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Please join us in congratulating Clinical Psychology PhD student, Maya Cook Alford, on successfully defending her dissertation, “Black Parenting Power: A Qualitative Study Examining Coparental Racial Socialization Practices in Black Families.” Maya has accepted a postdoc position at Westchester Jewish Community Services (where she completed her APA-accredited internship). In this position, she will continue training in trauma-focused interventions and will serve as project evaluator for their Certified Community Behavioral Health Center grant.

Her committee included: Drs. Christina Gee (Dissertation Director), Sherry Molock, Lionel Howard, Jody Ganiban, and Jameta Barlow.

Congratulations, Maya!

Maya Cook Alford and Christina Gee

Please join us in congratulating clinical psychology student, Paddy Loftus, on his recent publication.

Full citation: Loftus, P., Goodman, F. R., Dyar, C., Davila, J., & Feinstein, B. A. (2025). Daily experiences of identity uncertainty among bi+ adults. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000870

Congratulations Paddy 🥳🥳🥳

We hope that the Fall semester has gotten off to an excellent start. We're excited to welcome back our students and extend a warm welcome to our new PBS doctoral students and our inaugural cohort of students in the Applied Psychology MS program!

We'll be introducing you to the new members of our PBS community in the coming weeks. But for now, here are the smiling faces of our new Master's students!