Jessica Lynne Holt

310 Car-Mol Dr., Apt. 5

Johnson City, TN  37601

(423)773-2549

holtjl@gmail.com

 

Education:

  • East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. Bachelor of Science, May 2003. Double Major:  Criminal Justice/Criminology and Psychology.
  • East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.  Master of Arts, May 2005. Criminal Justice/Criminology.

Thesis Title:  Intimate Violence:  The Effects of Family, Threatened Egotism, and Reciprocity; defended March 2005.

  • East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. Working towards Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Fall 2005 to present.

Research:

  • Master’s Thesis:  Intimate Violence:  The Effects of Family, Threatened Egotism, and Reciprocity, Fall 2004-Spring 2005.
  • Project Manager, Applied Psychology Lab (APL), Fall 2005-present. Projects include:
    • Intimate violence, self-esteem, and gender
    • Differing opinions on the insanity defense
    • Assessment of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), with Fran Chumney and Rebecca Brooks.    

Experience:

  • Graduate Assistant
    • Department of Criminal Justice/Criminology, 2003-2005. Supervisor Marian H. Whitson, PhD.
    • Department of Psychology, 2005-present. Supervisor Chris S. Dula, PhD.

 

Presentations and Publications:

  • Whitson, M. H. & Holt, J. L. (2004, November). Growing trends of violence among female college students. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.
  • Holt, J. L. & Gillespie, F. W. (submitted for publication). The effects of family, threatened egoism, and reciprocity on intimate violence. Submitted to Aggressive Behavior, May 2005.
  • Holt, J. L. (n.d.). Intimate violence: The effects of family, threatened egotism, and reciprocity. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

 

Academic Awards/Recognition:

  • Dean’s List
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Criminal Justice/Criminology, Spring 2005
  • Thesis nominated for Outstanding Graduate Research in Social Sciences/Education, Spring 2005