Kristin Schaefer-Schiumo

Dr. Kristin Schaefer-Schiumo, a New York State-licensed psychologist and a Level II Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)-trained therapist is a tenured professor in the Department of Counseling and Development at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. A proud recipient of Long Island University’s prestigious David Newton Award for Teaching Excellence, she previously taught in Long Island University’s Tactical Officers’ Education Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point and is a former assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Leadership at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus. Dr. Schaefer-Schiumo served as the coordinator for coalition enhancement for a $300,000 grant offered through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA), where she wrote grants contributing to the further funding of a school-based violence prevention initiative. She has had extensive clinical experience working in hospital, community, and university-based settings with child, adolescent, and adult populations.

Dr. Schaefer-Schiumo is the author of several publications including articles discussing the heightened cognitive impairment of executed capital offenders in comparison to other convicted and incarcerated homicide offender populations. The importance of these findings are evidenced in the recent Supreme Court ruling that the execution of those who have been found to be mentally handicapped is unconstitutional because it is "cruel and unusual" punishment. Dr. Schaefer-Schiumo’s research, published between 1999 and 2002, served as background information for many in the legal profession involved in this recent reexamination of the death penalty, and was published in nationally recognized and highly selective sources, including The Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. She also has presented several workshops at regional, state, and national conferences, including the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the New York Counseling Association, and the New York City Cozening Association.

Dr. Schaefer-Schiumo holds a B.S. in human development and family studies from Cornell University, an M.S. in counseling and personnel services, and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Fordham University.