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Kara Stevens

First-Year Graduate Student Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Kara Stevens is a first-year Clinical Psychology Training Program graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Kara graduated from the University of Minnesota with her B.S. in Psychology in 2021. Post-grad, Kara worked at the Minneapolis VA working with veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In her current work, Kara is broadly interested in neuropsychological measurement and outcomes following TBI. Specifically, Kara is interested in working with under-represented or vulnerable populations such as survivors of Intimate Partner Violence or currently/previously incarcerated populations. She is also interested in individual differences and comorbid diagnostic impact on recovery post-TBI. Outside of academia, Kara likes to read, try new restaurants around town, hang out with friends, and spoil her cat.