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Jason D. Jones

0147 Biology/Psychology Building College Park, MD 20740 484-553-3796 ______________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION University of Maryland, College Park Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology Advisor: Jude Cassidy, PhD

(fall 2010 – present)

The Pennsylvania State University (Schreyer Honors College) (May 2008) Psychology BA, Summa Cum Laude Cumulative GPA: 4.0 Honors Thesis: “Adaptive Functioning in Children as a Function of Maternal Psychopathology” o Advisor: Kenneth N. Levy, PhD ______________________________________________________________________________ GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (Predoctoral NRSA; 2012-2016) Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse (F31DA033848-01A1) Sponsor: Dr. Jude Cassidy Co-Sponsor: Dr. Carl Lejuez Project: Adolescent HIV Risk: Links with Unsupportive Parenting and Maladaptive Coping Flagship Fellowship, University of Maryland (2010 – 2015) Dean’s Fellowship, University of Maryland (2010 – 2011) ______________________________________________________________________________ ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS Janet W. Johnson Fund Conference Travel Award, University of Maryland (2011) Graduation Marshal, Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University (2008) Evan Pugh Scholar Award—senior (top 0.5% of class), The Pennsylvania State University (2008) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (2008 – present) Mona Shibley Bird Memorial Scholarship in Psychology, Psychology Department, The Pennsylvania State University (2007) Evan Pugh Scholar Award—junior (top 0.5% of class), The Pennsylvania State University (2007) President Sparks Award (4.0 GPA), The Pennsylvania State University (2006)

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Psi Chi National Honor Society (2006 – present) o Chair of the Penn State Psi Chi Research Committee (2007)  Golden Key International Honour Society (2006 – present)  President’s Freshman Award (4.0 GPA), The Pennsylvania State University (2005)  National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2005 – present)  Dean’s List Scholar, The Pennsylvania State University (2004-2008) ______________________________________________________________________________ UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING 

Raymond and Roberta Lombra Enrichment Fund, The College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University (2007)  Esther A. Shultz Undergraduate Enrichment Fund, The College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University (2007)  Costello Family Scholarship in Psychology, Psychology Department, The Pennsylvania State University (2007) ______________________________________________________________________________ PUBLICATIONS Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Jones, J. D., Cassidy, J. (under review). Attachmentrelated biases in adolescents’ memory. Child Development. Ruscio, A. M., Seitchik, A., Gentes, E. L., Jones, J. D., & Hallion, L. S. (under review) Common and Specific Mechanisms for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: Evidence from an Experimental Provocation Paradigm. Clinical Psychological Science. Cassidy, J., Sherman, L. J., & Jones, J. D. (2012). What’s in a word? Linguistic characteristics of Adult Attachment Interviews. Attachment & Human Development, 14, 11-32. Ruscio, A. M., Seitchik, A., Gentes, E. L., Jones, J. D., & Hallion, L. S. (2011). Perseverative thought: A robust predictor of response to emotional challenge in generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 867-874. Jones, J. D., Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., & Lejuez, C. W. Parental attachment style and adolescent risk behavior: The mediating role of parental knowledge. Manuscript in preparation. Jones, J. D., Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. Adult attachment style and caregiving; A review. Manuscript in preparation. Jones, J. D., & Cassidy, J. Relations among parental attachment style, parent secure base provision, and adolescent secure base use: The mediating role of perceptions. Manuscript in preparation.

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Jones, J. D., Ehrlich, K. B., Brett, B. E., Cassidy, J., & Kemeney, M. Links between attachment experiences in adolescence and biomarkers of inflammation in adulthood. Manuscript in preparation. Ehrlich, K. B., Jones, J. D., Brett, B. E., Cassidy, J., & Kemeney, M. Discrepancies in parent and adolescent reports of conflict predict biomarkers of inflammation in adulthood. Manuscript in preparation. Ruscio, A. M, Jones, J. D., Swendsen, J., Gentes, E. L., Hallion, L. S., & Coleman, E. S. Everyday experience of perseverative thought in generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder: An ecological momentary assessment study. Manuscript in preparation. ______________________________________________________________________________ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Jones, J. D., Ehrlich, K. B., Smith, R. K., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (April, 2013). Parental Attachment Style and Adolescent Risk Behavior: The Mediating Role of Parental Knowledge. Poster session to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Research in Child Development, Seattle, Washington, US. Ruscio, A. M, Jones, J. D., Swendsen, J., Gentes, E. L., Hallion, L. S., & Coleman, E. S. (2012, November). Everyday experience of perseverative thought in generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder: An ecological momentary assessment study. In A. M. Ruscio (Chair), Repetitive negative thought: Innovative approaches for moving the science forward. Symposium to be presented at the annual meeting for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD Ehrlich, K. B., Gorka, S. M., Jones, J. D., Cassidy, J., Lejuez, C. W., & Daughters, S. (2011, March). Behavioral assessments of adolescent distress tolerance moderate the links between parenting and peer experiences for adolescents. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sherman, L. J., Jones, J. D., & Cassidy, J. (2011, March). What’s in a word? Classifying adult attachment using linguistic markers. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Grassetti, S. N., Jones, J. D., Temes, C. M., Levy, K. N. (2011, March). Negative child outcomes and maternal borderline personality disorder symptomatology. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Ruscio, A. M., Seitchik, A. E., Gentes, E. L., Jones, J. D., & Hallion, L. S. (2011, March). Rebound from failure and reactions to success in major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. In D. S. Mennin (Chair), Are GAD and MDD distinct?: Utilizing

4 laboratory methodologies to address diagnostic convergence and divergence. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA. Ruscio, A. M., Seitchik, A. E., Gentes, E. L., Jones, J. D., & Hallion, L. S. (2010, June). Comorbidity between generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder: The role of perseverative thought. In A. M. Ruscio (Chair), Advances in the experimental study of worry and generalized anxiety disorder: Papers in honor of Tom Borkovec. Symposium presented at the triennial meeting of the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA. Gaudio, M., Stein, J. E., Katz, J. A., Allred, K. M., Jones, J. D., & Ruscio, A. M. (2010, June). Relationship between perceived social support and disorder severity in major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Poster session presented at the triennial meeting of the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA. YorkWilliams, S., Karoly, H., Jones, J. D., & Ruscio, A. M. (2010, June). The role of harm avoidance in generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder comorbidity. Poster session presented at the triennial meeting of the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA. Jones, J. D., & Ruscio, A. M. (2009, November). Optimism and negative cognitions in generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. Jones, J. D., Grassetti, S. N., & Levy, K. N. (2009, August). Parenting behaviors, cognitions, and perceptions in clinical mothers with borderline symptoms. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY. Grassetti, S. N., Jones, J. D., & Levy, K. N. (2009, August). Maternal borderline personality disorder symptomatology and maladaptive child outcomes. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY. ______________________________________________________________________________ JOURNAL REVIEWS Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment Cognitive Therapy and Research Clinical Psychology Review

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

Student Member, Society for Research in Child Development (spring 2011 – present)

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Student Affiliate, American Psychological Association (fall 2007 – present) Member, University of Maryland Developmental Science Field Committee (spring 2011 – present) ______________________________________________________________________________ TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistantships, University of Maryland  Developmental Psychology (fall 2011; Instructor: Dr. Tracy Riggins)  Social Psychology (spring 2012; Instructor: Dr. Dylan Selterman)

Invited Guest Lectures  Attachment Theory Basics (fall 2011; Developmental Psychology)  Foundations of Attachment Theory (spring 2012; Development of Child and Adolescent Attachment) ______________________________________________________________________________