Faculty Profile: Sarah Raskin

Sarah A Raskin
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Phone: (860) 297-2342	Office Location: Williams Memorial 226
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Trinity College faculty member since 1994

Degrees:

Ph.D., City Univ. of New York
B.A., Johns Hopkins Univ.

Professor Sarah Raskin graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1984 with a B.A. in Behavioral Biology and from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 1990 with a Ph.D. in Neuropsychology. She held a clinical appointment in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City from 1988-1991. She held a clinical appointment at Good Samaritan Neuropsychological Services and an academic appointment in the Department of Psychosocial Nursing at the University of Washington from 1991-1994. She has been a member of the faculty at Trinity College since 1994. She was board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology in 1997.

Professor Raskin's scholarly interests focus on investigating techniques to improve cognitive functioning after injury to the brain. In particular, she is interested in applying knowledge from studies of basic neuroscience to rehabilitation models. Her work focuses on the ability to remember intentions and ways to both identify deficits and create rehabilitation approaches for people with traumatic brain injury, stroke and disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

Professor Raskin brings her desire to tie together knowledge from different sources to the classroom. She tries to encourage her students to look for information in many varied sources and then synthesize that into new knowledge. So students often teach class sessions, having done their own research to prepare for the lecture or class discussion. In addition, this leads to a strong community learning portion in all of her classes. In the same way that she feels basic research needs to translate to clinical applications, she tries to guide the students in bringing the basic content of her courses to the community. Thus, her classes include activities at the nearby Hartford Hospital, Institute of Living or Connecticut Children's Medical Center, nursing homes, domestic violence shelters, clinics, lead safe houses and nearby farms with farmworkers.

curriculum vitae

Books:

Raskin, S. (Ed.). (2020). Prospective Memory in Clinical Populations. Routledge Taylor and Frances: New York, NY.
Raskin, S. (Ed.). (2011). Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation. Guilford Press: New York, NY.
Raskin, S., Buckheit, C., and Sherrod, C. (2010). Memory for Intentions Screening Test: Manual. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc., Lutz, FL.
Raskin, S. and Mateer, C. (Eds.) (2000). Neuropsychological Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Oxford University Press: New York, NY.

Recent Publications:

Gromisch ES, Turner AP, Neto LO, Haselkorn JK, Raskin SA. Identifying prospective memory deficits in multiple sclerosis: Preliminary evaluation of the criterion and ecological validity of a single item version of the memory for intentions test (MIST). Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 Feb;37(2):371-386. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2022.2062451. Epub 2022 Apr 10. PMID: 35403570.
Raskin SA, DeJoie O*, Edwards C*, Ouchida C*, Moran J*, White O*, Mordasiewicz M*, Anika D*, Njoku B*. (2023). Traumatic brain injury screening and neuropsychological functioning in women who experience intimate partner violence. Clin Neuropsychol. May 24:1-23. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2023.2215489. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37222525.
Cadavid, L.*, Camuy, A.*, Velez, V.*, & Raskin, S. (2023). Measurement of prospective memory in Spanish speakers. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience-Brain Health and Clinical Neuroscience, 17. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1126039
Gromisch, E. S*., Raskin, S. A., Neto, L. O., Haselkorn, J. K., & Turner, A. P. (2023). Appointment attendance behaviors in multiple sclerosis: Understanding the factors that differ between no shows, short notice cancellations, and attended appointments. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 70, 104509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2023.104509
Nejati V, Fallah F, & Raskin S. (2022). Inhibitory Control Training Improves Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Externalizing Behavior. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi:10.1177/13591045221144356
Gomes, K, Ruiz, J, Raskin, S, Turner, A, DelMastro, H, Neto, L., and Gromisch, E.* (2021). The Role of Cognitive Impairment on Physical Therapy Attendance and Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy.
Mills, G.* Raskin, S. & DiMario, F. (2021) Remembering to remember: prospective memory in children with epilepsy, Child Neuropsychology, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2021.1944615
Mills, G.*, Garbarino, J.* & Raskin, S. (2020) Assessing prospective memory in children using the Memory for Intentions Screening Test for Youth (MISTY), The Clinical Neuropsychologist, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2019.1711198
Belmar, M., Gladwin, T., Reis, L., Pinho, M., Silva, D., Nunes, M., Raskin, S., Mendonça, A., & Pereira, A. (2020) An exploration of prospective memory components and subtasks of the Memory for Intentions Test (MIST), Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2019.1710111
Banz, B., Worhunsky, P.*, Pittman, B., Astur, R., Tennen, H., Raskin, S., Austad, C., Wood, R., Fallahi, C., Potenza, M. Pearlson, G. (2019). Relationships between drinking quantity and frequency and behavioral and hippocampal BOLD responses during working memory performance involving allocentric spatial navigation in college students, Drug and Alcohol Dependence,Volume 201, 236-243, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.030.
Albada, N., Khan, K., Pedro, C.*, & Raskin, S. (2019). Culture and Memory in the Caribbean. In M. Riggio and H. Cateau (Eds): Turning Tides: Randle Publications, Ltd of Jamaica
Raskin, S. (2019). Current Approaches to Cognitive Rehabilitation. In: C. Armstrong and L. Morrow (Eds.). Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology: Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience, second edition. Springer Press: New York
Raskin, S. (2018). Prospective memory in clinical practice. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 32, 741-747.
Raskin, S., Williams, J.*, Aiken, E.* (2018). A review of prospective memory in individuals with brain injury. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 32, 891-921.
Dager, A., Tice, M., Book, G., Tennen, H., Raskin, S., Austad, C., Wood, R., Fallahi, C., Hawkins, K., & Pearlson, G. (2018). Relationship between fMRI response during a nonverbal memory task and marijuana use in college students. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, 71-78.
Raskin, S., Shum, D., Ellis, J., Pereira, A. & Mills, G. (2017) A comparison of laboratory, clinical, and self-report measures of prospective memory in healthy adults and individuals with brain injury, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2017.1371280
Khadka, S., Stevens, MC, Aslanzadeh, F., Narayanan, B., Hawkins, K., Austad, C., Raskin, S., Tennen, H., Wood, R., Fallahi, C. Potenza, M., Pearlson, G. (2017). Composite impulsivity-related domains in college students. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 90, 118-125.
Meda, SA, Gueorguieva, RV, Pittman, B., Rosen, RR, Aslanzadeh, F., Tennen, H., Leen, S., Hawkins, K., Raskin, S., Wood, RM, Austad, CS, Dager, A., Fallahi, C., & Pearlson, G. (2017). Longitudinal influence of alcohol and marijuana use on academic performance in college students. PLoS One, 12.
Raskin, S., Smith, MP*, Mills, G*, Pedro, C.*, & Zamroziewicz, M.* (2017). Prospective memory intervention using visual imagery In individuals with brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 12, 1-16.
Zamroziewicz, M*, Raskin, S., Tennen, H., Austad, C., Wood, R., Fallahi, C., Dager, A., Sawyer, B., Leen, S., & Pearlson, G. (2016). Effects of Drinking Patterns on Prospective Memory in College Students. Neuropsychology, 31, 191-199.
Worhunsky, P., Dager, A., Meda, S., Khadka, S., Stevens, M., Austad, C., Raskin, S., Tennen, H., Wood, R., Fallahi, C., Potenza, M., & Pearlson, G. (2016). A preliminary study of an escalation in “maximum daily drinks,” fronto-parietal circuitry and impulsivity-related domains in young adult drinkers. Neuropsychopharmacology, 41, 1637-1647.
Smith, E*, Raskin, S., & de Joya, A. (2015). Clinical Utility and Psychometric Properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 60(3).
Bezdicek, O., Raskin, S., Altgassen, M., & Ruzicka, E. (2014). Assessment of Prospective Memory—a Validity Study of Memory for Intentions Screening Test. Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie, 77/110(4): 435-443.
Dager AD, Anderson BM, Rosen R, Khadka S, Sawyer B, Jiantonio-Kelly RE, Austad CS, Raskin SA, Tennen H, Wood RM, Fallahi CR, Pearlson GD. (2014) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) response to alcohol pictures predicts subsequent transition to heavy drinking in college students. Addiction, 109(4):585-95.
Raskin, S., Maye, J.*, Rogers, A.*, Correll, D.*, Zamroziewicz, M*, & Kurtz, M. (2014). Prospective memory in schizophrenia: Relationship to medication management skills, neurocognition, and symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia. Neuropsychology, 28(3):359-65