Clinical and Research Experience

• 2008 - Present - Clinic Assistant, Psychology Research and Services Center (University of Houston)
• 2008 - Present - Graduate Research Assistant, Anxiety Disorder Clinic (University of Houston)
• 2008 - Present - Psychology Practicum Student, Harris County Psychiatric Center
• 2007 - Present - Graduate Student Therapist, Psychology Research and Services Center (University of Houston)
• 2006 - Present - Graduate Research Assistant, Mood Disorder & Suicide Research Program (University of Houston)

Publications and Professional Presentations

• Monteith, L. L., Green, K. L. , Matthew, A. R., and Pettit, J. W. The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behaviors as an explanation of suicide among war veterans. In War and Suicide. (Book chapter in preparation).
• Green, K. L. , Paukert, A. L., Pettit, J. W., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (article in preparation). The Interaction of Emotional Reliance, Perceived Social Support, and Self-Reported Health as a Predictor for Depression in an Elderly Community Sample.
• Pettit, J. W., Grover, K. E., Garza, M. J., Yaroslavsky, I., Monteith, L., & Green, K. L . (2008, Nov.). Chronic and Episodic Stress Among Adolescent Suicide Attempters: Evidence in Support of a Stress Generation Model. Symposia presentation at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
• Green, K. L. , Monteith, L. L., & Pettit, J. W. (2008, Nov.). Emotion Regulation and Reassurance Seeking in the Prediction of Depressive Symptoms in a Nonclinical Sample. Poster session presentation at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
• Monteith, L. L., Green, K. L. , & Pettit, J. W. (2008, Nov.). Does acculturative stress moderate the relationship between suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in a Hispanic college sample? Poster session presentation at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
• Garza, M. J., Green, K. L. , Grover, K. E., Monteith, L. L., Yaroslavsky, I., & Pettit, J. W. (2008, May). Suicidal Behaviors in Youth: Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Intervention. Invited in-service at Harris County Psychiatric Center, Houston, TX.
• Green, K. L. , Paukert, A. L., Pettit, J. W., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2007, Nov.) Interaction of Emotional Reliance, Perceived Social Support, and Self-Reported Health as a Predictor for Depression in an Elderly Community Sample. Poster session presentation at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
• Green, K. L . & Pettit, J. W. (2006, Nov.) Emotion Regulation Checklist for Adults: Preliminary Examination of Psychometric Properties, Factor Structure, and Convergent and Divergent Validity in a Nonclinical Sample. Poster session presentation at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant , University of Houston

• Abnormal Psychology
• Psychology of Adolescence
• Statistics for Psychology
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Social Psychology
• Introduction to Cognitive Psychology