Team Accomplishments 

* CSULB student author denoted with *

Le, J., Gelerian, E., Fabian, K., & Ahrens, C. (2021, April). Financial Needs Expressed by Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Poster presented at the 2021 Western Psychological Association Virtual Conference.

Rios, B., Cohen, M., Armanious, M., & Ahrens, C. (2021, April). Financial Knowledge, Confidence, and Challenges Among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors. Poster presented at the 2021 Western Psychological Association Virtual Conference.

Ho, L., McInerney, C., Castro, J., & Ahrens, C. (2021, April). Financial Strategies and Goals of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors. Poster presented at the 2021 Western Psychological Association Virtual Conference.

Roy, E., McInerney, C.. Howard, R., & Ahrens, C. (2021, April). Survivor recommendations for thriving. Poster presented at the 2021 Western Psychological Association Virtual Conference.

MacLaren, J., Gonzalez, J., Howard, R., & Ahrens, C. (2021, March). Financial Abuse. Poster presented at the 2021 Association for Women in Psychology Virtual Conference.

Roy, E., McInerney, C., Howard, R. L., & Ahrens, C. E. (2020, November). Listening to survivors: Do principles of trauma-informed care align with survivor recommendations for support providers? Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.

Roy, E., McInerney, C., Howard, R., & Ahrens, C. (2020, October). Survivors’ experiences of dictating behaviors by perpetrators of intimate partner violence. Poster presented at the 100th Western Psychological Association Conference. Online.

Servillo, A., Gamez, E., Hart, A., & Ahrens, C. (2020, October). Sexual assault survivors’ reasons for non-disclosure to the religious community. Poster presented at the 100th Western Psychological Association Conference. Online. Ho, L., Prideaux, J., Howard, R., &

Ahrens, C. (2020, October). The nature of threats issued by perpetrators of intimate partner violence. Poster presented at the 100th Western Psychological Association Conference. Online.

Gearhart, C., Russo, L., & Ahrens, C. (2020, March). Barriers to and facilitators for service access among intimate partner violence survivors. Symposium presentation at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Austin, TX.

Hart, A. & Ahrens, C. (2020, March). Responses to informal abuse disclosure within the Mexican heritage community. Symposium presentation at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Austin, TX.

Howard, R. L., Gómez, J. M., Delker, B. C., & Ahrens, C. E. (2020, February). The unique effect of betrayal on post-traumatic outcomes. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Ahrens, C., Eriksen, S., Martin, N., Tarrant, S., & Flores, N. (2019, September). Improving faculty responses to student disclosures of predatory violence. Workshop presented at the 24th International Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma Across the Lifespan, San Diego, CA.

Hescox, J., Viera, J., Ahrens, C., & Kohfeldt, D. (2019, September). Activism, advocacy, and mutual support among sexual assault survivors. Poster presented at the 24th International Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma Across the Lifespan, San Diego, CA.

McInerney, C., Ruiz-Esparza, N. & Ahrens, C. (2019, September). Dimensions of survivors’ anger. Poster presented at the 24th International Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma Across the Lifespan, San Diego, CA.

Howard, R., Kim, M., Prideaux, J, Ahrens, C., Mechanic, M. (2019, September). What can we learn from quantitative versus qualitative measures of intimate partner violence? Poster presented at the 24th International Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma Across the Lifespan, San Diego, CA.

Gamez, E., Servillo, A., Kim, M., Hart, A., & Ahrens, C. (2019, September). Survivors’ reasons for non- disclosure to mental health providers. Poster presented at the 24th International Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma Across the Lifespan, San Diego, CA.

Gearhart, C. & Ahrens, C. (2019, August). Rates of secondary traumatic stress in research assistants in a violence against women lab. Poster presented at the 127th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Ahrens, C. (2019, April). Ethnic differences in abuse experienced by survivors of intimate partner violence. In C. Ahrens (Chair), Patterns of Predatory Violence: Impact on Help-Seeking and Outcomes. Symposium presentation at the 99th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Pasadena, CA.

Ahrens, C. (2019, April). Recommendations for successfully navigating program evaluation opportunities. In E. DeJonghe (Chair), A Tale of Three Evaluators: The Joys and Pitfalls of Doing Evaluation Work Outside of Psychology. Symposium presentation at the 99th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Pasadena, CA.

Phan, S., Nguyen, P., Yoo, D., Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2019, April). Service providers’ recommendations for service improvements of Vietnamese American intimate partner violence survivors. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Pasadena, CA.

Hart, A., Gamez, E., Servillo, A., Kim, M., & Ahrens, C. (2019, April). Survivors of sexual assault offer explanations for non-disclosure to the legal system. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Pasadena, CA.

Howard, R., Servillo, A., Auzenne, D., & Ahrens, C. (2019, April). The impact of rape beliefs on survivors. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Pasadena, CA.

Lee, S., Gearhart, C., Escobar, M., Prideaux, J., & Ahrens, C. (2019, April). Impacts of undergraduate research assistantships in trauma-related research. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Pasadena, CA.

Howard, R. & Ahrens, C. (2019, April). Forms of violence experienced by a diverse group of intimate partner violence victims. Poster to presented at the End Violence Against Women International Confernce , San Diego, CA.

Howard R. L., Ahrens, C. E., Dardis, C. M., & Mechanic, M. (2019, April). Forms of stalking experienced by a diverse group of intimate partner violence victims. Poster presented at the End Violence Against Women International Conference, San Diego, CA.

Viera, J., Kohfeldt, D., & Ahrens, C. (2019, March). The relationship between survivors’ experience and their involvement in activism. Poster to be presented at the Association for Women in Psychology, Newport, RI.

Ahrens, C. & Dahlgren, S. (2018, October). Re-engaging survivors with untested rape kits: Recommendations for criminal justice personnel. In C. Woods (Chair), Interpersonal Violence on College Campuses and in the Community: Using Research to Inform Best Practices. Symposium presented at the 88th Semi-Annual Conference of the Association for Criminal Justice Research, Irvine, CA.

Viera, J., Kim, M., Nguyen, H., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018, October). Cultural implications behind why minority women choose to stay in abusive relationships. Poster presented at the 88th Semi-Annual Conference of the Association for Criminal Justice Research, Irvine, CA.

Hart, A., Rodriguez, P., Gamez, E., Nunez-Jimenez, A., Mendoza, V., Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018, August). Mexican-American survivors’ recommendations for service providers. Poster presented at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Yoo, D., Kong, E., Salazar, C., Lopez, J. Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018,August). Korean-American survivors’ recommendations for service providers. Poster presented at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA

Nguyen, P., Phan, S., Escobar, M., Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018, August). Vietnamese-American survivors’ recommendations for service providers. Poster presented at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Russo, L., Liner, L., Freiborg, N., Pattison, J., Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018, August). Intimate partner violence survivors recommendations for service providers. Poster presented at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA

Ahrens, C., Gearhart, C., & Mechanic, C. (2018, April). Barriers to accessing services among Vietnamese survivors of intimate partner violence. In C. Ahrens (Chair), Designing research and services for underserved populations: Challenges and recommendations. Symposium presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Ahrens, C. & Gearhart, C. (2018, April). Public policy and organizational supports for addressing the rape kit backlog. In C. Ahrens (Chair), Policy-oriented Research: Developing, implementing, and evaluating public policy in multiple contexts. Symposium presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Altamirano, V., Rodriguez, P., Gomez, A., & Ahrens, C. (2018, April). Ethno-cultural differences in rape supportive attitudes. Poster presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Hart, A., Escobar, M., Pattison, J., Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018, April). ‘El Silencio’: Understanding the influence of culture on the Mexican – American Woman’s experience of abuse disclosure. Poster presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Mendoza, V., Lopez, J., Nguyen, A., Ruiz, R., Phan, S., Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018, April). Social responses from friends and family upon sexual assault disclosure for Vietnamese American women. Poster presented at 98th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Russo, L., Nguyen, P., Salazar, C., Liner, L., Gearhart, C., Ahrens, C., & Mechanic, M. (2018, April). Social responses toward Korean American survivors of intimate partner violence. Poster presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Gomez, A., Rodriguez, P., Altamirano, V., & Ahrens, C. (2018, March). Effects of feminist identity development on perceived perpetrator accountability. Poster presented at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Team Awards & Research Program Participation