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Sandra Y. Nay McCourt

Graduate Student

Sandra Nay McCourt is a graduate student completing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology under the mentorship of Ken Dodge. Her research interests include the development of aggression and psychopathy as well as prevention and intervention programs and policies for family violence and child maltreatment.

McCourt's clinical work focuses on the assessment of cognitive abilities and learning difficulties in children and adolescents and evidence-based treatments for childhood psychiatric disorders. Prior to coming to Duke, she earned her law degree from the University of Michigan and practiced law in New York City. McCourt is a native of Bloomington, Indiana, and currently lives in Durham with her husband and daughter.

Education:

• PhD in Clinical Psychology (in progress) Duke University -
• Master of Arts in Psychology Duke University - 2009
• Certificate in Education Policy Research Duke University - 2009
• Certificate in Psychology Columbia University - 2005
• Juris Doctor University of Michigan Law School - 1996
• Bachelor of Arts in Classical Greek & Political Science DePauw University - 1994

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Dodge, K. A., & McCourt, S. N. (2010). Translating models of antisocial behavioral development into efficacious intervention policy to prevent adolescent violence. Developmental Psychobiology, 52, 277-285.


2. Gassman-Pines, A., Yoshikawa, H., & Nay, S. (2006). Can money buy you love? Dynamic employment characteristics, the New Hope project, and entry into marriage.   In H. Yoshikawa, T. Weisner & E. Lowe (Eds.), Making it work: Low-wage employment, family life, and child development. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.


3. Yang, C., Nay, S., & Hoyle, R. (2010). Three approaches to using lengthy ordinal scales in structural equation models: Parceling, latent scoring, and shortening scales. Applied Psychological Measurement, 34, 122-142.


4. Roy, A., Yoshikawa, H., & Nay, S. (2006). Discrimination in the low-wage workplace: The unspoken barrier to employment.   In H. Yoshikawa, T. Weisner & E. Lowe (Eds.), Making it work: Low-wage employment, family life, and child development. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.


5. Fite, J. E., Bates, J. E., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Dodge, K. A., Nay, S. Y., & Pettit, G. S. (2008). Social information processing mediates the intergenerational transmission of aggressiveness in romantic relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 367-376.

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