Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Nicole
Breeden is an assistant research professor at the Graduate School of Applied
and Professional Psychology (GSAPP). She is a Nationally Certified School
Psychologist (NCSP) who received her Ph.D. in school psychology from Pennsylvania State University in August 2017. Prior to beginning at Rutgers,
Dr. Breeden was working as a school psychology practitioner in Prince George's
County, Maryland. Dr. Breeden has also worked as a graduate assistant at the
Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State (Clearinghouse),
where she gained knowledge and experience in the development and implementation
of evidence-based programs. She is also a member of the TeleSchool Psychology
research team at Penn State, where she assists with leading the Social Media and
Information Dissemination Project. At GSAPP, Dr. Breeden works on the Rutgers
Paraprofessional Coaching Project, which aims at providing professional
development on evidence-based behavioral interventions to paraprofessionals in
the schools. Her main research interests include externalizing disorders,
evidence-based programs, implementation science, and social media use by
school-based personnel.
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