William Drew Rothenberg has extensive educational and research experience in psychology. He received his B.A. from NC State University summa cum laude in 2012, his M.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2014, and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill, anticipated in 2018. He has received several honors and awards and has published multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals. His research focuses on intergenerational transmission of family environments and risk factors for psychopathology.

1. William Andrew (Drew) Rothenberg
Last Updated May 2016
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Chapel Hill, NC 27514 warothen@email.unc.edu
Educational History
B.A. Summa Cum Laude Psychology, North Carolina State University, May 2012
M.A. Psychology University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, May 2014
Ph.D. Psychology & Neuroscience (anticipated) Clinical Psychology, with minor in Quantitative
Psychology, University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill, May 2018
Honors & Awards
2015-2017 National Research Service Award (NRSA)Recipient as a Carolina Consortium on Human
Development Predoctoral Fellow at the Center for Developmental Science, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2008-2012 North Carolina State University Roy H. Park Scholar – Undergraduate merit scholarship
covering the full cost of tuition, books, and room and board.
2012 Recipient of the Darnell Johnson Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Department of
Psychology at North Carolina State University
2012 Valedictorian, North Carolina State University graduating class of 2012
2012 Finalist for the Gates-Cambridge Scholarship
2008-2012 North Carolina State University Dean's List
2011 American Psychological Association Summer Science Fellow
2008-2011 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholars Scholarship Program
2008 National Merit Scholar
Professional and Honor Societies:
American Psychological Association 2011-2012
Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (APA Division 53) 2016 - Present
Society for Research on Adolescence 2012-present
Society for Research on Child Development 2014-present
Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology 2015-present
Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology 2009-Present
Phi Beta Kappa Society 2010-Present
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi 2011-Present
Publications
Rothenberg, W.A., Hussong, A.M., & Chassin, L. (2016). Intergenerational transmission
of high conflict family environments. Development and Psychopathology, 28(1),
293-308.

2. Rothenberg, W.A., Hussong, A.M., & Chassin, L. (2016). Modeling trajectories of adolescent-
perceived family conflict: Effects of marital dissatsifaction and parental alcoholism. Journal of
Research on Adolescence. Advanced online publication, to be published in print later in 2016.
Rothenberg, W.A., Hussong, A.M., Langley, H.A., Egerton. G.A., Halberstadt, A.G., Coffman, J.L.,
Morkova, I., & Costanzo, P.R. (in press). Grateful parents raising grateful children: Niche
selection and the socialization of child gratitude. Applied Developmental Science. Advanced
online publication, to be published in print later in 2016.
Rothenberg, D., Newsome, J., Rapp, H., & Shelton, C. (2012). Self regulation and early school adjustment
of physically abused children. Ink Undergraduate Research Journal, 10, 75-80.
Halberstadt, A.G., Langley, H.A., Hussong, A.M., Rothenberg, W.A., Coffman, J.L., Mokrova, I., &
Costanzo, P.R., (2016). Parents' understanding of gratitude in children: A thematic analysis. Early
Childhood Research Quarterly, 36, 439-451.
Hussong, A. M., Burns, A. R., Solis, J. M., & Rothenberg, W. (2013). Future directions in the
developmental science of addictions. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 42(6),
863-873. .
Manuscripts Under Review
Rothenberg, W.A., Solis, J.M., Hussong, A.M., & Chassin, L. (2016). Profiling families in conflict:
Intergenerational continuity in conflict predicts deleterious adolescent and adult outcomes.
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Manuscript submitted for publication,
revise and resubmit was requested.
Gottfredson, N.C., Hussong, A.M., Ennett, S.T., & Rothenberg, W.A., (2016). The role of parental
engagement in intergenerational transmission of smoking identity. Manuscript submitted for
publication.
Hussong, A.M., Langley, H.A., Rothenberg, W.A., Coffman, J.L., Halberstadt, A.G., Costanzo,P.R.,
& Mokrova, I. (2016). Raising grateful children one day at a time. Manuscript submitted for
publication.
Manuscripts Being Prepared for Publication (final manuscripts in draft form)
Rothenberg, W.A. (2016). A review of intergenerational continuity in parenting: Identifying
developmental pathways and moderating factors. Manuscript in preparation.
Nesi, J., Rothenberg, W.A., Hussong, A.M., & Jackson, K. (2016). Effects of self and peer social media use
on initiation of drinking milestones. Manuscript in preparation.
Chapters

3. Hussong, A.M., Rothenberg, W.A., Smith, R.K., & Haroon, M. (in press). Implications of heterogeneity in
alcohol use disorders for understanding developmental pathways and prevention
programming. To appear in H. E. Fitzgerald & L. I. Puttler (Eds), Developmental perspectives on
alcohol and other addictions over the life course. East Lansing, MI: © Michigan State University
Press
Posters & Presentations:
Rothenberg, W.A., Nesi, J., & Jackson, K. (2016, March). Exposure to friends' alcohol-related social
networking site posts predict adolescents' initiation of drinking behaviors. Poster session
presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Rothenberg, W.A. (2016, March). A review of intergenerational continuity in parenting: Identifying
developmental pathways and moderating factors. Poster session presented at the meeting of
the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Rothenberg, W., Solis, J., Hussong, A., & Chassin, L., (2014, March). Cross-generational continuities in
family conflict predict adolescent and adult maladaptation. Poster presented at the 15th
Society
for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
Rothenberg, W., Cornejo, L., Miller, A., Walsh, A., & Esposito-Smythers, C. (2012, March). Cognitive
errors and emotion dysregulation moderate relationship between parent-teen conflict and
adolescent substance misuse. Poster presented at the 14th
Society for Research on Adolescence
Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Solis., J., Rothenberg, W.A., Hussong, A., & Chassin, L., (2015, March). Intergenerational continuities in
family conflict predict adolescent and adult adaptive and maladaptive outcomes. Poster
presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Druga, J., Rothenberg, W.A., & Hussong, A.M., (2014, April). Examining parent personality traits as a
predictor of parent and child gratitude. Poster presented at the Annual North Carolina
Psychological Association Conference, Charlotte, NC.
Loehman, J, Massoglia, A., Barnett, S., Rothenberg, D. (2011, October). Stability of relational schemas
of physically maltreated children. Poster presented at the North Carolina School Psychology
Association Fall Conference, Winston Salem, NC.
Massoglia, A., Barnett, S., Rothenberg, D., Loehman, J., Haskett, M. (2011, April). Relationship schemas
of physically abused children: Links to social-emotional adjustment in kindergarten. Poster
presented at the Annual North Carolina Psychological Association Conference, Chapel Hill,
NC.
Malloy, L.C., Pipe, M.E., Lamb, M.E., Orbach, Y., & Rothenberg, D. (2010, March). Discussion of secrets,
threats, and fears in investigative interviews with children. In C. Katz (Chair), Motivation counts:
The effect of motivation on children’s performance in investigative interviews. Symposium
presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology Law Society, Vancouver, BC.

4. Research Experience:
National Research Service Awardee (NRSA)& Carolina Consortium on Human Development (CCHD)
Predoctoral Fellow, Center for Developmental Science, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. August 2015-
Present. Duties: Won competitive CCHD Predoctoral Fellowship for opportunity to take part in
the Center for Developmental Science predoctoral training program sponsored by the National
Institute on Child Health and Human Development. As a predoctoral fellow, I am awarded an
NRSA to support the development of an independent research program. The research program I
have developed as part of my fellowship experience utilizes a developmental psychopathology
perspective, as well as structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analytic
techniques, to examine how parenting behaviors and family conflict are passed from one
generation to the next, investigate the mediating and moderating pathways which support such
intergenerational transmission, and explore the increased risk for psychopathology which result
from such transmission. Additionally, the CCHD Predoctoral Fellowship allows me the
opportunity to work as part of an interdisciplinary research team (as chronicled by my
experience working with the Context Study project), provides additional financial support for
travel and other research needs, and facilitates my creation of an Individual Development
Program, which offers numerous professional development and training opportunities to
prepare for a career as a developmental scientist. Advisors: Dr. Andrea Hussong & Dr. Susan
Ennett, 10 hours weekly.
Research Assistant, Context Study Project, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Center for
Developmental Science, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. August 2015 - Present. Duties: Currently a
research assistant on the Cross Study Project, a R01 grant funded project sponsored by the
National Institute on Drug Abuse. The project examines how social network analyses, item
response theory, and factor analytic techniques can be utilized to examine the longitudinal,
reciprocal relationships between adolescent mood dysregulation, adolescent social functioning,
and adolescent onset and escalation of substance use behaviors. As part of the project I utilized
moderated nonlinear factor analytic models, combining analytic techniques from item response
theory, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling to develop trajectories of
substance use, mood dysregulation, and social functioning across time using SAS, Mplus, and R
software packages. I also utilized a developmental science perspective to help develop and test
study hypotheses, manage and manipulate data structures, and collaborated within a
multidisciplinary team which included clinical psychologists and public health scientists.
Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Hussong, Dr. Nisha Gottfredson, and Dr. Susan Ennett, 20 hours weekly.
Research Assistant, Cross Study Project, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of
Psychology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, August 2014 - August 2015. Duties: Was a research
assistant on the Cross Study Project, a R01 grant funded project sponsored by the National
Institute on Drug Abuse. The project examines how item response theory and factor analytic
techniques can be utilized to pool data at the item level across investigations to facilitate multi-
study analysis. As part of the project I utilized factor analysis and item response theory to assist
in developing models which allow harmonization of measures and pooling of data across studies
within a longitudinal framework. I have experience writing code and running models in multiple
statistical software packages, including SAS and MPlus, as part of the project. Supervisor: Dr.
Andrea Hussong, Dr. Daniel Bauer, Ph.D. and Dr. Patrick Curran, Ph.D., 20 hours weekly.

5. Project Coordinator, Raising Grateful Children Project, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Center
for Developmental Science, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, August, 2012-August, 2014. Duties: As a
first and second year graduate student, I coordinated the Raising Grateful Children Project at
UNC-Chapel Hill. The Raising Grateful Children Project, funded by the John Templeton
Foundation, purposes to discover the parent socialization strategies and early childhood systems
involved in the development of gratitude in children. The project was coordinated from the
Center for Developmental Science and was a collaborative effort which brought together faculty
from the fields of Clinical, Developmental, and Social Psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill, North
Carolina State University, and Duke University. As project coordinator, I lead recruitment efforts
for the project, developed IRB protocols, created IRB applications, developed focus group
procedures, designed and validated research measures, and was responsible for purchasing
equipment. As a member of the research team I continue to be a lead or co-author on multiple
manuscripts (listed below), and have experience running statistical analyses in multiple
statistical software packages, including SAS and MPlus. Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Hussong, Ph.D.,
20 hours weekly.
Research Assistant, George Mason University, Department of Psychology, Fairfax, Virginia, June 2011-
July 2011. Duties: I was part of a research team that developed a clinical intervention program
that targeted adolescents currently undergoing mental health treatment at risk for substance
abuse, suicide, and HIV/STI infection. Utilizing social-cognitive theory, I researched the
moderating roles cognitive distortions and emotional dysregulation played in the relationship
between parent-teen conflict and adolescent substance misuse. I worked in the field
administering diagnostic assessments to at-risk adolescents, collected data, analyzed data,
and developed research questions. Supervisor: Dr. Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Ph.D., 40
hours weekly.
Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Department of Psychology, Raleigh, North Carolina,
2010-2011. Duties: Utilizing an ecological model of developmental psychopathology, I
researched the relationship between child-parent interaction, internalizing and externalizing
problem behaviors, and child maladjustment in a school setting within populations of physically
abused children. I developed research questions, collected data, analyzed data with SPSS,
prepared manuscripts, and presented at conferences. Supervisor: Dr. Mary Haskett, Ph.D., 6
hours weekly.
Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Department of Psychology, Raleigh, North Carolina,
2009-2011. Duties: I researched the second-hand effects of collegiate binge-drinking on non-
drinking peers. I was involved with developing research questions, compiling literature reviews,
and survey design. Supervisor: Dr. Roger E. Mitchell, Ph.D., 6 hours weekly.
Research Assistant, University of Cambridge, Department of Social and Developmental Psychology,
Cambridge, United Kingdom, May-July 2009. Duties: I analyzed transcripts from forensic
interviews with sexually abused children to determine the extent to which secrets, threats, and
fears from perpetrators prevented children from eliciting information about their abuse
experiences. I also helped develop research questions, code data, compile parts of the literature
review, analyze data using SPSS, and interpret results. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Lamb, Ph.D, & Dr.
Lindsay Malloy, 40 hours weekly.
Teaching Experience:

6. Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, Spring of 2013. Duties: As a teaching assistant in an undergraduate Research
Methodology course, I led a 20-student class which met for two 1.5 hours class periods each
week. As the instructor for this class, I designed my own class materials and lesson plans,
coordinated the development of numerous in-class research projects, met with students to
discuss class concepts and resolve conflicts, and was responsible for providing all grading and
written feedback on student work. Supervisor: Dr. Viji Sathy, Ph.D., 20 hours weekly.
Instructional Assistant, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, Fall of 2012. Duties: As an instructional assistant in a Health Psychology
undergraduate course at UNC-Chapel Hill, I meet weekly with students to discuss class concepts
and resolve conflicts, coordinated the dissemination of class materials, and was responsible for
grading and providing written feedback on 120 students' work. Supervisor: Dr. Jeannie Loeb,
Ph.D., 20 hours weekly.
Invited Guest Lecturer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology &
Neuroscience, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 23, 2016. Duties: Was invited to provide a
guest lecture in an undergraduate research ethics class. I prepared and provided an interactive
90 minute presentation examining ethical issues in the practice of clinical psychology with
children and adolescents. I utilized a combination of didactic and case conference approaches in
the lecture. The presentation was titled "Considering Ethical Issues in Mental Health Research
and Practice." Supervisor: Ms. Katherine Wiley, 90 minutes.
Invited Guest Lecturer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology &
Neuroscience, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 20, 2015. Duties: Was invited to provide a
guest lecture in undergraduate Abnormal Psychology class. I prepared and provided an
interactive 60 minute presentation examining eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa and
Bulimia Nervosa, utilizing a case conference approach. The presentation was titled "Exploring
Individual Differences in Eating Disorders: A Case Presentation on “Kathy”. Supervisor: Mr.
Matthew Cohen, 1 hour.
Invited Guest Lecturer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology &
Neuroscience, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April 12, 2014. Duties: Was invited to provide a
guest lecture in graduate level Child Clinical Therapeutic Practicum. I prepared and provided an
interactive 90 minute presentation examining the process of assessing suicidal risk and treating
acute suicidal ideation in an outpatient clinical setting. I utilized a case conference approach and
included video clips which demonstrated assessment and treatment techniques. The
presentation was titled "Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Ideation”. Supervisor: Dr.
Jennifer Youngstrom, 90 minutes.
Clinical Experience:
Therapist, Silber Psychological Services, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 2015 - Present. Duties: Under
the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist, I provided evidence-based therapeutic
services to elementary aged and adolescent clients, as well as their parents, with distress and
psychopathology. I have experience treating anxiety, mood, substance use, and disruptive
behavior disorders using cognitive-behavioral therapeutic techniques. Additionally, I co-led a

7. dialectical behavioral therapy skills group for adolescents experiencing chronic suicidality,
engaging in self-harm behaviors, experiencing trauma, or experiencing extreme mood
dysregulation. Supervisor: Dr. Carlye Kincaid, Ph.D., & Dr. Eli Jerchower, Psy.D., 10 hours weekly.
Therapist, Tantrum Tamers Research Project at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, April 2015-
Present. Duties: The Tantrum Tamers Project is a R01 grant-funded randomized control trial
sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health to examine the effectiveness of
technology-enhanced treatment for early conduct problems in low-income families. As a
therapist on this project, I work with parents and their 3-7 year old children to treat child
disruptive behavior disorders including conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and
ADHD. I have experience treating these disorders within evidence-based behavioral parent
training treatment modalities, including the Helping the Noncompliant Child behavioral parent
training program developed by Dr. Rex Forehand. Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Jones, Ph.D., & Dr.
Rex Forehand, Ph.D., 4 hours weekly.
Therapist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Psychology Department Community Clinic, Chapel
Hill, NC, August 2013-Present. Duties: Under the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist, I
provide evidence-based therapeutic services to elementary aged, adolescent, and adult clients
with distress and psychopathology. I have experience treating anxiety, mood, and
disruptive behavior disorders using cognitive-behavioral therapeutic techniques.
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Youngstrom, Ph.D., 10 hours weekly
Therapist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders at the
UNC Neurosciences Hospital, August 2014-April 2015. Duties: Under the supervision of a
licensed clinical psychologist, I provided evidence-based therapeutic services to patients on the
inpatient, partial, and outpatient eating disorders unit at the UNC Neurosciences Hospital.
I have experience treating anorexia nervosa in all three treatment environments using
cognitive-behavioral and dialectical-behavioral treatment frameworks in both individual and
group therapeutic settings. Supervisor: Dr. Maureen Dymek-Valentine, Ph.D. (inpatient unit
supervisor), Dr. Thomas J. Raney, Ph.D. (partial unit and outpatient unit supervisor), 15 hours
weekly.
Therapist, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School System, Chapel Hill, NC, January 2014-June 2014. Duties:
Under the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist, I provide evidence-based therapeutic
services to elementary-aged children with cognitive, social, and emotional difficulties at school. I
have experience treating disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders in
a school setting. Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Youngstrom, Ph.D., 3 hours weekly
Assessor, Silber Psychological Services, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 2015 - Present. Duties: Under
the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist, I provided evidence-based assessment
services to elementary aged and adolescent clients experiencing distress and
psychopathology. I have experience assessing anxiety, mood, attentional, and disruptive
behavior disorders, as well as Learning Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders. I have
experience using the Woodcock Johnson - IV Achievement and Cognitive Abilities Tests,
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III, Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning -2, Child
Autism Rating Scale, CBCL, TRF, BASC-2, and Conners Contiuous Performance Test - 3, among
other measures, to identify and diagnosis psychopathology. Supervisor: Dr. Carlye Kincaid, Ph.D.,
& Dr. Eli Jerchower, Psy.D., 10 hours weekly.

8. Assessor, Tantrum Tamers Research Project at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, June 2014-
Present. Duties: The Tantrum Tamers Project is a R01 grant-funded randomized control trial
sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health to examine the effectiveness of
technology-enhanced treatment for early conduct problems in low-income families. As an
assessor on this project, I work with families at baseline, post-intervention, 3-month follow-up
and 6 month-follow-up assessments to evaluate changes in child and adult psychopathology
that occurred as a result of the treatment. As part of the assessment, I interview mothers
using the Eyeberg Child Behavior Inventory (among other measures), as well as the MINI and
MINI-KID semi-structured diagnostic interviews to determine child psychopathology and
child and parent endorsement of symptoms for a range of mental disorders including
depression, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant
disorder, ADHD, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder. Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Youngstrom,
Ph.D. and Dr. Deborah Jones, Ph.D., 2 hours weekly.
Assessor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders at the
UNC Neurosciences Hospital, August 2014-April 2015. Duties: Under the supervision of a
licensed clinical psychologist, I performed evidence-based assessment services to elementary-
aged, adolescent, and adult clients seeking evaluation for eating disorder-related impairments. I
have experience administering and scoring eating-disorder specific semi-structured and
unstructured diagnostic interviews, as well as the BAI, BDI, and World Health Organization
Disability Assessment Schedule for the assessment of Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia
Nervosa. I also have experience writing integrated psychodiagnostic evaluations incorporating
information from each of the aforementioned assessment instruments, and in recommending
appropriate levels of patient care (e.g., treatment on the inpatient, partial, or outpatient eating
disorder units at the UNC Neurosciences Hospital) based on such evaluations. Supervisor: Dr.
Meg Harney, Ph.D., 2 hours weekly.
Assessor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Psychology Department Community Clinic, Chapel
Hill, NC, May 2014-Present. Duties: Under the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist I
provide evidence based-assessment services to elementary-aged, adolescent, and adult clients. I
have experience administering, scoring and interpreting intelligence and achievement tests
(including assessments from both the Wechsler and Woodcock-Johnson test families), as well as
administering, scoring, and interpreting psychodiagnostic instruments (including the MINI, MINI-
KID, and K-SADS semi-structured clinical interviews, Achenbach family of assessment
instruments, BAI, BDI, Conner's family of ADHD assessments, and Brown ADD Scales) for the
assessment of depression, anxiety, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, ADHD,
substance abuse, and other mental disorders. I also have experience writing integrated
psychodiagnostic reports incorporating information from each of the aforementioned
assessment instruments to provide a full diagnostic evaluation. Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer
Youngstrom, Ph.D., 5 hours weekly.
Intern in Charge of Assessment and Reporting of Child Development, Amani Children’s Foundation &
New Life Homes, Nairobi, Kenya, May 2010-July 2010. Duties: The Amani Children’s Foundation
is a 501c3 organization that provides care for infants orphaned by AIDS and poverty in Kenya. As
a member of the inaugural class of interns, I was selected from a pool of applicants to report
on the psychosocial development of the 120 children in the care of the Amani Children’s
Foundation. I created and implemented an inventory of child developmental milestones to be

9. used to describe the developmental status and identify personal styles and strengths of the
Amani Children. Additionally, I oversaw the preparation and distribution of reports on
psychological well-being of the children for prospective adoptive parents. Over 50 children were
subsequently adopted using such reports. Supervisor: Jane Stephens, Ph.D., 50 hours weekly.