She also holds an adjunct appointment as an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. She is a clinical psychologist and is licensed as a psychologist in North Carolina and Texas. Her research interests are in several areas of women’s health including social cognitive processes in trauma recovery, particularly after sexual assault, re-victimization risk and health risk behaviors among sexual assault victims, and ethnic differences in sexual assault risk and recovery processes. She is interested in the development of novel interventions, including web-based interventions. Her teaching interests include psychopathology, clinical skill development, the psychology of trauma, the psychology of women, sexuality and sexual dysfunction, and supervision.