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Rebecca Stephens graduated with a B.A. in psychology from Western Connecticut State University in 2010 and will be graduating from CSUN's General-Experimental Psychology master's program in the spring of 2014. While at CSUN, she has worked with Dr. Ainsworth to look at the impact of stuttering on psychological wellbeing, with particular emphasis on social anxiety and relationships. Her personal research interests include the impacts of childhood sexual abuse on future psychopathology and the various manifestations of posttraumatic stress disorder. For her RIMI Action Research Internship she will be volunteering at Chrysalis, a nonprofit organization that helps low-income and homeless individuals find employment. Rebecca hopes to eventually obtain a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.