Psychology Colloquium | Assessment and Engagement of At-Risk Adolescents via Social Media, Sept. 13

Dr. Ashley Knapp

The Psychology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Ashley Knapp on “Assessment and Engagement of At-Risk Adolescents via Social Media” on Friday, Sept. 13, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 102.

Knapp completed her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Arkansas and initial postdoctoral training at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.

According to her web page, her research interests involve leveraging emerging technologies to study anxiety and substance misuse vulnerability in adolescents and developing effective prevention programs designed to reduce the incidence of anxiety and substance use disorders. Her dissertation focused on the development and evaluation of a brief, anxiety-focused “preintervention” for at-risk youth in the context of a NIMH-funded F31, and her postdoctoral training at Dartmouth College broadly focused on addiction and emerging technologies. Her current training at Northwestern is focused on digital mental health, with emphasis on integration of emerging technologies into the development, dissemination, and implementation of behavioral interventions.