Biography

Dr. Read completed her BA at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rhode Island in 2000 after completing her pre-doctoral internship at the Brown University Consortium. She completed an NIAAA-funded T32 Fellowship at Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies from 2000-2003. After this, she joined the faculty at the University at Buffalo. She was granted tenure in 2009, and promoted to Full Professor in 2014. From 2016-2021, Dr. Read was the Director of Clinical Training and Area Head for Clinical Psychology. Since  2021, she has been the been the Department Chair. In her free time, Dr. Read enjoys spending time with her family, running, reading, and traveling. A Boston native, Dr. Read also is a big fan of the city of Buffalo, and loves spending time in the city, exploring some of its many restaurants, stores, and coffee shops, or just walking or running in the neighborhood.

Research Interests

Dr. Read’s research focuses on the individual and environmental factors that influence heavy and problematic substance use in young adults. This includes factors such as personality, gender, affective state, cognitions, and social influences. Much of Dr. Read’s research has focused on trauma and post-traumatic stress and how these things may influence or be influenced by substance use, particularly in young adults. Dr. Read and her colleagues have conducted a number of longitudinal survey studies of these associations, and she also has examined these pathways in laboratory experiments. This research has been supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the American Medical Beverage Foundation.

Prospective Clinical Psychology Graduate Students

“My lab is a productive, fun, and vibrant lab. I try to recruit graduate students who are interested in careers in academic or applied research settings. To adequately prepare them for this kind of career, I work with students throughout their time in our program to be sure that they will get the training that they will need for future success. When they join my lab, graduate students immediately become involved in ongoing projects in the lab. They also attend weekly lab meetings with our research team, and bi-weekly grad student meetings. I also have regular individual meetings with my graduate students. Clinical Psychology Ph.D. students in our program are required to complete three independent research projects, a Second Year Preliminary Project, a Third Year Project, and a dissertation. In addition to these endeavors, graduate students working with me also will have opportunities to collaborate with me on other publication opportunities with data from my lab. Graduate students typically leave for internship with between 5 and 9 publications, and at least two of these are first authored. I also encourage my students to apply for external funding to support their research. This may include NRSA (F31) funding from NIH, or other funding from private foundations, the State University of New York, or UB. Our Clinical Ph.D. program is quantitatively strong, and my graduate students receive excellent training in a variety of approaches to data analysis.”

Teaching

• Advanced Psychopathology (PSY624)
• Clinical Supervision (PSY754)
• Alcohol and Health (PSY404)

Current grant funding

• W81XWH-22-2-0076: “Harnessing the Power of Military Peers to Reduce Sexual Violence and Risky Drinking in Navy Sailors.” [Co-PI with Livingston; 09/19/22 to 09/14/25]
• NIAAA R01 AA026105-01A1: “Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assault in the Routine Activities of Daily Life: A Social Goals Perspective.” [Co-PI with Colder; 8/1/18 to 7/31/23]
• NIAAA R34 AA027046: “Harnessing the Power of Friends to Reduce Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assault Risk.” [Co-PI with Livingston; 8/1/18 to 7/31/22; NCE]
• Fahs-Beck Foundation – “Accessible Mental Health Treatment for Trauma-Exposed Urban Youths: A Pilot Test of Narrative Exposure Therapy.” [4/1/18 to 3/31/20]
• NIAAA K99/AA029728 (Zaso, PI, Read, Mentor) Identification and characterization of in-the-moment cognitive antecedents  to alcohol use among drinkers with PTSD [5/31/22-5/30/27]
• NIAAA R21 AA029279-01A1 (Read, PI) Maximizing Geospatial Methods to Understand Emotional Processes in Stress-Related Drinking Risk      [3/25/22-2/28/24]

Professional Service

• Editor in Chief (2023–present), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
• Co-Training Director (2023–present) NIAAA T32 (6T32 AA07583; with Homish, Leonard) University at Buffalo, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions
• Deputy Editor (2020-2023), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
• Field Editor (2018–2020), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
• Associate Editor (2016–2022), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
• Consulting Editor (2011–present), Journal of Abnormal Psychology
• Consulting Editor (2011–2018), Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
• Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review (NIAAA, AA2; Chair, 2019-2021)
• Field Editor (2019–Present), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
• Deputy Editor (2020–present), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
• Consulting Editor (2011–2023), Journal of Abnormal Psychology
• Consulting Editor (2011–2018), Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
• Ad hoc Reviewer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review (NIAAA, AA2; Chair, 2019–2021)

Awards

• 2017–Outstanding Individual Contributions to Research Award, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
• 2018–UB Psychology Honors Program “Superstar Mentor”
• 2018–Fellow, Association for the Advancement of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy.
• 2020-2021–Provost’s Fellow, University at Buffalo, SUNY
• 2021–Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
• 2023–SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
• 2025–SUNY Distinguished Professor

Representative Publications (from over 150)

*denotes graduate or undergraduate student co-author

• Kerr, E.*, Colder, C. R., & Read, J. P. (in press). The role of sexual assault in the relationship between sexual orientation and cannabis use. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Wiseblatt, A.*, Zaso, M.*, Kerr, E.*, & Read, J. P. (in press). A meta-analytic review of the relationship between alcohol and bystander intervention for sexual assault. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
• Biehler, K. M.*, Jenzer, T.*, & Read, J. P. (2024). Daily level self-compassion and coping-motivated drinking. Mindfulness, 15, 1846–1860.
• Read, J. P., Livingston, J. A., Shaw, R. J.*, Wiseblatt, A. F.*, Jenzer, T.*, DiPaolo, L. R.*, Mastroleo, N. R., Katz, J., Testa, M., & Colder, C. R. (2024). The power of friends in reducing sexual assault risk in college women: A preliminary test of dyad-based MI approach. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 92, 814-822.
• Rodriguez, L.*, Shaw, R.*, Radomski, S.*, Blayney, J. A.*, & Read, J. P. (2024). Substance-involved trauma is associated with worse mental health outcomes among college students. Traumatology, 30(4), 538–549.
• Cheesman, A. J.*, & Read, J. P. (2023). Prospective pathways from affect to drug outcomes: Refusal self-efficacy in the context of peer influences. Substance Use and Misuse, 58, 1587-1597.
• Shaw, R. J.*, Paige, K. J., Livingston, J. A., Colder, C. R., & Read, J. P., (2023). Intoxication and poor executive control impact the effectiveness of sexual assault protective behaviors on the daily level. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38, 9015-9038.
• Zaso, M. J.*, Read, J. P., & Colder, C. R. (2023). Social influences on alcohol outcome expectancy development from childhood to young adulthood: A narrative review. Current Addiction Reports,10, 690-701.
• Blayney, J.A.*, Jaffee, A., Carroll, Q., & Read, J.P. (2022). Contextual risk for nonconsensual sexual experiences: An application of routine activity theories among first-year college women who drink alcohol. Psychology of Violence, 12, 52-62.
• Read, J. P., Egerton, G.*, Cheesman, A.*, Steers, M. (2022). Classifying risky cannabis involvement using the Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire (MACQ). Addictive Behaviors, 129, 107236.

YAACQ-related publications

• Read, J. P., Haas, A. L., Radomski, S.,* Wickham, R. E., & Borish, S. E. (2016). Identification of hazardous drinking with the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire: Relative operating characteristics as a function of gender. Psychological Assessment, 28, 1276.
• Pilatti, A., Read, J.P., Vera, B Caneto, F., Garimaldi, J. Kahler, C.W. (2014). The Spanish version of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ): A Rasch Model Analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 842-847.
• Simons, J.S., Dvorak, R.D., Merrill, J.E.*, & Read, J.P. (2012). Dimensions and severity of marijuana consequences: development and validation of the marijuana consequences questionnaire (MACQ).Addictive Behaviors, 37, 613-621.
• Read, J.P., Merrill, J.*, Kahler, C.W., & Strong, D.S. (2007). Predicting functional outcomes among college drinkers: Reliability and predictive validity of the young adult alcohol consequences questionnaire. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2597-2610
• Read, J.P., Kahler, C.W., Strong, D., & Colder, C.R. (2006). Development and preliminary validation of the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 169-178.
• Kahler, C.W., Strong, D.R., & Read, J. P. (2005). Towards efficient and comprehensive measurement of the alcohol problems continuum in college students: The Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25, 1180-1189.