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Monica Fitzgerald, Ph.D.  
Monica Fitzgerald, Ph.D. is a faculty member at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC), Medical University of South Carolina.  She received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia and completed a two-year NIMH post-doctoral research fellowship at the NCVC.  Dr. Fitzgerald's research focuses on the impact of maltreatment and trauma exposure on children's psychosocial and emotional adjustment and the dissemination of evidence-based, trauma-focused interventions into community-based settings.  Dr. Fitzgerald is one of the core faculty and Project Coordinator for Project BEST (Bringing Empirically Supported Treatment to South Carolina's Children and Families), a large scale implementation project of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (TF-CBT) in the state of South Carolina.  Project BEST is funded by the Duke Endowment Foundation and its long-term goal is to ensure that all South Carolina children and their families, who are identified as having experienced abuse and resulting trauma, receive appropriate, empirically supported mental health assessment and psychosocial treatment services.  Dr. Fitzgerald also provides trauma-focused treatment to adults, children and families at the NCVC.

Research Interests:

• Development, evaluation, and study of effective dissemination methods for evidence-based treatments for abused and traumatized children and their caretakers
• Community and agency level buy in and uptake regarding evidence-based interventions
• Impact of child abuse and violence exposure on child and adult mental health outcomes
• Importance of risk and protective factors in moderating psychosocial adjustment
• Parental socialization of children's emotion management skills and emotional security

Honors/Awards:

Select Publications:

• Bertzos, K., Ruggiero, K., Fitzgerald, M., Zinzow, H., Saunders, B., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D. (in press). A longitudinal investigation of interpersonal violence in relation to mental health and substance abuse. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Fitzgerald, M.M, Schneider, R. Salstrom, S., Zinzow, H., Fossel, R. & Jackson, J. (in press). Child sexual abuse, early family risk, and childhood parentification: Pathways to current psychosocial adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology.
• Fitzgerald, M.M.,  McCart, M.R., Acierno, R.E., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (in press). Psychological/behavioral treatment with victims of interpersonal violence. In P.M. Kleespies (Ed.), Behavioral emergencies: An evidence-based resource for evaluating and managing the risk of suicide, violence, and victimization. Guilford Press.
• McCart, M.R., Fitzgerald, M.M., Acierno, R., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (in press). Evaluation and acute intervention with victims of violence. In P.M. Kleespies (Ed.), An evidence-based resource for evaluating and managing the risk of suicide, violence, and victimization. Guilford Press.
• Fitzgerald, M.M., Danielson, C.K., Saunders, B.E., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2007). Youth Victimization: Implications for Prevention, Intervention, and Public Policy. Prevention Researcher, 14, 3-7.
• Brown, A.M., Fitzgerald, M.M., Shipman, K, & Schneider, R. (2007). Children's expectations of parent-child communication following interparental conflict: Do parents talk to children about conflict? Journal of Family Violence.  http://www.springerlink.com/content/0411235t160771t8/
• Shipman, K., Schneider, R. Fitzgerald, M.M., Sims, C. Swisher, L., & Edwards, A. (2007). Maternal socialization in maltreating and nonmaltreating families: Implications for children's emotion regulation. Social Development, 16, 203-209.
• Fitzgerald, M.M., Shipman, K.L., Jackson, J.L., McMahon, R.J., & Hanley, H.M. (2005). Perceptions of parenting versus parent-child interactions among incest survivors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29, 661-681.
• Shipman, K., Zeman, J., Fitzgerald, M.M., & Swisher, L. (2003). Regulating emotion in parent-child and peer relationships: A comparison of sexually maltreated and nonmaltreated girls. Child Maltreatment, 8, 163-172.
• Back, S.E., Jackson, J.L., Fitzgerald, M.M., Shaffer, A., Salstrom, S., & Osman, M.M. (2003). Child sexual and physical abuse among college students in Singapore and the United States. Child Abuse & Neglect, 27, 1253-1275.
• Berliner, L., Hyman, I., Thomas, A., & Fitzgerald, M.M. (2003). Children's memory for trauma and positive experiences. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16, 229-236.
• Shipman, K.L., Zeman, J., Nesin, A.E., & Fitzgerald, M.M. (January, 2003). Children's strategies for displaying anger and sadness: What works with whom? Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 49, 100-122.

Select Presentations:

• Fitzgerald, M.M.,  Saunders, B., Smith, D., Hanson, R. (2007, November). An Evaluation of a TF-CBTWeb Dissemination Program. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD.
• Fitzgerald, M.M., McCart, M., Self-Brown, S. Smith, D., Kilpatrick, S.G., Saunders, B.E., Resnick, H.S., & Hanson, R. (2007, January). Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Antisocial Behavior Among Youth: The Mediating Role of Trauma-Related Hyperarousal. Paper presented at the 21st Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment.
• Fitzgerald, M.M., Saunders, B., & Williams, L.M. (2006, November). A Longitudinal Model of Children's Victimization and Violence Exposure, Perceived Parental Support and Nurturance, and Child Internalizing Problems. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, CA.
• McCart, M., Fitzgerald, M.M., Self-Brown, S., Smith, D., Kilpatrick, D.G. Saunders, B.E., Resnick, H.S., & Hanson, R. (2006, November). Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Antisocial Behavior Among Youth: The Mediating Role of Trauma-Related Hyperarousal. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, CA.
• Saunders, B., Williams, L.M., Fitzgerald, M.M., Hanson, R.F., & Smith, D.W. (2006, November). Longitudinal Functioning of Children with Complex Victimization Histories. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, CA.
• Fitzgerald, M.M., Saunders, B.E., & Williams, L.M. (2005, November). A Prospective Model of Children's Victimization and Violence Exposure. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Toronto, ON.
• Fitzgerald, M.M., Schneider, R., Zinzow, H. & Shipman, K. (2005, April). The Impact of Emotional Parentification on Children's Psychosocial Adjustment in At-Risk Families. Presentation at the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• Shipman, K., & Fitzgerald, M.M. (2004, September). Talking to children about emotion: Implications for maltreated children. Part I, Part II. Workshops presented at the Oklahoma Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect & Healthy Families, Tulsa, OK.
• Saunders, B.E., Williams, L.M., & Fitzgerald, M.M. (2004, September). Dyadic adjustment and sexual satisfaction among parents reported to authorities for violence. Paper presented at the conference of the International Society on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
• Fitzgerald, M.M., Saunders, B.E., & Williams, L.M. (2004, January). The role of familial and social resources in the development of PTSD and depression among violence exposed children. Paper presented at the San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA.
• Saunders, B.E., Williams, L.M., & Fitzgerald, M.M. (2004, January). Dyadic adjustment and sexual satisfaction by type of family violence reported to authorities. Paper presented at the San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA.

Curriculum Vitae   (2008)  (Requires Adobe® Reader to view)

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