Maria-Ernestina Christl (Clinical Child, DCN)
Maria-Ernestina Christl is interested in identifying variables that contribute to revictimization and the intergenerational transmission of abuse as well as investigating the effects of violence and trauma on the immediate and long-term wellbeing of mothers and their children to develop effective prevention and intervention services. She is especially interested in working with Latino families.
She graduated with a BA in psychology in 2017 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she volunteered in a child abuse and parenting lab as well as a child safety lab. Christl also volunteered in a parent management training clinic with children and teens with ODD or CD in Birmingham.
Courtney McCrimmon (Clinical Child, DCN)
Courtney McCrimmon's research interests include sexual violence and trauma, human trafficking, sexual relationships, and survivor-centered services. She is particularly interested in learning about these interests through the lens of culturally responsive practices for African Americans, trauma-informed services, intersectionality, and community engagement.
Courtney graduated from Hampton University (Psychology, BA) and Marymount University (Forensic and Legal Psychology, MA). Previously she served as a case management coordinator for a non-profit working with Washington DC’s Superior Court to maintain and improve the protection and identification of victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
Adi Rosenthal (Clinical Child, DCN)
Adi Rosenthal's research questions focus on understanding barriers to service engagement as well as the relationship between cognition and adaptive coping among survivors of physical and sexual violence.
She graduated with a BA in psychology from Emory university and has previously worked in as a research assistant examining early identification of psychosis and the interplay of trauma exposure, atypical development and psychosis.
Becky Suzuki (Clinical, DCN)
Becky Suzuki is primarily interested in how marginalization affects service engagement after a traumatic event. She is committed to working with community partners to systematically improve the access to and quality of services across the healthcare, civic and nonprofit sectors.
Suzuki received her BA in psychology from Haverford College in 2016. After graduating, she taught English as a Fulbright Scholar in Essen, Germany and then served with AmeriCorps in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to coming to DU, she worked as a research assistant studying anxiety, trauma and grief at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
