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Francis (Lee) Leroy Stevens Education Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN Ph. D. in Psychology (Counseling Psychology), August 2010 Dissertation: Construction of an Authentic Gender Identity Chair: Christopher Blazina, Ph.D. University at Albany, Albany, NY Master of Science in Counseling Psychology, December 2003 Union College, Schenectady, NY Bachelor of Science in Industrial Economics, Minor in Psychology, June 2001 Term Abroad Nanjing, China, Fall 2000 Professional Licensure Provisional Licensed Psychologist, North Carolina #102945, May 2011-­‐ Present Current Position Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Emmanuel College Boston MA, August 2011 - Present Clinical Experience Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Medical Informatics, W.G. “Bill” Hefner VAMC Salisbury, NC August 2010 – August 2011 Quarter time: Outpatient group, individual, and marriage therapy. Quarter time: FACT program; neuro-psychology assessment and conducting cognitive rehabilitation programs. Half time: research in functional neuro-imaging applications to psychotherapy/ psychopathology. Attend weekly seminars in neuro-anatomy/ neuropsychology.

Internship, University of Rochester Counseling Center Rochester, NY July 2009 – July 2010 Provide individual and group psychotherapy. Evaluate acute crisis patients in University of Rochester Medical Center Psychiatric ED. Supervision of a practicum student. Attend weekly seminars. Give outreach presentations. Receive weekly supervision. Cover on call services every two months.

Doctoral Practicum, Metro General Hospital, Elam Center Nashville, TN September. 2008 – May 2009 Provided outpatient therapy for general clinic and inpatient therapy for individuals in residential substance abuse treatment program. Completed placement assessments for individuals seeking treatment. Wrote forensic assessment reports. Received weekly supervision.

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Doctoral Practicum, Vanderbilt University Psych. & Counseling Center Nashville, TN September. 2007- May 2008 Provided therapy to graduate and undergraduate students and their dependents with a variety of clinical diagnoses. Carried a caseload of 15-20 clients. Wrote and administered two client intakes per week. Participated in weekly seminars involving case presentation, and didactic presentations, such as Social Anxiety, Dissociate Disorder, and Sex Therapy.

Received three hours of weekly supervision.

Doctoral Practicum, Athena Psych. Services Nashville, TN September 2006- May 2007 Administered, scored, and interpreted a range of assessments batteries, e.g. neurological batteries, ADHD testing, gastrointestinal bypass psychological evaluations, and psychological diagnostic testing. Wrote integrated reports. Provided weekly therapy to underprivileged clients carrying a variety of diagnoses such as bipolar, substance dependence, and depression.

Internship, Hope House Latham, NY May 2003 – December 2003 Provided weekly individual, family, and group counseling to adolescents’ ages 13 to 18 with Axis I substance use disorders. Gave psycho-educational treatment assignments and participated in psycho-educational family and client groups. Worked with a multidisciplinary treatment team in designing treatment plan measures.

Internship, Northeast Career Planning Albany, NY January - May 2003 Performed vocational evaluations and provided career counseling to consumers with various psychological and physical disabilities. Provided therapy to clients in the Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment Unit.

College Teaching Experience Tennessee State University Nashville, TN September 2005- May 2009 Courses taught: Each semester length, undergraduate courses.

Responsible for all aspects of class preparation, including developing class lessons and lectures, creating and grading exams, developing course requirements, creating and evaluating course paper assignments, and assigning grades General Psychology Abnormal Psychology Social Psychology Developmental Psychology Elementary Statistics Psychology of Stress Management Personality Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY Jan. 2005 – May 2005

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Courses taught: Each semester length undergraduate courses Responsible for all aspects of class preparation, including developing class lessons and lectures, creating and grading exams, developing course requirements, creating and evaluating course paper assignments, holding office hours and assigning grades.

General Psychology Abnormal Psychology Publications Stevens, F. L., Taber, K. & Hurley, R. (2011). Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Unique Role in Cognition and Emotion. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 23, 121-125.

Bailey, R. K., Blackmon, H. & Stevens, F. L. (2009) African Americans and Depression. Journal of the National Medical Association, 101, 1-6.

Chao, R., Knox*, H., Stevens*, F. L., Wagner*, R. (2007). Loss of Face. In F. Leong (Ed.)., Encyclopedia of counseling psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. *Knox, Stevens, and Wagner equally share authorship as the second author.

Presentations Stevens, F. L. (2012). Your Brain on AGPA: Understanding the Science of Your Brain at the AGPA Convention Through Affective Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis.

Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of American Group Psychotherapy Association, New York, NY. Stevens, F. L., Taber, K. & Hurley, R. (2011). Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Implications for Psychiatric Illness. Presented at the American Neuropsychiatric Association Convention, Denver, CO. Stevens, F. L. (2010). Female Identity Development and Silencing the Self. Presented at the American Psychological Convention, San Diego, CA. Stevens, F. L. & Hammond, M.S. (2009). African Americans and Silencing the Self.

Presented at the American Psychological Convention, Toronto, ON. Stevens, F. L. (2009). Masculinity and Capitalism. Presented at the American Men’s Studies Association Convention, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Stevens, F. L., Hill, S., Heiner, M., & Chao, R. (2007). Social Support, Dysfunctional Coping, and Well-being in Psychological Distress. Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. Stevens, F. L., Hill, S., Heiner, M., & Chao, R. (2007). Social Support, Coping, and Mental Distress: Well-being as a Mediator. Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.

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Hill, S., Heiner, M., Stevens, F. L., & Chao, R. (2007). Is Coping Helpful? Functional and Dysfunctional Coping in Mental Health. Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. Chao, R., Hill, S., Heiner, M., & Stevens, F. L., & Chao, R. (2007). Development of the Multiculturally Sensitive Mental Health Checklist. Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. Stevens, F. L. & Blazina, C. (2006). Social Inclusion, Gender Role Conflict and Depression. Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. Hammond, M.S., Singleton-Deams, P., Holdscaw, C., Temple, R.A., & Stevens, F. L. (2006). Emotional Intelligence and Career Development of Minority College Students. Presented at the Great Lakes Regional Conference, West Lafayette, IN Hammond, M.S., Singleton-Deams, P., Holdscaw, C., Stevens, F. L. & Temple, R.A. (2006). Factor Structure of the EIS for A Sample of African Americans. Presented at Great Lakes Regional Conference, West Lafayette, IN. Jordanov, W. L., Knox, H., Settle, A., Stevens, F. L., Lorenzen, L., Davis, K., Barland, C., Reding, D. (2006). Team presentations: Suggestions for improving student learning and performance. Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. Jordanov, W. L., Knox, H., Settle, A., Stevens, F. L., Lorenzen, L., Davis, K., Barland, C., Reding, D. (2006). Challenging and engaging psychology students through service learning. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science Convention, New York, NY. Certifications CRC Certified, Licensed certified rehabilitation counselor, 2004 to present Awards APA, Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic and Minority Issues, Best Poster Presentation, 2007 APA Annual Convention APA Student Travel Grant, Awarded $300 travel grant for poster presentation at 2006 APA Annual Convention American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), Awarded $960 conference tuition scholarship for both the 2010 & 2011 AGPA Annual Convention Research Experience Tennessee State University

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Personality and Client Symptoms Research Team, Sept. 2005 – 2008 Preparing an article on personality variables that relate to clients at a college counseling center. Journal article submitted.

Resiliency Research Team, Sept. 2005- 2008 Collect data and examine factors that contribute to resiliency.

Multicultural Research Team, Sept. 2005 – Sept. 2007 Collected data on the relationship between stress and mental health, developed research projects and presentations.

Research Assistant to Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh, Sept. 2005 –May 2006 Coordination Minority Teacher and BASE-TN Scholarship Programs.

Collected data for a research project on minority teacher shortages.

Vocational Identity Research Team, Sept. 2005 – May 2006 Examined factors in vocational identity development.

University at Albany Internship Sites’ Attitudes on Sport and Exercise Psychology Study, Sept.

2002 – May 2003 Aided in subject recruitment, entered data and surveyed pre-doctoral counseling and clinical psychology internships sites regarding opportunities for and attitudes toward sport and exercise psychology training.

Addictions Among College Students Study, Sept. 2002 – Dec. 2003 Collected data and measured protective behavioral strategies when consuming alcohol.

Career Research Team, Sept. 2002 –Dec. 2003 Discussed issues and topics in career development literature and consulted students with dissertations involving career development.

White Racial Identity Study, Jan. 2003 – Feb. 2004 Coded data and discussed issues related to white racial identity.

Research Assistant, Sept. 2002 - Jan. 2003 Worked as primary research assistant for lectures on selective mutism and attachment disorders, aided in lecture presentations, and gathered all relevant research regarding selective mutism and attachment disorders.

Professional Memberships APA, American Psychological Association, 2003 to present APA, Division 17, Society of Counseling Psychology, 2006 to present Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2006 to present

Francis L. Stevens Graduate Psychology Student Organization at TSU, Member, 2005 to 2010 AGPA, American Group Psychotherapy Association, 2009 to present

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