Diplomas/DegreesDoctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, Adelphi University (1999)
Master of Science, Columbia University (1992)
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell University (1990)
Recent CoursesComprehensive Assessment Portfolio (cap) I I I
Doctoral Thesis Supervision II
Ongoing Dissertation Supervision
Ongoing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
Psychoanalysis
Psychological Research 1
Psychological Research III
Psychological Research IV
S/T: Adult Development And Gerontology
S/T: Emotion Regulation
Personal StatementDr. Francine Conway is an Associate Professor in the Derner Institute at Adelphi University. Her clinical psychology training intersects with her research interests largely focusing on factors contributing to physical and psychological health among adults and children. Her clinical psychology training intersects with her research interests which largely focus on understanding the role of emotion regulation in coping with adversity. Specifically, she looks at mechanisms underlying individual differences in affect which will help to understand differential affect expression and regulation. Most of her research explores how these adverse situations (trauma, caregiving, breast cancer and ethnically disenfranchised group membership) impact an individual's emotional and physical health. Her work with current doctoral students includes a range of topics pertaining to coping: ethnic identity and attachment, Rorschach assessment of trauma in hospitalized children, precocious puberty, effectiveness of writing expression in breast cancer patients, optimism and bereavement, ADHD and mentalization and many more. These issues are investigated in the context of human development across the lifespan particularly since there are compelling demographics noting the rapid increase in the number of older adults. Among children, research has focused on Bipolar Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, chronic stressors and trauma. In adults, research areas include physical health concerns such as Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer, caregiving issues faced by individuals caring for family members with Alzheimer’s Disease and older adults caring for their grandchildren. The Socioemotional contributors such as ethnic diversity, social networks, emotions and coping are examined.
Teaching Specializations/InterestsAging
Emotion Regulation
Psychoanalysis
Clinical Supervision
Research InterestsEmotions, personality and health in children and adults; in adults: Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Caregiving, Social Networks, Coping, Adult development and Aging; in children: ADHD, Object Relations, chronic stressors and trauma among hospitalized children.
Grants/Sponsored ResearchNational Institute on Aging Diversity Supplemental Grant, “Social Networks as Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality among Older Whites and Blacks and Among Ethnic Sub-populations,” (Awarded) $120,960.
Faculty Development Award, “Emotion Regulation Patterns and Quality of Life in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer,” (Awarded) $5,000.
“Psychosocial deterrents and risks to prostate cancer screening in older males of African descent and Latino heritage,” (Awarded) $250,000, PI: F. Conway (Grant could not be transferred to Adelphi due to change in employment)
The National Cancer Institute-LIU/Columbia Partnership P-20 Grant, “Ethnic Variations in Factors Influencing Breast Cancer Risk,” $40,000, PI: L. Burrell; Co-PI: F. Conway
The National Cancer Institute-LIU/Columbia Partnership P-20 Grant, “Emotion Inhibition and Memory for Cancer Knowledge, Ethnic Knowledge Disparities,” $40,000, PI: F. Conway
The National Cancer Institute-LIU/Columbia Partnership P-20 Grant, “Prostate Cancer-Related Hormones in U.S.-born Jamaicans, and Haitian Black Men,” $40,000, PI: A. Chen; Co-PI: F. Conway
John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Enrichment Curriculum Program Grant, $60,000, PI: F. Conway
Awarded to the Grandparent as Mothers Again Project by Assemblyman Roger Green, $30,000, PI: F. Conway
National Institute on Aging, Resource Center for Minority Aging Research/Columbia Center for Active Life of Minority Elderly. $20,000, PI: F. Conway
Book ChaptersConway, F. & Consedine, N. (In Press). (2012). Orienting to the Positive: A Research Agenda for Grandparent Caregiving. In B. Hayslip & G. Smith (Eds.). Resilient grandparent caregivers: A strengths-based perspective. Routledge.
Conway, F. & Kelly, L. (2010). Too much of a good thing: Emotion regulation, optimistic, and pessimistic personality traits. In Jordan, M.E. (Eds.). Personality Traits Theory, Testing and Influences. NY, NY: Nova Publishers.
Durham, J. & Conway, F.(In Press) (2010). Shame as an accelerator for the cycle of underachievement of African American latency age boys. In K. Vaughans & W. Speilberg (Eds.). The Psychological World of Black Boys and Adolescents. Connecticut: Praeger Press.
Stricker, G., Conway, F., & Jones, S.C. (2006). Grandparents. In N.J. Salkind (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Human Development. (pp. 586-591). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Conway, F. & Stricker, G. (2003). An integrative assessment model as a means of intervention with grandparent caregivers. In Hayslip, B & Hicks Patrick, J. (Eds.). Working with custodial grandparents. (pp. 45-57). N.Y., NY: Springer Publishing Co.
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Conway, F. (2012), Psychodynamic psychotherapy treatment of ADHD: A practice review of the literature. Psychotherapy.
Conway, F. & McCarthy, J. (2011), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and the Psychoanalytic Process. Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy., 1-4.
Conway,F., Oster, M. & Szymanski, K. (2011), ADHD, Complex Trauma and Mentalization. Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 60-72.
Conway, F., Jones, S. & Speakes-Lewis, A. (2011), Emotional strain in caregiving relations among African American grandmothers raising their grandchildren. Journal of Women and Aging, 23, 113-128.
Conway, F. (2010), An unlikely occurrence? Mentoring gerontological research in a psychodynamic oriented clinical psychology program. Clinical Geropsychology News, Society of Clinical Geropsychology. APA Division 12, Section II, 17 (3).
Conway, F. & Jones, S. (2010) (2010), Training BSW Students to Meet the Needs of Grandparent Caregivers: Utilizing Intergenerational Opportunities at the GRAN Care Center. Educational Gerontology.
Conway, F., Oster, M., McCarthy, J. (2011) (2010), Exploring object relations in hospitalized children with caregiver loss. Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 9 (02-03), 108-117.
Conway, F., Magai, C. & McPherson, R., Milano, K. (2010), Synergy between molecular and contextual views of coping among four ethnic groups of older adults. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 70, 24.
Conway, F., Magai, C., Springer, C., Jones, S. (2008), Optimism and pessimism as predictors of physical and psychological health among grandmothers raising their grandchildren. Journal of Research in Personality, 42(5), 1352-1357.
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Conway, F. (2012, April). Aspiring to leadership in higher education: Personal and institutional strategies for Women. American Council on Higher Education/ New York City-Long Island Women of Color Summit., New York, NY.
Conway, F (2011, February). Stress and Heart Disease. Hanson Place SDA Church Healthy Heart Symposium.
Conway, F (2010, January). Changing The Game: Transforming the Leadership Landscape. American Council on Higher Education/ New York City-Long Island, Women of Color Summit, New York Institute of Technology), Old Westbury, NY.
Conway,F (2009, February). Clinical and Assessment Issues Pertaining to Inpatient Hospitalized Children with a History of Trauma. Adelphi University, Derner Institute Colloquium Series.
Conway, F (2008, November). Depression in the Geriatric Population. Nassau County Department of Senior Citizen Affairs, New York.
Conway, F. (2005, January). Awareness of obesity as a risk factor for breast cancer among overweight minority women. Columbia University, National Cancer Society Review Panel.
Conway, F (2003, November). Educational issues in gerontology. First Annual Conference on Gerontology “Academic and Clinical Frontiers in Gerontology”, Adelphi University and Parker Jewish Institute Centers for Gerontological Care..
Conway, F (2001, April). Benefit finding as a predictor of adjustment to grandparent caregiving. 2001 RCMAR Annual meeting, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Conway, F., Sepulveda, S. & Kalman, J. (2012). Two sides of ADHD: Aggression and Conduct Disorder in minority hospitalized children. In Eastern Psychological Association. Pittsburg, PA.
Lyon, S. & Conway, F., (2012). A Retrospective Exploration of Stress and Trauma Experienced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescents. Society for Research on Adolescents Biennial Meeting, Vancover, BC, Canada.
Buls, M. & Conway, F. (2012). Use of the Rorschach in support of bipolar diagnosis in children. In Society for Personality Assessment Annual Meeting. Chicago, Il.
Conway, F., Magai, C. & Jones, S. (2011). Friendships and health among ethnically diverse older adults: Relations between social network changes and physical health in Symposium ‘Social relations across time and context.’. In APA 119th Annual Convention.. Washington, DC..
Pal, M. & Conway, F. (2011). An alternative administration of the MEIM for multiethnic individuals. In APA 119th Annual Convention. Washington, DC..
Shapiro, L. & Conway, F. (2011). The experience of parental loss: Posttraumatic Growth and Interpersonal Closeness. In Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association. New York.
Shapiro, L. & Conway, F. (2011). The experience of parental loss: Posttraumatic Growth and Interpersonal Closeness. In Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 39 31st Annual Spring Meeting,. New York, NY.
Conway, F., Oster, M., Diguillo, G. & Lyons, S. (2011). Object Relations of hospitalized children engaged in self-injurious behaviors. In Eastern Psychological Association. Cambridge, MA.
Oster, M. & Conway, F. (2010). Exploring object relations in hospitalized children with caregiver loss. In APA 118th Annual Convention. San Diego, California.
Dissertation ChairedShowing first 5 of 9.
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Mulligan, M (2012). Object Relations, Emotion Regulation Patterns and Quality of Life in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Adelphi University.
Pal, M. (2012). Mixing Salt and Pepper: The Complexities of the Multiethnic Individual. Adelphi University.
Kelly, Laura (2011). The Role of Emotion Regulation and Personality in Coping with Loss. Adelphi University.
Lauren Wolf (2011). The impact of early object relations on cultural attachment amongst the elderly. Adelphi University.
Rachel Mahoney (2011). Understanding the Sexual Stories of the Female Body: The Impact of Pubertal timing on Sexual Subjectivity. Adelphi University.
Laura Kelly (2011). The Role of Emotion Regulation and Personality in Coping with Loss. Adelphi University.
Susanne Danish (2010). Yoga, Attachment and Well-being. Adelphi University.
Amy Vigliotti (2010). Forming a trauma narrative: The impact of emotion regulation on well-being in a population of breast cancer survivors. Adelphi University.
Andrea Sprin (2009). Predictors of Emotion Regulation and Affective Complexity in an Inpatient Child and Adolescent Population. Adelphi University.
Honors and Accomplishments2012 Faculty Excellence in Service- Awarded
2012 Faculty Woman of the Year- Awarded
2012 Professor of the Year- Psychology Club Student Award
2011 Faculty Teaching Excellence Award- Nominated
2006 Civic Engagement in an Older America Paper Award (Senior Scholar)(Nominated)
2006 ESPO Interdisciplinary Paper Award (Nominated)
2006 Adelphi’s Teaching Excellence Award (Nominated)
2004 Provost Award- Course Development of a Hybrid version of General Psychology
2004 Research Release Time- Peer Reviewed
2003 Research Release Time- Peer Reviewed
2001 National Institute on Aging Summer Aging Institute Award
1998 Kurt Derner Research Fellowship Award
1998 Minority Training Fellowship in Aging, National Institute on Aging
1992 Women’s International Leadership Scholarship, Kellogg Foundation
1990 New York State Programs Academic Achievement Award
1990 New York State Programs Academic Achievement Award
1988 Minority Research Scholarship, Cornell University
Professional ActivitiesAmerican Psychological Association
American Psychological Association-Division 20 Adult Development (2006)
American Psychological Association- Division 12 Society of Clinical Psychology (2006)
Brooklyn Grandparent Coalition: Board Member – (2000-2003)
Gerontological Society of America (2003-Present)
State Society on Aging (2005- Present)
National Association of Social Workers (2000-2003)
New York Kinship Care Task Force (2000-2003)
Community and Corporate LeadershipEditorial Boards
Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Executive Editorial Committee
PsycCRITIQUES- Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, Editorial Board
New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, IRB Review Board
Editor
Journal of Women and Aging, Book Review Editor
Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Research Editor
Committees/Boards
American Psychological Association Division 12-II Clinical Geropsychology
Gerontological Society of America
Gerontological Society of America Minority Task Force
Grandparent Caregivers Task Force
Nassau County Psychological Association- Program Committee
Board Member
GRAN Care Service and Research Center- Long Island University, Founder and Board Member
Health Department- Hanson Place SDA Church, Director
Hanson Place SDA Church, Board Member
Licenses & CertificationsPsychologist, New Jersey State
Psychologist, New York State
Social Worker, New York State
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