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1 Curriculum Vitae Biographical Information Name: Country of Citizenship: Work Address: Jessica Jane Flynn Canada Department of Psychological Sciences Kent Hall Kent, Ohio EDUCATION August, 2009 Present September, 2007 September, 2009 Kent, OH Clinical Psychology APA-Accredited Program Doctor of Philosophy- In Progress Concentration: Child and Adult Psychopathology Cumulative GPA: 3.9 Dissertation: Examining the frequency of fear responses across time in one anxiety disorder: Generalized social phobia (Prospectus defended: October 2013; anticipated dissertation defense: March 2016) Doctoral Candidacy Paper: Fear response coherence in the anxiety disorders: A Meta-analytic review (Approved: December 2012) Faculty Advisor: Karin G. Coifman, Ph.D. Developmental Psychology CPA-Accredited Program Master of Science Cumulative Average: 90% Converted Cumulative GPA: 4.3 Thesis: The relation between emotion regulation and emotional acceptance in adolescent girls (Defended: September 2009) Faculty Advisor: Tom Hollenstein, Ph.D. 1

2 September, 2002 May, 2006 Major: Psychology Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Cumulative Average: 83% Converted Cumulative GPA: 3.7 Honors Thesis: Predictors of suicide in a sample of suicide attempters and in a non-clinical population: A matter of emotion dysregulation? (Defended: May 2006) Dean s List Faculty Advisor: Ronald R. Holden, Ph.D. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE August, 2015 August 2016 August, 2014 August 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow Utah Center for Evidence Based Treatment Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) track Salt Lake City, UT Predoctoral Intern Primary Children s Hospital Salt Lake City, UT August 2014 February 2015: Adolescent Residential and Day Treatment February 2015 August 2015: Child Outpatient July, 2012 June, 2013 September, 2010 June, 2012 September, 2010 June, 2012 Psychology Extern Community Mental Health Clinic Children s Advantage Ravenna, OH Protocol Therapist in Randomized Controlled Trial Kent State Psychological Clinic Kent, OH Therapy Trainee Kent State Psychological Clinic Kent, Ohio 2

3 June, 2011 June, 2012 Therapy Trainee Specialized Practicum in Child Psychopathology Kent State Psychological Clinic Kent, Ohio RESEARCH EXPERIENCE January, 2012 Present December, 2010 Present August, 2009 December, 2011 September, 2006 August, 2009 September, 2003 August, 2006 September, 2005 August, 2006 Research Assistant Emotion, Stress, and Relationships Laboratory Kent, OH Primary Investigator on Grant Mind and Life Institute: Francisco J. Varela Research Award Faculty Advisors: David M. Fresco, Ph.D., Wil Cunningham, Ph.D., and Sharon Salzberg & The Ohio State University Kent, OH & Columbus, OH Research Assistant Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation Laboratory Faculty Advisor: David M. Fresco, Ph.D. Kent, OH Research Assistant Adolescent Dynamics Laboratory Faculty Advisor: Tom Hollenstein, Ph.D. Undergraduate Research Assistant Early Experience Laboratory Faculty Advisor: Mark Sabbagh, Ph.D. Undergraduate Research Assistant Holden Research Laboratory Faculty Advisor: Ronald Holden, Ph.D. 3

4 TEACHING EXPERIENCE January, 2012 May, 2012 Quantitative Methods I Kent, OH Sole instructor for undergraduate psychology course. Course focused on introductory statistics for psychology majors. Responsible for all aspects of course such as textbook selection, creating syllabus and lectures, delivering lectures, creating and administering tests, and assigning course grades. Course size: 100 students. Faculty Supervisor: Karin G. Coifman, Ph.D. September, 2008 April, 2009 Multivariate Statistics Teaching assistant for graduate psychology course. Course focused on advanced statistics for first year graduate students in a master s program in psychology. Responsible for grading weekly homework assignments. Course size: 10 students. Faculty Supervisor: Tom Hollenstein, Ph.D. September, 2007 April, 2008 Multivariate Statistics Teaching assistant for undergraduate psychology course. Course focused on the basic theories and empirical findings regarding emotion and its role in social relationships. Responsible for grading exams. Upper-division Course: 150 students. Faculty Supervisor: Tom Hollenstein, Ph.D. 4

5 REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Gilman, T. L., Latsko, M., Matt., L., Flynn, J., de la Cruz, O., Douglas, D., Jasnow, A., Coifman, K. G. (in press). Variation of 5-HTTLPR and deficits in emotion regulation: A Pathway to risk? Psychology and Neuroscience. Lanteigne, D. M., Flynn, J. J., Eastabrook, J. M., & Hollenstein, T. (2012). Discordant patterns among emotional experience, arousal, and expression in adolescence: Relations with emotion regulation and internalizing problems. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, Eastabrook, J. M., Flynn, J., & Hollenstein, T. (2012). Internalizing symptoms in female adolescents: Associations with emotional awareness and emotion regulation. Journal of Child and Family Studies, Hollenstein, T., McNeely, A., Eastabrook, J., Mackey, A., & Flynn, J. (2012). Sympathetic and parasympathetic responses to social stress across adolescence. Developmental Psychobiology, 43, Fresco, D.M., Flynn, J. J., Mennin, D. S., & Haigh, E. A. P. (2010). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. In J. D. Herbert & E. Forman (Eds.). Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Understanding and Applying the New Therapies. (pp ). New York: Wiley. Flynn, J. J., Hollenstein, T., & Mackey, A. (2010). The effect of suppressing and not accepting emotions on depressive symptoms: Is Suppression different for men and women? Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 9, Sabbagh, M.A., & Flynn, J. (2006). Mid-frontal EEG alpha asymmetries predict individual differences in one aspect of theory-of-mind: Mental state decoding. Social Neuroscience, 1, MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Shaheen, R., Halachoff, D., Flynn, J.J., & Coifman, K. G. (under revision). Emotion elicitation using film: Update on Gross & Levenson, Behavior Research Methods. Flynn, J. J., Ciesla, J., Steinman, C., & Coifman, K. G. (in preparation). Does Trait Anxiety Influence System-Wide Emotional Rigidity? Examining Negative Emotional Concordance across Contexts. Behavior Therapy. Coifman, K. G., Flynn, J. J., & Pinto, L. A. (in preparation). When context matters: Negative emotions and psychological adjustment. Health Psychology. Flynn, J. J., Strasshofer, D. & Coifman, K. G. (in preparation). Fear coherence in the anxiety disorders: A Meta-analysis. 5

6 CONFERENCE POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS Flynn, J. J., Pollock, J., Lackner, R., Salzberg, S., Cunningham, W., & Fresco, D.M. (June 2015). Effects of Training in Loving-Kindness Meditation on Underlying Approach and Avoidance Motivations. A poster presentation accepted at the annual Summer Research Institute of the Mind and Life Institute, Garrison, NY, USA. Nylocks, K. Maria, Gilman, T. L., Latsko, M. S., Flynn, J. J., Jasnow, A. M., Coifman, K. G. (April 2015). Influence of the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on Emotion Regulatory Processing. A poster submitted for the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Miami, Fl, USA. Latsko, M. S., Gilman, T. L., Matt, L. M., Flynn, J. J., De la Cruz-Cabrera, O., Douglas, D., Coifman, K. G., & Jasnow, A. M. (May 2015). TPH2 (rs ) and BDNF (val 66 met) Polymorphisms Interact to Modulate Inhibition of Emotional Context. A poster submitted for the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, USA. Flynn, J. J. & Coifman, K. G. (February 2013). Coherence across contexts: What does trait anxiety add to the picture? A poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, USA. Flynn, J. J., Fresco, D. M., & Britton, W. B., (November 2012). Examining the meditation specific effects on decentering capacity. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD, USA. Flynn, J. J., Pinto, L. A., & Coifman, K. G., (November 2012). Exploring the role of depressive symptoms in emotional response coherence during an emotion modulation task. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD, USA. Goldstein, C., Flynn, J. J., Clen, S. L., Rytwinski, N, Haigh, E.A.P., van Dulmen, M., Carlson, L., Myerscough, R., Josephson, R., Fresco, D. M, & Hughes, J. W. (April 2012). Acute relaxation response obscures effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention for prehypertensive adults. A poster presented at a meeting of the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies, Denver, Colorado, USA. Flynn, J. J., Goldstein, C., Clen, S. L., Rytwinski, N, Haigh, E.A.P., van Dulmen, M., Carlson, L., Myerscough, R., Josephson, R., Fresco, D. M, & Hughes, J. W. (April 2012). Randomized controlled trial of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for prehypertension: Treatment-related changes in autonomic response to stress. A poster presented at a meeting of the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies, Denver, Colorado, USA. Flynn, J. J., Moore, M., Clen, S., & Fresco, D. M. (November, 2011). Physiological biomarkers of reactivity and regulation in MDD with and without GAD. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, ON, Canada. 6

7 Hollenstein, T., Lanteigne, D., & Flynn, J. J. (March, 2011). Patterns of discordance among psychophysiological, self-reported, and expressivity measures of social stress in adolescence. A symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, QC, Canada. Eastabrook, J. M., Hollenstein, T., & Flynn, J. J. (March, 2011). Depressive symptoms in female adolescents: The role of emotional awareness and emotion regulation. A poster presentedat the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, QC, Canada. Flynn, J. J., Clen, S. L., Rytwinski, N, & Haigh, E.A.P., van Dulmen, M., Carlson, L., Myerscough, R., Josephson, R., Hughes, J. W., & Fresco, D. M. (November, 2010). Correlates of treatment change in mindfulness meditation for hypertension. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, Mindfulness and Acceptance Special Interest Group, San Francisco, CA, USA. Flynn, J. J., & Hollenstein, T. (November, 2010). Does emotional acceptance affect emotional response during a social stressor task in adolescent girls? A poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, Mindfulness and Acceptance Special Interest Group, San Francisco, CA, USA. Clen, S. L., Flynn, J. J., & Fresco, D. M. (November, 2010). The Resiliency Project: Psychological markers of freshmen at-risk for drop-out from college. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA, USA. Lanteigne, D. M., Flynn, J. J., Mackey, A., Glozman, J., & Hollenstein, T. (2010, May). Self-conscious emotion in adolescent females: Associations between self-reported emotions and observed behaviour during a social stressor task. A poster presented at the annual meeting of Development, University of Carleton, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Moore, M. T., Fresco, D. M., Rytwinski, N., & Flynn, J. J. (2010, June). Association of reactivity of explanatory flexibility following an emotion evocation challenge to subsequent depression symptoms. A symposium presented at the triennial meeting of the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA, USA. Eastabrook, J. M., Hollenstein, T., Flynn, J. J., & Mackey, A. (2010, March). Changes in physiological reactivity during a social stressor task in adolescents with low and high alexithymia symptoms. A poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Hollenstein, T., Flynn, J. J., & Mackey, A. (2010, March). Adolescent emotional response to a social stress: Sensitivity or regulation? A symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, USA. Flynn, J. J. & Hollenstein, T. (2009, April). Age-related changes in physiological reactivity during a social stressor task in mid- and late adolescent girls. A poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, USA. 7

8 Hollenstein, T., Flynn, J., & Mackey, A. (2008, June). Observed psychophysiological reactions to a self conscious situation in early and late adolescence. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Quebec City, QC, Canada. Flynn, J. J., & Hollenstein, T. (2008, March). The effect of two different emotion regulation strategies on well-being in late adolescence. A poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA. Flynn, J. J., & Holden, R. R. (2007, June). Predictors of suicidality in a sample of suicide attempters. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Workshop (2013). Attended an all-day workshop on the theoretical and empirical foundations of ACT as well as practical clinical guidelines for conducting ACT led by Laurie Greco, Ph.D. of Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center, Columbus, OH held in the psychology department at The Ohio State University. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructred Form (2010). Attended an all-day workshop on the development, administration, scoring, and interpretation of the MMPI-2-RF led by Yossef Ben-Porath, Ph.D. of, Kent, OH held at, Kent, OH. Advanced Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Interpretation (2009). Attended an allday workshop on the development, administration, scoring, and interpretation of the MMPI-2 led by John Graham, Ph.D., of, Kent, OH held at, Kent, OH. REVIEW AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Ad Hoc reviewer for the following journals: American Journal of Psychology Clinical Psychology Review Journal of Abnormal Psychology ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Psychological Association, Student Affiliate Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Student Member Greater Good Science Center, Member Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Student Member Utah Psychological Association, Student Member SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS Jeannette and Louis Reuter ($12000) Graduate Studies 8

9 Graduate Fellowship in Developmental Science Francisco J. Varela Research Award ($15000) Mind and Life Institute Doctoral Fellowship ($60000) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15000) Ontario Government (scholarship declined because it could not be accepted for a degree in the USA) CGS Master s Award ($17500) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Kingston-Frontenac County Bursary ($14500) Miller Thomson Foundation Scholarship ($1000) Queen's Entrance Award ($1711) The Rotary Club of Kingston Bursary ($1500) Aiming for the Top Scholarship ($400) NSERC Undergraduate Research Award ($4500) 2005 Dean s Honor List INVITED LECTURES Flynn, J. J. (2014, November). Loving-Kindness Meditation. Educational workshop presented to staff at the Adolescent Residential and Day Treatment Unit, Wasatch Canyon s Campus, Primary Children s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT. Flynn, J. J. (2009, January). Too nervous to play? Acceptance and mindfulness techniques for better performance. Workshop presented at the School of Music, Kingston, ON. REFERENCES 9

10 Professional references available upon request. 10