The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology

We are delighted to announce and invite you to the public oral doctoral dissertation defense of Hannah Sliman, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. George Noell.

Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time, U.S. and Canada)
Location: On campus

Dissertation Title:
Moral Judgments of Academic Cheating: The Role of Context, Personality, and Cognitive Disengagement in College Students

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Clinical Psychology PhD Program Administrator at [email protected] to request the location details.

We are delighted to announce and invite you to the public oral doctoral dissertation defense of Raksha Kandlur, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Cassie Glenn.

Date: Monday, June 1, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time / US and Canada)
Format: Zoom

Title: Exploring the Link Between Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Suicidal Ideations Among Asian College Students: An Intensive Longitudinal Examination through a Cultural Lens

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Clinical Psychology PhD Program administrator at [email protected] to request the Zoom link.

Huge congratulations to our alumnus Douglas Glenn, the 2026 recipient of the VCPCP Pancoast Outstanding Dissertation Award! We're so proud of your incredible achievement—well deserved!"

We are delighted to announce and invite you to the public oral doctoral dissertation defense of Kinjal Patel, under the mentorship of Dr. Cassie Glenn.

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Time: 1:00pm EST
Format: Zoom
Title: A multi-method investigation of developmentally informed and proximal risk factors for self-injurious thoughts in high-risk adolescents

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Clinical Psychology PhD Program administrator at [email protected] to request the Zoom link.

We are delighted to announce and invite you to the public oral doctoral dissertation defense of Danielle M. De Lucia, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. George Noell.

Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
Time: 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time / US and Canada)
Format: Zoom
Title: Fact or Fiction? Examining the Role of Influencers and Experts in College Students’ Perception of Mental Health Information on Social Media

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Clinical Psychology PhD Program administrator at [email protected]
to request the Zoom link.

We are delighted to announce and invite you to the public oral doctoral dissertation defense of Yasmine Nabulsi, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Xiao Yang.

Date: Monday, April 30, 2026
Time: 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time / US and Canada)
Format: Zoom
Title: Examining the Relationships between Apathy Subdomains, Heart Rate Variability, and Cognitive Performance

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Clinical Psychology PhD Program administrator at [email protected]
to request the Zoom link.

🎉 Congratulations to our award winners! 🎉

👏 Kinjal has been honored with the Candace M. Shorter Distinguished Student Award for excellence in all areas of the program.

👏 Meredith has received the Eileen O'Neill Outstanding Consortium Service Award for exceptional service contributions.

We are so proud of their achievements! 🎖️

Job Posting:

If you know of anyone who is qualified and interested in this exciting leadership opportunity at Old Dominion University (ODU): we are currently recruiting a Clinical Professor (open rank) to serve as the inaugural Director of ODU's brand new Community Psychological Services Center, expected to open offering services to the Hampton Roads public in August 2026. You will observe that this is a wonderful chance for clinicians committed to providing high quality science-informed care while also training the next generation of PhD clinical psychologists--from the inception of the clinic's opening! ODU offers very competitive salaries and an impressive array of benefits.

The committee will review applications as they are received, prioritizing those submitted by Mar 23, 2026 (https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/25366). Questions can be directed to the search chair, Dr. Christina Rodriguez at [email protected].

We are pleased to invite you to the public oral defense of Karolina Kazlauskaite, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Cathy Lau-Barraco.

Date: Friday, March 13, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Format: Zoom

Title: Drinking Group Injunctive Norms: An Event-Level Examination

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Clinical Psychology PhD Program administrator at [email protected] to request the Zoom link.

We are thrilled to celebrate the success of our students who have successfully matched for internship! 🎉👏

Please join us in congratulating:

✨ Danielle De Lucia – Cherokee Health Systems (River Valley Health), Tennessee
✨ Gabrielle Gravely – James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Tennessee
✨ Alicia Moulder – VA Maryland Health Care System / University of Maryland, Baltimore.
✨ Kinjal Patel – Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
✨ Kayla Pitchford – Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Illinois
✨ Hannah Sliman – Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology, Lincoln, NE

We are incredibly proud of their hard work, dedication, and commitment to the field. We can’t wait to see all they accomplish in this next chapter! 💙