Elisabeth Ponce-Garcia, PhD, is a developmental psychologist and her research focus is the life-span science of resilience. Dr. Ponce-Garcia has worked to train behavioral health professionals in developing personal resilience and in using resilience building strategies within their practice. Specifically, Dr. Ponce-Garcia has worked with the Department of Defense and the Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) to provide continuing education for behavior health clinicians, provided training for the Comanche Nation, Choctaw Nation, and the Sothern Plains Tribal Health Board, and worked with prevention agencies and community coalitions to build resilient communities and develop resilience within prevention specialists. Dr. Ponce-Garcia has taught courses in resilience, multi-cultural psychology, development, research methods, and learning at the graduate level in clinical programs to include school psychology, professional counseling, and marriage and family therapy programs.
Within academic settings, the SPF is used to help identify strengths and deficits known to determine resilience. Strategies for supporting strengths and ameliorating areas of deficit have been shown to improve overall resilience and adaptation to chronic and acute stress.
Academic Section(s):
OUFMC Research Division
Education:
PhD - Developmental Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 2014
MS - Developmental Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 2012
BS - Psychology, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, 2010
Clinical/Research Interests:
The relationship between risk and protective factors, social and cognitive development, and cultural factors in resilience during early and emerging adulthood.
Funding:
Duniphin DD (PI), Ponce-Garcia E (Evaluator)
Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Physician Assistant Rural Training In Mental And Behavior.
Health Resource & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal
Grant/Contract Number: T8RHP53147-01-00
2024 - 2029
Crawford S (Co-PI), Ponce-Garcia E (Project Director)
TRU-OK Pathways Program, Medical Student Education Program.
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal
Grant/Contract Number: T99HP52111
2023 - 2027
Herman J (PI), Crawford S (PI), Ponce-Garcia E (Instructional Designer)
Expansion and Enhancement of Medical School Curriculum to Increase Physicians in Underserved Oklahoma Sites.
Health Resource & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal
Grant/Contract Number: T99HP33558
2019 - 2023
Ponce-Garcia E (PI)
Presidential Partners and Student Services Award, $1,180. In support of recruitment at the Southwestern Psychological Association conference.
2020
Madewell AN (PI), Ponce-Garcia E (PI)
Presidential Partners and Student Services Award, $2,000. In support of the Oklahoma Network for the Teaching of Psychology conference.
2019
Ponce-Garcia E (PI)
University travel grant, SOSU. $1,000. In support of research being presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association conference.
2018
Ponce-Garcia E (PI)
S-STEM workshop travel award.
National Science Foundation, $1,500 (Houston, TX)
2018
Ponce-Garcia E (PI), Calix, S. (PI)
The Development of an Interpersonal Sexual Script Scale for Adult Heterosexual Women.
Research Grant. Cameron University, $6,934
2017
Ponce-Garcia E (PI), Calix, S. (PI)
The Influence of Fathers Sexual Script Messages, Childhood Ecological Risk, and Warmth of Relationship with Father on adult daughter’s resilience.
Research Grant. Cameron University, $4,798
2017
Ponce-Garcia E (PI)
Providing Equipment for High Impact Learning in the Classroom.
Innovative Instructional Grant. Cameron University, $1,116
2016
Ponce-Garcia E (PI), Calix, S. (PI)
Data Collection for Pilot and Feasibility Grant Application to NIH.
Cameron University, $500
2015