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I was raised in Southwest Virginia, and after ten years of education I am glad to be finally returning to Appalachia to give what I’ve gained back to the communities of Western North Carolina! I will be teaching undergraduate and graduate coursework, engaging in clinical work and supervision as I pursue licensure in the state…
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Thomas Bellanger, an instrumental part of the research implementation, analysis, and writing process in the Hospitality and Harm Reduction projects, accepted an offer to join the entering 2026 cohort of the School Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of South Carolina, mentored by Dr. Steven Harrod. He’s excited to continue to pursue research and clinical…
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I, along with my collaborators from the Center for Healthcare Quality at the University of South Carolina, have published a review of faith-based HIV prevention interventions as a resource for public health and behavioral health intervention development within faith communities in the US. Faith communities in the US are diverse and sociopolitically powerful, and have…
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The paper describes the important work that musicians feel poised to do in promoting harm reduction efforts not only in their local communities, but also within their respective scenes. Musicians describe the facilitators of harm reduction efforts led by musicians, including their non-judgment that can support de-stigmatizing substance use and proximity to risky use, as…
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I’d like to extend gratitude to the National Register of Health Services Psychologists for their support in relocating for my pre-doctoral internship at the VA Maine Healthcare System in Augusta, Maine, starting in July 2025. 2025 National Register Internship Scholarships
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I’m incredibly proud of the work of my Hospitality & Harm Reduction team, who are recognized in a post from UofSC’s McCausland College of Arts and Sciences’s periodic news in June 2024 about community engagement and research. Our team is made of graduate and undergraduate students, working musicians, and community-engaged scholars at the University of…