Cornell University, B.A. in Psychology (2001)

American University, M.A. in Psychology (2006)

American University, Ph.D. in Psychology (2009)

Clinical Internship – Brown University (2008 - 2009)

Research Interests

Susan Wenze’s research focuses on cognitive and emotional processing in depression and bipolar disorder. She is particularly interested in conceptualizing negative cognitive style as part of a process, rather than as a static event or trait. As such, she employs ecological momentary assessment techniques in her research and is interested in extending the use of experience sampling paradigms from assessment to treatment.

Selected Publications

Wenze, S. J., Gunthert, K. C., & German, R. E. (in press). Biases in affective forecasting and recall in individuals with

     depressive and anxiety symptoms. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 

 

Wenze, S. J., Gunthert, K. C., & Forand, N. R. (2010). Cognitive reactivity in everyday life as a prospective predictor of

     depressive symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 34, 554-562.

 

Wenze, S. J. & Miller, I. W. (2010). Use of ecological momentary assessment in mood disorders research. Clinical

     Psychology Review, 30, 794-804.

Wenze, S.J., Gunthert, K.C., Forand, N.R., & Laurenceau, J.P. (2009). The influence of dysphoria on reactivity to

    naturalistic fluctuations in anger. Journal of Personality, 77, 795-824.

Cohen, L., Gunthert, K.C., Butler, A., Parrish, B., Wenze, S.J., & Beck, J. S. (2008). Negative affective spillover from

    daily events predicts early response to cognitive therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,

    76, 955-965.

Goldberg, J.F., Gerstein, R.K., Wenze, S.J., Welker, T.M., & Beck, A.T. (2008). Dysfunctional attitudes and cognitive

    schemas in bipolar manic and unipolar depressed outpatients: Implications for cognitively based psychotherapeutics.

    Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196, 207-210.

Wenze, S.J., Gunthert, K.C., & Forand, N.R. (2007). Influence of dysphoria on positive and negative cognitive reactivity

    to daily mood fluctuations. Behavior Research and Therapy, 45, 915-927.

Goldberg, J.F., Wenze, S.J., Welker, T.M., Steer, R.A., Beck, A.T. (2005). Content-specificity of dysfunctional cognitions

    for patients with bipolar mania versus unipolar depression: A preliminary study. Bipolar Disorders, 7(1), 49-56.

Michaelis, B.H., Goldberg, J.F., Davis, G.P., Singer, T.M., Garno, J.L., & Wenze, S.J. (2004). Dimensions of impulsivity-

    aggression associated with suicide attempts among bipolar patients: a preliminary study. Suicide and Life-Threatening

    Behavior, 34(2), 172-176.