Emma
Grace
Emma Grace
- Campus: Washington, DC
- Department: International Psychology
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Address: 1015 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005
Biography
Prof. Dr. Emma Grace is a Program Chair of the Ph.D. International Psychology Program at the College of Graduate and Professional Studies, The Chicago School, Washington, DC Campus. She manages the program's administrative operations, teaches doctoral-level courses in international psychology, and chairs dissertation committees. Dr. Grace serves a Project Leader of the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress (GC-TS), an international network of trauma experts, where she leads the Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS) Child and Adolescent Versions Group and is a member of the GPS Group international research projects. She specializes in the areas of global mental health and trauma, humanitarian mental healthcare, mass psychogenic illness, mass violence, forced displacement, revenge ideation, radicalism, and suicide terrorism. Dr. Grace has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and presentations. She serves as a peer-reviewer for several scholarly journals in psychology, mental health, behavioral and conflict studies. Dr. Grace received Distinguished International Research and Scholarship Award and Distinguished Teaching Award for Multicultural Teaching Excellence.
Education History
Degree Institution D.Sc. Psychology Ph.D. Psychology Professional Memberships
Presentations
Title Location Date Grace, E., Rogers, R., Usher, R., Rivera, I., Elbakry, H., Sotilleo, Sh., Doe, R., Toribio, M., Coreas, N., & Olff, M. A burden of care: Caregiver stress in persons with pre-existing traumatic disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. ARQ 50th Anniversary International Conference “Trauma, Crisis and Conflict: Connecting Research and Practice.” Hilversum, The Netherlands. September 2023 Grace, E., Rogers, R., Usher, R., Rivera, I., Elbakry, H., Sotilleo, Sh., Doe, R., Toribio, M., Coreas, N., Roman, R., Olff, M. Younger age, loss of income, death in family, and provision of family care as predictors of the COVID-19 related distress in the United States 2023 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention.Washington, DC May, 2023 Grace, E., Roman, R., Sotilleo, Sh., Doe, R., Olff, M. (2022, November). Transdiagnostic screening for mental health responses to employment stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 38th Annual Meeting “Trauma as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor Across the Lifespan.” Atlanta, Georgia Grace, E. (2021, July). Suicidal revenge in public shooters and the scope of violence. 32nd International Congress of Psychology. Prague, Czech Republic. Online. July, 2021 Grace, E. (2021, July). The choice of method in the international psychology doctoral research. 32nd International Congress of Psychology. Prague, Czech Republic. Online. July 2021 Grace, E. & Olff, M. (2020, November). The Global Psychotrauma Screen adaptation for children and adolescents using the Delphi Method The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 36th Annual Meeting “Bridging Science and Practice to Reach Underserved Communities: Barriers, Opportunities, and Innovations.” Online. November, 2020 Hoeboer, C., Olff, M., Primasari., I., Qing, Y., Coimbra, B., Hovnanian, A., & Grace, E. (2020, November). Stress responses to COVID-19 around the world. The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 36th Annual Meeting “Bridging Science and Practice to Reach Underserved Communities: Barriers, Opportunities, and Innovations.” Online. November, 2020 Grace, E. (2019, November). Inclusivity in international psychology graduate research: Best practices and challenges. NAFSA Research Symposium: A Critical Discussion of Theories, Methodologies, and Practices in International Education. Gallaudet University, Washington, DC. November, 2019 Grace, E. (2019, May). Revenge ideation in active shooters. In E. Grace (Chair), Public Shootings: Revenge of Perpetrators and Emotional Intelligence of Responders. Symposium conducted at the 31st Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC. May, 2019 Deane, D. & Grace, E. (2019, May). Indicators of violent behavior in the legacy documents of active shooters. In E. Grace (Chair), Public Shootings: Revenge of Perpetrators and Emotional Intelligence of Responders. Symposium conducted at the 31st Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC. May, 2019 Grace, E. (2019, May). Public attitudes toward sexual minorities and environmental behavior around the world. In E. Grace (Chair), Exploring Stress and Trauma in Rarely Studied Contexts: Transgender Minority Stress in India and Poaching Trauma in South Africa Symposium conducted at the 31st Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC. May, 2019 Grace, E. (2019, May). Review of assessment instruments for revenge: Implications for forensic mental health practice. TCSPP Forensic Mental Health Awareness Conference. Washington, DC May, 2019 Grace, E. (2018, May). Mass psychogenic response to the threat of biochemical and radioactive contamination. TCSPP Annual Interprofessional Virtual Conference on Innovating Education and Training in Psychology and Health Service Professionals for the Future. May, 2018 Grace, E. (2018, May). Revenge ideation in motivation for mass shootings. TCSPP Forensic Mental Health Awareness Conference. Washington, DC May, 2018 Grace, E. (2017, April). Freedom from fear: Attitudes toward international security and terrorism in the United States, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya. The Center for Democracy and International Affairs Conference Rethinking Regions: Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Central Asia. Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA April, 2017 Grace, E. (2016, April). Revenge ideation in displaced war survivors. Conference on Politics, Conflict and Development – Power Shifts: Conflict, Emergencies, and Global Response. Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA April, 2016 Grace, E. (2016, March). Internationalizing psychology through education and research: Inclusivity and global applicability. Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture: Reimagining International Education, Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA March, 2016 Grace, E. (2015, June). Integrative psychotherapy for civilian war survivors. The XXXI Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration Annual International Meeting. Baltimore, MD June, 2015 Grace, E. (2014, November). Translational neuroscience on the global stage. Translational Neuroscience International Symposium. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington, DC November, 2014 Grace, E. & Olff, M., Shalev, A. (2024, September). Transdiagnostic screening for traumatic stress responses and mental health outcomes in international contexts. The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 40th Annual Meeting “From Bench to Bedside and Beyond: Advancing Translational Science in Traumatic Stress Studies.” Boston, Massachusetts. September, 2024 Grace, E. (2024, October). Risk factors for complex post-traumatic stress disorder around the world. Association for Psychological Science Global Psychological Science Summit. October, 2024 Olff, M. & Grace, E. (2024, September). The Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress: Collaborating on the topics of global importance. Globe Talk. The Community Solution Education System. September, 2024 Grace, E. (2024, June). Mass trauma and community mental health: The trauma of terrorism and war. Globe Talk. The Community Solution Education System. June, 2024 Olff, M. & Grace, E. (2024, October). Global trauma: Transdiagnostic screening for mental health outcomes. The Chicago School, Washington, DC Campus. October, 2024 Community Involvement
Role Organization Volunteer Community Educator Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area Chapter Areas of Expertise
Area Expertise Clinical Psychology / Mental Health Disaster Mental Health Post-Traumatic Growth Stress/Coping Trauma/PTSD Psychology Subdisciplines - Clinical Psychology Subdisciplines - Developmental Psychology Subdisciplines - Educational Psychology Subdisciplines - International Psychology PTSD/Trauma Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Secondary Traumatic Stress Mixed Methods Research Qualitative Inquiry Research Design/Methodology Quantitative Inquiry Violence Refugees Terrorism Torture Publications
Journal Koutsopoulou, I., Grace, E., Gkintoni, E., & Olff, M. (2024). Validation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for adolescents in Greece. European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 8 (100384), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2024.100384.
Grace, E., Rogers, R., Usher, R., Rivera, I., Elbakry, H., Sotilleo, Sh., Doe, R., Toribio, M., Coreas, N., Olff, M. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Global Psychotrauma Screen in the United States. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 11 (1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2266215.
Havermans, D., Hoeboer, C., Sobczak, S., Primasari, I., Coimbra, B., Hovnanyan, A., Zrnic Novakovic, I., Langevin, R., Aakvaag, H., Grace, E., Dragan, M., Lueger-Schuster. B., El-Hage, W., Olff, M. (2023). The mental health impact of COVID-19 pandemic and exposure to other potentially traumatic events up to old age. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36 (3), https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22937.
Marengo, D., Hoeboer, C.M., Veldkamp, B.P., GPS-txt consortium: Oe, M. Bakker, A. Hovnanyan, A. Bröcker, E. Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X. Coimbra, B.M. Aakvaag, H. Javakhishvili, J.D. Ozgen, M.H. Sales, L. Rabellino, D. Lueger-Schuster, B. Qing, Y. Grace, E., Primasari, I. Dragan, M. Salgado, C. Ajdukovic, D. & Olff, M. (2022). Text mining to improve screening for trauma-related symptoms in a global sample.. Psychiatry Research, 316 (114753), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114753.
Williamson, R., Hoeboer, Ch. M., Primasari, I., Qing, Y., Coimbra, B. M., Hovnanyan, A., Grace, E., & Olff, M. (2021). Symptom networks of COVID-19-related versus other potentially traumatic events in a global sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 84 (102476), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102476.
Cao, C., Wang, L., Fang, R., Liu, P., Bi, Y., Luo, S., Grace, E., & Olff, M. (2021). Anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms among high school students in China in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Journal of Affective Disorders, 296 , 126-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.052.
Olff, M., Primasari, I., Qing, Y., Coimbra, B. M., Hovnanyan, A., Grace, E., Williamson, R., Hoeboer, Ch. M., & the GPS-CCC Consortium (2021). Mental health responses to COVID-19 around the world. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12 (1), https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1929754.
Grace, E., Sotilleo, Sh., Rogers, R., Doe, R., & Olff, M. (2021). Semantic adaptation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen for children and adolescents in the United States. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12 (1), 1-12. 1911080. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1911080.
Grace, E. (2020). Inclusivity in international psychology graduate research: Best practices and challenges.. NAFSA Research Symposium Series, 4 , 74-87; https://shop.nafsa.org/detail.aspx?id=145E.
Grace, E. (2019). Stress and resilience in Al-Qaeda terrorists. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats. CREST Security Review, Special Issue on Stress and Resilience (10), 14-17.
Grace, E. (2018). Lex talionis in the twenty first century: Revenge ideation and terrorism. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 10 (3), 249-263. doi: 10.1080/19434472.2018.1428660.
Grace, E. (2018). A dangerous science: Psychology in Al Qaeda’s words. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide, 11 (1), 61-71. doi: 10.1080/17467586.2018.1428762.
Grace, E. (2017). Internationalizing psychology to address global needs. University Magazine VIU, , 20-21.
Professional Skills
Research skills: quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, SPSS, Nvivo, Atlas.ti, Online teaching platforms: Canvas, Blackboard