Education
2009-2010 Post-doctoral Fellow in Behavioral Science Training, National Development and Research Institutes, Public Health Solutions. National Institute on Drug Abuse: T32 DA07233
2009 Ph.D., Social-Personality Psychology, the Graduate Center of the City University
of New York (CUNY) Title of Dissertation: Working in the business of pleasure: Stigma resistance and coping strategies utilized by independent female escorts. Published. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Chair
2007 Certificate in Women’s Studies, the Graduate Center, CUNY
2005 M.A., Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. Title of Thesis: Between pride and prejudice: Stigma response strategies among gay and bisexual male escorts. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Chair
2002 B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Psychology, with departmental honors, Hunter College, CUNY
Title of Honors Thesis: The experience of stigma in the lives of male Internet escorts. Published. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Chair
2009 Ph.D., Social-Personality Psychology, the Graduate Center of the City University
of New York (CUNY) Title of Dissertation: Working in the business of pleasure: Stigma resistance and coping strategies utilized by independent female escorts. Published. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Chair
2007 Certificate in Women’s Studies, the Graduate Center, CUNY
2005 M.A., Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. Title of Thesis: Between pride and prejudice: Stigma response strategies among gay and bisexual male escorts. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Chair
2002 B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Psychology, with departmental honors, Hunter College, CUNY
Title of Honors Thesis: The experience of stigma in the lives of male Internet escorts. Published. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Chair
Professional Positions
Professor, Department of Community Health and Wellness , LaGuardia Community College, CUNY. New York, NY. September 2014– Present.
As a Professor and Program Director for the Mental Health: Human Services program at LaGuardia Community College I teach and mentor students within the Human Services program as well as Health Sciences students in other programs (Urban Health, Human Services, Nursing, OTA/ PTA, Nutrition) as well as other majors. My primary teaching areas are Individual and Group Counseling, Community Health, Drugs, Society and Human Behavior, and Human Sexuality. Counseling courses are based in evidence supported approaches and feature intensive lab training in Motivational Interviewing . My pedagogical style draws on humanistic approaches and is grounded in the theory of expandable intelligence.
January - September 2014.. Research Scientist, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training. NY, NY. :
October 2011 - Present: Motivational Interviewing Trainer & Health Research Consultant. NY, NY.
June 2010- October 2012: Director of Research, Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), NY, NY.
June 2002 – June 2010: Project Director, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST). NY, NY.
January – June 2013: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). NY, NY.
August - December 2008: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. NY, NY.
January - June 2006: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. NY, NY.
August 2004 - June 2005: Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. NY, NY.
October 2011 - Present: Motivational Interviewing Trainer & Health Research Consultant. NY, NY.
June 2010- October 2012: Director of Research, Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), NY, NY.
June 2002 – June 2010: Project Director, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST). NY, NY.
January – June 2013: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). NY, NY.
August - December 2008: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. NY, NY.
January - June 2006: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. NY, NY.
August 2004 - June 2005: Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY. NY, NY.
