Alexandra N. Davis, M.S., ABD

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1 1 Alexandra N. Davis, M.S., ABD Curriculum Vitae Business Address University of Missouri-Columbia 314 Gentry Hall Columbia, MO EDUCATION Ph.D. (Expected December 2015). Human Environmental Science, University of Missouri, Human Development and Family Science Program. M.S. (Fall 2012). Lifespan Development, University of Missouri, Human Development and Family Science program. B.A. (Spring 2010). Psychology, Spanish minor. University of Missouri-Kansas City. Magna Cum Laude Professional Research Positions RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015-present Research Assistant for Health and Relationships During College (HRDC) research team. Project with college students from the Midwest. Goal of the project is to examine how stress, particularly discrimination, is associated with relationships, health, and behaviors of ethnic minority college students across 6 weeks. I helped with the collection of measures and am currently helping with the initiation of the project. University of Missouri. Faculty supervisors: Katharine Zeiders, Ph.D. & Antoinette Landor, Ph.D Graduate Research Assistant for the Public Health Child Feeding Project. Scheduled and conducted interviews with co-parent dyads regarding their cooperation and collaboration in making decisions regarding what and how to feed their children from before birth to three years of age. University of Missouri. Faculty supervisor: Matthew Thullen, Ph.D present Graduate Research Assistant for the Environmental Toxicant Health Outcomes Study (ETHOS). Project is designed to examine the effects of environmental toxicants on children s learning, health, and social development. Assisted in writing grant proposal, study design, materials

2 2 development, and data collection at Head Start centers in Kansas City, MO. University of Missouri. Faculty supervisor: Gustavo Carlo, Ph.D Coding Team Leader for the Ohio Evidence-Based Home Visitation Project. Coded video data of mother/child interactions in single parent, inner city homes. Coordinated other coders, worked on maintaining inter-rater reliability, and entered data. University of Missouri. Faculty supervisor: Christi Bergin, Ph.D present 2010-present Research Team Leader for Social Development lab at the University of Missouri. Coordinate and supervise lab research activities, and provide mentoring for junior lab team members. University of Missouri. Faculty supervisor: Gustavo Carlo, Ph.D. Research Assistant for Latino Youth Care Project (LYCP) research team. NSF funded project with Latino mothers and their adolescents in rural and urban areas in Nebraska. Collected data on demographics, family dynamics, characteristics of both the mothers and adolescents, as well as adjustment outcomes of the youth. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Faculty supervisors: Gustavo Carlo, Ph.D. and Lisa Crockett, Ph.D Research Assistant for Social Development Lab. University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Faculty Supervisor: Gustavo Carlo, Ph.D Undergraduate Research Assistant for Emotion Regulation Lab. I studied emotion regulation, measured by the startle reflex, using psychophysiological measures. Conducted two pilot studies that will be taken to a hospital and applied to children in chronic pain to develop coping skills trainings. University of Missouri-Kansas City. Faculty supervisor: Diane Filion, Ph.D Undergraduate Research Assistant for Child Development Lab. I studied child maltreatment and its impact on men and women in adult romantic relationships. I compiled a technical report for Duke University. I also transcribed data for a qualitative study examining adjustment of Vietnamese immigrants. University of Missouri-Kansas City. Faculty supervisor: Tamera Murdock, Ph.D. Peer-Reviewed Publications PUBLICATIONS Knight, G. P., Carlo, G., Mahrer, N. E., & Davis, A. N. (in press). The socialization of culturally related values and prosocial tendencies among Mexican American adolescents. Child Development.

3 3 Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Knight, G. P. (2015). Perceived maternal parenting styles, culture values, and prosocial tendencies among Mexican American youth. Journal of Genetic Psychology. DOI: / Carlo, G. & Davis, A. N. (in press). Benevolence in a justice-based world: The power of sentiments in predicting prosocial behaviors. In J. Annas, D. Narvaez, & N. E. Snow (Eds.), Developing the Virtues: Integrating Perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press. Davis, A. N., Streit, C., & Carlo, G. (in press). Familism. Encyclopedia of Family Studies. Carlo, G., & Knight, G. P., Basilio, C. D., & Davis, A. N. (2014). Predicting prosocial tendencies among Mexican American youth: The intersection of cultural values, social cognitions, and social emotions. In Padilla-Walker, L. & Carlo, G. (Eds.) Prosocial Development: A Multidimensional Approach. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Carlo, G., McGinley, M., Davis, A. N., & Streit, C. (2013). Behaving badly or goodly: Is it because of what I feel or think? In T. Malti (Ed.), New Directions for Youth Development. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass and Wiley. Carlo, G., Knight, G. P., Roesch, S. C., Sandman, D., & Davis, A. N. (2013). Personality across cultures: A critical analysis of Big 5 research and current directions. In F. T. L. Leong (Ed.), Handbook of Multicultural Psychology. Washington, DC: APA Publications. Davis, A. N. (2012). Cultural values mediate the effect of parenting styles on Mexican American adolescents prosocial behaviors. (Master s Thesis). University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Published Abstracts and Proceedings Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Streit, C., & Crockett, L. J. (2015). Explaining the relations between acculturative stress and prosocial behaviors in Latino youth from the Midwest. Manuscript in Proceedings of the 13th Annual Cambio de Colores Conference, Columbia, MO. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Streit, C. (2015). Effects of family relationships quality on drug use: Mediating effects of moral conviction. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 146, e1-e284. Streit, C., Carlo, G., Killoren, S. E., Len-Rios, M. E., Cooper, L., Deutsch, A., & Davis, A. N. (2015). Buffering effects of moral identity on the links between peer relationship quality and problem behaviors. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 146, e110.

4 4 Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Streit, C. (2014). Dimensions of acculturative stress and Mexican American emerging adults prosocial behaviors. Manuscript in Proceedings of the 12th Annual Cambio de Colores Conference, Columbia, MO. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Streit, C. (2013). Fostering prosocial behaviors in Mexican-and European American adolescents: Parenting and gender roles considered. Manuscript in Proceedings of the 11th Annual Cambio de Colores Conference, Columbia, MO. Davis, A. N., Streit, C., Knight, G., & Carlo, G. (2012). Fostering prosocial behaviours in Mexican-and European-American adolescents: Parenting and gender roles considered. In International Journal of Psychology, 47, East Sussex, England: Psychology Press. Streit, C., Knight, G., Carlo, G., & Davis, A. N. (2012). Links among inductions, empathy, and prosocial moral reasoning in Mexican-and European-American adolescents. In International Journal of Psychology, 47, East Sussex, England: Psychology Press. Submitted Manuscripts Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Schwartz, S. J., Unger, J. B., Zamboanga, B. L., Lorenzo-Blanco, E., Cano, M. A., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Oshri, A., Streit, C., Martinez, M. M., & Piña- Watson, B. (under review). The Longitudinal Associations between Discrimination, Depressive Symptoms, and Prosocial Behaviors in U.S. Latino/a Recent Immigrant Adolescents. Carlo, G., Samper, P., Tur-Porcar, A. M., Malonda, E., & Davis, A. N. (revise, resubmit). The effects of perceptions of parents use of social and material rewards on prosocial behaviors in Spanish and U.S. youth. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Schwartz, S. J., Zamboanga, B., Armenta, B. E., Kim, S. Y., Opal, D., & Streit, C. (under review). The roles of parenting, familism, and emotion regulation in the relations between acculturative stress and prosocial behaviors in Latino/a college students. Laible, D., Carlo, G., Davis, A. N., & Karahuta, E. (revise, resubmit). Parental sensitivity and effortful control in early childhood as predictors of adolescents adjustment: The mediating roles of peer group affiliation and social behaviors in middle childhood.

5 5 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Symposium Presentations and Invited Presentations Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Rudy, D., & Kamble, S. (2015, March). Independent and interdependent self-construal and prosocial behavior towards kin, friends, and strangers in US and Indian youth, in R. Smith (chair), Close Relationships with Parents and Friends as Contexts for the Development of Empathy and Prosocial Behavior in Adolescence. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Philadelphia, PA. Carlo, G., Davis, A. N., Crockett, L., Streit, C., & Hayes, R. (2014, September). Explaining the links between acculturative stress and Latino/a youth prosocial behaviors: The role of maternal depression. In A. Kumru (Chair), Prosocial behaviors in adolescents across cultures: A multidimensional perspective. Invited symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the European Association of Research on Adolescence, Cesme, Turkey. Davis, A. N., Crockett, L. J., Carlo, G., & Streit, C. (2014, June). Explaining the relations between acculturative stress and prosocial behaviors in Latino youth from the Midwest. Presented at the Cambio de Colores Conference in Columbia, MO. Felton, E. J. (presenter), Carlson, M. (presenter), & Davis, A. N. (panel discussant) (2014, March). Enhancing neighborhood collective efficacy: Children as deliberative citizens. Invited paper presented at the Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX. Streit, C., McGinley, M., Carlo, G., & Davis, A. N. (March, 2014). Mediating role of expected parental reactions on the relations between parenting styles and prosocial behaviors. In M. Richaud (Chair), Role of Family on Prosocial Behaviors in Different Countries. Symposium presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Streit, C. (2013, June). Dimensions of acculturative stress and Mexican American emerging adult s prosocial behaviors. Presented at the Cambio de Colores Conference, St. Louis, MO. Carlo, G., Knight, G., Basille, C., & Davis, A. N. (2012, October). Person, motives, and context among Latinos. Paper presentation at the Symposium on Prosocial Behavior, Park City, Utah.

6 6 Streit, C., Carlo, G., Davis, A. N., & Knight, G. (2012, July). Examining links among inductions, empathy, and prosocial moral reasoning in Mexican- and European-American adolescents. Presented at the International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Streit, C., & Knight, G. (2012, June). Fostering prosocial behaviors in Mexican-and European-American adolescents: Parenting and gender roles considered. In Moral Development, Parenting, and Acculturation. Symposium presented at the Cambio de Colores Conference, Columbia, MO. Streit, C., Carlo, G., Davis, A. N., & Knight, G. (2012, June). Disciplining practices and moral development in Mexican American and European American youth. Presented at the Cambio de Colores Conference, Columbia, MO. Carlo, G., McGinley, M., & Davis, A. N. (2012, March). Differential relations of guilt, shame, and sympathy to prosocial moral reasoning, prosocial and aggressive behaviors. In T. Krettenauer (chair), Development of moral personality and moral emotions in adolescents. Symposium presented at the Society for Research on Adolescents, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Davis, A. N. (2012, April). Research track graduate school programs: Application process and subsequent opportunities. Presentation given to the Psychology Club at Avila University, Kansas City, MO. Conference Poster Presentations Cardenas, R., Carlo, G., & Davis, A. N. (2015, June). The mediational role of prosocial behavior on the relations between deviant affiliation and academic outcomes in Latino adolescents. Poster presented at the Cambio de Colores Conference, Kansas City, MO. Thullen, M., Majee, W., & Davis, A. N. (2015, March). Co-parenting and early feeding. Poster presented at the Biannual Society for Research on Child Development conference, Philadelphia, PA. Cardenas, R., Carlo, G., Davis, A. N., Crockett, L. J., & Palermo, F. (2015, March). Ethnic affirmation, deviant peer affiliation and prosocial behavior on Mexican American students academic motivation. Poster presented at the Biannual Society for Research on Child Development conference, Philadelphia, PA.

7 7 Carlo, G., Davis, A. N., McGinley, M., Armenta, B., Schwartz, S., Unger, J., Baezconde- Garbanati, L., Soto, D., Villamar, J., Rosiers, S. D., Lorenzo-Blanco, E., Lizzi, K., & Szapocznik, J. (March, 2015). Longitudinal predictors of prosocial behaviors among Latino immigrant youth. Poster presented at the Biannual Society for Research on Child Development conference, Philadelphia, PA. Rudy, D., Carlo, G., Kamble, S., & Davis, A. N. (2015, March). Predicting life satisfaction in India from parental warmth and hostility, self-construal, relationship harmony, and selfesteem. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA. Conejo, L. D., Davis, A. N., Pierotti, S. L., Carlo, G. & Crockett, L. J. (2015, March). Positive reinterpretation, stress appraisal and prosocial behavior among Latino youth from the United States. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Philadelphia, PA. Davis, A. N., Rudy, D., Palermo, F., & Zhang, C. (2014, November). Maternal emotional expression and well-being among Chinese and US college students. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations conference, Baltimore, MD. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Streit, C. (2014, June). Effects of family relationship quality on drug use: Mediating effects of moral conviction. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Streit, C., Carlo, G., Killoren, S. E., Len-Rios, M. E., Cooper, L., Deutsch, A., & Davis, A. N. (2014, June). Buffering effects of moral identity on the links between peer relationship quality and problem behaviors. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Davis, A. N. & Hart, D. (2014, March). The interactive effects of residential diversity, segregation, poverty, and age on volunteering. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, Texas. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Streit, C. (2013, May). The mediating role of coping in the relations among stress and prosocial behaviors in Mexican American emerging adults. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D. C.

8 8 Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Knight, G. P., & Streit, C. (2013, May). Cultural values mediate the effect of parenting styles on Mexican American adolescents prosocial behaviors. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C. Rudy, D., Sheldon, K., Davis, A. N., & Tan, H. H. (2013, May). Self-esteem mediates associations between undergraduates perceptions of parental warmth and need satisfaction in the USA, but not Singapore. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington D.C. Streit, C., Carlo, G., Kumru, A., Yagmurlu, B., Sayil, M., & Davis, A. N. (2013, April). Longitudinal relations of parental discipline practices on Turkish children's prosocial behaviors. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Seattle, WA. Culbreath, A., Carlo, G., Davis, A. N., & Streit, C. (2013, April). The relations between parental rewards, moral reasoning, and prosocial behaviors in adolescents in Nicaragua. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Seattle, WA. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Streit, C., & Knight, G. (2012, July). Fostering prosocial behaviors in Mexican-and European-American adolescents: Parenting and gender roles considered. Poster presented at the International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa. Davis, A. N., Opal, D., Carlo, G., Streit, C., Schwartz, S. J., Zamboanga, Z., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Kim, S. Y. (2012, April). Acculturative stress and prosocial behaviors: Gender differences in the mediating roles of maternal psychological control, familism, and emotion regulation. Poster presented at the Human Environmental Sciences Research Exposition, Columbia, MO. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Knight, G. (2012, April). Parenting styles, cultural values, and prosocial behaviors among Mexican American and European American families. Poster presented at the Human Environmental Sciences Research Exposition, Columbia, MO. Davis, A. N., Opal, D., Carlo, G., Streit, C., Schwartz, S. J., Zamboanga, Z., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Kim, S. Y. (2012, March). Acculturative stress and prosocial behaviors: Gender differences in the mediating roles of maternal psychological control, familism, and emotion regulation. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC, Canada. De Guzman, M. R. T., Cantarero, R., Brown, J., Carlo, G., Plata-Potter, S., Todd, M., Ramirez- Salazar, B., Proano, D., Davis, A. N., & Xia, Y. (2012, March). Vecindario: Latino

9 9 parents and adolescents perceptions of neighborhood boundaries and factors determining neighborhood quality. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., & Knight, G. (2012, February). Parenting styles, cultural values, and prosocial behaviors among Mexican American and European American families. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Themed Meeting: Positive Development in Minority Adolescents, Tampa, FL. Hamilton, J. L, Filion, D., Murdock, T. B., Davis, A. N., Johnson, C. M., & Potts, S. A. (2010, October). Emotion regulation effects on the affective modulation of startle. Poster presented at the Society for Psychophysiological Research international Conference, Portland, Oregon. Davis, A. N., & Potts, S. A. (2010, April). Differences in anticipatory startle by picture valence using psychophysiological measures. Poster presented at the 2010 SEARCH Undergraduate research conference at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO. Johnson, C. M., Davis, A. N., Hamilton, J. L., Murdock, T. B., & Filion, D. (2009, March). Natural emotion regulation abilities by picture valence using psychophysiological measures. Poster presented at the 2008 Great Plains Psychology Conference, Kearney, NE. Davis, A. N., Hamilton, J. L., & Murdock, T. B. (2009, March). The relationship between child maltreatment and dissatisfaction and instability in adult romantic relationships. Poster presented at the 2008 Great Plains Conference, Kearney, NE. Johnson, C. M., Davis, A. N., Hamilton, J. L., Murdock, T. B., & Filion, D. (2009, April). Natural emotion regulation abilities by picture valence using psychophysiological measures. Poster presented at the 2009 SEARCH Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, MO. Grant Writing Experience 2014 Prepared grant for Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program. Longitudinal influence of family-stress on adolescents prosocial and aggressive behaviors: The mediating roles of parental rewards and moral identity. Submitted October, 2014 (not funded).

10 Prepared grant for Society for Research on Child Development-SECC Dissertation Funding Award. Stress and adolescent prosocial behaviors: The role of parenting and moral identity. Submitted July, 2014 (not funded) Prepared grant for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The mediating impact of parenting on parental stress and adolescent prosocial behavior. Submitted November, 2010 (not funded). Additional Research Experience 2011 Worked with a research team under the direction of Dr. Maria De Guzman conducting Focus Groups for a qualitative project examining the perception of neighborhoods and communities among Latino adults and adolescents. Professional Research Development 2011 Attended the Society for Research in Child Development Conference. (2011, April), Montreal, Quebec, Canada Attended the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. (2011, April), University of Nebraska-Lincoln Attended the annual Program of Excellence Conference. Law and Psychology: Evolving issues in discrimination (2011, April), University of Nebraska-Lincoln Attended Grant Writing Seminar, University of Missouri Evoked Response Potential Seminar. Studied the past and present methodologies of ERP research, and further explored potential research opportunities, University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Instructor: Dennis Molfese, Ph.D Attended the American Moral Education Society Conference. (2010, November), St. Louis, Missouri Evoked Response Potential training session. Studied the method and uses of ERP in psychophysiological research, and how to integrate the measure into potential future studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Instructor: Dennis Molfese, Ph.D.

11 11 Professional Teaching Positions TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2015 Summer 2015 Spring 2015 Fall, 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2014 Fall 2011, Fall 2013 Fall, 2010, Spring 2011 Graduate Instructor, Latino/a Youth and Families (HDFS 4200). University of Missouri - Developed syllabus, developed and presented lectures, conducted classes, facilitated group discussions, and graded tests, assignments, and papers. Graduate Instructor (online course), Multicultural Families (HDFS 2300). University of Missouri - Developed syllabus and course website, developed and presented online lectures, and graded tests, assignments, and papers. Graduate Instructor, Multicultural Families (HDFS 2300). University of Missouri - Developed syllabus, developed and presented lectures, conducted classes, and graded tests, assignments, and papers. Lab Instructor, Principles of Human Development labs (HDFS 2400). University of Missouri - Developed and presented lectures, conducted classes, and graded papers. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Multicultural Families (HDFS 2300), University of Missouri - Helped develop materials Recitation Instructor, Introductory Psychology (PSYH 181) Recitations. University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Developed and presented lectures, conducted classes, and graded exams and papers. Guest Lectures Acculturative Stress, Latino Families and Youth (HDFS 4200), University of Missouri (Fall 2014).

12 12 Stress in African American Families, Stress and Resilience in Families (HDFS 4610), University of Missouri (Spring 2014). Cultural Stress, Parenting, and Adolescent Prosocial Behaviors, Human Development and Family Studies Capstone (HDFS 4970), University of Missouri (Fall 2013). Discussion about graduate school and the application process, Career Planning in Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Spring 2011). Psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud, Introduction to Psychology (PSYCH 181), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Spring 2011). Psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud, Introduction to Psychology (PSYCH 181), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Fall 2010). Professional Teaching Development 2011-present Attended regular Teaching Seminars, University of Missouri. Listened to faculty and student presenters on best teaching practices. Other Work/Teaching Experience 2010 Assistant Head Supervisor at Camp Ramapo Anchorage, summer camp for children with social, emotional, and learning disorders. Lead trainings, supervised activities, and behavior managed when necessary, Rhinebeck, NY Jumpstart Kansas City team leader and training facilitator. Americorps intervention program for at-risk preschool children. Program emphasizes language, literacy, and social/initiative skills. Planned sessions, monitored interactions between team members and children, and lead trainings, Kansas City, MO Substitute Teacher at St. Francis Elementary School, St. Joseph, MO Counselor at Camp Ramapo Anchorage. Worked with adolescent boys. Monitored activities, mentored, and behavior managed, Rhinebeck, NY Jumpstart Kansas City Corps member. Americorps member, partner to an at-risk preschool child. Worked on language, literacy, and social/initiative skills through active learning, Kansas City, MO Summer Preschool Teacher at Parents Day Out preschool. Planned curriculum and managed the classroom, St. Joseph, MO.

13 13 SERVICE EXPERIENCE Program Reviewer Experience Student reviewer for panel on Cultural processes and international perspectives. Society for Research on Adolescents (2012, Biennial meeting). Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer Experience Conservation Biology (Action Editor: Erica Fleishman). Journal of Research on Adolescence (Action Editor: Nancy G. Guerra). Professional Positions Director of Graduate Studies Assistant in the Human Development and Family Science department at the University of Missouri. Mentor Experience Mentor for high school student in New York City. Helped student develop project, collect data in Missouri and NYC, and write manuscript. Submitted the manuscript to the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The manuscript was titled: The Influence of Nature on Adolescents Social Relationships and Behaviors Conducted a second study with high school student. Conducted new analyses and wrote manuscript with student. Submitted the manuscript to Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF) and Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS). The manuscript was titled: The Associations between Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Adolescents Social Behaviors. Professional Development President of the Human Development and Family Studies Graduate Student Association Treasurer for the Human Development and Family Studies Graduate Student Association. Professional Affiliations National Psi Chi Honor Society

14 14 American Psychological Association Society for Research on Adolescence Society for Research on Child Development Awards and Recognitions 2010 First Place Research Award. Davis, A.N, & Potts, S.A. (2010). Differences in anticipatory startle by picture valence using psychophysiological measures. SEARCH Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of Missouri- Kansas City in Kansas City, MO Magna Cum Laude (Graduated with honors), UMKC Outstanding Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, UMKC 2009 Second Place Research Award. Davis, A.N, Hamilton, J.L., & Murdock, T.B. (2009). The relationship between child maltreatment and dissatisfaction and instability in adult romantic relationships. Great Plains Psychology Conference in Kearney, NE Dean s List, College of Arts and Sciences, UMKC. Professional References Gustavo Carlo, Millsap Professor of Diversity and Multicultural Studies 410 Gentry Hall, University of Missouri; Columbia, MO carlog@missouri.edu (573) Duane Rudy, Associate Professor 308 Gentry Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO rudyd@missouri.edu (573) Sarah Killoren, Assistant Professor 408 Gentry Hall, University of Missouri; Columbia, MO killorens@missouri.edu (573)