ANNOUNCING RU & BEYOND by Alumni Sudie Back & Cynthia R. Hall

As part of Alumni Teaching Day, in celebration of the
        RU Homecoming 2009, the Center for Gender Studies
                       Presents ...

RU & BEYOND
ALUMNI EXPLORING GENDER-RELATED ISSUES
DR. SUDIE BACK	and		MS. CYNTHIA HALL
Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry Medical University of South Carolina		Doctoral Graduate Student Developmental Psychology University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Presentation
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Reception

Presentation Time & Location
Friday, February 27^th ~ 2009
12 Noon ~ Reception Following
McGuffey Hall 114 ~ Radford University ~ Radford, VA

Presentation
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Reception

Dr. Sudie Back is on the faculty of the Medical University of South Carolina, in the Department of Psychiatry as an Associate Professor in the division of Clinical Neurosciences. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia and completed her clinical internship at the Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at MUSC. In 2007, she was a Visiting Academic at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia. Dr. Back's clinical expertise includes substance use disorders, trauma, and PTSD. Currently, her research interests include treatment of comorbid PTSD and substance use disorders, relationship between stress reactivity and addiction and co-editing Women & Addiction.

Ms. Cynthia Hall is currently a doctoral student in Lifespan Development in Psychology, and an instructor, and graduate assistant at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Ms. Hall's dissertation research is focused on factors influencing the decision to terminate pregnancy following a prenatal diagnosis of developmental disabilities. Her psychology assistantship is a clinical trainee position at the prestigious Civitan International Research Center, Sparks Clinics. As a trainee, she conducts developmental assessments for infants through school-age children with behavioral, developmental, or learning concerns, evaluates outcomes of clients on these assessments, providing suggestions for intervention when needed.

At Radford University
As a student, Dr. Back graduated with a M.A. from RU’s Clinical Psychology concentration in 1997. In addition she was the Gender Center's graduate assistant and with Claudia Diaz Zuniga, collaborated with Dr. Lips, presenting research on "Spanish University Students' Perceptions of Powerful Men and Powerful Women" and "Possible Powerful Selves: An International Perspective" helping to launch the Center's first (1996) Research Conference on Gender.

At Radford University
As a student, Ms. Cynthia Hall completed her undergraduate work at RU, then graduated with an M.A. from RU’s concentration in Experimental Psychology in 2006. Ms. Hall collaborated with Dr. Jeff Aspelmeier and Jose Loomis in presenting research on "Gender and Exploration in College: Academic and social differences among women and men in navigating the challenges of college life" at the Center's 2007 Conference.

Contact info for Dr. Back:
  phone: (843)792-5215 phone
  email: backs@musc.edu
  web: http://www.musc.edu/psychiatry/faculty/backs.htm

Contact info for Ms. Hall:
phone: 540-239-2507
email: crhall@uab.edu

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Presentation Invitation
This Alumni Teaching Day Event is Open to the Public
Admission is Free
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For more information about this presentation, please contact:

Ms. Christi Byrd: tel 540-831-6644 - email: cbyrd13@radford.edu - office hours
or Dr. Hilary Lips: tel 540-831-5361- email: hlips@radford.edu


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