Kristi Samuelson, PhD (formerly Kristin Franklin)

Specialties and Interests

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Psychological Assessment
• Pediatric Psychology

Courses Taught

• Psychodiagnostic Assessment
• Advanced Psychopathology
• Trauma and Assessment Research Seminar

Research: Publications and Presentations

• Franklin, K.W. (November, 2004) Neuropsychological functioning in PTSD and alcohol abuse. Chair and presenter for the symposium entitled "Neuropsychological Impairment in PTSD" at the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, LA.
• Franklin, K.W., & Cornell, D.G. (1997). Rorschach interpretation with high ability youth: Psychopathology or creative thinking? Journal of Personality Assessment67,182-195.
• Franklin, K., et al. (October, 2003). Memory differences in PTSD are not an artifact of impaired attention. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, Illinois
• Neylan, T., Lenoci, M., Rothlind, J., Metzler, T., Schuff, N., Franklin, K., Weiss, D., Weiner, D., & Marmar, C. (2004). Attention and declarative memory in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 17, 41-46.
• Samuelson, K.W., Neylan, T., Metzler, T., Lenoci, M., Rothlind, J., Henn-Haase, C., Choucroun, G., Weiner, M., & Marmar, C. (2006).  Neuropsychological functioning of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.  Neuropsychology, 20(6):716-26.
• Samuelson, K.W., Cashman, C., & Burnett, C. (November, 2006).  Effects of domestic violence and maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms on children's social and emotional functioning.  Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, California.
• Franklin, K.W., Neylan, T., Metzler, T., McCaslin, S., & Marmar, C. (August, 2005).  IQ as a potential protective factor in posttraumatic stress disorder.  Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Professional Activities

• Research psychologist, University of California San Francisco Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Program, San Francisco VA Medical Center
• Private practice, child and adolescent clinical and forensic assessment

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• Licensed Psychologist in California, License # PSY17721
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University Division of Child Psychiatry
• Predoctoral Intern, Lucile Packard Children`s Hospital at Stanford University and Children`s Health Council
• PhD in Clinical Psychology (1998) University of Virginia
• MEd in Psychology (1994) University of Virginia
• BS in Psychology (1993) Virginia Commonwealth University
• Mensa Award for Excellence: Gifted Research New Investigator of the Year (1998)

Professional and Honorary Memberships

• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
• American Psychological Association