Clinical and Research Experience

• 2006-present – Graduate Research Assistant, Clinic for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Youth (University of Houston)
• 2005-2006 – Research Assistant, Child Anxiety and Perfectionism Lab (Smith College)
• 2005 – Research Assistant, Neonatology Department (Brigham and Women's Hospital)

Teaching Experience

• T.A.: Abnormal Psychology ( University of Houston )
• T.A.: Introduction to Research Methods ( University of Houston )

Publications and Professional Presentations

• Grills-Taquechel, A. E., Polifroni, R., & Fletcher, J. M. (in press). Interview and report writing. In J. L. Matson, F. Andrasik, & M. L. Matson (Eds.), Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities. New York , NY : Springer.
• Grills-Taquechel, A. E., & Polifroni, R. (Manuscript in preparation). The impact of bullying and victimization on adolescent symptoms of depression.
• Grills-Taquechel, A. E., & Polifroni, R. (Manuscript in preparation). Bullying and anxiety in youth.
• Grills-Taquechel, A. E., Davis III, T. E., Polifroni, R., & Ollendick, T. H. (Manuscript in preparation). Predictors of depression following a natural disaster: Findings from Hurricane Katrina.
• Polifroni, R. Grills-Taquechel, A. E., & DiBartolo, P. M. (Manuscript in preparation). The relationship of perfectionistic and anxious parenting to social anxiety symptomatology in young adults.
• Polifroni, R., Derby , S., DiBartolo, P., & Grills-Taquechel, A. E. The relationship of perfectionistic and anxious parenting to social anxiety symptomatology in young adults . Presented at the annual conference for the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, March 2006.
• Polifroni, R., Bruno, S., & Grills-Taquechel, A. Trauma, Internalizing Symptoms, and Religious Coping Following a Natural Disaster . Presented at the annual conference for the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, November 2006.
• Polifroni, R., & Grills-Taquechel, A. E. Social Anxiety Symptomatology: A Learned Response? Accepted for presentation at the annual conference for the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, November 2007.