Kimberly A. Rhoades

Graduate Student

Social/Health Psychology Program

Department of Psychology

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York 11794-2500

(631) 632-7874

krhoades@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Curriculum Vita ◊ Point of Woods ◊ Psychology Department ◊ Stony Brook University

My research interests:

· Development of aggression and defiance in infancy, preschool, and early elementary-school-age children

· Gender differences in the development and maintenance of aggression

· Parental influences on the development and maintenance of externalizing behavior problems

· Relations between the felt “aversiveness” of child behavior problems and parents’ responses to those problems

· The relations between children’s responses to interparental conflict and behavior problems

· Relations among different types of dysfunctional discipline and how they function both separately and together to predict child behavior problems

Current projects:

· Meta-analysis of the relation between children’s responses to interparental conflict and their internalizing and externalizing behavior problems

· Micro-analytic observational study of the relation between Lax and Overreactive discipline and how they influence and are influenced by different types of child misbehavior and negative affect

· Micro-analytic observational study of the relation between “do” and “don’t” commands and child compliance, and how co-occurring or immediately preceding misbehavior or negative affect influences this relation

· Maternal ratings of the “aversiveness” of various child behavior problems, and the relation of those ratings to actual child behavior problems, maternal discipline, maternal negative affect, and child age and gender.

· Treatment development study examining the effectiveness of a parenting program including an anger management component

Advice for applicants:

· You will work very closely with your advisor and their research interests will ultimately shape your own. Make sure you apply to work with people whose research genuinely interests you.

· Apply to lots of places; you can narrow it down later.

· If you know you don’t want to attend a particular school, don’t fly 3,000 miles to interview there.

· You can live anywhere for four-five years.

Personal information:

I was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, and attended the University of Oregon as an undergraduate (Go Ducks!). I live on the island with a couple of roommates and my dog Sumi, and adopted dog Gulliver. I’m not a fan of suburbia, so I spend a lot of time in the city. The best thing about the location of Stony Brook is that it’s quite easy to get into the city by either train or car. Also, if one prefers the country, it’s just a quick drive out to the east end of the island. As far as the program goes, I have been very happy working with Sue and do not have any regrets about choosing Stony Brook for my graduate education. If you have any questions about the program or our lab do not hesitate to e-mail or call. I am familiar with both the Clinical and Social/Health programs (due to my changing programs at the beginning of my third year) and can thus answer questions (or at least point you in the right direction) about either program.

Thanks for visiting!