Ferkauf Anxiety Research Lab 

Melanie J. Wadkins, Ph.D

Professor Melanie Wadkins' research focuses primarily on anxiety and related disorders. Specifically, she is interested in the basic emotion of disgust and its relationship to the maintenance and development of anxiety disorders, as well as the evidence-based treatment of anxiety. Wadkins has presented her work at national and international conferences, and her work has been published in a range of books and peer-reviewed journals. She is an active member in the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. In addition, she is senior psychologist at the Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research in White Plains, NY. She has expertise in psychoeducational assessment and consultation, as well as in treating individuals with anxiety and mood disorders.

Class of 2020

​

Alexandra Benedict               Alysssa Quintano Neary               Rachel Slater

​

​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of 2019

​

          Elizabeth Gordon                      Alexandra Schraub                   Laura Berssenbrugge​

 

 

 

 

 

​

 

 

 

 

Class of 2018

​

 Anna Loiterstein

​​

 

 

 

 

 

​

 

 

 

 

Class of 2017

 

​

Danielle Stein

An Exploratory Study of Public Awareness of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sara Sweetbaum

Recognition of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the self and others: The role of symptom domain

 

 

 

 

 

 

​

 

 

 

Class of 2016

Amanda Boris, Psy.D

• The relationship between neurocognitive deficits in set-shifting and disordered eating

Leore Faber, Psy.D

• The relationship between parenting style and obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents

Katrina Garland, Psy.D

• Predicting anxiety and depression with measures of disgust: an exploratory study

Charles Gewirtz, Psy.D*

• The relationship between trust and mistrust in God and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder symptoms in orthodox Jewish undergraduates

Class of 2015

Batya Bronstein, Psy.D.

• Influencing sympathetic magic, an affect-loaded cognitive process

Barrie Kraus, Psy.D.

• Accommodation of internalizing disorder symptoms and its relation to parental relationships

Jessica Meister, Psy.D.

• The relationship between parental characteristics, family functioning, and family accommodation in childhood internalizing disorders

Class of 2014

 Mallory Brickman, Psy.D.*

• The role of emotion regulation and mindfulness in binge eating among undergraduate Orthodox Jewish females

​Irene Milonas, Psy.D.

• The relationship between hair pulling and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Jewish students 

 Amanda Golden Mintzer, Psy.D.

• The relationship among sociocultural factors, body dissatisfaction, perfectionism and disordered eating in undergraduate Orthodox Jewish females 

 Andrea Roth, Psy.D.

• The impact of pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder on parental functioning  

 Linda Spiro, Psy.D.

• The relationship between parent factors, child factors, and family accommodation in pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder

​

*Winner of Dean Morton Berger Memorial Prize for Excellence in Research