Education & Training

Florida State University, Tallahassee , FL
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Expected Date of Completion: 2012

Florida State University, Tallahassee , FL
M.S. in Clinical Psychology
November 2008

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. & Schmidt, N.B. (2010). Anxiety Disorders in African American Adults: Literature Review and Development of an Empirically-Informed Sociocultural Model. Psychological Bulletin, 136, 211-235.

Walker, R.L. & Hunter, L. R. (2009). From Anxiety and Depression to Suicide and Self-Harm. In H.A. Neville, B.M. Tynes, & S.O. Utsey (Eds). Handbook of African American Psychology. Thousand Oak, California: Sage Publications.

Hunter, L. R. & Schmidt, N. B. (February 2010). Anxiety Psychopathology in African Americans: Development of an Empirically Informed Model. Presented at the Florida Education Fund, McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, Mid-Year Research & Writing Conference, Tampa, FL.

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