CURRICULUM VITAE

Professional experience

Academic Appointments

• August 2020 - current: Utica University, Assistant Professor, tenure-track; Department of Psychology

Research Appointments

• January 2018: Postdoctoral Fellow; PI: Dr. Nathan A. Fox Using behavioral and physiological approaches, our work focuses on understanding the relationship between early childhood temperament and the development of anxiety disorders. Specifically, we examine the role neuro- and physiological methods serve in moderating the relationship between behavioral inhibition and social anxiety disorder development.

  • Affiliated Projects: Trajectories of Behavioral Inhibition and Risk for Anxiety; Functions and Development of the Mirror Neuron System

• April 2017-December 2017: Applied Physiology Laboratory; PI: Dr. Brian McFarlin Dissertation Research, cortisol assays

• Fall 2015-May 2017: Program Evaluation, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Office of Family Science Education, Research, and Policy. Collected, maintained, analyzed data for 12 sites across Texas

• Spring 2014-May 2017: Department of Educational Psychology, Research Assistant.

Professional Development

• Fall 2017: Course Designer, EPSY 5123, Human Development across the Lifespan, INET course for the Department of Educational Psychology

• Summer 2017: Study Abroad Co-Leader, Anti-Human Trafficking Program in Bucharest, Romania and Budapest, Hungary

• Fall 2016-Summer 2017: Faculty Search Committee Member, Department of Educational Psychology, University of North Texas

Specialized Training

• 2019 Social Network Analysis Dr. Tracy Sweet, University of Maryland

• 2018 Introduction to Finite Mixture Modeling Dr. Gregory Hancock, University of Maryland

• 2015 fMRI Image Acquisition and Analyses Course Drs. Kent Kiehl, Tor Wager, Mind Research Network

Education

• 2017, Ph.D., Educational Psychology with a Concentration in Human Development and Family Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

• 2009, B.A., Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

Publications

Published

• Seddio, K., Pollack, D., Crawford, H., & Lewis, J.+(2022). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2069469

• Havewala, M., Lorenzo, N., Seddio, K., Oddo, L., Novick, D., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Fox, N.A. (2022). Peer support buffers the effects of ADHD on adolescent anxiety symptoms. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00891-0

• Lorenzo, N., Novick, D., Seddio, K., Degnan, K., Henderson, H., Almas, A., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Fox, N. A. (2022). The independent interactive effects of parenting and child temperament during infancy and early childhood on the trajectory of social anxiety in adolescence. Depression and Anxiety. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23224

• Morales, S., Tang, A., Bowers, M., Miller, N., Buzzell., G., Smith, E., Seddio, K., Henderson, H., Fox, N. (2021). Infant temperament prospectively predicts general psychopathology in childhood. Development and Psychopathology.

• Debnath, R., Miller, N., Morales, S., Seddio, K., & Fox, N. (2020). Investigating brain electrical activity and network organization in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in alpha frequency band. Brain Research, 1750. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147142

• Seddio, K., & Middlemiss, W. (2019). Macmillan encyclopedia of families, marriages, and intimate relationships. (Eds.), Biosocial Influences, (pp. 78-81). Boston, MA: Cengage.

• Seddio, K., & Middlemiss, W. (2018, Fall). We’ve had enough: A guide for Family Life Educators navigating the effects of gun violence within families. National Council on Family Relations CFLE Network, 31(4). 17-19.

• Middlemiss, W., Glaman, R., Seddio, K., Suerken, C. K., Reboussin, B. A., Daniel, S. S., … Grzywacz, J. G. (2018). Supporting lower-income working women to initiate breastfeeding: Learning who is breastfeeding and what helps, Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(9), 519-528. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000077

• Middlemiss, W., Cowen, S., Kildare, C., & Seddio, K. (2017). Collaborative translation of knowledge to protect infants during sleep. A synergy of discovery and practice. Family Relations, 66(3). doi: 10.1111/fare.12279

• Seddio, K. (2017). Trauma, psychopathology, and the refugee crisis: A call to action. American Journal of Public Health, 107(7), 1044–1045. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303857

• Middlemiss, W., & Seddio, K. (2017, Summer). Empowerment and knowledge: Guiding parents in creating healthy infant sleep routines. NCFR Report.

• Middlemiss, W., & Seddio, K. (2017, Winter). Trauma-informed education. National Council on Family Relations CFLE Network, 29(1). 13.

In-Progress

• Seddio, K. (under revision). Who’s the boss? A look at parents’ decision-making and antiauthoritarianism: In the vaccination choice movement. Journal of Family Theory and Review. Manuscript submitted for publication.

• Seddio, K., & Margot, K. (under revision). Factor retention: Examining five methods using a classic example

• Seddio, K. (in-progress). Wearing the inside out: The effects of exogenous oxytocin, reading, and stress on the expression of empathy for victims of trauma.

• Seddio, K. (in-progress). Explaining trauma through biomarkers: Oxytocin and the stress response system.

• Seddio, K. (in-progress). Contextual stress: Heart rate variability and sympathetic activation impact stress recovery for victims of trauma depending on type of stressor.

Conferences and Presentations

Paper Presentations

• Seddio, K., & Yates, T. (2017, November). I, me, mine: The complicated relationship of democracy and empathy. Paper presented for the annual conference of the Association for Moral Education, St. Louis, MO.

• Seddio, K., Middlemiss, W. (2017, November). Current challenges for children living in refugee camps: Policy and next steps to support families. Paper presented for the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, Florida.

• Seddio, K., Brown, S., Turner, J., Camacho, J., & Kern, K. (2017, March). Money talks: Examining the financial literacy of wealth and power and its effects on lackluster policies for the working class. Paper presented for the annual conference of the Texas Council on Family Relations, Austin, TX.

• Seddio, K., & Yates, T. (2016, December). The separation of dinosaur and state: Educational gerrymandering and morality. Paper presented for the annual conference of the Association for Moral Education, Boston, MA.

• Seddio, K., Glaman, R., & Suerken, C. (2016, November). Does cosleeping increase breastfeeding in impoverished working women? Paper presented for the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Seddio, K., & Margot, K. (2016, March). Factor retention: Examining five methods using a classic example. Paper presented for the annual conference of the Southwest Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

• Seddio, K., Mitchell, M. E., & West, C. (2016, April). Crime doesn’t pay: The payout from parent involvement and socioeconomic status. Paper presented for the annual conference of the Texas Council on Family Relations, Plano, Texas.

• Seddio, K. (2015, November). (Don’t) Fear the psychopath: Conditioned fearlessness and neurological implications. Paper presented for the annual conference of the Association for Moral Education, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• Seddio, K. (2015, November). Who’s the boss? A look at mothers’ decision-making and antiauthoritarianism. Paper presented for the Theory Construction and Research Methodology workshop at the conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, Canada

Poster Presentations

• Seddio, K., Middlemiss, W., McFarlin, B., Henson, R. (2019, May). Contextual stress: Heart rate variability and sympathetic activation impact stress recovery for victims of trauma depending on type of stressor. Poster presented for the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.

• Seddio, K., Suarez, G., Huber, S., & Fox., N. A. (2018, October). With a little help from my friend: The polyvagal effect of friendship buffering following the Trier Social Stress Test. Poster presented at the Society for Psychophysiological Research annual meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada,

• Seddio, K., Huber, S., Suarez, G., & Fox., N. A. (2018, October). Getting to know you: Selfreported social anxiety at age 12 predicts respiratory sinus arrhythmia during an unfamiliar social interaction at age 15. Poster presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, California.

• Seddio, K. (2016, November). A call for action: Trauma, psychopathology, and the refugee crisis. Poster presented for the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.

• Seddio, K. (2016, April). Changes in family structure: The war on drugs, the role of the incarcerated parent, and the new black family. Poster presented for the annual conference of the Texas Council on Family Relations, Plano, Texas.

• Seddio, K. (2016, April). The biological unit of change: Attachment theory. Poster presented for the annual conference of the Texas Council on Family Relations, Plano, Texas.

Symposia

• Chair (2019, March). R-E-S-P-E-C-T individual differences: A methods approach to examining culture and gender. Symposium resented for the bi-annual conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, D.C. Speakers: Kaylee Seddio, Marvin Powell, Sarah Ferguson, Marcus Fagan

Invited Talks

• 2019 Getting into Graduate School and Professional Development Child Development Lab, College Park, Maryland

• 2017 The Story of School Readiness: Families, Communities, and Programs A Data-Driven Emphasis on Program Implementation First3Years, Dallas, TX. https://first3yearstx.org/

• 2017 Current Challenges for Children Living in Refugee Camps: Policy and Next Steps to Support Families; National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL.

Awards and Honors

Academic Awards

• 2018 Toulouse Graduate School Dissertation Award, Nominated Fall

• 2017 NCFR Honors Graduate Student, Nominated

• 2014 - 2017 Graduate Assistantship, University of North Texas, Awarded

• 2017 Excellence in Scholarship, University of North Texas, Awarded

• 2017 NCFR Student of the Year, Nominated

• 2016 Outstanding Graduate Student in Educational Psychology, University of North Texas, Awarded

Grants and Fellowships

• 2018 International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Travel Award $500 (competitive)

• 2017 Mathes Scholar Award $500 (competitive)

• 2017 Department of Educational Psychology Dissertation Award $300 (competitive)

• 2016 College of Education Dissertation Award $1,000 (competitive)

• 2016 Association for Moral Education Travel Grant $500 (competitive)

• 2015 Association for Moral Education Travel Grant $1,000 (competitive)

• 2015 Raupe Award Travel Grant $500 (competitive)

• 2015 College of Education Travel Grant $1,000 (competitive)

References available upon request