Recent & Current Students

Keara Rodd, B.A. (Queen’s University, 2015); MSc (UVic, 2017); PhD (UVic, 2022).

Rodd, K. (2022). The Relationship between Minority Stress and Intimate Partner Violence in Women’s LGBTQ+ Relationships: The Potential Mediating Role of Adult Attachment. Doctoral dissertation, University of Victoria.

Rodd, K. (2017). Childhood psychological maltreatment and neglect, relationship satisfaction, adult attachment and their relation to depressive symptoms in adults. Master’s thesis, University of Victoria.

Rodd, K., Mirotchnick, C., & Runtz, M.G. (2016, June). The Role of Adult Attachment in Relation to Childhood Psychological Maltreatment and Neglect and Subsequent Depressive Symptoms.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, BC.

Rodd, K. & Runtz, M.G. (2017, June). The Role of Relationship Satisfaction in Predicting Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults with a History of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment and Neglect.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

Rodd, K. & Runtz, M.G. (2017, November). Gender Differences in the Role of Adult Attachment in Relation to Childhood Maltreatment and Neglect and Subsequent Depressive Symptoms.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Traumatic Stress Studies Society, Chicago, IL.

Hope A. Walker, BSc (UBC, 2005), MA (UBC, 2009), PhD (UVic, 2019)

Walker, H. (2019): Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health Symptoms in Pregnancy: Behavioral and Social Mediators. Doctoral dissertation, University of Victoria.

Walker, H., & Chen, E.  (2010). The impact of family asthma management on biology: A longitudinal investigation of youth with asthma. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 33(4), 326-334.

Miller, G.E., Chen, E. Fok, A., Walker, H., Lim, A., Nicholls, E.P., Cole, S.W., & Kobor, M.S. (2009).  Low early-life social class leaves a biological residue manifested by decreased glucocorticoid and increased proinflammatory signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, 14716-14721.

Walker, H., Chim, L., & Chen, E. (2009). The role of asthma management beliefs and behaviors in childhood asthma immune and clinical outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34, 379-388.

Chen, E., Miller, G.E., Walker, H., Arevalo, J.M., Sung, C.Y., & Cole, S.W. (2009). Genome-wide transcriptional profiling linked to social class in asthma. Thorax, 64, 38-43.

Chen, E., Hanson, M. D., Paterson, L. Q., Griffin, M. J., Walker, H. A., & Miller, G.E. (2006). Socioeconomic status and inflammatory processes in childhood asthma: The role of psychological stress. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 117, 1014-1020.

Carolyn Mirotchnick, BA (Queen’s University, 2011); MSc (UVic, 2014); PhD (UVic, 2019).

Mirotchnick, C. (2019). The links among child abuse, eating disorder symptoms, problematic substance use, and coping strategies in women. Doctoral dissertation, University of Victoria.

Mirotchnick, C. (2014). The interrelationships among sexual victimization, attachment style, interpersonal relationship satisfaction, and substance use in women. Master’s thesis, University of Victoria.

Mirotchnick, C., Rosen, L., Runtz, M., & Eadie, E. (November 2014). Childhood interpersonal trauma and anxiety as predictors of subsequent substance use in women. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.

Mirotchnick, C., Runtz, M., & Eadie, E. (June 2014). Drug use in university women: The role of child sexual abuse and insecure attachment. Symposium paper presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Vancouver, BC.

Mirotchnick, C., Rosen, L., Eadie, E., & Runtz, M. (August 2013). Drug use in university women: The role of child sexual abuse and anxiety symptoms. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual
Convention, Honolulu, HI.