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Melissa Tarasenko, MA Melissa’s research interests focus on individuals with serious mental illness. More specifically, she is interested in investigating the neuropsychological bases of both the positive and negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia. She is also interested in examining the social and neuropsychological factors that may influence the elevated rates of substance abuse within this population. Currently, Melissa is working as a psychology extern at the Community Mental Health Center as part of the Decision Science in Rehabilitation (DSR) grant project. Melissa graduated from North Dakota State University, with a major in Psychology and a minor in English. She has worked in several research labs during her undergraduate years. She completed an honors thesis assessing the efficiency of a Behavioral Skills Training approach to teaching abduction prevention skills to school aged children. She has also conducted ERP research to determine how proprioceptive cues interact with auditory attentional processes. Melissa has also worked as an RA in NDSU’s Cognitive Aging Lab, where she analyzed how selective attention processes differ between younger and older adults. Prior to coming to UNL, Melissa gained clinical experience at a residential treatment facility that provided intensive interventions to behaviorally challenging clients. Email Melissa: mtarase1@huskers.unl.edu Publications & Posters
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