Conference Presentations

Members of our lab regularly present at national and international conferences, including the Association for Specialists in Group Work, the American Educational Research Association, and the Trauma, Stress, Anxiety, and Resilience Society.

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2024

Weppner, C., & McCarthy, C.J. (2024, July). Tracking Teacher Stress During the Pandemic In C. McCarthy (Chair), The Needs of the Many: Generating Varied and Rich Data through Building and Nurturing a Strong Research-Practice Partnership in Education. Symposium conducted at the Annual Conference of the Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience Society, Charlotte, NC.

Mosley, K., McCarthy, C. J., Lambert, R.G., & Caldwell, C. A. (July, 2024). Evidence to support the Resource to Appraisal-Mediated Outcomes (RAMO) Model as applied to occupational stress in teachers. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience Society, Charlotte, NC.

McCarthy, C. J., Lambert, R.G., & Wiltshire, C. A., Weppner, C., Glynn, W., Trevino, C. Miller, T, & Tian, T. (July, 2024). Understanding teacher stress from a psychological and physiological perspective. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience Society, Charlotte, NC.

Tian, T., McCarthy, C.J., Lambert, R.G., Miller, T. (2024, April). Understanding factors that moderate the relationship between school leadership and teacher stress. [Presentation]. Chinese American Educational Research & Development Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Choudhuri, D. D., McCarthy, C. J., & Di Rienzo, F. (February, 2024). An exploratory study of group process observer experiences. Presented at the Association for Specialists in Group Work Conference, Portland, OR.

2023

Blaydes, M., Kudlats, J., Di Rienzo, F., McCarthy, C. J., & Weppner, C. H. (2023, July). Principals’ stress and coping during COVID-19. [Oral presentation]. Annual International Conference of the Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience Society, Faro, Portugal.

Lambert, R. G., McCarthy, C. J., Weppner, C. H., Blaydes, M., Kudlats, J., & Huang, H. (2023, April). Quality and stability of school leadership as longitudinal predictors of teachers’ occupational health and stress. [Paper Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, United States.

2022

Blaydes, M., Gearhart, C. A., Kelton, S., Balat, A., Weppner, C. H., & McCarthy, C. J. (2022, April). Teachers’ experiences of demands and resources during the height of COVID-19 [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, United States.

Mosley, K. C., Playfair, E., Balat, A., Weppner, C. H., Gearhart, C. A., Blaydes, M., & McCarthy, C. J. (2022, April). “The bread and butter of a difficult profession”: Exploring relationships between teacher mentoring and stress. [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, United States.

2021

Gearhart, C. A., Blaydes, M., Kelton, S., Balat, A., Mosley, K. C., & McCarthy, C. J. (2021, July). “Overwhelming and depleting”: Personal and professional impacts of teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society International Conference (Online).

2020

Bauer, T., Eyal, M., Playfair, E., McCarthy, C. Developing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Teacher Stress. Paper presented at the 2020 Association for Specialists in Group Work conference, San Juan, PR.

Eyal, M., Bauer, T., Gearhart, C., McCarthy, C., Playfair, E. Integrating Mind-Body Work in Groups as Part of Trauma-Informed Interventions for Teachers. Poster presented at the 2020 Association for Specialists in Group Work conference, San Juan, PR.

2019

McCarthy, C. J. (2019, August). Preventing teacher stress with trauma-informed group interventions. 3rd Group Guidance and Counseling Conference, Beijing, China.

Allender, M., Murphy, S., McCarthy, C. J., & Mosley, K. (2019, April). Measuring preventive coping: Factor structure of the Preventive Resources Inventory. In P.G. Fitchett (Chair), Researching stress and developing interventions that promote wellness in educational settings. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Dillard, J., Boyle, L. H., & McCarthy, C. J. (2019, April). Exploration of public school teachers’ risk for stress: Does racial/ethnic congruence matter? In P.G. Fitchett (Chair), Researching stress and developing interventions that promote wellness in educational settings. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Minne, E. P., Parson, R D., & McCarthy, C. J. (2019, March). Mental health in schools: Modern, Research-Based strategies that work. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Counseling Association, New Orleans, LA.

2018

McCarthy, C. J. (2018, July). How do teachers see stress? Implications for Occupational Health and Group Interventions. 2nd Group Guidance and Counseling Conference, Beijing, China.

Dillard, J. B., McCarthy, C. J., Lambert, R., & Fitchett, P. (2018, July). Analyzing teachers’ racial congruence and risk for stress by race. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Division 45 Research Conference, Austin, TX.

Boyle, L. H., McCarthy, C. J., Lambert, R., & Fitchett, P. (2018, May). Associations between racial congruence and risk for stress among public school teachers. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

Eyal, M., Dillard, J. B., McCarthy, C. J., Playfair, E., Fitchett, P., & Lambert, R. G. (2018, May). “You’re stressing me out!”: Examining stress crossover, burnout, and the professional commitment of secondary teachers. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

Lineback, S., Gaines, R., Bauer, T., & McCarthy, C. J. (2018, May). Elementary charter school teachers’ experiences of coping and thriving. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.