Ciera E. Schoonover

Ciera Schoonover is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University, where she serves as a member of the Clinical Psychology MA program faculty. She is certified as a Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) trainer and therapist. Ciera earned a dual master’s in social work and public health prior to earning a PhD in clinical psychology. Clinically, she has interests in prevention and intervention of child maltreatment, reducing the impact of trauma, disseminating evidence-based caregiving interventions, and increasing access of these interventions to underserved populations. She has provided assessment and intervention for children in state custody who experienced maltreatment and trauma, and interdisciplinary consultation for their systems through her work at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Center for Excellence for Children in State Custody. Currently, her primary role is mentoring graduate students through research and teaching. Ciera has numerous national and international conference presentations and publications on child maltreatment and trauma and disseminating evidence-based interventions.