Selected Student Accomplishments

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Professional Development

National Association of School Psychologist Student Representative
• Jessica Williams
• Audrey Whitley
• Susan Antaramian
South Carolina Psychological Association School Psychology Graduate Student Representative
• Claire Roof
South Carolina Association of School Psychologists Student Representative to the Board
• Ashley Lewis
South Carolina Association of School Psychologists Children's Committee Co-Coordinator
• Audrey Whitley
SC Association of School Psychologists Presidents
• Nichole Tate
• Patricia Pruitt
USC Psychology Graduate Student Association Board Members
• Mike McCall
• Emily Haranin
• Sarah Bassin-Wilson
• Sheara Fernando
• Susan Antaramian
• Ashley Lewis
• Emily Powell
Search Committee Student Representative
• Susan Antaramian
• Jonathan Schmidt
Program Meeting Student Representative
• Sheara Ferando
• Emily Powell
• Ashley Lewis
• Lindsay McDonald
• Susan Antaramian
• Sam McQuillin

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Honors/Awards

South Carolina Association of School Psychologists Graduate Student Award
• Jessica Williams
• Audrey Whitley
South Carolina Association of School Psychologists Ralph Tindall Research Award
• Ashley Lewis, Susan Antaramian, Runa Saha, and Audrey Whitley (Positive Psychology Research Lab)
Philip Morris TFPP Scholarship Recipient
• Ashley Lewis

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Research Productivity

Publications
Antaramian, S.P., Huebner, E.S., & Valois, R.F. (2008). Adolescent life satisfaction. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57, 112-126.
Antaramian, S.P., & Huebner, E.S. (Under review). Stability of adolescents' multidimensional life satisfaction reports. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Ardoin, S. P., Roof, C. M., Klubnik, C., & Carfolite, J. (2008). Evaluating Curriculum-Based Measurement from a Behavioral Assessment Perspective. The Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 36-49.
Buzaglo, J.S., Millard, J.L., Ridgway, C.G., Ross, E.A., Antaramian, S.P., Miller, S.M., & Meropol, N.J. (2007). An internet method to assess cancer patient information needs and enhance doctor-patient communication: A pilot study. Journal of Cancer Education, 22, 233-240.
Carfolite, J. D. Honors Thesis: Assessing Social Skills Measurements for Middle School Students accepted for publication in The Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers (8th edition), Ruszkiewicz, J., Friend, C., Hairston, M., Longman: NYC. (2006).
Fagan, A.A., Van Horn, M.L., Antaramian, S., & Hawkins, J.D. (Under review). Families matter… for girls and boys, adolescents and young adults.
Huebner, E.S., Antaramian, S., & Lewis, A. (in press). Perceived quality of life research in children and youth: Empirical foundations and implications for systems of national indicators. In K. Land (Ed.), The well-being of America's children: Developing and improving the Child and Youth Well-Being Index. New York: Springer.
Kurlychek, M., Smith, B. H., & Schmidt, J. D. (Under review) What’s in a name: Does the anonymous versus confidential condition on self-report surveys influence response rates?
Langberg, J. M., Smith, B. H., Bogle, K. E., Schmidt, J. D., Cole, W. R., & Pender, C. A. S. (2006). A Pilot Evaluation of Small Group Challenging Horizons Program (CHP): A Randomized Trial, Journal of Applied School Psychology.
Lewis, A., Huebner, E.S., & Valois, R.F. (2008). The incremental validity of positive emotions in predicting school satisfaction, student engagement, and school-based behaviors. Submitted for publication.
Schmidt, J. D. & Carfolite, J. D. (In press). Forensic Issues. In R. Kamphaus, C. Reynolds, and C. DiStefano, Encyclopedia of Psychological and Educational Assessment. Oxford Press.
Schmidt, J. D. & Carfolite, J. D. (In press). Guidelines for Forensic Psychology. In R. Kamphaus, C. Reynolds, and C. DiStefano, Encyclopedia of Psychological and Educational Assessment. Oxford Press.
Schmidt, J.D., & Smith, B.H. (2008). Long-term outcomes of treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In J.A. Trafton & W.P. Gordon (Eds.), Best practices in the behavioral management of health from preconception to adolescence: Vol. 3 (pp. 254-289). New York: Institute for Disease Management.
Reschly, A.L., Huebner, E.S., Appleton, J.J., & Antaramian, S. (2008). Engagement as flourishing: The contribution of affect and coping to adolescents’ engagement at school and with learning. Psychology in the Schools, 45, 419-431.
Van Horn, M.L., Jaki, T., Masyn, K., Ramey, S.L., Antaramian, S., & Lemanski, A. (Under review). Assessing individual differences in the effects of family resources on academic achievement: An application of regression mixture models.
Van Horn, M.L., Karlin, E.D., Ramey, S.L., Wetter, E., & Antaramian, S. (Under review). Affects of Developmentally Appropriate Practices on social skills and problem behaviors in first through third grades.

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Presentations
Antaramian, S., & Huebner, E.S. (2008, February). The high school transition: A longitudinal study of life satisfaction. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
Antaramian, S., & Huebner, E.S. (2007, November). Adolescent life satisfaction and family structure: The importance of domain-specific life satisfaction analyses. Paper presented at the International Society of Quality of Life Studies, San Diego, CA.
Antaramian, S., Fernando, S., Lewis, A., Saha, R., & Huebner, E.S. (2007, October). Strengths-Based School Psychology: The Case of Positive Life Satisfaction. Presentation presented at the fall conference of the South Carolina Association of School Psychologists, Columbia, SC.
Antaramian, S., Bordwine, V., Fernando, S., Gilman, R., Haranin, E., Huebner, S., Lewis, A., & Saha, R. (2007, March). Positive psychology in the schools: Some brief assessment measures and their linkages to prevention and intervention services. Symposium presented at the spring meeting of the South Carolina Association of School Psychologists, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Ardoin, S. P., Roof, C. M., Klubnik, C., and Carfolite, J. (2008, February). Evaluating Curriculum-Based Measurement from a Behavioral Assessment Perspective, Paper Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
Cole, C., Strait, G., McQuillin, S., and Carl, W. (2008). Efficacy and psychometrics of a middle-school remedial math curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual Convention for the National Association of School Psychologists in New Orleans, LA.
Gilman, R., Huebner, E.S., & Antaramian, S. (2007, March). Positive psychology in the schools: Selected assessment techniques and related intervention strategies for children and youth. Mini-skills session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New York.
Kurlychek, M., Smith, B. H., & Schmidt, J. D. (November, 2007). Performance enhancing drug use amongst college freshman. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, GA.
Langberg, J. M., Smith, B. H., Bogle, K. E., Schmidt, J. D., Morris, T. (July 2005). The Impact of ADHD as a moderator on an intervention of school based efficacy.
Langberg, J.M., Bogle, K. E., Smith, B. H., and Schmidt, J. D. (2004, November). The impact of a note-taking intervention to reduce the disruptive and off-task behaviors of adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lewis, A. (2006, August). Student-teacher relationships and teacher stress with preschoolers. Ecological correlates of child temperament-teacher and classroom variables. Symposium conducted at American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Lewis, A., Reschly, A, & Huebner, S. (2007, March). Examining the effects of the high school transition on student engagement. Poster presented at the meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New York, NY.
Lewis, A., Huebner, E.S, Antaramian, S. (2007, December). Interrelationships Among Adolescents' Reports of Quality of School Life, Emotional Experiences, and School Behavior. Paper presented at the International Society for Quality of Life Studies, San Diego, CA.
Lewis, A. (2008, March). Graduate school issues: Navigating the credentialing process of certification and licensure. Mini -session presented at the spring meeting of the South Carolina Association of School Psychologists, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Lewis, A., Antaramian, S., Fernando, S., & Huebner, E.S. (2008, February). Promoting resilience: The determinants and consequences of positive emotional well-being. Poster presented at the meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
Pender, C., Strait, G., McQuillin, S., Thompson. S., & Smith, B. (2007). Improving middle school students’ math word problem solving skills. Poster presented at the Annual Convention for the National Association of School Psychologists in New York, NY.
Reschly, A.L., Appleton, J.J., Christenton, S.L., Betts, J., Antaramian, S., Lewis, A., & Huebner, S. (2007, March). Student engagement: Conceptualization, measurement, and initial findings. Symposium presented at the meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New York, NY.
Schmidt, J. D., Smith, B. H., Collaro, A. L., Strait, G. (2009). Implementing university-school service-learning partnerships to build resilience in high-risk students. Presentation accepted to the NASP conference in New Orleans, LA.
Schmidt, J. D. (2008). Identifying psychopathic risk-factors of youth in an alternative school summer program. Poster accepted for presentation at the South Carolina Association of School Psychologists conference in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Schmidt, J. D. & Collaro, A. L. (2008). Peer-assisted learning strategies with students in alternative placement. Poster presented at the NASP conference in New Orleans, LA.
Schmidt, J. D. & Smith, B. H. (November, 2007). Callous-unemotional traits as predictors of discipline referrals in students from an alternative school summer program. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) in Philadelphia, PA.
Schmidt, J. D. & Smith, B. H. (November, 2006). Efficacy, safety, and practicality of psycho-social treatments for ADHD: A review of studies with at least a four-month follow-up. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the ABCT in Chicago, IL.
Schmidt, J. D., Ardoin, S. (2003, May). The effectiveness of computer and human-based [J1] interventions on students with deficient reading levels. Presented findings at the University of South Carolina’s Psychology Conference.
Smith, B.H., Pender, C.A.S., Schmidt, J., & Carfolite, J. (March, 2007). The Challenging Horizons Program: Responding to Learning and Behavior Problems. Paper presented for presentation at the annual meeting of the NASP in New York, NY.
Smith, B., Pender, C., Schmidt, J, Carfolite, J., Strait, G., & McQuillin, S. (2007). Innovative Responses For Students with Learning and Behavior Problems. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention for the National Association of School Psychologists in New York, NY.
Terry, J. T., Schmidt, J. D., & Waldrop, D. (2009). Assessing the effects of Callous-unemotional traits within a behavioral management system. Presentation accepted to the NASP conference in Boston, MA.

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Highlighted Students

Susan Antaramian
Sam McQuillin