SAMPPL Lab Members

Doug Samuel is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Purdue University.  He is generally inerested in studying the intersection of personality and psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on how dimensional models can be used clinically.  Before arriving at Purdue, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky under the mentorship of Thomas A. Widiger. He then moved to Connecticut where completed a clincal internship at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital providing Dialectial Behavior Therapy and a post-doctoral fellowship within the Yale School of Medicine and the Veteran's Health Administration.  Dr. Samuel originally hails from Indiana, growing up in Portage and getting his B.A. at Indiana University - Bloomington. Outside of work, he treasures spending time with his wife, Michelle, and their daughters Alexis (11) and Olivia (7). In his spare time he enjoys traveling, drinking wine, and watching sports. 

Doug Samuel

dbsamuel@purdue.edu

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Caroline is a 4th-year graduate student in Clinical Science Program. She came to Purdue after completing a post-bacc RA position at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. She graduated with a B.S in Psychology from Furman University in 2017.

Selected Publications:

        Balling, C., Lane, S., Samuel, D. (2022). Ratings of dimensional traits in clinical practice: Comparing therapist and client perspectives. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13, 254–265.https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000509.

        Balling, C., Skye, S., Samuel, D., Lane, S. (2021). The impact of personality and lifestyle change on distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Collabra Psychology, 7: 19525. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.19525.

        Balling, C., Chelminski, I., Dalrymple, K., Zimmerman, M. (2019). Differentiating borderline personality from bipolar disorder with the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ): A replication and extension of the International Mood Network (IMN) Nosology Project. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 88,  49-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.11.009.

            Zimmerman, M., Balling, C. (2019).  Screening for borderline personality disorder with the McLean Screening Instrument: A review and critique of the literature. Journal of Personality Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2019_33_451.

Ronnie is a 1st year graduate student in Clinical Psychology. He originally graduated with a BA from Purdue in 2019 and returns after spending time working in the mental health field. Ronnie is interested dimensional models of personality pathology and understanding how cultural context influences the way personality traits drive functional outcomes.