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                                Cynthia R. Lofaso, M.A.

Professional Employment

January 2002 	Psychology Instructor – Central Virginia Community College
to present	Psychology instructor in both traditional and online classes.  Courses taught  include Introductory Psychology (PSY 200, 

		201, 202)) Developmental Psychology (PSY 238), Child Psychology (PSY 235), and Abnormal Psychology (PSY 215) .  

		Additionally served as Faculty Association President for the 2002-2003 academic year.

August 1999 	Psychology Instructor – Cochise College
to present	Psychology instructor in both traditional and online classes.  Courses taught  include Introductory Psychology (PSY 101) 

		and Developmental Psychology (PSY 240) .  Additionally responsible for designing a research methods and statistics 

		course for online instruction as well as continual updates and maintenance of current online courses.

April 1999 	Director Research and Assessment – Cochise College
to June 2001	Responsible for all aspects of community college research and college level assessment including interacting with 

		college administrators and faculty to determine college research needs, serving on various college committees, 

		constructing and analyzing survey instruments and developing World Wide Web site for Institutional Research Office.

October 1998 	Institutional Research Specialist- Citrus Community College
to April 1999	Responsible for all aspects of community college research including interacting with college administrators to 

		determine college research needs, extracting data from college database, data analysis, producing reports from 

		data sources, constructing and analyzing survey instruments and developing World Wide Web site for Institutional 

		Research Office.

February 1998	Health Educator/ Research Specialist, Institute for Preventive Research, University of Southern California

to October 1998	Instructor and project coordinator for state funded research projects on adolescent drug and tobacco prevention 

		programs conducted at continuation high schools throughout Southern California.

June 1996	Psychological Evaluations, Friends Medical Research Group/Matrix Institute on Addictions
to October 1998	Responsible for assessment of individuals enrolled in several drug treatment research projects using the 

		Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM IV (SCID).  Additionally, responsible for teaching and training individuals to 

		conduct SCID interviews.

February 1996 	Research Coordinator- Matrix Institute on Addictions
to June 1997	Responsible for supervising staff and coordinating research project on the Take Home feasibility of  

		Levo Acto Acetyl Methadol (LAAM), an alternative medication to methadone for treatment of opiate addiction.  

		Responsibilities included correspondence with regulatory agencies, data collection and management and preparation 

		and presentation of results data. 

January 1996	Psychological Assistant
to October 1998	Responsible for evaluations and counseling of residents at private retirement residence under the license of 

		Dr. Morris Halperin, Ph.D.

1994-1996	Relief Counselor, Los Angeles Youth Network (LAYN)
		Counselor for Hollywood shelter for runaway adolescents aged 12-17.  Responsibilities included; supervising activities 

		and all youths in center, providing crisis intervention for youths, performing intakes with new youths.

1988-1990	Psychological Evaluations, Santa Barbara County Court System.
		Responsible for assessments of recently arrested felons to determine eligibility for own-recognizance release.

Education

Graduate School		M.A. Psychology  1996 California State University Los Angeles

College			B.A. Psychology 1989 University of California, Santa Barbara 

Honors			Graduated with honors for Academic Achievement 1996

Certificate Programs	Certification in Higher Education University of New Hampshire (Graduation planned December 2007)

Academic Appointments

1993-1994		Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles
			Assistant researcher on project involving adolescent conception of religion.  Responsible for interviewing 

			adolescents, data collection and management, and preparation and presentation of results data.

1986			Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
			Teaching assistant in introductory statistics course in psychology.

Professional Affiliations

President of Central Virginia Division National Ovarian Cancer Coalition since 2003
Member of Virginia Cancer Prevention Action Coalition since 2005
Member of American Psychological Association (APA) since 1993
Member of Association of Institutional Research (AIR)

Professional Workshops, Presentations and Publications

1994			Cobb, N., Deutsch, C., Susser, J., Guevara, J., Shocket, B.  Breaking 
			Agreements - Violating a Rule or a Relationship.  Poster presented at
			American Psychological Association Conference Los Angeles.

1996			Weiss, D.J. & Deutsch, C.R.  Demographic Predictors Affecting Judgments of 
			Child Abuse.  Poster presented at Judgment and Decision Making Conference, 
			Chicago, Illinois.

1996			Deutsch, C.R.,  Presentation and one day workshop for Research Colloquium, California State University, 

			Los Angeles, California.	Topics included thesis preparation and professional opportunities in psychology.

1997			Deutsch, C.R., Huber, A. Rawson, R., Ling W.  Cardiac Effects of LAAM.  
			Poster presented at American Society of Addiction Medicine, San Diego, California.

1997			Deutsch, C.R., Huber, A., Rawson, R., Ling, W., Psychiatric Diagnoses and 
			Treatment Outcomes in Substance Abusers.  Poster presented at Western 
			Psychological Association, Seattle, Washington.

1997 			Deutsch, C.R., Huber, A., Rawson, R., Ling, W., Opiate Treatment 
			Preferences:  Patients Prefer LAAM.  Poster presented at College for Prevention of Drug Dependence, 

			Nashville, Tennessee.

1997			Ling, W., Huber, A., Deutsch, C.R., Rawson, R.A.:  LAAM:  What About Blood Levels?  Poster presented 

			at College for Prevention of Drug Dependence, Nashville, Tennessee.

2005			Lofaso, C.R., Piercy, J. Active Learning in Class and Online.  Presented at VCCS Social Science 

			Peer Conference 

2007			Lofaso, C.R., Beasley, S, Velez, L.  Meeting the Challenges in the Interactive 
                                      Classroom (to be presented at the Sloan C conference November 7 2007)