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Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

• Predoctoral Internship, Harvard Medical School / McLean Hospital
• PhD, Duke University
• MS, Peking University
• BA, Pepperdine University

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (PSYC187)
• Ethical Issues in Psychology (PSYC189)
• Psychology of Mindfulness (PSYC140)
• Internships in Psychology (PSYC186)
• Psychological Disorders (PSYC181)
• Global Mental Health (PSYC193)
• Peer Counseling (PSYC184)

• Senior DEI Advisor, PBac, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School (2023-2026)
• Instructor, LA County DMH and (2022-present)
• Founding Member, (2021-2025)
• Blais Foundation Grant, Claremont Graduate University (2025)
• Mentor, (2021-present)
• Consultant, Chinese Mental Health Association, DBT committee (2019-present)
• Scholar in Residence, Â鶹ԭ´´ (2022-2023)
• Avery Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University (2020-2021)
• Blais Foundation Grant, Claremont Graduate University (2019)
• Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity Award, The Claremont Colleges (2019)
• Founding Member, , McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School (2017-2018)
• James B. Duke International Fellowship, Duke University (2016-2017)
• Travis Research Institute Grant, John Templeton Foundation (2015-2017)
• Harvey Fellowship, Mustard Seed Foundation (2014-2017)
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences (2013-2016)
• Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Duke University (2012-2014)
• Samuel DuBois Cook Society Award, Duke University (2015)
• Foreign Student Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Peking University (2012)
• Helen Pepperdine Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, Pepperdine University

• Global mental health: Increasing access to care
• Optimizing treatment adherence in online interventions
• Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Writing children’s books about emotions, wellbeing and diversity/inclusion

Huang, A, Gan K, Xu, J, … Rodriguez, M. A., & Ke, X, (2026) Culturally Adapted DBT Parent Coaching for Chinese Families of Adolescents with Mental Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study. BMC Psychology.

Ren, J., Xiong, N. Liu, Q., Su, H., Rodriguez, M. A. Wang, Y., Fan, T. (2026) Perceived stress and depression in Chinese university students: A parallel mediation analysis examining the roles of insomnia and somatic symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 17, 1847914.

Ni, F., Wu, S., Liang, M., Liu, C., Zhang, P., Zhang, D., Rodriguez, M. A.,… (2026) Effectiveness of 13-week dialectical behavior therapy skills training for non-suicidal self-injury: a multi-center randomized clinical trial in China. Psychological Medicine, 56, e166.

Li, J., Ni, F., Tao, Y., Xie, Y., Tang, E., Wu, Z., Liang, M., Zhang, P., Rodriguez, M. A.… (2026) Mindful Attention as a Mechanism Underlying Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Evidence from a Longitudinal Intervention Trial. BMC Psychiatry.

Rombaoa, J., Heshmati, S., Owen, T. & Rodriguez, M. A. (2025) Prioritizing Lifestyle Factors for Effective Emotion Regulation: A Daily Study on First-Year College Students’ Well-Being During COVID-19. Emerging Adulthood, 13(4), 1065-1081.

Jiang, Q., Zhu, Y., Rodriguez, M. A., Wen, X., & Qian, M. (2022) Social anxiety does not impair attention inhibition: an emotion anti-saccade task. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 77, 101776.

Yao, N., Yang, Y, Jiang, Y., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2022) Intolerance of uncertainty relates to anxiety and depression through maladaptive coping and worry: Evidence from repeated-measures research. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 15, 42-56.

Rodriguez, M. A., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Weisman, J., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2021) Improving Treatment Engagement in an Online Mindfulness Intervention among Chinese College Students. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 5(10), e25772.

Weisman, J. & Rodriguez, M. A. (2021) A Systematic Review of Medical Students’ and Professionals’ Attitudes and Knowledge regarding Medical Marijuana. Journal of Cannabis Research, 3(1), 47.

Yu, S., Rodriguez, M. A., Deng, X., & Liu, X. (2021). The Toronto Mindfulness Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version. Mindfulness, 12, 1976-1984.

Liu, D., Rodriguez, M. A., Liu, W., & Zhang, J. (2021). The Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Pediatric Patients Following Recovery. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 628707.

Wang, H., Zhao, Q., Mu, W., Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M. & Berger, T. (2020). The effect of shame on patients with social anxiety disorder in internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy: Comparison clinical trial in China. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 7(7): e15797.

Lin, L., Wang, K., Kishimoto, T., Rodriguez, M. A. et al. (2020). An internet-based intervention for individuals with social anxiety and different levels of Taijin Kyofusho in China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 51(1), 387-402.

Chen, H., Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M., Koshimoto, T., Lin, M. & Berger, T. (2020). Predictors of treatment outcomes and adherence in internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety in China. Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(3), 291-303.

Rodriguez, M. A., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Su, K., Xiao, Z. & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2020). Using Non-Specialist Providers to Improve Treatment Engagement in an Online Mindfulness Intervention in China. Behavior Research and Therapy. 130, 103644. DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103644

Yao, N., Rodriguez, M. A., He, M., & Qian, M. (2019). The influence of visual working memory representations on attention bias to threat in individuals with high trait anxiety. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 10(4), 1-15.

Xiao, Z., Rodriguez, M. A., Fang, C., Rosenthal, M. Z., Robins, C. & Gao, J. (2019). The effect of patient education on Chinese adolescent and parental opinions about confidentiality. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 46(2), 340-352.

McKlintock, A., Rodriguez, M. A., & Zerubavel, N. (2019). Mindfulness retreats: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mindfulness, 10, 1443-1454.

Neacsiu, A., Fang, C., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2018). Suicidal behavior and problems with emotion regulation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, 48(1), 52-74.

Xu, W., Liu, X. H., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2017). Mindfulness, self-acceptance and psychological symptoms in advanced gastrointestinal cancer patients in China. Journal of Psych-oncology, 26(12), 2157-2161.

Huang, S., Zhang, Y., Yao, N., Rodriguez, M. A., & Fan, F. (2017). Attentional training for social anxiety in college students. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 25(5), 986-990. [In Chinese]

Rodriguez, M. A., Fang, C., Gao, J., Robins, C., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2016). Perceptions of the limitations of confidentiality among Chinese mental health practitioners, adolescents and their parents. Ethics and Behavior, 26(4), 344-356.

Zhang, N., Fan, F., Huang, S., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2016). Mindfulness training for loneliness among Chinese college students: A pilot randomized controlled study. International Journal of Psychology, 53(5), 373-378.

Rodriguez, M. A., Xu, W., Wang, X., & Liu X. H. (2015). Self-acceptance mediates the relationship between mindfulness and stress. Psychological Reports, 16(2), 513-522.

Turner, B., Dixon-Gordon, K., Austin, S., Rodriguez, M. A., Rosenthal, M. Z., & Chapman, A. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury with and without Borderline Personality Disorder: Differences in self-injury and diagnostic comorbidity. Psychiatry Research, 230(1), 28-35.

Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Peters, J. R., Chamberlain, K., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2015). Weekly fluctuations in nonjudging predict borderline personality disorder symptom expression in women. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38(1), 149-157.

Xu, W., Rodriguez, M. A., Zhang, Q., & Liu X. H. (2015). The mediating effect of self-acceptance in the relationship between mindfulness and peace of mind. Mindfulness, 6(4), 797-802.

Neacsiu, A., Herr, N., Fang, C., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2015). Identity disturbance and problems with emotion regulation are related constructs across diagnoses. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71(4), 346-361.

Gan, Y. Q., Wen, Y., Wang, J. Y., Rodriguez, M. A., Gong, X. L., & Xie, X. F. (2014). Is expressive suppression an effective coping strategy? A study of Chinese rescue medical staff following an earthquake. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 17(4), 264-276.

Gan, Y. Q., Xie, X. F., Wang, T., Rodriguez, M. A., & Tang, C. S. (2013). Thriving in the shadow of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: Two studies on resilience in Adolescents. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(9), 1232-1241.

Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M., & Jia, K. (2012). White Bear Suppression Inventory: Structure, reliability and validity of the Chinese version. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2, 143-147. [In Chinese]

Rodriguez, M. A., Gao, J., Qian, M. Y., & Xiao, Z. (2012). A comparison of the effects of suppression and acceptance on affect outcomes and attributions of responsibility. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 3, 356-359. [In Chinese]

Deng, Y. Q., Liu, X. H., Rodriguez, M. A., & Xia, C. Y. (2011). Five facet mindfulness questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version. Mindfulness, 2(2), 123-128.

Rodriguez, M. A., Lin, J. Y., Qian, M. Y., & Yang, X. Y. (2011). When should confidentiality be breached to report adolescent risk-taking behavior? A comparison between parents and psychologists in China. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 25(9), 655-657. [In Chinese]

Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M. Y., Gao, J., & Xiao, Z. (2010). Validation of the Thought-Action Fusion Scale among Chinese college students. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 24(11), 859-863. [In Chinese]

Qian, M. Y., Gao. J., Yao P., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2009). Professional ethical issues and the development of professional ethical standards in counseling and clinical psychology in China. Ethics and Behavior, 19, 290–309.

Books and Book Chapters

Yang, K. & Rodriguez, M. A. (2023) Understanding and Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Sichuan Science and Technology Press. [In Chinese]

Rosenthal, M. Z., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2017). Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. In B.J. Shadock, V. A. Shadock, & P. Ruiz, (Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.