Jordan E. DeVylder
Curriculum Vitae
August 2015
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland School of Social Work
Phone: (443)301-8888
525 W Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
E-mail: jdevylder@ssw.umaryland.edu
Education:
Ph.D.
M.Phil.
M.S.
M.S.
2014
2013
2011
2008
B.A.
2005
Columbia University, Social Work
Columbia University, Social Work
Columbia University, Social Work
Georgia Institute of Technology, Experimental
Psychology
New York University, Psychology
Experience in Higher Education:
2014 – present
University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work
Assistant Professor
Courses taught: Research Methods; Nature of Health & Illness; Causal
Beliefs and Stigma in Behavioral Health
Faculty field liaison
Ph.D. committees: Hans Oh, doctoral student (Columbia), 4/24/15
2013-2014
Columbia University, School of Social Work
Adjunct Professor
Courses taught: Health, Mental Health, and Disabilities: Issues,
Policies, Research, and Programs; Normal and Pathological Aspects
of Childhood
2008-2009
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Psychology
Adjunct Professor
Courses taught: Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
Mentor for President’s Undergraduate Research Award program
2006-2008
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Psychology
Teaching Assistant
Courses: Biopsychology; Abnormal Psychology; Human
Development through the Lifespan
Experience in other than Higher Education:
2013-2014
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Experimental Therapeutics
Division, New York, NY
Clinical Researcher
2012-2013
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Recovery After First
Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) Connection Program, New York, NY
Clinical Rater
2010-2011
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Center for Practice Innovations
& Center of Prevention and Evaluation, New York, NY
Social Work Intern
2009-2010
Harlem Hospital Center, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency
program, New York, NY
Social Work Intern
Honors Received:
2011-2013
2010-2011
2009-2011
2010
2006-2009
2005
2001-2005
2001-2005
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fellowship from Columbia
University
Judith J. Ginsberg Memorial Fellowship from Columbia University
General Scholarship from Columbia University
Society for Psychophysiological Research Student Poster Award
presented to James Broadway for co-authored poster
President’s Fellowship from Georgia Institute of Technology
Founder’s Day Award from New York University
National Merit Scholarship
Baird Scholarship from New York University
Research Support and/or Fellowships:
Principal Investigator:
2015-2017
2015-2016
2015-2016
2015-2016
2014-2015
2006
Publications:
Articles in Refereed Journals
National Institute of Mental Health, Psychotic Experiences as RiskFactors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior (R03), $100,000 (not
funded)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, The Perceived
Relationship Between Psychotic Experiences and Suicide Attempts.
$30,000 (not funded)
Competitive Innovative Research Award, Do Psychotic Experiences
Independently Predict Suicide Risk? A Prospective Cohort Study.
$4,000 (funded)
National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program, amount to be
determined by NIMH if accepted (submitted)
Competitive Innovative Research Award, Psychotic Experiences and
Suicide Attempts: Causation versus Environmental Confounding.
$18,343 (funded)
Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate Student Career
Development Grant, Sensory Gain Control at Fixation, $600 (funded)
DeVylder, J.E., Lehmann, M., & Chen, F. (in press). Social and Clinical Correlates of the
Persistence of Psychotic Experiences in the General Population. Schizophrenia
Research.
Oh, H.Y., Abe, J., Negi, N., & DeVylder, J.E. (in press). Immigration and psychotic experiences
in the United States: Another example of the epidemiological paradox? Psychiatry
Research.
Demmin, D.L., DeVylder, J.E., & Hilimire, M.R. (in press). Screening for sub-threshold
psychotic experiences and perceived need for psychological services. Early
Intervention in Psychiatry.
DeVylder, J.E., & Hilimire, M.R. (in press). Screening for psychotic experiences: social
desirability biases in a non-clinical sample. Early Intervention in Psychiatry.
Chen, F., Gearing, R.E., DeVylder, J.E., & Oh, H.Y. (in press). Pathway model of parental helpseeking for adolescents experiencing first episode psychosis. Early Intervention in
Psychiatry.
DeVylder, J.E., & Hilimire, M.R. (2015). Suicide risk, stress sensitivity, and self-esteem
among young adults reporting auditory hallucinations. Health & Social Work, 40,
175-181.
Oh, H.Y., & DeVylder, J.E. (2015). Possibilities and challenges of online, social media, and
mobile technologies for psychosis treatment. Schizophrenia Research, 166, 347-348.
Hilimire, M.R., DeVylder, J.E., & Forestall, C.A. (2015). Fermented foods, neuroticism, and
social anxiety: an interaction model. Psychiatry Research, 228, 203-208.
DeVylder, J.E., Thompson, E., Reeves, G., & Schiffman, J. (2015). Psychotic experiences as
indicators of suicidal ideation in a non-clinical college sample. Psychiatry Research,
226, 489-493.
DeVylder, J.E., Lukens, E.P., Link, B.G., & Lieberman, J.A. (2015). Suicidal behavior among
individuals with sub-threshold psychotic experiences: data from the Collaborative
Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys. JAMA Psychiatry, 72, 219-225.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, H.Y., Pitts, S., & Schiffman, J. (2015). Young for One’s Grade: A Risk
Factor for Psychotic Experiences among Adults in the National Comorbidity SurveyReplication. Psychiatry Research, 226, 353-356.
Hilimire, M.R., Mayberg, H.S., Holtzheimer, P.E., Broadway, J.M., Parks, N.A., DeVylder, J.E., &
Corballis, P.M. (2015). Effects of subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation on
negative self-bias in patients with treatment-resistant depression. Brain Stimulation,
8, 185-191.
Gearing, R.E., DeVylder, J.E., Chen, F., Pogge, D.L., & Buccolo, M. (2014). Changing
perceptions of illness in the early course of psychosis: psychological pathways
towards self-determination and self-management of treatment. Psychiatry:
Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 77, 344-359.
DeVylder, J.E., Muchomba, F.M., Gill, K.E., Ben-David, S., Walder, D.J., Malaspina, D., &
Corcoran, C.M. (2014). Symptom trajectories and psychosis onset in a clinical high
risk cohort: the relevance of disorganized communication. Schizophrenia Research,
159, 278-283.
Ben-David, S., Birnbaum, M., Eilenberg, E., DeVylder, J.E., Gill, K., Schienle, J., Azimov, N.,
Lukens, E., Davidson, L., Corcoran, C.M. (2014). The subjective experience of youths
at clinical high risk for psychosis: a qualitative research study. Psychiatric Services,
65, 1499-1501.
Oh, H.Y., Yang, L.H., Anglin, D., & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Perceived discrimination and
psychotic experiences across multiple ethnic groups in the United States.
Schizophrenia Research, 157, 259-265.
DeVylder, J.E., Burnette, D., & Yang, L.H. (2014). Comorbidity of psychotic experiences and
common mental health conditions across four racially and ethnically diverse
population samples. Psychological Medicine, 44, 3503-3513.
Oh, H.Y., & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Mental health correlates of homelessness amongst
Latinos and Asians. Community Mental Health Journal, 50, 953-959.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, H.Y., Corcoran, C.M., & Lukens, E.P. (2014) Treatment-seeking and unmet
need for care for psychosis-like experiences in the general population. Psychiatric
Services, 65, 774-780.
Oh, H.Y., DeVylder, J.E., & Chen, F. (in press). To treat or not to treat: Responding to
psychotic-like experiences. British Journal of Social Work.
DeVylder, J.E., & Oh, H.Y. (2014). A systematic review of the familial coaggregation of
schizophrenia with non-psychotic disorders. Social Work in Mental Health, 12, 280301.
DeVylder, J.E., Yang, L., Harkavy-Friedman, J., Azimov, N., Walder, D., & Corcoran, C.M.
(2014). Assessing depression in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis: a
comparison of three measures. Psychiatry Research, 215, 323-328.
DeVylder, J.E & Gearing, R.E. (2013). Declining social support in adolescents prior to first
episode psychosis: associations with negative and affective symptoms. Psychiatry
Research, 210, 50-54.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, H.Y., Yang, L.H., Cabassa, L.J., Chen, F., & Lukens, E.P. (2013).
Acculturative stress and psychotic-like experience among Asian and Latino
immigrants to the United States. Schizophrenia Research, 150, 223-228.
DeVylder, J.E., Wang, J.S-H., Oh, H.Y., & Lukens, E.P. (2013). Child loss and psychosis onset:
evidence for traumatic experience as an etiological factor in psychosis. Psychiatry
Research, 205, 90-94.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben David, S., Kimhy, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2013). Attributional style among
youth at clinical risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 7, 84-88.
DeVylder, J.E., & Lukens, E.P. (2013). Family history of schizophrenia as a risk factor for
axis I psychiatric conditions. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, 181-187.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben David, S., Schobel, S.A., Kimhy, D., Malaspina, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2013).
Temporal association of stress sensitivity and symptoms in individuals at clinical
high risk for psychosis. Psychological Medicine, 43, 259-268.
DeVylder, J.E. (2013). The fall and rise of Adolf Meyer’s psychogenic etiology of dementia
praecox (schizophrenia): 1903-1910, and beyond. Smith College Studies in Social
Work, 83, 2-17.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, A.J., Ben David, S., Azimov, N., Harkavy-Friedman, J., & Corcoran, C.M.
(2012). Obsessive compulsive symptoms in individuals at clinical risk for psychosis:
association with depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Schizophrenia
Research, 140, 110-113.
DeVylder, J.E. (2012). An ecological systems perspective on the clinical high risk state
preceding schizophrenia onset. Social Work in Mental Health, 10, 478-495.
Broadway, J.M., Holzheimer, P.A., Hilimire, M.R., Parks, N.A., DeVylder, J.E., Mayberg, H.S., &
Corballis, P.M. (2012). Deep brain stimulation and frontal theta power in severely
depressed patients. Neuropsychopharmacology, 37, 1764-1772.
DeVylder, J.E. (2011). Psychosis risk and prevention of severe and persistent mental
illness: implications for social work practice. Columbia Social Work Review, 2, 59-72.
DeVylder, J.E. (2010). Dialectical behavior therapy for the treatment of borderline
personality disorder: an evaluation of the evidence. International Journal of
Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 15, 63-73.
Book Chapter
Lukens, E.P. & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Schizophrenia. In A. Gitterman (Ed.), Handbook of
Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, (3rd ed.). New York,
NY: Columbia University Press.
Non-Refereed Articles
Doherty, T., & DeVylder, J.E. (in press). Identifying Risk for Suicide. Health & Social Work.
Thompson, E., Millman, Z., Okuzawa, N., Mittal, V., DeVylder, J., Skadberg, T., Buchanan,
R.W., Reeves, G., & Schiffman, J. (2015). Evidence-Based Early Interventions for
Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Review of Treatment Components.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 203, 342-351.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Maximizing benefits and minimizing risks in the primary prevention
of schizophrenia. Social Work, 59, 363-365.
Oh, H.Y., & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Psychotic symptoms predict health outcomes even after
adjusting for substance use, smoking and co-occurring psychiatric disorders:
findings from the NCS-R and NLAAS. World Psychiatry.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Prevalence of psychotic symptoms. Psychiatric Services, 65, 270.
Oh, H.Y. & DeVylder, J.E. (2013). The pedagogy of recovery. Psychiatric Services, 64, 10681069.
Oh, H.Y., DeVylder, J.E. (2012). Clifford W. Beers. Social Work and Society, 10(2).
DeVylder, J.E., Alexander, N., & Fisher, P.W. (2012). A consultation service to support
participants in psychiatric research. Psychiatric Services, 63, 291-292.
Book Review
DeVylder, J.E. & Lukens, E.P. (2013). Public Mental Health. American Journal of
Epidemiology, 177, 487-488.
Presentations:
Refereed Presentations
Wilson, C., DeVylder, J., Doherty, T., Schiffman, J., & Hilimire, M. (2015, March). Psychotic
experiences and suicide attempts: testing for environmental confounding. Poster
presented at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
DeVylder, J. (2015, March). Suicidal behavior among young adults with psychotic
experiences. Oral presentation given at the international conference of the
International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, New
York, NY.
Oh, H. & DeVylder, J. (2014, May). Social work research on mental health recovery as a
public sociological enterprise. Oral presentation given at the 4th International
Conference on Sociology and Social Work, Los Angeles, CA.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014, January). The clinical significance of sub-threshold psychosis in the
general population: comorbidity and suicide risk. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.
Chen, F., Gearing, R.E., DeVylder, J.E., & Oh, H.Y. (2013, July). Parental help-seeking for
adolescents during first-episode psychosis. Oral presentation presented at the
International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Los Angeles,
CA.
DeVylder, J.E., Gill, K., Ben-David, S., & Corcoran, C. (2013, January). Associations of stress
with symptoms in individuals at clinical high risk for developing schizophrenia:
implications for the development of social work interventions. Symposium
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Diego, CA.
Lukens, E.P. & DeVylder, J.E. (2013, January). Separation from a parent through age 16 as a
contributing factor to severe mental health conditions in a general population study
in the US: considerations for practice, programming and research. Symposium
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San
Diego, CA.
Ben-David, S., Birnbaum, M., Eilenberg, M., Schienle, J., DeVylder, J., Gill, K., Azimov, N., &
Corcoran, C. (2013, January). A qualitative research study on the subjective
experience of youths identified as at clinical high risk for developing psychosis.
Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and
Research, San Diego, CA.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben-David, S., Schobel, S.A., Kimhy, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2012, April).
Longitudinal association of stress measures with symptoms in youth at clinical high
risk for psychosis. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Schizophrenia
International Research Society, Florence, Italy.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben-David, S., Schobel, S.A., Kimhy, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2012, April).
Longitudinal association of stress measures with symptoms in youth at clinical high
risk for psychosis. Poster presented at the International Prodromal Research
Network meeting, Florence, Italy.
DeVylder, J.E., Golden, E., Alexander, N., & Fisher, P.W. (2012, January). Meeting the needs
of participants in clinical research: an evaluation of the NYSPI social work
consultation service. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social
Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
Broadway, J.M., Hilimire, M.R., Parks, N.A., DeVylder, J.,E., Corballis, P.M., Mayberg, H.S., &
Holzheimer, P.A. (2010, September). Deep brain stimulation and frontal theta in
severely depressed patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society
of Psychophysiological Research, Portland, OR.
Hilimire, M.R., Braodway, J.M., DeVylder, J.E., Parks, N.A., Corballis, P.M., Holtzheimer, P.A.,
& Mayberg, H.S. (2010, September) Deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant
depression reduces self-negativity bias: EEG and behavioral evidence. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research,
Portland, OR.
DeVylder, J.E., Corballis, P.M., & Parks, N.A. (2008, April). Sensory gain control at fixation.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San
Francisco, CA.
DeVylder, J.E., Corballis, P.M., & Hilimire, M.R. (2007, October). Emotional stimuli modulate
sensory gain: an ERP study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of
Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, GA.
Kiefer, O.P., Corballis, P.M., & DeVylder, J.E. (2007, October). Establishing functional
connectivity between the superior colliculus and the parietal eye field: a combined
fMRI and DTI study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of
Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, GA.
Hilimire, M.R., Corballis, P.M., DeVylder, J.E., & Forth, D. (2007, October). Examining the
nature and time course of attention to emotional facial expressions. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research,
Savannah, GA.
Invited Presentations
DeVylder, J.E. (2015, February). Suicidal behavior among non-clinical samples of adults
with psychotic experiences. Talk given at the monthly research meeting of the
Suicide Prevention Research Group, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014, April). Suicidal Behavior among Adults with Sub-Threshold Psychosis.
Invited presentation at The New York Academy of Medicine’s Sixth Annual Student
Night, New York, NY.
DeVylder, J.E. (2012, February). Obsessive and compulsive symptoms at COPE: aggressive
obsessions and suicidal ideation. Talk given at weekly research meeting of the
Center of Prevention and Evaluation at New York State Psychiatric Institute, New
York, NY.
DeVylder, J.E. (2011, October). Causal attribution biases in the COPE psychosis-risk cohort.
Talk given at weekly research meeting of the Center of Prevention and Evaluation at
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
DeVylder, J.E. (2011, April). Psychosis-risk and the prevention of schizophrenia. Talk given
at the Columbia Social Work Review journal launch event at Columbia University,
New York, NY.
DeVylder, J.E. (2010, October). Family psychoeducation for prodromal psychosis. Talk
given at weekly research meeting of the Center of Prevention and Evaluation at New
York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
DeVylder, J.E. (2007, November). Sensory gain across the visual field. Talk given at weekly
Cognitive Psychology brownbag in the School of Psychology at the Georgia Institute
of Technology.
DeVylder, J.E. (2007, March). Hemispheric asymmetry in emotion-based enhancement of
visual perception. Talk given at the weekly Cognitive Psychology brownbag in the
School of Psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Professional Activities:
Professional Associations
2015 - present
2014 - present
2014 - present
2013 - present
2011 - present
2010 - present
2010 - present
2007 - 2008
2007 - 2008
Member, International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and
Methodology
Member, Schizophrenia International Research Society
Associate Member, The New York Academy of Medicine
Member, Council on Social Work Education
Member, International Early Psychosis Association
Member, Society for Social Work and Research
Member, National Association of Social Workers
Member, Society for Psychophysiological Research
Member, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Board and Working Group Memberships
2015
2014-current
Suicidal Ideation and Behavior consensus work group, International
Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology
Board of Advisors, Behavioral Health Workforce Integration Service
and Education
Editorial Positions
2014-current
Consulting Editor, Social Work
Manuscript Reviewer
British Journal of Social Work
European Psychiatry
JAMA Psychiatry
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
Neuropsychiatric Disease & Treatment
Psychiatry Research
Psychological Medicine
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Schizophrenia Research
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology
Social Work in Mental Health
SSW Service:
Committee Service
2015-current
2014-2015
2014-current
Global initiatives committee
Field education committee
Research sequence committee
Graduate Student Mentorship
2015-current
Research mentor, Boyoung Nam, graduate research assistant
2014-2015
2014-2015
2014-current
Dissertation committee, Hans Oh, Columbia University School of
Social Work
Research mentor, Tracie Doherty, M.S.W. student research assistant
Research mentor, Meshan Lehmann, RA Scholars Program