SELECTED NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS (Total = 45)
*Indicates Graduate Student Author ** Indicates Undergraduate Student Author
+Indicates Award Winning Presentation
Haxhirai, E.,** Betances, S.*, & Weiss, R. (2018, August). The impact of theater participation on stress levels in college students. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Rani, S.,** Rosinski, A.*, & Weiss, R. (2018, August). Political engagement, concerns, and related emotional impact at a Minority-Serving Institution. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Aveson, O. *, Berenson, J., Simeone, S.*, & Weiss, R. (2018, March). Annual competency to stand trial evaluations: Revisiting a commonly cited estimate. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Memphis, TN.
Rosinski, A. *, & Weiss, R. (2018, March). Examining state statutes for definitions of intellectual disability in capital punishment cases. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Memphis, TN.
Galicia, B.,* Rosinski, A.* & Weiss, R. (2017, August). Analyzing ataque de nervios in an ethnically diverse student sample. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
Quezada, Y.,** Rodriguez, J.* & Weiss, R. (2017, August). The effect of acculturation on depression in subgroups of Hispanics. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
Rosinski, A. *, & Weiss, R. (2017, August). The impact of the Ebola outbreak among West and Central Africans living in the U.S. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
Soto, A. S.,** Tellez, D.,* Recarey, J.,* & Weiss, R. (2017, August). Substance-related symptoms associated with language but not acculturation in Hispanic sample. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
Tancin, N.,** & Weiss, R. (2017, August). Academic abilities and related factors. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
Tellez, D.,* & Weiss, R. (2017, August). Effects of acculturation, perceived discrimination and country of origin on cannabis use in Hispanics. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
Weiss, R. (2017, August). Theory versus practice: Substance use disorders in competency to stand trial evaluations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
+Harris, S.* & Weiss, R. (2017, March). Predictors of competency to stand trial referrals in an attorney sample. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Seattle, Washington.
Rosinski, A.,* Verkulien, J., & Weiss, R. (2017, March). The factor structure of post-traumatic stress disorder: Cross-cultural validity in a West and Central African sample. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Seattle, Washington.
Weiss, R. & Berenson, J. (2017, March). Consistency in jointly versus individually conducted competency to stand trial evaluations. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Seattle, Washington.
Li, Q.,* Weiss, R., Lin, L.,* & Gonzalez, K.* (2016, August). Social media use among college students. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado.
Harris, S.,* Weiss, R., & Weinberger, E.* (2016, August). Racial disparity in the referrals of African American and Caucasians for competency screening evaluations. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado.
Rosinski, A. *, Weiss, R., & Levitz, A. (2016, June). The impact of participant experience, knowledge, and strategies on successful feigning. Paper presented at the 16th Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, New York, NY.
Rosinski, A. *, Weiss, R., & Levitz, A. (2016, May). Undergraduate student participants ability to successfully feign increases in student-applicable scenario. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
Weiss, R., Rosinski, A.*, Tellez, D.*, & Galicia, B.* (2016, March). Language and culture in forensic assessment: Appropriate normative data in a Hispanic sample. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
Li, Q.,* & Weiss, R. (2015, October). Cultural etiology of depression. Paper presented at the National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Clatch, L.,* Weiss, R., & Rosinski, A.* (2015, August). Utilizing a representative US sample: Discrimination and its effects on perceived health and mental stress. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Galicia, B.*, Weiss, R., Sevilla, K.,* & Schweizer, J.* (2015, August). Translation and adaptation considerations: The use of the Spanish SIRS. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Galicia, B.*, Weiss, R., Schweizer, J.*, Rodriguez, J.*, & Levitz, A.* (2015, May). Cultural variables predict treatment utilization in a representative Hispanic sample. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
Rosinski, A.*, Weiss, R., & Clatch, L.* (2015, March). Youthful resilience: The effect of childhood maltreatment on adult physical and mental health. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Diego, California.
SELECTED STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (Total = 7)
*Indicates Graduate Student Author ** Indicates Undergraduate Student Author
Harris, S.,** Castro-Mora, V.,** Istre, K.,** Lin, L.,** & Usma, V.** (2015, April). The use of leading verbs and its effects on memory recall in sixth graders. Poster presented at John Jay Research & Creativity Week, New York, NY.
Johnson, C. ** (2015, April). The effects of family structure on the development of antisocial characteristics. Poster presented at John Jay Research & Creativity Week, New York, NY.
Levitz, A.**, Weiss, R., & Rosinski, A.* (2015, April). Measuring malingering: The effect of instruction on ability to feign. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Hunter College Psychology Convention, New York, NY.
Li, Q.,** & Weiss, R. (2015, August). Cultural etiology of depression. Oral presentation at the 21th Annual University at Buffalo Undergraduate Research Conference, Buffalo, NY.
Rosinski, A. * & Weiss, R. (2015). Culturally specific symptoms of PTSD in an African sample. Poster presented at Hunter College 43rd Annual Psychology Convention, New York, NY.