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Curriculum Vitae
Jenna R. Cummings
EDUCATION
In progress
PhD (Anticipated graduation in 2018)
University of California, Los Angeles
Major: Health Psychology
Minors: Quantitative Psychology, Social Psychology
2014
MA
University of California, Los Angeles
Major: Health Psychology
2012
BA, Summa cum laude
University of South Florida, Honors College, Departmental Honors
Major: Psychology
Minor: Dance
AWARDS AND HONORS
2015-2018
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013-2017
2013
2013
2012
2011-2012
2010
2008-2012
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship
Research Society on Alcoholism, Student Merit Award
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship
Research Society on Alcoholism, Student Merit Award
UCLA Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship
UCLA Distinguished University Fellowship
USF Richard LaBarba Memorial Scholarship
For the paper “Time doesn’t change everything: The longitudinal course
of distress tolerance and its relationship with externalizing and
internalizing symptoms.”
USF Conference Travel Award
USF Raymund Endowed Scholarship
USF Dean’s List Award
Florida Academic Scholar
USF Director’s Award
USF Valedictorian Scholarship
USF Honors College Award
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AWARDED RESEARCH GRANTS
2015
Food-alcohol competition: The role of food in the modification of drinking
behavior
Source: UCLA Academic Senate Faculty Research Grant
Role: Graduate Student Researcher (Principal Investigator: A. Janet Tomiyama)
Total Awarded: $9,400
2014
Bonding over drinks and dessert: Does sharing perceived health risk behaviors
increase social closeness?
Source: Association for Psychological Science, Student Grant Competition
Role: Principal Investigator
Total Awarded: $500
2011
Too much of a good thing? Examination of distress overtolerance with
psychopathology symptoms and maladaptive behavior.
Source: USF Office of Undergraduate Research
Role: Principal Investigator
Total Awarded: $500
PUBLICATIONS
Reich, R.R., Cummings, J.R., Greenbaum, P.E., Moltisanti, A.J., & Goldman, M.S. (in press).
The temporal “pulse” of drinking: Tracking five years of binge drinking in emerging adults.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Tomiyama, A.J., Finch, L.E., & Cummings, J.R. (2015). Did that brownie do its job? Stress,
eating, and the biobehavioral effects of comfort food, in Emerging Trends in the Social and
Behavioral Sciences R. A. Scott & S. M. Kosslyn (Eds.), Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. doi:10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0324
Rojas, E. C., Cummings, J. R., Bornovalova, M. A., Hopwood, C. J., Racine, S. E., Keel, P. K.,
... Klump, K. L. (2014). A further validation of the Minnesota Borderline Personality Disorder
Scale. Personality Disorders, 5(2), 146–53. doi:10.1037/per0000036
Bornovalova, M. A., Cummings, J. R., Hunt, E., Blazei, R., Malone, S., & Iacono, W. G.
(2014). Understanding the relative contributions of direct environmental effects and passive
genotype-environment correlations in the association between familial risk factors and child
disruptive behavior disorders. Psychological Medicine, 44(4), 831–844.
doi:10.1017/S0033291713001086
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Cummings, J. R., Bornovalova, M. A., Ojanen, T., Hunt, E., MacPherson, L., & Lejuez, C.
(2013). Time doesn’t change everything: the longitudinal course of distress tolerance and its
relationship with externalizing and internalizing symptoms during early adolescence. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 41(5), 735–48. doi:10.1007/s10802-012-9704-x
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Cummings, J.R., Ray, L.A., Tomiyama, A.J. (2015, March). Food-alcohol competition: Do
young girls who eat more drink less? Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the
American Psychosomatic Society in Savannah, Georgia.
Cummings, J.R. & Tomiyama, A.J. Bonding over desserts and drinks: Does “risky”
consumption of alcohol and food increase social closeness? (2015, February). Poster presented
at the 7th Annual Social Personality and Health Network Preconference in Long Beach,
California.
Cummings, J.R. & Tomiyama, A.J. (2014, June). Alcohol consumption and body mass index:
Food-alcohol competition or third variable problem? Poster presented at the 37th Annual
Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Seattle, Washington. [Student Merit Award
Recipient]
Cummings, J.R. & Bornovalova, M.A. (2014, February). Distress tolerance and risky health
behaviors. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Social Personality and Health Network
Preconference in Austin, Texas.
Kiselica, A.M., Cummings, J.R., Bornovalova, M.A., McGue, M., & Iacono, W. (2013,
September). Genetic factors account for the association between age of sexual initiation and
adult sexual risk behavior. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Research in Psychopathology in Oakland, California.
Cummings, J.R., Reich, R.R., Moltisanti, A.J., Greenbaum, P.E., Brandon, K.O., Darkes, J., &
Goldman, M.S. (2013, June). Population-level contingencies governing the pulse of drinking in
emerging adults. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Research Society on
Alcoholism in Orlando, Florida.
Cummings, J.R., Arango, A., Bornovalova, M.A., Ojanen, T., Hunt, E., MacPherson, L., &
Lejuez, C. (2012, September). Time doesn’t change everything: The longitudinal course of
distress tolerance and its relationship with externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Poster
presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology in Ann
Arbor, Michigan.
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Cummings, J.R. & Bornovalova, M.A. Too much of a good thing? Distress overtolerance and
its relationship with psychopathology, negative emotionality, and health outcomes. (2012,
February). Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Behavioral and Social Sciences in Las Vegas, Nevada.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Psychological Association Science Student Council (Health Psychology
Representative 2014-2016, Chair 2015-2016)
UCLA Psychology in Action (Outreach Coordinator 2013-2015)
American Psychological Association (Active Graduate Student Member)
Association for Psychological Science (Active Graduate Student Member)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
UCLA, Healthy Campus Initiative, Food Initiative
2014-2015
Graduate Student Researcher, Paid position, 20 hours/week
Supervisor: Wendelin Slusser, MD
• Organizing the development of a Food Studies graduate certificate and minor
USF, Department of Psychology, Alcohol and Substance Use Research Institute
2012-2013
Lab Data Manager, Paid position, 40 hours/week
Supervisors: Karen Brandon, PhD, Mark S. Goldman, PhD, Richard Reich, PhD
• Overseeing the collection, organization, and cleaning of two 5-year
longitudinal NIH/NIAAA-funded data sets examining the mediational role of
alcohol expectancies in early adolescent and college student drinking
• Writing syntax/scripts for data programs and preparing data for analyses
2011-2012
Supervisor of Assessments and Training, Paid position, 30 hours/week
Project MyLife
Principal Investigator: Mark S. Goldman, PhD
Supervisor: Karen Brandon, PhD
• Project description: 5-year longitudinal NIH/NIAAA-funded study following
8-9 year-old participants into alcohol initiation and monitoring changes in
alcohol expectancies and relevant risk/protective variables
• Interviewing, mentoring, and supervising approximately 40 research assistants
• Discussing project choices, coordinating lab meetings, supervising risk
assessments, overseeing participant recruitment and retention
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2010-2011
Senior Research Assistant, Paid position, 20 hours/week
Project MyLife
• Training and auditing research assistants on in-person interviews, phone
interviews, and data entry
2009-2010
Research Assistant, Volunteer, 10 hours/week
Project MyLife
• Interviewing children and adult participants (i.e., Semi-Structured
Assessments for the Genetics of Alcoholism, Time Line Follow Back)
USF, Department of Psychology, Substance Use, Personality, and Emotions Research Lab
2011-2013
Research Assistant, Volunteer, 4 hours/week
Longitudinal Distress Tolerance
Principal Investigator/Supervisor: Marina A. Bornovalova, PhD
• Project description: Longitudinal study assessing distress tolerance in college
students across 6 months to evaluate stability and change in the construct
• Creating data forms, computer programming, preparing data for analyses
2011
Principal Investigator, Undergraduate Honors Thesis
Too Much of a Good Thing? Distress Overtolerance and its Relationship with
Psychopathology, Personality, and Health Outcomes
Advisor: Marina A. Bornovalova, PhD
• Project description: Cross-sectional study examining the curvilinear
relationship between distress tolerance (low and high) and negative outcomes
• Designing, proposing, and conducting an independent research project
USF, Department of Psychology, Bosson/Vandello Social Psychology Lab
2012-2013
Research Assistant, Volunteer, 8 hours/week
Masculine and Feminine Framing of a Drink Product
Principal Investigator: Joseph A. Vandello, PhD
Supervisors: Jennifer K. Bosson, PhD & Joseph A. Vandello, PhD
• Project Description: Experimental evaluation of the effect of a gender threat
on male interest in a food product manipulated to be perceived as feminine
• Conducting assessments, scheduling participants, and discussing study design
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014-2015
Graduate Student Advisor, University of California, Los Angeles
Directed Independent Research in Psychology (Advisor: Janet Tomiyama, PhD)
• Mentoring two undergraduate students through all stages of a research project
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2013-2014
Reader, University of California, Los Angeles
Introduction to Health Psychology (Professor: Annette Stanton, PhD)
Intimate Relationships (Professor: Ben Karney, PhD)
• Grading course midterm papers
2012
Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida
Research Methods in Psychology (Professor: Marina A. Bornovalova, PhD)
• Assisting in preparing materials for course including syllabus, reading
materials, quiz and test questions, lab activities, and lecture slides/examples
• Conducting review sessions for exams as well as individual tutoring sessions
STUDENT REVIEWING EXPERIENCE
Addictive Behaviors; Drug and Alcohol Dependence; Journal of Abnormal Psychology; Journal
of Anxiety Disorders; Journal of Personality Disorders; Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment; Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment; Psychological
Science
STATISTICAL PROGRAMS
HLM; iSurvey; MPlus; Mx; Qualtrics; R; SAS; SPSS; SPSS Data Entry Builder; Stata
REFERENCES
A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
[email protected]; 310-206-6875
Adriana Galvan, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
[email protected]; 310-794-7750
Lara A. Ray, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
[email protected]; 310-794-5383
Marina A. Bornovalova, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and Mental Health, Law, and Policy, University of South Florida
[email protected]; 813-974-0495
Mark S. Goldman, PhD, Distinguished University Professor
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida
[email protected]; 813-974-4491