Stacy Overstreet, Ph.D., Associate ProfessorChair of Ph.D. Admissions Committee
Director, School Psychology Training Program
Ph.D., 1995, Tulane University
Office: 3019 Percival Stern Hall
Telephone: (504) 862-3332
Email: soverst@tulane.edu
Professor Overstreet's research interests focus broadly on children at risk for maladjustment due to the presence of chronic stressors in their lives. In her current research, Professor Overstreet utilizes an ecological-transactional model to understand the effects of community violence exposure and other traumatic experiences on the psychosocial and academic functioning of children and to identify protective factors that buffer children from the negative effects of such experiences.
Selected Publications:
Bevans, K., Cerbone, A. & Overstreet, S. (In Press). Relations between recurrent trauma exposure, recent life stress and salivary cortisol among children. Development and Psychopathology.
Bevans, K., Cerbone, A. B., & Overstreet, S. (2005). Advances and future directions in the study of children's neurobiological responses to trauma and violence exposure. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 418-425.
Overstreet, S., & Cerbone, A. B. (2005). Psychological effects of violence. In C. L. Frisby and C. Reynolds (Eds.). Comprehensive handbook of multicultural school psychology. New York: Wiley.
Overstreet, S., Devine, J., Bevans, K., & Efreom, Y. (2005). Predicting parental involvement in children's schooling within an urban, African American sample. Psychology in the Schools, 42, 101-111.
Overstreet, S. (2000). Exposure to community violence: Defining the problem and understanding the consequences. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 9, 7-25.
Overstreet, S., Dempsey, M., Graham, D. C., & Moely, B. (1999). Availability of family support as a moderator of exposure to community violence. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28, 151-159.