2013 – Present The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
Masters of Science, May 2016
Masters Thesis: Confirming the Dissociative Subtype of PTSD in a Sample of
Traumatized Justice-Involved Youth
2007 – 2011
2015 – Present
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Spanish with Honors, April 2011
National Science Foundation GRFP, Grant No. 1256065
2014
2011
2011
2010
2008 – 2011
University of Utah Student Senate Travel Award
Undergraduate High Honors
LSA Honors Travel Grant
Ginsberg Student Fellow
Dean’s List
Bennett, D. C., Modrowski, C. A.
, Chaplo, S. D., & Kerig, P. K. (under review). Facets of emotion dysregulation as mediators of the association between trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms in justice-involved adolescents . Manuscript submitted for publication.
Modrowski, C. A.
, & Kerig, P. K. (under review). Investigating Factors Associated with PTSD Dissociative
Subtype Membership in a Sample of Traumatized Justice-Involved Youth . Manuscript submitted for publication.
Chaplo. S. D., Kerig, P. K., Modrowski, C. A., & Bennett, D. C. (under review). Gender differences in the associations among sexual abuse, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and delinquent behaviors in a sample of detained adolescents.
Manuscript submitted for publication.
Modrowski, C. A.
, Bennett, D. C., Chaplo, S. D., & Kerig, P. K. (under review). Screening for PTSD
Among Detained Adolescents: Implications of the Changes in DSM-5 . Manuscript submitted for publication.
Kerig, P. K., Charak, R., Chaplo, S. D., Bennett, D. C., Armour, C., Modrowski, C. A., & McGee, A.
B. (In press). Validation of the factor structure of the adolescent-dissociative experiences scale in a sample of trauma-exposed detained youth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
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Kerig, P. K., Bennett, D. C., Chaplo, S. D., Modrowski, C. A., & McGee, A. B. (In press).
Numbing of positive, negative, and general emotions: Associations with trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and depressive symptoms among justice-involved youth. Journal of
Traumatic Stress .
Kerig, P. K., Chaplo, S. D., Bennett, D. C., Modrowski, C. A.
(In press). “Harm as harm:”
Perpetration of violence, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and gang membership among justice-
involved youth. doi: 10.1177/0093854815607307
Bennett, D. C., Modrowski, C. A., Kerig, P. K., & Chaplo, S. D. (2015). Investigating the dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder in a sample of traumatized detained youth.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy , 7 (5), 465-472. doi:
10.1037/tra0000057
Chaplo, S. D., Kerig, P. K., Bennett, D. C., & Modrowski, C. A.
(2015). The roles of emotion dysregulation and dissociation in the association between sexual abuse and self-injury among juvenile justice-involved youth. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation , 16 (3), 272-285. doi:
10.1080/15299732.2015.989647
Modrowski, C. A.
, Miller, L. E., Howell, K. H., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2013) . Consistency of trauma symptoms at home and in therapy for preschool children exposed to intimate partner violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 5 (3), 251-258. doi:10.1037/a0027167
Modrowski, C. A., Mozley, M. M., & Kerig, P. K. (accepted for presentation, 2016, August). Trauma exposure onset & duration differentially predict PTSD symptoms in detained adolescents. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
Modrowski, C. A., Mozley, M. M., & Kerig, P. K. (accepted for presentation, 2016, August). Does child maltreatment moderate the relation between the onset and severity of delinquency? Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
Holman, K., Chaplo, S. D., Modrowski, C. A., & Kerig, P. K. (accepted for presentation, 2016, April).
Correspondence between mothers’ and detained youths’ reports of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms: The role of attachment quality . Poster presentation at the
Society for Research in Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Modrowski, C. A., Chaplo, S. D., Mozley, M. M. & Kerig, P.K. (accepted for presentation, 2016, April).
Examining associations among trauma exposure, callous-unemotional traits, gender, and gang involvement in justice- involved adolescents . Poster presentation at the Society for Research in
Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Chaplo, S. D., Modrowski, C. A, Kerig, P. K., & Bennett, D. C. (2015, November). Gender differences in the sequelae of childhood sexual abuse: An examination of borderline features, dissociation, emotion dysregulation, and delinquent behaviors among detained adolescents . Paper presented at the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans.
Bennett, D. C., Chaplo, S. D., Modrowski, C. A., & Kerig, P. K. (2015, November). The impact of interpersonal trauma exposure on emotion dysregulation difficulties and posttraumatic stress symptoms among detained youth . Paper presented at the International Society for Traumatic
Stress Studies, New Orleans.
Modrowski, C. A., Chaplo, S. D., Bennett, D. C., & Kerig, P. K. (2015, November). Comparing DSM-IV and
DSM-5 PTSD prevalence rates in traumatized adolescents: Developmental considerations. Paper presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans.
Bennett, D. C., Modrowski, C. A., & Kerig, P. K. (2014, November). Toward validation of the dissociative subtype among traumatized youth: Mixture modeling classifications related to over- vs. undermodulation of emotion. Paper presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress
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Studies, Miami.
Modrowski, C. A.
, Bennett, D. C., & Kerig, P. K. (2014, November). Betrayal trauma, emotion dysregulation, gender, & dissociation in traumatized delinquent adolescents . Paper presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami.
Modrowski, C. A.
, & Kerig, P. K. (2014, November). Posttraumatic stress, emotion dysregulation, & dissociation in traumatized delinquent adolescents . Poster presentation at the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami.
Hunter, E. C., Modrowski, C. A.
, Koolick, J. (2013, May). Childhood peer victimization and later alcohol use: Mediation by age of first use . Poster presentation at the Association for Psychological
Science, Washington, D.C.
Modrowski, C. A. (2012, October). Similarities and differences in PTSD for mothers and children exposed to intimate partner violence . Poster presented at the International Child & Adolescent
Conference XVI, Minneapolis.
Heitzeg, M. M., Weiland, B. J., Yau, W., Soules, M. E., Modrowski, C. A.
, Samudra, P. G., Zubieta, J. K., &
Zucker, R. A. (2012). Developmental differences in nucleus accumbens activation to incentive stimuli and modulation by risk and alcohol: A longitudinal fMRI study . [Published Abstract].
Biological Psychiatry , 71:8S, 240S.
Weiland, B. J., Welsh, R. C., Soules, M. E., Modrowski, C. A ., Zucker, R. A., Zubieta, J. K., & Heitzeg, M. M.
(2012, April). Functional connectivity of attention network relates to drink volume in youth .
Poster presentation at Annual Albert J. Silverman Research Conference, Ann Arbor.
Galano, M., Modrowski, C. A.
, Graham-Bermann, S.A. (2011, September). Ethnicity predicts differences in violence exposure and coping for women exposed to intimate partner violence . Poster presentation at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, San Diego.
*Awarded National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Poster Award.
Modrowski, C. A.
, Galano, M., Steinberg, D., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2011, September). A clinical case of Aiden: A preschooler exposed to IPV.
Poster presentation at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, San Diego.
Modrowski, C. A.
, Miller, L., Hunter, E. C. & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2011, May). Expression of trauma symptoms during therapy for preschoolers exposed to domestic violence . Poster presentation at
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
Modrowski, C. A.
(2011, April). Comparing traumatic symptoms at home and in therapy for preschoolers exposed to intimate partner violence . Poster presented at the University of Michigan’s
Department of Psychology’s Undergraduate Research Forum, Ann Arbor.
Castor, L., Miller, L. E., Modrowski, C. A.
, Steinberg, D. & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2010, May). Mothers exposed to intimate partner violence have similar trauma symptoms to their children but higher rates of PTSD . Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Boston.
Bennett, D. C., Modrowski, C. A.
, & Kerig, P. K. (2014). Assessment of the MAYSI-2 as a screen for trauma among juvenile justice-involved youth . Los Angeles, CA & Durham, NC: National Center for Child
Traumatic Stress.
2013 – Present Resilience to Resilience Laboratory, University of Utah
Graduate Research Assistant/Project Manager
Supervisor: Patricia Kerig, Ph.D.
Integral to study design, survey selection, IRB approval procedure, data collection with parents and youth, and training of research assistants. Acted as liaison to juvenile detention facility, and responsible for data management,
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analysis and presentation of data. Data includes self-report, behavioral, and psychophysiological measures.
2011 – 2012 UM-MSU Longitudinal Study, University of Michigan
Study Coordinator
Supervisor: Mary Heitzeg, Ph.D.
Responsible for all subject recruitment and fMRI and PET data collection.
Assisted in preparing and submitting amendments to the University of Michigan
IRB. Primary liaison to staff of the larger longitudinal study at Michigan State
University and other staff at the University of Michigan fMRI Laboratory at
University of Michigan Hospital PET Suite.
2009 – 2011 Child Violence & Trauma Laboratory, University of Michigan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Supervisor: Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D.
Conducted in-home interviews with mothers and children and was trained on administration of standardized semi-structured interview techniques for PTSD and other psychopathology. Responsible for entering, checking, coding, and cleaning data and managing other undergraduate assistants.
2015 – Present Primary Children’s Center for Counseling, Taylorsville, UT
Student Trainee
Supervisor: Merrill Kingston, Ph.D.
Conducted psychological assessments and individual psychotherapy with children and adolescents at outpatient clinic. Commonly used measures included WISC-V, WJ-III, MMPI-A, M-PACI, MACI, CDI, and BASC.
2015 – Present Utah Anxiety, OCD, & Tourette Syndrome Program, Salt Lake City, UT
Child Therapist Trainee
Supervisor: Michael Himle, Ph.D.
Used cognitive-behavioral techniques during weekly individual therapy sessions with children with Tourette Syndrome and other complex comorbidities.
Received training and supervision in Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for
Tics (CBIT).
2015 – Present Utah State Hospital, Provo, UT
Child & Adolescent Units Trainee
Supervisors: Doug Benson, PsyD; Marc Steed, Ph.D.
Administered a range of psychological and neuropsychological tests and cofacilitated group therapy with children and adolescents in psychiatric hospital setting. Commonly used measures included WISC-IV, WJ-III, D-KEFS, NEPSY-II,
PAI-A, MMPI-A, ADOS, Roberts-2, and PTSD-RI. Completed integrated reports and attended case conferences and feedback sessions with individualized treatment teams.
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2014 – 2015
2014 – 2015
University of Utah Behavioral Health Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT
Child Assessment Trainee
Supervisor: Matt Woolley, Ph.D.
Administered a range of psychological and neuropsychological instruments, including the WISC-IV, WJ-III, D-KEFS, NEPSY-II, CVLT-II, GARS-2, Conners 3,
Vineland-II, MACI, Children’s Stroop, and Children’s Trail Making Test.
Completed integrated reports and attended feedback session with client, parents, and supervisor.
University of Utah University Counseling Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Practicum Trainee
Supervisor: Katie Baucom, Ph.D.
Used cognitive-behavioral techniques during weekly individual therapy sessions with college students seeking care at the University’s counseling center.
2014 – 2015 University of Utah University Counseling Center , Salt Lake City, UT
Psychological Assessment Practicum Trainee
Supervisor: Craig Bryan, PsyD
Administered a range of psychological instruments including the WAIS-IV, CPT,
MINI, DASS, CAARS-2, MMPI-2, PAI, SCID-II, and NEO-PI-R. Completed integrated reports and attended feedback session with client and referring therapist.
2009 – 2011 Child Trauma Program , SafeHouse Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Practicum Trainee/Group Therapist
Supervisor: Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D.
Co-facilitated an evidence-based intervention for children exposed to intimate partner violence that focused on building social competence, safety planning, and emotion regulation skills.
Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant: Research Methods in Psychology , University of Utah
Summer 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Graduate Instructor: General Psychology , University of Utah.
Teaching Assistant: General Psychology , University of Utah.
Teaching Assistant: General Psychology , University of Utah.
Multilevel Modeling . 2016. Brian Baucom, Ph.D
., University of Utah. Weekly course on theory and applications of multilevel modeling and longitudinal statistical techniques.
Structural Equation Modeling.
2015. Jonathan Butner, Ph.D., University of Utah. Weekly course on theory and applications of structural equation modeling using MPlus and AMOS.
Applied Behavior Analysis.
2014. Michael Himle, Ph.D., University of Utah. Weekly course covering theory and applications of behavioral techniques.
Structural Equation Models and Latent Variables: An Introduction . 2014. Kenneth Bollen, Ph.D., ICPSR
University of Michigan. Five-day workshop that provided an introduction to structural equation modeling and matrix algebra.
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Co-facilitated “Think Trauma: Recognizing, responding, and engaging with traumatized youth and their families.” Department of Juvenile Probation, Provo, UT, June 26, 2014.
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology
American Psychiatric Association—APAGS, Division 53, Division 37
2015 - Present
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2014 – Present
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APA Division 53 Student Membership Committee Chair
University of Utah Clinical Training Committee Student Representative
Reviewer, Translational Issues in Psychological Science, Psychology of Trauma
Special Issue
Reviewer, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Reviewer, Journal of Traumatic Stress
Reviewer, Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Co-Reviewer with Dr. Patricia Kerig, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research,
Practice, & Policy
Contributing Editor of Traumatic StressPoints
Co-Reviewer with Dr. Patricia Kerig, Criminal Justice and Behavior
Co-Reviewer with Dr. Patricia Kerig, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent
Psychology
Reviewer, Translational Issues in Psychological Science
Co-Reviewer with Dr. Patricia Kerig, Aggressive Behavior
Co-Reviewer with Dr. Patricia Kerig for the 30 th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Student representative to the Diversity Committee, University of Utah
Department of Psychology
Americorps VISTA
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Passaic County, NJ
Crisis Line Counselor, Ozone House
Domestic Violence Group Leader, Huron Valley Women’s Prison
Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Response Teams Member, SafeHouse Center
Tutor, Proyecto Avance: Latino Mentoring Association
Volunteer at University of Michigan Sexual Assault Prevention & Awareness
Center
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