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Robert Durette's Bio:

I was born in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up there until 1985 when my family moved to Mainz, Germany. We returned to Charleston in 1990 when I then attended and graduated from Gordon H. Garrett High School in 1993. I attended the College of Charleston from 1993 to 1995.

In 1996 I enlisted in the Air Force as a Autotrack RADAR maintainer and operator in Sumter, South Carolina, Shaw Air Force Base (Poinsett Range, 20th Fighter Wing). I assisted in training aircrews in electronic warfare for various world wide operations to include Southern Watch and Northern Watch in the Middle East.

I transferred to Robins Air Force Base (5th Combat Communication Squadron) in Georgia in 1999 where I installed, maintained, and instructed the use of mobile, secure weather satellite terminals. I separated from the active duty Air Force in 2000 and returned to Charleston to attended Trident Technical College.

In September 2001, I was mobilized to support Operation Enduring Freedom at Charleston Air Force Base (315th Airlift Wing). I was appointed assistant Chief, Personnel Readiness upon reporting. In 2002, I was selected as Chief, Personnel Readiness in an Air Reserve Technician in the Department of the Air Force to oversee all mobilizations of Reserve personnel at Charleston Air Force Base for all world wide operations to include Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. I managed the mobilization of over 2,000 members of the Air Force Reserve along with the forward deployment of over 500 of the Air Force Reserve. I met and married my brilliant wife, Lisa Sebotnick M.D. (now Durette) in Charleston and decided to move to Las Vegas. I resigned my position at Charleston Air Force Base on 10 July, 2004.

On 11 July, 2004 I enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and first attended classes in the Psychology department on that date. I graduated with a bachelor’s of arts in psychology in May, 2006.

I am currently a graduate student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the experimental track of the psychology PhD program. Dr. Mark Ashcraft, the psychology department chair, is my advisor.

My interests mainly reside in cognitive psychology with an emphasis on math cognition and the effects of anxiety on math performance. I also work in both the Maternal Health Lab of the UNLV Psychology department and the Psychology and Law laboratory. In the Psychology and Law lab, I assist in the study of probation officers perceptions and attitudes towards probationers with mental illnesses. In the Maternal Health Lab, I have created various databases to analyze data, in reference to our study of hormone levels in perinatal women, with the focus on postpartum depression and other mental illnesses. I have also created and currently manage an internet study that deals with mood levels of perinatal women. Both studies have begun initial findings with publications imminent.

Links:

Maternal Health Lab Home Page

It's cold in Las Vegas, too!

Robert Durette Maternal Research UNLV Psychology Department

Las Vegas, Nevada