Holly E. Laurance, M.A.
Department of Psychology, University of
Arizona
PO Box 210068
Tucson, AZ 85721-0068
Phone: (520) 626-7628
Fax: (520) 621-9306
E-mail: laurance@u.arizona.edu
1996- Present University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Major: Psychology
Program: Clinical
Area of Concentration: Clinical Neuropsychology
Degree: Ph.D. (anticipated)
Dissertation: Differential impact of chronic stressors on cognition and behavior
Advisors: W. Jake Jacobs, Ph.D., and Lynn
Nadel, Ph.D.
GPA: 4.00
1996 – 1997 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Major: Psychology
Program: Clinical
Degree: M.A.
Masters
Thesis: Place learning in real and computer-generated space: Performance of
younger and older adults
Advisors: W. Jake Jacobs, Ph.D., and Lynn
Nadel, Ph.D.
GPA: 4.00
1992-1996
University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Major: B.A., Cum Laude in General Studies
Minor: Sociology
GPA: 3.50
1999-2000
Laboratory
Coordinator, University of Arizona, Tucson, Psychology Department
Supervisors: W. Jake Jacobs, Ph.D. and
Lynn Nadel, Ph.D.
Duties: Participated in the design of
experiments. Facilitated the running of those experiments by creating documents for Human Subjects
Committee approval, hiring and training research assistants, and programming experiments. Created a
database of experiments conducted over previous five years. Analyzed data using statistical
software packages. Participated in presenting and writing of research articles. Ran weekly staff meetings.
1998-1999 Clinical Extern. Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson, Mental Health Services
Supervisor: Randall Garland, Ph.D.
Duties: Performed psychological assessments and interventions. Provided individual and group psychotherapy on a variety of therapeutic issues to inmates. Participated in weekly staff meetings and supervision sessions.
1996-1998 Graduate Research Assistant for Anxiety Research Group. University of Arizona, Psychology Department
Supervisor: W. Jake Jacobs, Ph.D.
Duties: Participated in the design and running of a variety of experiments. Participated in weekly staff meetings. Participated in the hiring, training and mentoring of undergraduates. Wrote manual for computer programs. Technical support for computer systems.
1996 Undergraduate Research Assistant. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Psychology Department
Supervisor: Penelope Trickett, Ph.D.
Duties: Created a behavioral coding manual. Conducted behavioral-coding and analysis on videotaped interactions between young females and an unfamiliar male. Trained other research assistants in behavioral coding scheme. Analyzed data using statistical software packages. This study is part of a larger longitudinal studying examining the impact of childhood sexual and physical abuse on a variety of psychological and social processes.
1996-Present Graduate Research Assistant for Anxiety Research Group. University of Arizona, Psychology Department
Supervisors: W. Jake Jacobs, Ph.D. and Lynn Nadel, Ph.D.
Main Projects:
·
Project
Coordinator: Asthma Study at the University of Arizona: Investigating the
short- and long-term effects of asthma and asthma medications utilizing a
neuropsychological battery to determine cognitive and behavioral strengths and
weaknesses in individuals ages 7 to 40 years.
·
Project
Coordinator: Stress Studies at the University of Arizona: Investigating the effects
of exposure to acute stress on place learning and memory in men and women.
· Project Coordinator: Emergency Room Study at University of Arizona Medical Center. Investigation designed to test a model of traumatic memory that predicts temporary functional amnesia will occur under traumatically stressful conditions.
2000 – 2001 Graduate Research Assistant for Memory Development Laboratory.
University of Arizona, Tucson, Psychology Department.
Supervisor:
Amy E. Learmonth, Ph.D.
Project
Coordinator: Children’s Study at the University of Arizona: Investigation of
spatial navigation strategies
in children ages 3 to 10 years.
1998-2001 Research
Project. Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson, Mental Health Services.
Supervisor: Randall Garland, Ph.D.
Project
Coordinator: at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson. Investigation of
MMPI-A patterns and predictive
capability for juveniles adjudicated as adults: Correctional implications.
1995-1996 Undergraduate
Research Assistant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Psychology
Department
Supervisor: W. Jake Jacobs, Ph.D.
Senior
Project: In cooperation with Dr. Jacobs, created a computerized adaptation of
the Morris Water Maze, an apparatus well-established
in the animal literature for the study of spatial learning and memory. Learned and developed
experimental programs in DOS. Ran experiments, analyzed data, and
participated in writing.
1996 Undergraduate
Research Assistant. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Psychology
Department
Supervisor: Penelope Trickett, Ph.D.
Duties: Conducted behavioral-coding and analysis on videotaped interactions between young females and an unfamiliar male. This is part of a larger study of childhood sexual and physical abuse from a cognitive- behavioral approach.
1994 Undergraduate
Research Assistant. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Psychology
Department.
Supervisor:
Franklin Manis, Ph.D.
Duties: Performed
psycho-educational testing on children and adolescents to evaluate reading
strategies as a result
of exposure to two different forms of teaching.
1994 Undergraduate
Research Assistant. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Psychology
Department.
Supervisor: Joanna
Farver, Ph.D.
Duties: Coded behaviors
of elementary aged children to evaluate play activity among social groups.
(2001) Pedophiles and Child Molesters
Specialized Training Services, Phoenix,
AZ.
Workshop Leader: Ken Lanning, F.B.I.
(2001) Sex Offenders: New Methods of Assessment and
Treatment
Specialized
Training Services, Phoenix, AZ.
Workshop Leader: Anna Salter, Ph.D.
2000 Assessment of Psychotic Symptomatology
University
of Arizona, Department of Psychology, Tucson, AZ
Workshop
Leader: Scott Sponheim, Ph.D.
1999 Clinical Hypnosis
University
of Arizona, Department of Psychology, Tucson, AZ
Workshop
Leaders: George Gafner, CISW and Bob Hall, Ph.D.
1999 Social Skills Training for Depression
University of Arizona, Department of
Psychology, Tucson, AZ
Workshop Leader: Chris Segrin, Ph.D.
1998 The Role of Empathy in Feminist Psychotherapy
University of Arizona, Department of
Psychology, Tucson, AZ
Workshop Leader: Barbara Weinsted, Ph.D.
1998 Children Therapy
University of Arizona, Department of
Psychology, Tucson, AZ
Workshop Leader: Don Miretsky, Ph.D.
Arizona’s Children Association
1998 Issues in Managed Care
University of Arizona, Department of Psychology,
Tucson, AZ
Workshop
Leaders: Jeffrey Dozoretz, Ph.D., La Frontera, Karl Sachs, Ph.D., Arizona
Children’s Association, and Joseph Hassler, Ph.D. from CODAC Behavioral Health
1998 Family Therapy for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Therapy
University
of Arizona, Department of Psychology, Tucson, AZ
Workshop Leaders: Craig Everett, Ph.D.,
and Sandra Everett, Ph.D.
1995 Certification in Radiation Safety
University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor: Professor Armando Zea
Clinical groups held at Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson:
Communications and Solutions
Survivors of Abuse
Alternatives to Domestic Violence
Building Relationships
White Collar Crime
Anger Management / Stress Management
Repeat Offenders
Guest Lectures at the University of
Arizona, Tucson:
Profiling Extreme Sexual
Deviancy: A Criminologist’s View
Psychopathology of
Criminal Conduct: Antisocial Personality Disorder
Psychopathology of
Criminal Conduct: Mass, Spree, and Serial Killers
Society
for Science in Clinical Practice Student Poster award, 109th Annual
Convention of the American Psychology Association, 2001.
Dean’s
List, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. 1994-1996.
Psi
Chi, University of Southern California, National Psychology Honors Society.
Initiated 1993.
American
Psychological Association, Division of Clinical Psychology, Student Affiliate
American
Psychological Society, Student Member
Society
for a Science of Clinical Psychology, Student Member
Arizona Psychological Association Ethics
Committee. 1999 - present
Ad
Hoc Editorial Consultant, Psychology Review, 2000
Ad
Hoc Editorial Consultant, Learning and Motivation, 1998
Ad
Hoc Editorial Consultant, Traumatology, 1997
Jacobs,
W.J., Laurance, H.E., Hancock, T.,
Nadel, L., & Thomas, K.G.F. Cognitive consequences of an acute social
stressor: Implications for sex differences in anxiety disorders. Will submit to
Learning and Memory.
Laurance, H.E. A framework for situation awareness:
Review, interpretation, and implications for prevention. Will revise with W.
Jake Jacobs and submit to Psychology Review.
Laurance, H.E., Hardt, O.M., Nadel, L., & Jacobs,
W.J. Stress disrupts spatial memory and time perception: Testing a model of
traumatic memory. Will submit to Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Laurance, H.E., Jacobs, W.J., & Trickett, P.
Sexually abused females: Behaviors and therapy implications.
Laurance, H.E., Learmonth, A.E., Nadel, L. &
Jacobs, W.J. Spatial navigation strategies between ages 3 and 8: Findings from
computerized spatial environments. Revising and re-submitting to Journal of
Cognition and Development.
Laurance, H.E., Stiles, A., & Garland, R. MMPI-A
patterns and predictive capability for juveniles adjudicated as adults.
Submitted to Psychological Assessment.
Laurance, H.E., Thomas, K.G.F., Newman, M.C., Kaszniak,
A., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W.J. Older adults map novel environments but do
not place learn: Findings from a computerized spatial task. Submitted to Aging,
Neuropsychology, and Cognition.
Thomas,
K. G. F., Hsu, M., Laurance, H.E.,
Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (2001). Place learning in virtual space III:
Investigation of spatial navigation training procedures and their application
to fMRI and clinical neuropsychology. Submitted to Behavior Research and
Methods, Instruments, and Computers 33, 21-37.
Skelton,
R. W., Bukach, C., Laurance, H. E.,
Thomas, K. G. F., & Jacobs, W.J. (2000). Humans with traumatic brain
injuries show place-learning deficits in a computer-generated virtual space. Journal
of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 21(1), 157-175.
Thomas,
K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., Luczak,
S. E., & Jacobs, W. J. (1999) Age-related changes in human spatial mapping
systems: Data from a virtual arena. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 2(6),
545-566.
Nadel, L., Thomas, K.G.F., Laurance, H.E., Skelton, R., & Jacobs, W.J. (1998). Human spatial cognition in a virtual arena. In C. Freska, C. Habel, K.F. Wender (Eds.), Spatial Cognition – An Interdisciplinary approach to representation and processing of spatial knowledge. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Laurance H.E., Thomas K.G.F., Jacobs W.J., & Nadel, L. (1998). Place learning in real and computer-generated space: Performance of younger and older adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 16-16, Suppl. S MAR 18.
Jacobs,
W.J., Thomas, K.G.F., Laurance, H.E.,
& Nadel, L. (1998). Place learning in virtual space II: Topographic
relations as one dimension of stimulus control. Learning and Motivation, 29, 288-308.
Laurance, H.E. (1997) Place learning in real and computer-generated space: Performance of younger and older adults. UMI Dissertation Abstracts, 76 pp.
Jacobs,
W.J., Laurance, H.E., & Thomas,
K.G.F. (1997). Place learning in virtual space I: Acquisition, overshadowing,
and transfer. Learning and Motivation, 28, 521-541.
Jacobs, W.J., Laurance, H.E., Thomas, K.G.F., Luczak, S.E., & Nadel, L. (1996). On the veracity and variability of traumatic memory. Traumatology [On-line], 2:2. Available: http:// www.fsu.edu/~trauma/contv2i2.html
Thomas,
K.G.F., Laurance H.E., Jacobs, W.J.,
& Nadel, L. (1995). Memory for Traumatic Events: Formulating Hypotheses and
Critical Experiments. Traumatology
[On-line], 1:2. Available:
http://www.fsu.edu/~trauma/contv1i2.html
Laurance, H.E., Hardt, O.M., Nadel, L., & Jacobs,
W.J. (2001, August). Stress disrupts spatial memory and time perception:
Testing a model of traumatic memory. Presented at the 109th
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Laurance, H.E., Learmonth, A.E., Jacobs, W.J., &
Nadel, L. (2001, April). Changes in navigational strategies between ages 3
and 8. Presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial
Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Skelton,
R.W., Hsu, M., Thomas, K.G.F., Nadel, L., Laurance,
H.E., Biggan, S., McLean, S., Ryan, L., Trouard, T., & Jacobs, W.J.
(2000, November). Traumatic brain injury and hippocampal function in humans:
initial results from fMRI, virtual environments and neuropsychological tests.
Presented at Society for Neuroscience 2000 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Thomas,
K. G. F., Laurance, H.E., Hsu, M.,
Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (1999, November). Examining human spatial
cognition: Data from a computer-generated task. Presented at the University
of Arizona Neuroscience Community Data Blitz, Tucson, AZ.
Laurance, H.E., Thomas, K.G.F., Nadel, L., &
Jacobs, W.J. (1998, December). Age-related changes in human place learning.
Presented at the Fall 1998 Clinical Psychology Research Deluge, University of
Arizona, Tucson.
Jacobs, W.J., Laurance, H.E., Thomas, K.G.F., & Nadel, L. (1998, November). Place learning in a computer-generated arena. Presented at the Cognitive Brown Bag, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Laurance, H.E., Thomas, K.G.F., Jacobs, W.J., &
Nadel, L. (1998, April). Place learning in real and computer-generated
space: Performance of young and older adults. Presented at the Cognitive
Neuroscience Society 1998 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
Jacobs,
W.J., Thomas, K.G.F., Laurance, H.E.,
Skelton, R.W., Tal, T., & Nadel, L. (1997, September). Human spatial
cognition in a virtual arena. Presented at the Trier Stress Conference,
Rome, Italy.
Nadel,
L., Thomas, K.G.F., Laurance, H.E.,
Skelton, R.W., Tal, T., & Jacobs, W.J. (1997, September). Human spatial
cognition in a virtual arena. Presented at the German conference on Spatial
Memory, Trier, Germany.
Thomas,
K.G.F., Laurance, H.E., &
Jacobs, W.J. (1997, April). Place learning in virtual space. Presented
at the Spring 1997 Clinical Psychology Research Deluge, University of Arizona,
Tucson.
Thomas,
K.G.F., Laurance, H.E., &
Jacobs, W.J. (1996, August). Spatial learning in humans: Cognitive mapping
in a virtual arena.
Presented at the 104th
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Thomas,
K.G.F., Jacobs, W.J., Laurance, H.E.,
& Douer, S. (1996, April). A dissociation between spatial and nonspatial
performance during the menstrual cycle. Presented at the Sixth Annual
Liebovitz Clinical Psychology Research Conference, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles.
W. Jake Jacobs,
Ph.D. Lynn
Nadel, Ph.D.
University of
Arizona University
of Arizona
Department of
Psychology Department
of Psychology
PO Box 210068 PO
Box 210068
Tucson, AZ
85721-0068 Tucson,
AZ 85721-0068
wjj@u.arizona.edu nadel@u.arizona.edu
Randall J.
Garland, Ph.D. Alfred
W. Kaszniak, Ph.D.
Arizona State
Prison Complex-Tucson University of Arizona
Inmate Health
Services Department of Psychology
10000 South
Wilmot Road PO
Box 210068
P.O. Box 24400 Tucson,
AZ 85721-0068
Tucson, AZ
85734-4400 kaszniak@u.arizona.edu