Emily Gale

Emily Gale, M.A. Third Year Graduate Student University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Psychology

Emily is a third-year graduate student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research interests lie in the field of interpersonal and family functioning, child maltreatment and emotion regulation processes. In addition, she recently collected data regarding the role of the internet in the therapeutic relationship and client privacy. Clinically, she is interested in working with children and families who have experienced or are at risk for child maltreatment. Currently, Emily is the mental health extern at Lincoln Action Program and Headstart working with children and families enrolled in the Headstart program.

Emily received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from UNL in May 2006. As an undergraduate, she worked in the Family Violence and Injury Lab as the head SPAFF coder to the Newlywed Project. In addition, she worked with Dr. DiLillo on completing a senior thesis examining the change in affect during marital conflict for those who had or had not experienced child maltreatment. Also as an undergraduate, Emily worked as a teaching assistant for a Research Methods course.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Evans, S. E., Perry, A. R., Kras, A., Gale, E. B., & Campbell, C. (2008). Supervising and mentoring undergraduates: A graduate student perspective. Manuscript submitted for publication.

DiLillo, D., Peugh, J., Evans, S. E., Kras, A., Campbell, C., Gale, E., & Perry, A. R. (2008). When your past becomes our problem: Child sexual abuse history and marital functioning among newlyweds. Manuscript submitted for publication.

PRESENTATIONS

Gale, E. B., Evans, S. E., & DiLillo, D. (2008, November). To Google or not to Google: Trainees' Use of the Internet to Access Personal Information About Clients. Poster to be presented at the 42 nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.

Gale, E. B., Trask, E. & DiLillo, D. (2007, November). Emotion regulation during marital conflict: A comparison between victims and non-victims of child maltreatment. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

Gale, E. B., Panuzio, J., & DiLillo, D. (2006, November). Emotion dysregulation in response to a marital conflict task: Associations with child maltreatment history. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

Gale, E. B., Cuadra, L., & DiLillo, D. (2006, May). Relations between child maltreatment and negative affect during marital conflict. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Gale, E. (2005, November).  The effect of self-esteem, marital status, and gender on trait anxiety and stress.  Presented at Nebraska Psychological Association Conference, Lincoln, NE.

Gale, E. (2005, March). Predicting female self-esteem with multiple variables. Poster presented at the Great Plains Student’s Psychology Conference, Omaha, NE.

SCHOLARSHIPS/HONORS

Psi Chi National Honor Society
UCARE Award Recipient