Kate Grenci '07
Grenci is an assistant program manager at Child &
Family, the most comprehensive social service agency in Newport County and one
of the largest in Rhode Island. Her ultimate career goal is to provide college
students with the resources they need to make the most of their experience,
whether through advising, counseling or direct teaching. Grenci previously worked
as a direct care supervisor at the Home for Little Wanderers and as an MCAS
Tutor in the Cambridge, Mass., public school system. She holds a master's
degree in human development and psychology from Harvard University's Graduate
School of Education.
Amy Silvestri Hunter '91
Hunter is an associate professor in the Department of
Psychology at Seton Hall University. Her research investigates the relationship
between sleep and the learning and memory process to determine how rapid eye
movement (REM) sleep affects a phenomenon called extinction. Hunter previously served
as an assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania,
where she conducted research on the neural mechanisms of sleep and emotion. She
holds a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Vermont.
Shannon Moran '06
Moran is attending the doctoral program in clinical
psychology at the University of Hartford. In the program, she is pursuing the
child and adolescent proficiency track to gain supplemental learning experience
focused specifically on children and their families. Moran previously served as
an outpatient clinician and an emergency mobile psychiatric services clinician
at United Community & Family Services in Norwich, Conn. She holds a
master's degree in clinical practices in psychology from the University of
Hartford.
Krista Paduchowski '06
Paduchowski is an adjunct professor of psychology at
Hesser College and Northern Essex Community College. She previously worked as
an autism spectrum disorder tutor in New Hampshire's Timberlane Regional School
District and as a special education paraeducator in Massachusetts' Triton
Regional School District. Paduchowski holds a master's degree in community
social psychology from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and is pursuing a
master's degree in school counseling at the University of New Hampshire. Her
long-term goal is to earn a doctorate in social and personality psychology.
Craig Piers '86
Piers is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in the
health center at Williams College, and he also maintains a private practice. He
frequently presents his work nationally and has published numerous articles
covering topics such as personality disorders and assessment, psychotherapeutic
impasse and complexity theory. Piers is an associate editor of Psychoanalytic
Dialogues and also serves as a reviewer for several other professional
journals. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the New School for
Social Research, completed his clinical training at Dartmouth Medical School
and held a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Austen Riggs Center.
Janet Titus '84
Titus is a research psychologist at Chestnut Health
Systems in Bloomington, Ill. Her current research activities focus on substance
abuse in multicultural populations, addressing the treatment needs of
adolescent substance abusers with a history of trauma and victimization and the
impact of assessment training and certification on data quality. Titus has
served as a co-principal investigator, research coordinator and technical
assistance consultant on numerous projects funded by the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health and
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She holds a doctorate in educational psychology
from the University of Minnesota.