Meet the 2018 Graduating Cohort

Danielle Raymond Broxon, Hannah McKillop, David Bradley, Jennifer Birnkrant, and Mark Burton

David Bradley, whose dissertation focused on atheists and examined the relationship between perceived experiences of antiatheist discrimination and mental health. He is currently completing his internship at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. In August, David will be starting a tenure-track faculty position at Pittsburg State University, in Pittsburg, KS.

Danielle Raymond Broxon, whose dissertation looked at overgeneral memory and its relationship to hopelessness in depressed emerging adults. She is currently completing her internship at Bowling Green State University and recently accepted a senior staff position at Texas A&M’s Counseling Center.

Mark Burton, whose dissertation was a pilot trial of an early intervention to prevent PTSD in injured children and families. He is on internship at the Charleston Consortium Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program and will complete a postdoctoral position at Emory University in the Veterans Program, which is an intensive outpatient treatment program for PTSD. Mark will be splitting his time between clinical and research responsibilities and he hopes to build a research profile and obtain a faculty position after this postdoctoral position.

Hannah McKillop, whose dissertation investigated whether there are subtypes or profiles of pediatric chronic pain patients. She worked with the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program and found four profiles in a referred sample with differing characteristics that can hopefully inform individualization of treatment. Hannah is currently on internship in the Pediatric Psychology Track at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She will be starting a postdoctoral fellowship at Akron Children’s Hospital in Pediatric Psychology in September and is hoping for a career as a pediatric psychologist working with children with chronic medical illnesses.

Jennifer Birnkrant, who developed a novel attitudinal self-report measure of parents’ and teachers’ attitudes toward trans youth (Attitudes Toward Trans Youth Scale, ATTYS). She conducted exploratory factor analysis and reported on initial validation and psychometrics. Jennifer is currently on internship at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. After internship, she will be completing a one-year clinical postdoctoral fellowship at Nationwide Children’s in Columbus in Primary Care and Adolescent Medicine.