Mackenzie Zisser

Mackenzie Zisser

Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology

University of Texas at Austin

Biography

Mackenzie R. Zisser is a graduate student in the Mood Disorders Laboratory in the Institute of Mental Health Research at UT Austin. Her research interests include treatment development for depression, mobile sensing, and emotion dynamics. She studies how novel technologies can be harnessed to understand mechanisms, detect risk, and understand contextualized emotional experiences in depression. She is also interested in leveraging technology to develop mobile interventions for those experiencing depression.

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Interests

  • Risk and maintenance factors in depression
  • Mobile sensing
  • Emotion dynamics
  • Internet-based intervention

Education

  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2025

    The University of Texas at Austin

  • BA in Psychology, 2017

    University of California - Berkeley

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Student

Mood Disorders Laboratory

Aug 2019 – Present The University of Texas at Austin
Faculty Mentor- Christopher Beevers
 
 
 
 
 

Project Coordinator

CALM Program

Jun 2017 – Jun 2019 UC Berkeley
Managed online intervention study for participants with anger and aggression problems. Faculty Mentor- Sheri Johnson
 
 
 
 
 

Reseearch Associate

Berkeley Psychophysiology Laboratory

Jun 2017 – Jun 2019 UC Berkeley
Conducted psychophysiological data collection with patients with dementia and their caregivers. Faculty Mentor- Robert Levenson

Teaching Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

Abnormal Psychology

Aug 2020 – Present The University of Texas at Austin
Instructor- Kirsten Bradbury
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

Human Sexuality

May 2020 – Aug 2020 The University of Texas at Austin
Instructor- Amy Meeks

Selected Honors and Awards

Rick & Paula Short Summer Research Fellowship

University of Texas at Austin Jun 2020

Graduate Fellowship

University of Texas at Austin Aug 2019

Provost’s Recruiting Scholarship

University of Texas at Austin Aug 2019

Psychology Departmental Honors

University of California- Berkeley May 2017

Recent Publications

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Development of a brief online intervention to address aggression in the context of emotion-related impulsivity: Evidence from a wait-list controlled trial.

An intervention to address emotion-related impulsivity changed a clinical outcome. A brief online intervention led to declines in impulsivity, aggression and self-harm. Most effects were larger than those during waitlist control.
Sheri L. Johnson, Mackenzie Zisser, Devon B. Sandel, Benjamin A. Swerdlow, Charles S. Carver, Amy H. Sanchez, Ephrem Fernandez
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Development of a brief online intervention to address aggression in the context of emotion-related impulsivity: Evidence from a wait-list controlled trial.

A brief online intervention to address aggression in the context of emotion-related impulsivity for those treated for bipolar disorder: Feasibility, acceptability and pilot outcome data

Although aggression is related to manic symptoms among those with bipolar disorder, new work suggests that some continue to experience …
Sheri L. Johnson, Devon B. Sandel, Mackenzie Zisser, Jennifer Pearlstein, Benjamin A. Swerdlow, Amy H. Sanchez, Ephrem Fernandez, Charles S. Carver
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A brief online intervention to address aggression in the context of emotion-related impulsivity for those treated for bipolar disorder: Feasibility, acceptability and pilot outcome data

The relationship between entrepreneurial intent, gender and personality

Participants who endorsed a desire to become an entrepreneur reported higher ambition. Women with entrepreneurial intentions endorsed higher levels of communal tendency than men with entrepreneurial intent. Those without entrepreneurial intent did not show gender differences in communal tendency.
Mackenzie Zisser, Sheri L. Johnson, Michael A. Freeman, Paige J. Staudenmaier
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The relationship between entrepreneurial intent, gender and personality

Tendencies to respond to emotion states in an impulsive manner: What tools might work?

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Sheri L. Johnson, Mackenzie Zisser, Devon B. Sandel, Ephrem Fernandez, Charles S. Carver
Tendencies to respond to emotion states in an impulsive manner: What tools might work?

The prevalence and co-occurrence of psychiatric conditions among entrepreneurs and their families

Psychiatric conditions and sub-threshold psychiatric temperaments may influence entrepreneurs’ affect, cognition, energy, motivation, …
Michael A. Freeman, Paige J. Staudenmaier, Mackenzie Zisser, Lisa A. Andresen
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The prevalence and co-occurrence of psychiatric conditions among entrepreneurs and their families

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