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CURRICULUM VITAE

Diana M. Falkenbach
JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Psychology Department
The City University of New York
445 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019-1128
(212) 237-8361
dfalkenbach@jjay.cuny.edu

Education

Ph.D.           University of South Florida                   2004
Clinical Psychology with Forensic Focus           Advisors:    James Epps, Ph.D.
                                   Norman Poythress, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “The subtypes of psychopathy and their relationship to hostile and instrumental aggression.”
Thesis Title: “Male-to-Female Transsexuals: Cross Sex Hormones and Sexual Behavior”

M.S.           Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia       1996
Major: Community Counseling               Advisor:    Janet Franzoni, Ph.D.

B.A.           Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia               1993
              Major: Psychology    Minor: Dance           Advisor:    Darryl Neill, Ph.D.


Awards

2004           Nominated for American Psychology-Law Society Award for Outstanding Teaching and
           Mentoring in the Field of Psychology and Law

2004           Received John Jay College of Criminal Justice Certificate of Gratitude for Guidance and
           Encouragement to Students

1999           Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Master’s thesis title grant

Academic Positions

9/03-present Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
       Graduate Courses: Clinical Interviewing, Pyschotherapy
       Undergraduate Courses: Psychological Analysis of Criminal Behavior

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association
       Member

American Psychology - Law Society (American Psychological Association, Division 41)
       Member; Annual reviewer for conference submissions

International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
              Member

Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy
       Associate member

Editorial Responsibilities

2004-present   Ad hoc reviewer               Criminology & Public Policy (2004)

Research Grants

2005        CUNY 35 Research Award Program.
Title: Psychopaths in the community.

2004        CUNY 34 Research Award Program.
Title: The many faces of psychopathy: Can we predict types of violence from types of psychopaths?

1999     Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.
     Title: Male-To-Female Transsexuals: Cross Sex Hormones and Sexual Behavior.


Consultancies

10/03-present   Consultant to New York Police Department – Recruited and hired by NYPD to develop training program on sensitivity to mental illness.

NYPD Sergeants Training Coordinator – Coordinate a training team including a clinician, a police
trainer, role-play actors, a mobile crisis representative and a Life-net worker. Work with
Sergeant’s training director on developing most appropriate training program. Train sergeants on
deinstitutionalization of mental illness, and provide an overview of the various mental illnesses
they are likely to encounter on their job. Inform them of the relationship between
psychopathology and violence, and help them with communication skills with the mentally ill and
decisions about when hospitalization is necessary.

NYPD ESU Training – Training Emergency Services Unit personnel on the most appropriate ways to interact with people that are mentally ill. Lecture and direct role-plays on personality disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, alcohol and drug disorders, and suicide.

NYPD Detectives Training - Trained detectives on how to communicate with the mentally ill and conduct interviews in a way that allows them to gather the information they need but also pay heed to the person’s illness.

NYPD Recruits Training – Training included direct instruction of police recruits on how to recognize mental illness, communicate with the mentally ill, assess for dangerousness and make appropriate referrals.

2004       “Caught” – Court TV – Resident forensic psychology expert for a show explaining why people commit various crimes

“Snapped” – Oxygen Network – Guest forensic psychology expert on a show about women who murder

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Kucharski, L.T., Duncan, S., Egan, S.S., & Falkenbach, D.M. (in press) Psychopathy and Malingering of
   Psychiatric Disorder in Criminal Defendants. Behavioral Sciences and the Law.

Falkenbach, D., & Poythress, N., Heide, K.M. (2003) Psychopathic Features in a Juvenile Diversion Population: A
   Study of Two Self-Report Measures. Behavioral Sciences and the Law.

Stiles, P., Poythress, N., Hall, A., Falkenbach, D., Williams, R. (2001). Understanding research consent
   disclosures: Improving the informed consent process when recruiting persons with mental illness as
   participants. Psychiatric Services, 52 (6), 780-785.

Manuscripts Under Review/ In Progress

Falkenbach, D.M., Egan, S.S. The Validity of Aggression Assessment Measures and Criterion Contamination in
   Psychopathy Research. Submitted for review to Assessment special section on interpersonal aggression
   and violence.

Falkenbach, D.M., Fava, J.L. Psychopathic traits in women: Do gender differences pervade the construct and
   correlates? Revised and resubmitted to the Behavioral Sciences and the Law special issue dealing with
   “Gender and Psychopathy.”

Kucharski, L.T., Falkenbach, D.M., Duncan, S. Antisocial Personality disorder and malingering. Currently being
   revised for the Bulletin for the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law.

Falkenbach, D.M., Poythress, N.P., & Creevy, C. Psychopaths in the Community? An Exploration of the Variants
   of Psychopathy. Manuscript submitted to Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Douglas, K.S., Greenbaum, P., Poythress, N.G., Falkenbach, D. , Cruise, K., Lee, Z., & Murrie, D. The Antisocial
Process Screening Device, Self-Report Version: A Multi-Sample Psychometric and Factor-Analytic
Evaluation Among Delinquent Youth. Revised and Resubmitted to Assessment.

Falkenbach, D.M., Manchak, S., & Falki, M. Psychopathic traits in a nonclinical sample: Reliability and construct
   validity of two self-report measures. Manuscript in Progress.

Falkenbach, D.M. (in progress). Assessment of psychopathic features among juvenile detainees and offenders. In
   D. W. Springer and A.R. Roberts (eds.) Forensic Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice: Assessment, Treatment, and Research.

Conference Presentations

Tecce, M. & Falkenbach, D.M. (August 2005) Women & Violence: Manifestation of Aggression and
Psychopathy in a Female Sample. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington. D.C.

Fava, J. & Falkenbach, D.M., Tecce, M. (August 2005). The Expression of Psychopathic Traits in Women: A
   Nonforensic Sample. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Washington. D.C.
Falkenbach, D.M, Poythress, N. & Creevy, C. (April, 2005). Exploration of Subclinical Psychopathic Traits and Aggression in a College Sample. Paper presented at the Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Melbourne, Australia.
Falkenbach, D.M., Poythress, N. & Creevy, C. (March, 2005). Exploration of Subclinical Psychopathic Traits and Types in a College Sample. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Psychology - Law Society, La Jolla, CA.
Fava, J. & Falkenbach, D. (March, 2005). Psychopaths in the community: Do psychopathic traits differ in men and women? Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Psychology - Law Society, La Jolla, CA.

Falkenbach, D., Manchak, S., Falki, M., & Poythress, N. (March, 2005). The Assessment of Psychopathic Traits in a Non-Clinical Sample: Reliability and Validity of Two Self-Report Measures of psychopathy. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, La Jolla, CA.

Egan, S.S., Kucharski, L.T., Duncan, S., & Falkenbach, D.M. (March, 2005). Psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and malingering. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, La Jolla, CA.

Kucharski, L.T., Falkenbach, D.M., Duncan, S. (October, 2004). Antisocial Personality disorder and malingering. Paper presented at the meeting of The American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Phoenix, Arizona.

Falkenbach, D.M., Manchak, S., & Falki, M. (July, 2004). Reliability and Convergent Validity of Two Self-Report
   Measures of Psychopathy. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Creevy, C., Falkenbach, D.M,., & Tecce, M. (July 2004). Exploration of subclinical traits and types in a college sample. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Poythress, N., Douglas,K., Greenbaum,P., Falkenbach,D., & Cruise, K. (April 2004). Internal Consistency of the Self-report APSD. In N. Poythress (Chair), Critique of the Self-Report APSD in At-Risk Populations. Symposium to be conducted at the meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Douglas, K., Greenbaum, P., Poythress,N., Falkenbach, D., & Cruise, K. (April 2004) The Antisocial Process Screening Device, Self-Report Version. In N. Poythress (Chair), Critique of the Self-Report APSD in At-Risk Populations. Symposium to be conducted at the meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Falkenbach, D.,M. & Poythress, N.G. (2002, March). The relationship between child psychopathy and program outcome: the assessment of criterion related validity for two recently developed measures. Presented at the meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.

Falkenbach, D.,M., Poythress, N.G., Douglas, K., Spain, S., & Epstein, M. (2002, March). The reliability and convergent validity of three recently developed measures of child psychopathy. Presented at the meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.

Spain, S,, Doulas, K., Poythress, N.G., Epstien, M., & Falkenbach, D.,M. (2002, March). The relationship between psychopathy, violence, and treatment outcome: A comparison of three youth psychopathy measures. Presented at the meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.

Epstien, M., Doulas, K., Poythress, N.G., Spain, S, & Falkenbach, D.,M. (2002, March). A discriminant study of juvenile psychopathy and mental disorder. Presented at the meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.

Poythress, N.G., & Falkenbach, D.M. (2001, February). Psychopathic features in youth. Paper presented to McArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, San Diego, CA.

Falkenbach, D., Epps, J., & Hill-Epps, P. (2000, July). Do differences in testosterone levels effect aggression? Presented at the meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Valencia, Spain.

Falkenbach, D. & Epps, J. (2000, November). Male-to-Female transsexuals: Cross-sex Hormones and sexual behavior. To be presented at the meeting for the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Student Supervision: Theses Supervised
Yaar, D. (In progress). Psychopathy and the implications of a dimensional perspective. Master’s
   Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

White, S. (In Progress). The relationship of ADHD with conduct problems and childhood psychopathic traits in a
   juvenile population. Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
New York, NY.

Trierweiler, T. (In Progress). Correlations of Adolescent Psychopathic-Like Traits and the Five Factor Model of
   Personality. Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York,
   NY.

Del Gaizo, A. (In Progress) Perception of emotional cues in individuals scoring high on primary versus secondary
   psychopathic traits.   Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
   New York, NY.

Krishnan, S. (In Progress) Risk Taking and Promiscuity: Two Evolutionarily Adaptive Features of Psychopathy.
   Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Blaine, E. (In Progress). The relationship between empathy, aggression, and psychopathic traits in juveniles.
   Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Falki, M. (In Progress). How is Self-Esteem related to Aggression: A Specific Look at Narcissism and Psychopathy?
   Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Egan, S. (2005). The Validation of the constructs of Instrumental and hostile aggression as outcome
   measures. Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York,
   NY.

Manchak, S. (2005). Psychopaths and Fear: The Relationship Between Fear, Aggression, and Psychopathy.
   Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Tecce, M. (2005). Aggression Types and the Relationship to Psychopathic Traits in Women. Master’s Thesis,
   Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Rosenberg, A. (2005). Decision making process of college students with psychopathic traits.
   Master’s Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Fava, J. (2005). Gender Differences in the Expression of Psychopathic Traits. Master’s Thesis,
   Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Kirkpatrick, J. (2005). The Development of the Instrumental and Hostile Aggression Questionnaire. Master’s
   Thesis, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Guzman, C. (2004). Causes of the Sudden Increase of Minority Women in Prison: The Impact and the Aftermath.
McNair Scholar Undergraduate thesis advising.

Horton, D. (in progress). The Relationship Between Emotion and Psychopathy. Master’s Thesis,
   Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

Student Supervision: Independent Research
Novalis, V. (2005). Subtypes of psychopathy in juveniles. Project in progress.

Yaar, D. (2005). Personality groupings and psychopathy subtypes. Project in progress.

Abercrombie, B. (2005).   Psychopathy factors and aggression in youth. Project in progress.

White, S. (2005). The relationship between childhood conduct disorders and psychopathic traits. Project in
   progress.

Trierweiler, T. (2004). Psychopathic traits and personality in Juveniles. Project in progress.

Tecce, M. (2004). Aggression and psychopathic traits in women. Manuscript in Progress.

Egan, S. (2004). Validation of new self report measure, the YPI, of psychopathic traits in juveniles. Project in
progress.

Fava, J.L. (2004) Psychopathic traits in women: Do gender differences pervade the construct
   and correlates? Article Submitted for review to the Behavioral Sciences and the Law special issue dealing
   with “Gender and Psychopathy.”

Creevy, C. (2004). The Evaluation of the factor structure of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory. Manuscript in
Progress.

Manchak, S. (2004). Psychometric Properties of Psychopathy Measures. Manuscript in Progress.

Falki, M. (2004).   The Relationship of Anger and Anxiety to the Behavioral Activation and Inhibition Systems. Manuscript in Progress.



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