Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University School of Medicine/VA Boston Healthcare System (2014)
Internship, Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (2013)
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Texas A&M University (2013)
MS, Experimental Psychology, Villanova University (2007)
BS, Psychology and Biology, Pennsylvania State University (2005)
Employment:
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2022-present)
Associate Professor, Psychology, University of South Dakota (2020–2022)
Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of South Dakota (2014–2020)
Awards and Honors:
Collaborative Research Travel Award (2017)
Early Career Travel Award (2014)
Grants and Sponsored Research:
July 2017–July 2022 Center for Genetics and Behavioral Health: Gut Flora, Immune Responses, and Genetic Influences on PTSD South Dakota Governor's Research Center Program Role: Co-Investigator $3,400,000
–January 2015 Woodcock Johnson University Outreach Program Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Role: Principal Investigator
August 2011–July 2012 Emotional and Behavioral Characteristics of Deployed Combat Troops U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command Role: Principal Investigator $16,208
Markey, P. M., Lowmaster, S. E., & Eichler, W.C. (2010) A real-time assessment of interpersonal complementarity. Personal Relationships (Jan), 17(1): 13-25. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01249.x
Halverson, M.M., & Lowmaster, S.E. (1900) Campus-based autism spectrum disorder support communities: Neurotypical students’ motives for participating. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (Jan)
Doss, R.A., & Lowmaster, S.E. (1900) Validation of the DSM-5 Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure in a community sample. Psychiatry Research (Jan)
Morey, L.C., Lowmaster, S.E., Harwood, T.M., & Platt, D. (2011) The Personality Assessment Inventory. In: Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality (3rd edition). The Guilford Press, 190-218.
Rosenfeld, B., Edens, J. F., & Lowmaster, S.E. (2011) Measure development and validation. In: Research methods in forensic psychology. Wiley, 26-42.
Morey, L.C., & Lowmaster, S.E. (2010) The Personality Assessment Inventory. In: The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, 1200-1203.
Abstracts:
Van Fossen, R.P., Chavin, R.S., McGinnis, B., Ahrenholtz, M.S., & Lowmaster, S.E. (2022) Congruence of the self-concept and Criterion A personality functioning. Society for Personality Assessment. Chicago, Illinois (Mar) Poster; Oral
Chavin, R.S., & Lowmaster, S.E. (2022) Understanding the relationship between Criterion A’s personality functioning and NSSI. Society for Personality Assessment. Chicago, Illinois (Mar) Poster
Ahrenholtz, M.S., Chavin, R.S., Van Fossen, R.P., McGinnis, B., Ghosh, A., & Lowmaster, S.E. (2022) Psychological symptoms and performance as a function of the menstrual cycle. Society for Personality Assessment. Chicago, Illinois (Mar) Poster
Lowmaster, S.E., Ficarro, S., Leidenfrost, C., & Antonius, D. (1900) Using the Personality Assessment Inventory to predict recidivism in offenders with serious mental illness. Society for Personality Assessment. Austin, Texas (Jan) Poster
Maples, M.E., Lowmaster, S.E., & Caraway, S.J. (1900) The role of borderline personality features in the relationship between self-injury and the pain experience. Society for Personality Assessment. Austin, Texas (Jan) Poster
Chavin, R.S., & Lowmaster, S.E. (1900) Understanding how different personality models can predict non-suicidal self-injurious tendencies. Society for Personality Assessment. Austin, Texas (Jan) Poster
Professional Memberships:
Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association
Society for Personality Assessment
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
American Psychological Association's Division 12, Section IX (Assessment Psychology)
Service Activities:
American Psychological Association, Division 12, Section IX (Assessment Psychology); Membership Chair (2022–present)
American Psychological Association, Division 12, Section IX (Assessment Psychology); Secretary (2019–2022)
; Consulting Editor, Journal of Personality Assessment (2019–present)
Society for Personality Assessment, Student Matters Committee; Member-at-large (2018–present)
; Consulting Editor, Assessment (2014–present)
; Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings