Professional Memberships:

• American Psychology-Law Society (2018–present)
• Psychological Association of Western New York (2013–present)
• American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (2012–2017)
• Psi Chi National Honor Society (2005–present)
• American Psychological Association (2004–present)

Presentations:

• "The impact of trauma on psychiatric status and recidivism amongst incarcerated individuals with serious mental illness" Paper submitted to the 2025 American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2024)
• "Trauma symptoms in detained adolescents: Gender differences and implications for treatment" Paper submitted to the 2025 American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2024)
• "Development of an enhanced mental health treatment program for justice-involved youth: Identifying treatment needs and intervention outcome measures" Poster presented at the 18th Annual Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry Conference (2023)
• "Living a life worth living: An adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for incarcerated youth" Poster presented at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biological Sciences Community Research Day (2023)
• "Psychological evaluations for the legal system: The role of the forensic psychologist" Guest lecture for the Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University (2023)
• "Using the Personality Assessment Inventory to predict recidivism in offenders with serious mental illness" Poster presented at the 2023 Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) Annual Convention (2023)
• "Initial efficacy of a psychiatric intensive care unit in managing aggression" Paper presented at the 2023 American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2023)
• "The effects of pain experiences and substance use on recidivism among incarcerated individuals with serious mental illness" Paper presented at the 2023 American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2023)
• "The Slater Method: Providing competency restoration to defendants with intellectual disabilities and cognitive impairments" Seminar presentation for the Colorado State Office of Behavioral Health (2023)
• "Incarceration and trauma: Gender differences and similarities" Poster presented at the 2022 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Annual Meeting (2022)
• "The applicability of the broaden and build model of positive emotions in a jail setting" Poster presented at the University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry 17th Annual Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry Conference (2022)
• "Incarceration and trauma: The impact on youthful offenders" Poster accepted for presentation at the 2022 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Annual Meeting (2022)
• "Multicultural competence and social justice in psychology" Didactic lecture for the University at Buffalo Doctoral Psychology Internship Program, Erie County Medical Center (2022)
• "Psychology professional development panel" Didactic panel for the Central New York Psychiatric Center (CNYPC) Doctoral Psychology Internship (2022)
• "Psychiatric correlates of pain among incarcerated individuals with serious mental illness" Paper presented at the 2022 American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2022)
• "The applicability of the broaden and build model of positive emotions in a jail setting" Paper presented at the 2022 American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2022)
• "Use of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in forensic settings" Didactic lecture for the Central New York Psychiatric Center (CNYPC) Doctoral Psychology Internship Program (2021)
• "The role of substance use and psychopathology in recidivism among seriously mentally ill jail inmates" Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2020)
• "Use of the reactive and instrumental aggression Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) scales to predict the psychological health and well-being of seriously mentally-ill offenders on a treatment unit within a jail setting" Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference (2020)
• "Community reintegration: Providing supervision and treatment for developmentally disabled offenders in community-based residences" Workshop presented at the NYS Chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (NYSATSA) 19th Annual Conference (2014)
• "Language specificity in the production of derivations and compounds in Polish and American English-speaking preschool children" Poster presented at the XII International Congress for the Study of Child Language (2011)

Service Activities:

• D'Youville University PsyD Program Advisory Board; Board Member (2024–present)
• Mental Health Training Series for Buffalo Public Schools; Trainer (2023–present)
• Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Faculty Council; Department Representative (2023–present)
• University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry; Director of Continuing Medical Education (2023–present)
• University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry; Executive Committee (2023–present)
• Erie County Bar Association's Assigned Counsel Program; Expert Panelist (2022–present)
• Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of APA (AP-LS); Submission Reviewer (2021–present)
• University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry Continuing Education for Psychology Program; Coordinator of Continuing Education for Psychology (2021–present)
• University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry Monthly Psychology Journal Club; Faculty Facilitator (2020–present)
• Medaille University PsyD Program Advisory Board; Board Member (2020–2024)
• University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry Psychology Internship Training Committee; Committee Member (2019–present)
• Erie County Forensic Mental Health Services; Consulting Psychologist (2019–present)
• Erie County Youth Services Center; Consulting Psychologist (2019–present)
• Erie County Sheriff's Office, Erie County Department of Probation; Fitness for Duty Evaluator (2019–present)