Nicole Cain

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Cain is serving as the interim assistant dean of Academic Affairs for 2021-2022 and is an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at GSAPP. She earned her doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in the Personality Disorders Institute. Dr. Cain's funded research focuses on understanding how personality pathology and interpersonal functioning impact diagnosis, psychotherapy process, and treatment outcome. Her recent work has also focused on examining how effortful control, rejection sensitivity, and interpersonal problems impact maladaptive outcomes, such as suicidal behavior. She has published over 60 empirical papers and book chapters. Dr. Cain is a past president of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, and currently serves as representative at large for the Society for Personality Assessment and as associate editor for the Journal of Personality Assessment.