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Annie Bradford, M.A. E-mail: a.bradford@mail.utexas.edu Annie grew up in East Texas and attended Lamar University and the University of Texas at Austin as an undergraduate, completing her B.A. in Psychology in 2000. After working as a research coordinator and later as a health quality data analyst, she returned to Austin in 2002 to join the lab and pursue her doctorate in clinical psychology. Annie's dissertation research focuses on placebo response in the treatment of women's sexual dysfunctions. She is currently completing her predoctoral internship at Baylor
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Brooke Seal, M.A. E-mail: bseal@mail.utexas.edu Brooke was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She graduated with a B.A. in psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2002, and began her graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. She is currently completing her predoctoral internship at Vancouver Coastal Health in British Columbia and she expects to complete her Ph.D. in the summer of 2009. Her research interests include the role of self-awareness in female sexual functioning. She is currently conducting an experimental investigation of the impact of body image awareness on sexual arousal among women with Female Sexual Arousal Disorder and/or Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. She has presented her research at several conferences worldwide, has published research articles in the areas of sexual function and dysfunction, and is a co-author on two chapters on female sexuality. Clinically, Brooke has been involved in the assessment and treatment of several populations, including clients at a university psychology clinic, students at a university counseling center, patients at a sleep disorders center, and family-practice patients at an Austin-area hospital. She has also worked at a private clinic where she conducted intellectual, behavioral, and cognitive assessments of adolescents who have been placed in juvenile detention centers. Brooke has also been involved in teaching intellectual assessment to first-year clinical psychology graduate students for three years. In her free time, she enjoys visiting family and friends in Vancouver, waterskiing, swimming, biking, camping, reading, and watching movies. |
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Christopher Harte, M.A. E-mail: charte@mail.utexas.edu Chris was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Cape Cod. He graduated from Tufts University in 2002, with a B.A. in Psychology. After acquiring his Bachelor's degree, Chris worked as a research assistant at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Belmont, Massachusetts. He entered the University of Texas at Austin clinical psychology doctoral program in 2005. Chris' research interests lie within the areas of sexual psychophysiology, behavioral medicine, and clinical treatment outcome. His current research is aimed at acquiring a better understanding of the differing physiological and self-reported sexual arousal patterns in men and women, investigating the acute effects of nicotine on physiological and sexual arousal, and investigating sexual risk behaviors in undergraduates, particularly as they pertain to recreational sexual enhancer use. Additionally, Chris collaborates with other clinical psychology faculty at UT examining predictors of cognitive behavioral treatment outcome. Chris' dissertation research is aimed at examining the effects of smoking cessation on sexual health in men with erectile dysfunction. Clinically, Chris has been involved in the assessment and treatment of clients through the Clinical Psychology Training Clinic, and has co-lead various therapy groups at the UT Austin Counseling & Mental Health Center. Currently, he is working as a clinical assessor conducting intellectual, behavioral, and cognitive assessments of adolescents and adults. Chris also works at an Austin-area hospital delivering psychotherapeutic services to family-practice patients. When he is not working, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife and preparing for the arrival of their baby boy in November. He also enjoys playing guitar, drawing, and painting and is always updating his music collection. |
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Lisa Dawn Hamilton, M.A. E-mail: ldhamilton@mail.utexas.edu Lisa Dawn was born and raised just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a B.A. in Psychology in 2005, and shortly thereafter entered the behavioral neuroscience doctoral program at the University of Texas at Austin. Lisa Dawn's research interests are with respect to the connection between hormones and sexual behavior. She is currently focused on two distinct research tracks: 1) the relationship between environmental/behavioral influences and hormones and how the two interact to affect sexual behavior. In particular, the effects of stress on various hormonal, physiological, and behavioral outcomes; and 2) The neural correlates of monogamy and non-monogamy via fMRI technologies. In her free time, Lisa Dawn tries to visit beautiful British Columbia as much as possible to spend time with her family. She also is involved in sexual health education. |
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Tierney Ahrold, B.S. E-mail: tierney.ahrold@mail.utexas.edu Tierney was born and raised in New York City . She graduated from Duke University in 2006 with a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Japanese. While at Duke, she worked in the lab of Dr. Timothy Strauman, studying treatment matching and also in Barnard College ’s Affect and Relationship lab, under Dr. Eshkol Rafaeli, studying the effect of couple’s communication on social support. She entered the University of Texas at Austin clinical psychology doctoral program in 2006. Clinically, Tierney has been involved in seeing clients at the CBT- based Clinical Psychology Training Clinic, and will start training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy in the fall of 2008. She looks forward to expanding her knowledge of treatment and therapy! In her free time, Tierney likes to volunteer teaching the comprehensive sexuality education curriculum Our Whole Lives (OWL) as well as volunteering for social action initiatives at her church, FUUCA. She also enjoys doing yoga, painting sumie-e, reading webcomics and cooking. |
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Yasisca Pujols, B.A. E-mail: yasisca.pujols@mail.utexas.edu Yasisca was born in New York City and was raised in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Texas at Austin and acquired two B.A. degrees; one in studio art (2003) and the second in psychology (2007). From 2005 - 2007 she has worked as a research assistant in the Sexual Psychophysiological Laboratory where she has studied the effects of body image on sexual arousal in women. Yasisca began her graduate training within the clinical psychology doctoral program at the University of Texas at Austin in the fall of 2007. Yasisca’s research interests include: 1) body image and sexual arousal; 2) monogamy and sex behavior patterns; and 3) examining performance anxiety among individuals with erectile problems. Her work has been presented at several conferences, including the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, and the Society for Sex Therapy and Research. Her graduate research will be divided between the Sexual Psychophysiological Laboratory and the Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders. When not working, Yasisca enjoys mountain biking in the hills of Austin, tending to her potted plants, and dancing. |
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Kyle Stephenson, B.S. E-mail: krstephenson@gmail.com Kyle was born and raised in Santa Clara, California and graduated from Santa Clara University with a B.S. in Psychology and minors in Communications and Religious Studies. While at Santa Clara, he worked with Kieran Sullivan studying the effects of social support and readiness to change on marital satisfaction. He also worked under Jennifer Eberhardt and Hazel Markus in the Stanford University Mind, Culture, and Society Lab, examining how cultural beliefs and models of agency influence decision making behaviors. He entered the University of Texas at Austin clinical psychology doctoral program in 2008. Currently, Kyle has a general interest in the contextual factors of human sexuality. There are a number of questions he would like to see answered including: (1) what are the relative effects of sexual and relational compatibility on relational outcomes and sexual satisfaction; (2) is there a potential disjoint between people’s general behavioral preferences and their sexual ones; and (3) how do factors like religion, cultural background, and gender roles relate to sexual satisfaction and behavior? Clinically, Kyle has worked primarily with at-risk populations in the Los Angeles area including young children with autism and adolescents with behavioral and emotional disorders. While at UT, he hopes to shift his focus to couple’s counseling and sex therapy. Kyle’s first love is music and in his free time he can be found playing his drums, out at a venue, or searching for new additions to his top-ten, all-time, desert island list of albums. |
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