{"id":980,"date":"2026-03-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/?p=980"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:18:54","slug":"new-lab-member-brittany-riffle-welcome-to-the-empowerment-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/new-lab-member-brittany-riffle-welcome-to-the-empowerment-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lab Member: Brittany Riffle! Welcome to the Empowerment Lab!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2026\/03\/Congrats-Brittany.png?w=629\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2026\/03\/Congrats-Brittany.png 951w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2026\/03\/Congrats-Brittany.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2026\/03\/Congrats-Brittany.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2026\/03\/Congrats-Brittany.png?resize=768,770 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2026\/03\/Congrats-Brittany.png?resize=88,88 88w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2026\/03\/Congrats-Brittany.png?resize=900,903 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academic Status:<\/strong>&nbsp;Incoming first year, Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Student<br><strong>Research Interests:&nbsp;<\/strong>I am interested in trauma and traumatic stress, particularly intimate partner violence, individual differences in the development and expression of trauma-related psychopathology, and trauma-informed care.<br><strong>Pronouns:&nbsp;<\/strong>She\/her<br><strong>Hometown:<\/strong>&nbsp;Copley, OH<br><strong>What does &#8220;Empowerment&#8221; mean to you?:<\/strong>&nbsp;To me, empowerment means having a sense of control and agency over one\u2019s life and feeling confident in the ability to navigate challenges and meet one\u2019s psychological and personal needs. As a clinician, it also means supporting individuals in recognizing their strengths and helping them feel capable of advocating for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Status:&nbsp;Incoming first year, Counseling Psychology Ph.D. StudentResearch Interests:&nbsp;I am interested in trauma and traumatic stress, particularly intimate partner violence, individual differences in the development and expression of trauma-related psychopathology, and trauma-informed care.Pronouns:&nbsp;She\/herHometown:&nbsp;Copley, OHWhat does &#8220;Empowerment&#8221; mean to you?:&nbsp;To me, empowerment means having a sense of control and agency over one\u2019s life and feeling confident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4918,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}