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Meredith Bucher

Visiting Lecturer in Psychology

Meet Professor Bucher

Years at Knox: 2022 to present

Education

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 2022, Purdue University
M.A., Clinical Psychology, 2015, Ball State University
B.A., Psychology, 2013, Manchester University

Teaching Interests

Clinical psychology, assessment and diagnostic classification, personality, and psychopathology

Selected Professional Accomplishments

Honors/Grants

Gunderson Young Investigator Award, North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, 2021.

Purdue Research Foundation Research Grant, Purdue University, 2021.

Purdue Graduate School Summer Research Grant, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 2020.

Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University, 2020.

Graduate Research Publication Award, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 2020.

David A. Santagrossi Graduate Instructor Award, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 2020.

Linden Memorial Scholarship for Exceptional Dissertation Research: The Accelerator Fellowship, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 2019.

Publications

Bucher, M.A., & Samuel, D.B. (2020). Developing an improved short form of the IPIP Abridged Big Five-Dimensional Circumplex measure. Journal of Research in Personality.

Samuel, D.B., Bucher, M.A., & Suzuki, T., & (2020). Survey and Interview Methods. In A.G.C. Wright & M.N. Hallquist (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of research methods in clinical psychology. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

Stanton, K. Brown, M.F.D., Bucher, M.A., Balling, C. Samuel, D.B. (2019) Self-ratings of personality pathology: Insights regarding their validity and treatment utility. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry. Advanced online publication.

Samuel, D.B., Bucher, M.A., & Suzuki, T. (2019). Self-Report Assessment of Antagonism. In J.D. Miller & D.R. Lynam (Eds.), The Handbook of Antagonism: Conceptualizations, Assessment, Consequences, and Treatment of the Low End of Agreeableness. New York, NY: Elsevier Science. 

Bucher, M.A., Suzuki, T., Samuel, D.B. (2019). A meta-analytic review of personality traits and their associations with mental health treatment outcomes. Clinical Psychology Review, 70, 51-63.

Samuel, D.B, & Bucher, M.A. (2019). Translating Item Response Theory findings for clinical practice. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Bucher, M.A., & Samuel, D.B. (2019). Development of a short form of the Abridged Big Five­Dimensional Circumplex to aid with the organization of personality traits. Journal of Personality Assessment, 101, 16-24. 

Presentations

Bucher, M.A. (2021, April). The clinical utility of dimensional models of psychopathology. Presented at Purdue University's clinical psychology colloquium series. West Lafayette, IN.

Bucher, M.A., & Novak, K.D. (2021, March). Internship applications: You'll get through it, we promise. Presented at Purdue University's clinical psychology colloquium series. West Lafayette, IN.

Bucher, M.A., & Samuel, D.B. (2020, April). Developing the AB5C-TD. Presented at Purdue University's clinical psychology colloquium series. West Lafayette, IN.

Samuel, D.B., & Bucher, M.A. (2020, February). The Utility of Personality in Clinical Practice: Examining Client and Therapist Perspectives.for Predicting Outcomes. Presented at Ball State University's Department of Psychological Sciences Professional Development Colloquium series. Muncie, IN. 

Bucher, M.A., & Samuel, D.B. (2018, March). A systematic review of personality traits and their associations with mental health treatment outcomes. Presented at Purdue University's clinical psychology colloquium series. West Lafayette, IN.