism. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Asian American Psychological Association, 10. Colasante, K., Lee, J. Y., Chang, E. C., Kahle, E. R., Perera, M. J., Kupfermann, Y., Yu, E. A., & Kuan, J. L. (2012, November). Perfectionism and eating symptoms in female college students: Examining the role of self-construal in Asian and European Americans. Poster presented at the 85 th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. 11. Kuan, J. L., Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Kupfermann, Y., Perera, M. J., Kahle, E. R., & Lee, J. Y. (2012, November). On the confluence of hope and optimism on suicide risk in adults: Is doubling up on positive future cognitions a good thing?. Poster presented at the 85 th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. 12. Kupfermann, Y., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Yu, E. A., Kahle, E. R., Yang, Y., Lin, N. J., Zawintowski, L. A., & Perera, M. J. (2012, Oct). Examining the role of optimism and affect as predictors of adjustment. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 13. Kahle, E. R., Lin, N. J., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Yu, E. A., Kupfermann, Y., Yang, Y., Perera, M. J., & Zawistowski, L. A. (2012, Oct). Comparing religiosity/spirituality and positive cognitions in predicting depressive symptoms in an at-risk adult sample. Poster presented at the 26 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Ann Arbor, MI. 14. Perera, M. J., Yang, Y., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Lin, N. J., Zawintowski, L. A., Kupfermann, Y., Kahle, E. R., & Yu, E. A. (2012, Oct). Burdensomeness and belongingness as predictors of suicide risk in an at-risk population: controlling for concurrent depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 15. Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Kupfermann, Y., Kahle, E. R., Lin, N. J., Perera, M. J., Yang, Y., & Zawintowski, L. A. (2012, Oct). Optimism/Pessimism and suicidal risk: Does future orientation make a difference? Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
16. Lee, J., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Lin, N. J., Perera, M. J., Zawistowski, L. A., Kupfermann, Y., Kahle, E. R., & Yu, E. A. (2012, Oct). Burdensomeness and belongingness as predictors of suicidal behavior in adults: A test of a mediation model involving depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the 26 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Ann Arbor, MI. 17. Kahle, E. R., Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Kupfermann, Y., Perera, M. J., Zawintowski, L. A., Yang, Y., & Lin, N. J. (2012, May). Examining Hope in Understanding the Role of Spirituality/Religiosity in Depressive Adults. Poster presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. 18. Kupfermann, Y., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Yu, E. A., Kahle, E. R., Yang, Y., Lin, N. J., Zawintowski, L. A., & Perera, M. J. (2012, May). Examining the role of optimism and affect as predictors of adjustment. Poster presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. 19. Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Kupfermann, Y., Kahle, E. R., Lin, N. J., Perera, M. J., Yang, Y., & Zawintowski, L. A. (2012, May). Optimism/Pessimism and Suicidal Risk: Does Future Orientation Make a Difference? Poster presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. 20. Perera, M. J., Yang, Y., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Zawintowski, L. A., Lin, N. J., Kahle, E. R., Yu, E. A., & Kupfermann, Y. (2012, May). Domestic violence and depressive symptoms: Does level of hope make a difference? Poster presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. 21. Perera, M. J., Yang, Y., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Lin, N. J., Zawintowski, L. A., Kupfermann, Y., Kahle, E. R., & Yu, E. A. (2012, May). Burdensomeness and belongingness as predictors of suicide risk in an at-risk population: Controlling for concurrent depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. 22. Kahle, E. R., Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Kupfermann, Y., Perera, M. J., Zawintowski, L. A., Yang, Y., & Lin, N. J. (2012, Mar). Examining hope in understanding the role of spirituality/religiosity in depressive adults. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 23. Yu, E. A., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Kupfermann, Y., Kahle, E. R., Lin, N. J., Perera, M. J., Yang, Y., & Zawintowski, L. A. (2012, Mar). Optimism/Pessimism and suicidal risk: Does future orientation make a difference? Poster presented at the 10th Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 24. Lin, N. J., Kahle, E. R., Chang, E. C., Hirsch, J. K., Yu, E. A., Kupfermann, Y., Issa, A. M., Perera, M. J., & Zawistowski, L. A. (2012, Mar). Comparing spirituality and positive cognitions in predicting depressive symptoms in an at-risk adult sample. Poster presented
at the 10th Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Lawrence M. Berger University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Social Work Madison, WI 53703 (608) 262-6379 lmberger@wisc.edu Kristen Slack University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Social Work Madison, WI 53703 (608) 263-4630 ksslack@wisc.edu Edward C. Chang, Ph.D University of Michigan, Department of Psychology Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 (734)-647-3876 changec@umich.edu Staci Daniels-Sommers, MSW University of Michigan, Ginsberg Center 1024 Hill Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (734) 647-3270 stacida@umich.edu 1
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