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Department of Psychology
University of Mississippi
Dr. Carey Dowling

Carey Dowling


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Taylor Rodriguez

Area: Clinical faculty Education Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2025 M.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 2021 M.A., Augusta University, 2018 B.S., Augusta University, 2016 Research Areas Mental health treatment seeking, processes, and outcomes Personality assessment Firearm suicide prevention Dr. Rodriguez’s research focuses on mental health treatment perceptions and practices, particularly for minoritized and high-risk populations. Her work […]


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Vanessa Oliphant

Education: Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2025 M.S., Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, 2020 B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2017 Research Areas: Black Psychology Black feminist informed healing strategies Black women’s mental health Culturally specific ways of coping Suicide risk and protective factors Vanessa is invested in combining African/Black Psychology and African American Studies to better […]


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Anna Katherine Edgemon

Education: Ph.D., Auburn University, 2024 M.S., Auburn University, 2023 M.S., Auburn University, 2018 B.S., University of Florida, 2014   Research Areas: Applied behavior analysis Justice-involved youth Behavioral economics Translational models of behavior Schedules of covariation Dr. Edgemon’s applied research focuses on (a) intervention to improve conditions of confinement for justice-involved youth and (b) using translational […]


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