FIU experts available to discuss Newtown school shooting

Anibal Gutierrez, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Director, Behavior Analysis Autism Research Lab
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Gutierrez is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with experience in the assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior and in the development of adaptive skills for individuals with autism including Asperger’s syndrome. Gutierrez’s current research interests focus on variables related to treatment effectiveness for individuals with autism well as the relationship between joint attention and preference for social reinforcers.
Office: 305-348-0042
Email: anibal.gutierrez@fiu.edu
(Email preferred)
 

Lindsay C. Malloy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Malloy’s research addresses questions concerning children’s and adolescents’ disclosure of negative or traumatic experiences, children’s memory and eyewitness testimony, developmentally-appropriate investigative interviewing techniques, and implications of research findings for the legal system. She has published her work in scholarly articles (e.g., in Developmental Psychology, Law & Human Behavior, Child Development) and in reports and chapters for non-academic professional audiences. She is also co-editor of a new volume concerning children¹s testimony (Children’s Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice; Wiley, 2011). Malloy received an award from the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group for early career contributions to the field of investigative interviewing (2010) and was named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (2011).
Office: 305-348-9059
Email:lmalloy@fiu.edu
 

Jeremy Pettit, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Pettit conducts research on depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors in adolescence and emerging adulthood. He has a particular focus on the course of depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors over time, including interpersonal and cognitive factors that contribute to the onset, maintenance, and recurrence of these behaviors. Pettit is the author of two books and more than 80 research articles and book chapters. His research program is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Office: 305-348-1671
Email: jpettit@fiu.edu
 

Rebecca Mae Salokar, J.D.
Chairperson, Department of Politics and International Relations
Salokar’s teaching interests center on law and courts, and include core courses like Judicial Process and Constitutional Law as well as more topical classes on the Supreme Court, Gender and Law, and Race and Law. Salokar’s research interests bridge the disciplines of law and political science. She has also published articles and book chapters on state constitutional change, state judicial elections and campaign speech, judicial selection, and legal representation for Congress. In 2010, she served in a year-long federal clerkship with Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida.
Office: 305-348-2227
Email: salokar@fiu.edu

JoAnne Youngblut, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Youngblut is a researcher whose research and clinical expertise is centered around the dynamics between critically ill children and their families, studying child, parent, and family outcomes after a child’s PICU/NICU stay to evaluate effects such as child behavior and development, parent physical and mental health, and family functioning. Since 2006, Youngblut has focused on studying the health and functioning of families whose critically ill infant or child died in the pediatric or neonatal intensive care units. Her research on this front has included grandparents following death of a child age 6 years and younger; parents and families over the first year after the infant or child’s death; and children’s health and functioning in response to the death of their sibling.
Office:305-348-7749
Email: Joanne.Youngblut@fiu.edu