Graduate Students

Information for Prospective Graduate Students

Dr. Taylor is not taking a graduate student for fall 2009. However, students are encouraged to explore web pages for other Clinical faculty and to pursue information about the Clinical program at FSU and about application procedures through the following links:

 FSU's Psychology Department Website

Graduate  Student Online Application

Graduate Students

Leonardo Bobadilla

Research Interests: The integration of psychological and cognitive assessments with psychophysiological measures for the assessment of psychopathic traits in forensic and non-institutionalized populations. The validity of the Successful Psychopath construct. The developmental trajectory of psychopathic and antisocial traits and their heterotypic continuity. Relationship between Cluster B personality disorders and psychopathy. Protective factors against drug abuse and dependence. Pharmacological treatment for personality disorders.

Mark Reeves

Primary research interests concern cognitive explanations of personality disorders. I am examining some key processes in Linehan's theory on borderline personality disorder for my dissertation. (Note: Mark is currently on internship at the Florida State Hospital.)

Lisa James

My current research interest concerns borderline personality disorder with a particular focus on the role of impulsivity. Impulsivity is common to many disorders including borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and substance use disorders. However, impulsivity is a multidimensional construct that may be governed by different processes in these disorders. I am interested in using behavioral measures of impulsivity to determine if impulsivity in borderline personality disorder (e.g., self-harm, risky sexual behavior) is underlied by unique or similar processes as impulsivity in other disorders often associated with impulsivity.

Reed Steele

My research interests focus on the etiology of substance use. More specifically, I am interested in understanding the relationship between behavioral disinhibition and substance use. My undergraduate honors thesis examined how developmental deficits in the decision-making process (one aspect of behavioral disinhibition) may place an individual at risk for future types of psychopathology such as substance abuse problems.

I am also interested in the co-morbidity between substance use disorders and others types of psychopathology. Additionally, I want to examine personal and environmental factors that influence binge drinking and other forms of substance use specifically in college students.