VITA

Linda P. Cutting

Department of Psychology

Kent State University

Kent, OH 44240 Kent, OH 44240

Office Phone: (330) 672-2166

E-mail Address: lcutting@kent.edu

EDUCATION

B.A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Received 1993

M.A., Clinical Psychology, Kent State University, Expected 1998

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Kent State University, Expected 2000

HONORS AND AWARDS

1993 Chancellor's Undergraduate Achievement Award for Senior Thesis,

University of California, Santa Cruz

1993 Dean's Undergraduate Achievement Award for Senior Thesis, University of

California, Santa Cruz

1993 Highest Honors on Senior Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of

California, Santa Cruz

1991 Psi Chi, The National Honors Society in Psychology

ASSOCIATED MEMBERSHIPS

1995-present The American Psychological Association (APA), Student Affiliate

1991-present Psi Chi, The National Honors Society in Psychology

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1991-1992;1994 Head Research Assistant; Core Conflictual Relationship

Themes in Interpersonal Memories Project. Dr. Avril Thorne, Principal Investigator.

Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz. Responsibilities

Included: recruiting and interviewing participants, transcribing and coding the

interviews, training and supervising others.

1992-1993 Research Project Manager; Family Sex-Role Development Project.

Dr. Campbell Leaper, Principal Investigator. Department of Psychology, University

of California, Santa Cruz. Responsibilities Included: recruiting participants, data

collection, training others, conducting and interpreting statistical analyses.

1995-1996 Graduate Research Assistant; MMPI-2 Research Project. Dr. John R.

Graham, Principal Investigator. Department of Psychology, Kent State University,

Kent, Ohio. Responsibilities Included: data management, manuscript editing,

training and supervising undergraduate research assistants.

1996-1997 Graduate Research Assistant; Schizophrenia and Language Project.

Dr. Nancy Docherty, Principal Investigator. Department of Psychology, Kent State

University, Kent, Ohio. Responsibilities Included: conducting extensive interview

and neuropsychological assessment batteries to schizophrenia patients, their

parents, and control subjects. The assessment tools utilized include: speech

samples, diagnostic interviews (SADS; SAPS, SANS), Camberwell Family

Interviews (CFI), a schizotypy measure (SSP), digit- span test, Shipley tests of

abstraction and vocabulary, SPCT-D perceptual test, CPT-A auditory test,

Wisconsin Card Sort, and physiological startle tests.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992-1993 Editor; Undergraduate Journal of Psychology, Vol. 5, University of

California, Santa Cruz, 1993.

1992-1993 Volunteer Counselor's Assistant; Group Home Society, Santa Cruz

County, California. Responsibilities Included: acting as a companion, caretaker,

and counselor for at-risk female adolescents referred to the group home

residential treatment facility by the Probation, Social Services, and Mental Health

Agencies in the county.

1993-1994 Behavioral Specialist; Easter Seal Society, Aptos, California.

Responsibilities Included: conducting behavioral assessments and treatment

plans to assist a six-year-old autistic child in multiple areas including social

interaction, attention-shifting, and communication.

1993-1994 Aide and Caretaker for Autistic Children; Olsten-Kimberly Quality

Health Care, Santa Cruz, California. Responsibilities Included: conducting

integrated playgroups, utilizing facilitated communication techniques with lower

functioning clients, using positive behavioral treatment plans to encourage

appropriate behavior.

1994 Instructional Assistant for the Severely Handicapped; Pajaro Valley Unified

School District, Watsonville, California. Responsibilities Included: providing

physical assistance to a nine-year-old child with cerebral palsy, and co-developing

a behavioral modification program targeting inappropriate classroom behaviors.

1996 Camberwell Family Interview Rating Training Workshop; Dr. Robert Cole,

Rochester, New York. Purpose and Outcome: training in standardized rating

technique for determining level of expressed emotion (EE) in family members, as

expressed in Camberwell Family Interviews (CFI). Achieved an acceptable level

of inter-rater reliability with Dr. Cole's group.

1996-present Psychotherapist in Training; Psychological Clinic, Kent State

University, Kent, Ohio. Responsibilities Include: conducting psychological

assessments, writing psychological reports, and providing therapy to individuals,

families, and children.

1997 Consultant; Suicidal Adolescent Research Project. Michael Jenuwine,

Principal Investigator. Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago,

Illinois. Responsibilities Included: rating Thematic Apperception Tests (TAT) and

Make A Picture Tests (MAP) using the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme

(CCRT) rating method adapted by Dr. Avril Thorne from Dr. Lester Luborsky's

CCRT rating method.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I have broad interests in clinical and social psychology, particularly in the influence of family on the course of mental illness. Specifically, I am interested in the personal impact of parents' attitudes and behaviors (i.e. expressed emotion) on their schizophrenic offspring.

A second area of interest is the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) Rating Method. This rating scheme, developed by Dr. Lester Luborsky, is a useful and interesting tool to examine personal "transference" reactions that occur throughout every day life. I hope to use the CCRT rating method or an adaptation of this method in future research projects.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Currently, I am conducting research to determine how patients with schizophrenia perceive and experience having a parent who is high in expressed emotion (i.e. highly critical or emotionally overinvolved parents). It has been reliably demonstrated that patients relapse at higher rates if they are living with parents high in expressed emotion. My research questions include: how do these patients perceive this expressed emotion? How does it impact their descriptions of their parents, and is it reflected in the positiveand negative memories they recount?

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1992 Teaching Assistant; Introduction to Psychology, University of California,

Santa Cruz. Number of Students: 20

1997 Course Instructor; Abnormal Psychology, Kent State University, Kent,

Ohio. Number of Students: 70

1997 Course Instructor, Writing in Psychology, Kent State University, Kent,

Ohio. Number of Students: 4

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Docherty, N. M., Cutting, L. P., & Bers, S. A. (1997). Expressed emotion and

definition of self in the relatives of stable schizophrenia outpatients. Poster

presented at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado

Springs, CO, April, 1997.

Cutting, L. P., Hall, M. J., Shultz, S. A.,& Docherty, N. M.(1997). Patients' perception of

their parents: Is expressed emotion a factor? Poster presented at the Society for

Research in Psychopathology conference, Palm Springs, CA, October, 1997.

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH MANUSCRIPTS

Cutting, L. P. (1992). The effects of 'ideal body' pictures on self-perceived bodyimage. Undergraduate Journal of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 4, 1-9.

The sex-typing of parent-child play: Who influences whom? Unpublished honors

thesis, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Thorne, A., Cutting, L., Skaw, D. (1997). Twice-told tales: The repetition of bad old

encounters in young adults' self-telling. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Docherty, N. M., Cutting, L. P., & Bers, S. A. (1997). Expressed emotion and

differentiation of self in the relatives of stable schizophrenia outpatients.

Manuscript submitted for publication.

Docherty, N. M., Gordinier, S. W., Hall, M. J., & Cutting, L. P. (1997).

Communication disturbances in relatives beyond the age of risk for schizophrenia.

Manuscript submitted for publication.

REFERENCES

Dr. Nancy M. Docherty

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

Kent State University

Kent, OH 44242

Dr. John Graham

Department Chair

Department of Psychology

Kent State University

Kent, OH 44242

Dr. Campbell Leaper

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology

University of California

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Dr. Avril Thorne

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology

University of California

Santa Cruz, CA 95064