Carolyn Fallahi

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ahmadi, A., Pearlson, G. D., Dager, A., Potenza, M. N., Rosen, R., Austad, C. S., Raskin, S. A., Fallahi, C. R., Tennen, H., Wood, R. M., & Stevens, M. C. (2013).  Influence of alcohol use on neural response to Go/No-Go Task in college drinkers. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38(11), 2197-2208.  doi: 10.138/npp.2013.119

Armeli, S., Dranoff, E., Tennen, H., Austad, C. S., Fallahi, C., Raskin, S., Wood, R., & Pearlson, G. (2014).  A longitudinal study of coping motives, negative affect and drinking level on drinking problems among college students. Anxiety Stress Coping: An International Journal, doi: 10.1080/10615806.2014.895821

Banz, B. C., Worhunsky, P. D., Pittman, B. P., Astur, R. S., Tennen, H. A., Raskin, S. A., Austad, C. S., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., Potenza, M. N., & Pearlson, G. D. (2019). Relationships between drinking quantity and frequency and behavioral and hippocampal bold responses during working memory performance involving allocentric spatial navigation in college students. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 201, 236–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.030

Dager, A. D., Anderson, B.M., Rosen, R., Khadka, S., Sawyer, B., Jiantonio-Kelly, R. E., Austad, C. S., Raskin, S. A., Tennen, H., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., & Pearlson, G. D. (2014). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) response to alcohol pictures predicts subsequent transition to heavy drinking in college students. Addiction, 109(4), 585 – 595. doi: 10.1111/add.12437.Epub

Dager, A., Anderson, B. M., Stevens, M. C., Pulido, C., Rosen, R., Jiantonio-Kelly, R. E., Sisante, J. F., Raskin, S. A., Tennen, H., Austad, C. S., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., & Pearlson, G. D. (2013).  Influence of family history of alcoholism on neural response to alcohol cues in college drinkers. Alcoholism:  Clinical and Experimental Research, 37 Suppl, 1:E161-71. doi:  10.1111/j.1530.0277.2012.01879.x.Epub 2012 Oct 18.

Dager, A. D., Meda, S. A., Tennen, H., Raskin, S., Austad, C., Wood, R., Fallahi, C., & Pearlson, G. (2017).  Altered resting state fMRI response in young adult marijuana users and heavy drinkers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 171(e50)

Dager, A., Jamadar, S., Stevens, M. C., Rosen, R., Jiantonio-Kelly, R. E., Flor-Sisante, J., Raskin, S. A., Tennen, H., Austad, C. S., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., & Pearlson, G. D. (2014).  fMRI response during figural memory task performance in college drinkers. Psychopharmacology, 231(1), 167-179. doi: 10.1007/s00213-013-3219-1

Dager, A. D., Tice, M. R., Book, G. A., Raskin, S. A., Tennan, H., Austad, C. S., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., & Pearlson, G. D. (2018).  Relationship between fMRI response during a nonverbal memory task and marijuana use in college students.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, 71-78. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.025.

DiPlacido, J., & Fallahi, C. R. (2020).  Stigma and sexual and gender minority mental health.  In. E. D. Rothblum (Ed.). The Oxford handbook of sexual and gender minority
mental health (pp. 419-428). Oxford Publications.

DiPlacido, J., Fallahi, C. R., & Daigle, C. D. (2023).  Minority stress and substance use: The role of anxiety/depression and PTSD symptoms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Cogent Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2023.2218258.

Fallahi, C. R. (2012).  Improving the writing skills of college students.  In E. L. Grigorenko, E. Mambrino, & D. D. Preiss (Eds.), Writing: A mosaic of new perspectives.   New York: Psychology Press.

Fallahi, C. R. (2008).  Redesign of a Lifespan Development course using Fink’s Taxonomy.  Teaching of Psychology, 35, 169-175.

Fallahi, C. R. (2017). Social media and news coverage as vicarious exposure. In L. Wilson (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook of the Psychology of Mass Shootings. New York,      N. Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Fallahi, C. R. (2018). Sadness? Depression? Here’s how to tell the difference.  Retrieved from https://www.fmhnews.com/2018/04/06/sadness-depression-heres-how-to-tell-the-difference/ on May 15, 2018.

Fallahi, C. (2011, September).  Teaching tips: Using Fink’s taxonomy in course design.  APS Observer, 24(7), 39-41.

Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., Fallon, M., & Leishman, L. (2009).  A survey of perceptions of the recent Virginia Tech tragedy. Journal of School Violence, 8, 120-135.

Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., Leishman, L., Gendron, M., & Wood, R. (2009).  Gender differences in the perception of prisoner abuse.  Sex Roles, 60, 261-268.

Fallahi, C. R., Blau, J. C., Mitchell, M. T., Rodrigues, H. A., Daigle, C. D., Heinze, A. M., LaChance, A., & DeLeo, L. (2021).  Understanding the pandemic experiences for people with a preexisting mental health disorder.  Traumatology, 27(4), 471-478.  https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000344

Fallahi, C. R., DiPlacido, J., Daigle, C. D., & Blau, J. (2022).  Family conflict, physical symptoms, and post traumatic stress among sexual minorities during the COVID pandemic: A moderated mediation model.  Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2095241

Fallahi, C. R., DiPlacido, J., Blau, J. C., Collier, A. E., Anatra, A. S., & Simao, M. L. (under review). A serial mediation examining the relationship between adverse childhood events and alcohol/substance use: The role of minority stress and PTSD in sexual minorities.

Fallahi, C. R., & Haney, J. D. (2007). Using debate in helping students discuss controversial topics.  Journal of College Teaching and Learning, 4(10), 83-88.

Fallahi, C. R., Blankenburg, L. C., Daigle, C., & Heinly, M. (2021). Infusing diversity into an entry level psychology course. Archives of Psychology, 5(1), 1-22.  https://doi.org/10.31296/aop.v5i1.144

Fallahi, C. R., & LaMonaca, F. H. (2009).  Creating significant learning experiences in a large undergraduate psychology class: A pilot study.  Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 20(1), 87-100.
Fallahi, C. R., & LaMonaca, F. H. (2009).  The evolution of educational objectives:  Bloom’s taxonomy and beyond.  Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 20(1), 71-86.

Fallahi, C. R., & Lesik, S. A. (2009).  The effects of vicarious exposure to the recent massacre at Virginia Tech. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 1(3), 220-230.

Fallahi, C. R., Levine, L. E., Nicoll-Senft, J. M., Tessier, J. T., Watson, C. L., & Wood, R. M. (2009).  Using Fink’s integrated course design: How a book changed our students’ learning, our university, and ourselves.  In L. D. Fink & A. K. Fink (Eds.) Designing courses for significant learning: Voices of experience.  New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 119, 43-52.

Fallahi, C. R., Mitchell, M. T., Blau, J. J. C., Daigle, C., Rodrigues, H. A., & DeLeo, L.  (2022).  Burnout, personal and secondary trauma among mental health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Minerva Psychiatry, 63(3), 219-230. https://doi.10.23736/S2724-6612.21.02192-8

Fallahi, C. R., Wood, R. M., Austad, C. S., & Fallahi, H. (2006).  A program for improving undergraduate psychology students’ basic writing skills.  Teaching of Psychology, 33(3), 171-175.

Heinly, M. T., Rimzhim, A., Boncoddo, R. A., & Fallahi, C. R. (2018). From curriculum mapping to assessment: One psychology department’s adventure.  International Research in Higher Education, 3(4), retrieved from: http://irhe.sciedupress.com, doi: 10.5430/irhe.v3n4p                          

Holt, L. J., Armeli, S., Tennen, H., Austad, C. S., Raskin, S. A., Fallahi, C. R., Wood, R., Rosen, R. I., Ginley, M. K., & Pearlson, G. D. (2013).  A person-centered approach to understanding negative reinforcement drinking among first year college students. Addictive Behaviors, 38(2), 2937-2944, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.015

June, A., Fallahi, C., & Daigle, C. (2023). Lifespan development and co-occurring disorders. In R. W. Holt & R.R. Moro (Eds.), Counseling Individuals with Co-Occurring Addictive and Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach. New York: Springer

Khadka, S., Stevens, M. C., Aslanzadeh, F., Narayanan, B., Hawkins, K., Austad, C., Raskin, S. A., Tennen, H., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C., Potenza, M., & Pearlson, G. D. (2017).  Composite impulsivity-related domains in college students. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 90, 118-125. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.02.016. Epub 2017 Feb 21

Kashani, J. H., Beck, N. C., Hoeper, E. W., Fallahi, C., Corcoran, C. M., McAllister, J., Rosenberg, T. K., & Reid, J. C. (1987).  Psychiatric disorders in a community sample of adolescents.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 144, 584-589.

Kashani, J. H., Hoeper, E. W., Beck, N. C., Corcoran, C. M., Fallahi, C., McAllister, J. A., Rosenberg, T. K., & Reid, J. C. (1988).  Personality, psychiatric disorders, and parental attitude among a community sample of adolescents.  In S. Chess & A. Thomas (Eds.), Annual progress in child psychiatry and child development (pp. 639-654).  Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel, Inc.

Kashani, J. H., Hoeper, E. W., Beck, N. C., Corcoran, C. M., Fallahi, C., McAllister, J. A., Rosenberg, T. K., & Reid, J. C. (1987).  Personality, psychiatric disorders, and parental attitudes among a community sample of adolescents.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 26(6), 879-885.

Khadka, S., Stevens, M. C., Aslanzadeh, F., Narayanan, B., Hawkins, K. A., Austad, C. S., Raskin, S. A., Tennen, H., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C., Potenza, M. N., & Pearlson, G. D. (2017). Compositve impulsivity-related domains in college students. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 90, 118-125. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.02.016. Epub 2017 Feb 21.

Lesik, S. A., & Fallahi, C. R. (2011).  Salary equity studies: An analysis of using the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to estimate differences in faculty salaries by gender.  Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 10(2), 656-688.

Levine, L. E., Fallahi, C. R., Nicoll-Senft, J. M., Tessier, J. T., Watson, C. L., & Wood, R. M. (2008).  Creating significant learning experiences across disciplines.  College Teaching, 56(4), 247-254.

Levine, L., E., Fallahi, C. R. Wood, R. M., Nicholl-Senft, J., Tessier, J., & Watson, C. (2008).  Teaching Ourselves: A model to improve, assess and spread the word. International Journal for SoTL, 1(2). 1-8.

Meda, S. A., Dager, A. D., Hawkins, K., Tennen, H., Raskin, S., Wood, R. M., Austad, C. S., Fallahi, C. R., & Pearlson, G. D. (2017).  Heavy drinking in college students predicts accelerated gray matter volumetric decline over a 2-year period.  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Retrieved from: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00176/full

Meda, S., Gueorguieva, R., Pittman, B., Rosen, R., Leen, S., Dager, A., Hawkins, K., Aslanzadeh, F., Tennen, H., Austad, C., Wood, R., Raskin, S., Fallahi, C., & Pearlson, G. (2017). Longitudinal influences of alcohol and marijuana use on academic performance in college students. PLoS ONE, 12(3).  E0172213. doi: doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0172213

Meda, S. A., Hawkins, K. A., Dager, A. D., Tennan, H., Khadka, S., Austad, C. S., Wood, R. M., Raskin, S., Fallahi, C. R., & Pearlson, G. D. (2018). Longitudinal effects of alcohol consumption on the hippocampus and parahippocampus in college students.  Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, pii: S2451-9022(18)30054-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.02.006. [Epub ahead of print]

Rimzhim, A., Heinly, M. T., Bragg, C., Boncoddo, R. A., Fallon, M., & Fallahi, C. R. (2020).  One psychology department’s home-grown programmatic assessment of their curriculum. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 6(4), 316-341. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000179

Worhunsky, P. D., Dager, A. D., Meda, S. A., Khadka, S., Stevens, M. C., Austad, C. S., Raskin, S. A., Tennen, H., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., Potenza, M. N., & Pearlson, G. D. (2016).  A preliminary prospective study of an Escalation in ‘Maximum Daily Drinks’, Fronto-Parietal Circuitry and Impulsivity-Related Domains in Young Adult Drinkers. Neuropsychopharmacology, 41(6), 1637-1647. doi: 10.1038/npp.2015.332

Zamroziewicz, M., Raskin, S. A., Tennen, H., Austad, C. S., Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., Dager, A. D., Sawyer, B., Leen, S., & Pearlson, G. D. (2017). Effects of drinking patterns on prospective memory performance in college students. Neuropsychology, 31(2), 191-199. doi: 10.1037/neu0000313. Epub 2016 Nov 14