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02/14/2026

Congratulations to Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program students, Vicky Ho and Alana Rule, who both have been inducted to The George Washington University chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.

The GW's Bouchet Society Recognition Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 pm in the Science & Engineering Hall, room B1220.

This is an incredibly prestigious award for both Vicky and Alana, recognizing their outstanding academic achievements!

02/02/2026

It was great to welcome students and faculty back to our Spring Clinical Colloquium series with Clinical psychology doctoral student Inna Goncearenco's presentation of her second-year research project titled: “Self-disgust and its relationship with conformity to masculine and feminine norms and suicidal ideation in the LGBTQ+ populations.” Thanks, for sharing this very interesting study, Inna!

12/09/2025

Today’s speaker for our last Clinical Colloquium presentation this Fall was clinical psychology doctoral student Saskia Jorgensen, who will be presenting her second-year research project: “Exploring identity-related behaviors in LGBTQ+ people: Associations with identity centrality, pride, and community connectedness.”

It was a very interesting presentation that helped us feel some positivity as we head towards winter break! Great job, Saskia!

12/02/2025

Today's speaker in the Clinical Colloquium Series was clinical psychology doctoral student Lauryn Hoard, who presented her second-year research project titled “Navigating online racial discrimination: A mixed methods study of protective factors among black college students.”

Thanks for sharing this interesting and ambitious study with us!

11/20/2025

Please join us in congratulating, Clinical 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!

11/18/2025

The Meltzer Center is providing outreach to our community on Thursday and Friday -- please stop by if you can!

11/18/2025

This week's speaker at our Clinical Colloquium Series was Clinical psychology doctoral student Joey Green, who presented his second-year research project: "Longitudinal patterns of sexual identity, sexual attraction, and sexual behavior among Latino/a adolescents." Thanks for broadening our understanding of sexual identity development in this population!

11/13/2025

This week, we enjoyed Clinical Psychology doctoral student Sarah Cimini's presentation of her second-year research project: “Maternal Gatekeeping, Father Involvement, and Child Psychological Functioning in Low-Income, Racial Minority Families." Great job, Sarah!

11/08/2025

A belated announcement of Clinical Psyhology doctoral student, Kosy Onochie's presentation in Clinical Colloquium: "It will be everyone’s secret; he won’t tell, and I won’t tell": The impact of HIV diagnosis on serodiscordant couples in Tanzania". Great presentation, Kosy!

09/30/2025

The Meltzer Center was out today to spread awareness about depression for National Depression Screening Day. They will be out again on campus in Square 80 Thursday from 11:30-2:30! See flyer for location details. Stop by to learn more!

09/02/2025

Happy Fall semester!

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Daneele Thorpe as the new co-director for the Meltzer Center. Dr. Thorpe has a wealth of experience in both research and clinical endeavors. Her research has examined the impact of stress and trauma exposure on family health and well-being. She is clinically trained in delivering evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and families across home, school, hospital, and clinic settings. She recently completed a federal policy fellowship at NICHD. Dr. Thorpe will work alongside Meltzer co-director, Dr. Risa Broudy.

We also extend a warm welcome to our 3 first-year PhD students: Ellis DeJardin, Cheyenne Harris-Starling, and Maggie Weisblum! We hope to introduce you to each of them in the next few weeks.

Here's to a great 2025-2026!

08/24/2025

Clinical faculty had a very happy Happy Hour to welcome our new first year Clinical Ph.D. students:

Ellis DeJardin (mentor: Dr. Fallon Goodman)
Maggie Weisblum (mentor: Dr. Fallon Goodman)
Cheyenne Harris-Starling (mentor: Dr. Sharon Lambert)

Welcome to DC! We're so excited to have you join us!

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