Education & Training

Florida State University, Tallahassee , FL
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Expected Date of Completion: 2011

Emory University, Atlanta , GA
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
December 2005

Biographical Sketch

Rosie graduated from Emory University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. The current focus of her research is cultural issues in anxiety disorders. Her recent research projects have focused on cross cultural differences in social anxiety disorder and panic disorder, the implications of ethnic differences in the therapeutic relationship, and the identification of sociocultural factors that affect the etiology, manifestation, and treatment of anxiety in African Americans.

Representative Work

Hunter, L.R., Buckner, J.D., & Schmidt, N.B (submitted to Journal of Anxiety Disorders). Interpreting Facial Expressions: The Influence of Social Anxiety, Emotional Valence, and Race.

Hunter, L.R., & Schmidt, N. B. (March 2008). Anxiety Disorders in African Americans:
Development of an Empirically Testable Framework. Presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.

Hunter, L.R., & Schmidt, N.B. (November 2008). Panic Attacks, Panic Disorder, & Anxiety Sensitivity in African Americans. Poster accepted for presentation at the 42nd annual conference of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando FL.

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