Psy Chi Partners with CDC to Bring Psychology Professionals to Campus

Lucy was a substance abuse and criminal justice clinician from 2014-2018 at an outpatient agency in Vermont and became both a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). Lucy returned to Saratoga in 2018 and worked for Saratoga Hospital’s integrated care center from October 2018-May 2019 providing individual therapy. From June 2019-present, she has worked in a private practice in Saratoga, providing mental health counseling to adults and specializing in substance abuse, trauma, and intimate partner abuse.

Margaux grew up in Central New York and moved to the Capital/Saratoga County Region as a freshman at Skidmore College. While at Skidmore, she worked in her professor’s psychology lab conducting and publishing research, and was a member of the field hockey and ski teams. After graduation, Margaux worked as an Associate and then as an Analyst at a market research company where her focus was in the TV & Media, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Fast Food industries. Margaux became a research analyst for a firm that consulted with state and county governments in the child welfare, juvenile justice, and early education realms. Currently, with a focus on prevention programs, Margaux is a Research Scientist in the Bureau of Research, Evaluation, and Performance Analytics housed in the Strategic, Planning, and Policy Division of New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services.

Lilly was initially drawn to Skidmore by Dr. Sheldon Solomon's research on Terror Management Theory and was lucky to have him as an advisor while at Skidmore. She majored in Psychology and minored in Early Childhood Education.

After graduation, Lilly worked as a first grade teacher in a Brooklyn elementary school for three years. Lilly enjoyed her work in the classroom and ultimately decided to apply to doctorate programs to be able to expand on the work she was doing with children and families. While in training, Lilly worked at Long Island University's on-campus clinic, Maimonides Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital. She specialized in working with children and adolescents and worked in a variety of inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient settings. Lilly also worked as a consultant to Head Start preschools in the South Bronx. Her dissertation analyzed the dialectical nature of transitioning into motherhood by using some of Terror Management Theory's core tenets.

When Lilly received her doctorate in 2017, she chose to spend her post-doctoral year working at a DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) practice in Brooklyn to gain comprehensive training in a highly effective modality of therapy. Lilly integrates her training in various modalities and works with children, adolescents, parents, and women in the perinatal period. Currently, she has a private practice in Brooklyn, NY, works part time at The Motherhood Center, an innovative treatment center in Manhattan, and works as the intake coordinator at a DBT practice in Brooklyn. She is excited to be here to connect with current Skidmore students about the many potential careers in the field of Psychology. 

Professor O’Dea’s research broadly focuses on factors that affect how individuals perceive as well as how individuals attempt to justify antisocial behavior in an attempt to reduce future expressions of violence and discrimination in society. His research interests include the justification and suppression of antisocial behaviors/attitudes, masculine honor beliefs, functions and perceptions of racial slurs, and the effects of threat on intergroup attitudes/relations.

Harry Sultan is the audio project coordinator for SYFY Wire at NBC Universal in New York City where he oversees all SYFY Wire podcasts from conception through production and into publication. For every podcast this entails something slightly different. For some, he helps set up sessions with microphones and recording equipment; for others, he helps to ensure that hosts are prepared for their interviews.  But in every case, he makes sure that every episode is polished with everything it needs before he publishes it to be listened by subscribers. 

Harry got to where he is now after pursuing a career in radio storytelling. Harry went into The Salt Institute of Documentary Studies in the fall after graduating Skidmore and from there produced his own audio documentary series, executive produced projects for non-profits, and even lived in Jerusalem, Israel reporting for the podcast Israel Story.