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Catawba College's Riser Has Articles Accepted for Publication

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Â鶹APPfaculty member, Dr. Diana Riser, had a book chapter and journal article accepted for publication.

The journal article was accepted to the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma and is entitled "Electrocortical correlates of emotion processing in resilient and non-resilient individuals." The article, co-authored with a former student and a former colleague examines how childhood trauma and resilient characteristics influence emotion processing as indicated by EEG.

The book chapter is on gender and diversity in the forthcoming textbook "Everyday Diversity: Developing Cultural Competency and Information Awareness" by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book chapter was co-authored with two former students and a former colleague. The gender chapter provides foundational learning on defining sex, defining gender, and the role of sex and gender in social experiences.

Riser, a developmental psychologist, joined the Â鶹APPpsychology department in Fall 2022. She earned her BA in Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and her PhD in Developmental & Biological Psychology with a Minor in Women's and Gender Studies from Virginia Tech.

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