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Education

  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Expected 2026, PhD Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, 2021, MS Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
  • Lehigh University, 2017, BS Psychology

Research Interests

Traumatic Stress in children and adolescents, including dating and community violence, complex trauma, polyvictimization, and PTSD; risk and resilience, positive youth development

Research Description

Awards

  • 2024-2025 Outstanding Clinical Student Award in the Child and Adolescent Concentration, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2024
  • Evelyn E. Gunst Outstanding Master’s Candidate Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University , 2021

Selected Publications

Sullivan, T. N., Walsh, C. S., Leslie, C. E., Ross, K. M., Radabaugh, S. A., & Winter, M. A. (2024). Caregiver, Youth, and community partner perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on African American families. Children and Youth Services Review, 162, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107707

Walsh, C. S., Leslie, C. E., Ross, K. M., Santana, A., Radabaugh, S., Edmonds, T., & Sullivan, T. N. (2024). Confronting misconceptions of public housing communities: A qualitative report of community-informed narratives by community members and partners. Journal of Community Psychology, 52(1), 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23091

Leslie, C. E., Walsh, C. S., & Sullivan, T. N. (2023). Implications of intergenerational trauma: Associations between caregiver ACEs and child internalizing symptoms in an urban African American sample. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(5), 877–887. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001334

Ross, K. M., Bishop, D. L., Leslie, C. E., Chapman, D. A., & Sullivan, T. N. (2023). Identification of Promotive and Protective Factors for Young Adults Living in Concentrated Disadvantage. Youth & Society, 55(5), 799-823. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X211072887