Madison Edge Almond, MA

Clinical-forensic PhD @SFUPsychology student | Douglas Research Lab | violence risk & threat assessment | opinions are my own | she/her & #FirstGen

[Emma R. Dear @EmmaR_Dear]

August 1st marks the (unofficial) start of the 2025-2026 #clinicalpsychology Ph.D. application cycle! To kick off application season, I've been collecting my (unofficial!) list of outdated application advice that we still give applicants on this site and elsewhere 🧵 (1/8).

[SFU Psychology @SFUPsychology]

We are still accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Clinical-Forensic Psychology to begin as early as July 15th, 2024.

Read the full job description at: https://t.co/qx5C8k9TzM

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

A big thank you to my twitterless supervisor, Dr. Kevin Douglas, for supporting this project. I'm excited to continue along this line of research in threat assessment for my PhD dissertation - stay tuned!

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

My MA thesis is finally published! 🎉 I used Amazon's MTurk to recruit a community sample of individuals who made an explicit threat of violence to explore what factors differentiated those who were physically violent from those who were not.
https://t.co/IVv8z49IF2

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

It was concluded that empirically supported SPJ risk ax tools like the HCR-20 may be a good option for assessing explicit threats when the threatener's identity is known - and that more research on the ax of anonymous threats is sorely needed.

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

I’m ecstatic to update that I was recently “upgraded” to a @SSHRC_CRSH CGS Doctoral Award!

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

Extremely grateful and excited to announce that I have been awarded a @SSHRC_CRSH Doctoral Fellowship to support my dissertation! Looking forward to putting it to good use through continuing my research on targeted violence and best practices in threat assessment. #SSHRC @SFU

[APLS41 @APLS41]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS- The 2024 AP-LS Conference Co-Chairs invite proposal submissions for the 2024 Annual Conference. Full details for proposal submission requirements can be found here- https://t.co/pjo23KyPtJ. Proposals are due by Monday, October 2 at 11:59pm PST. #apls2024

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

@_shaelyncarr Congratulations Shae! 👏🏻 Love the shirt!

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

@ViolenceWonks Thank you for the highlight! For a summary of results, see my profile.

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

This project is particularly special to me as it's my first in the threat assessment area and the first I led from conceptualization to dissemination. A big thank you to my collaborators @ToniaLNicholls @MCSeto @crocker_anne & twitterless Karen Petersen for their invaluable help!

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

Excited to share my 2nd first-author article, which explored rates and nature of targeted violence in individuals found NCRMD (🇨🇦 NGRI)! We found that ~19% of patients in our sample committed an index offence of targeted violence. https://t.co/qBtiApBA8P

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

When perpetrators & non-perpetrators of TV were compared, perpetrators were more likely to utter threats/criminal harassment than physical offences, have a dx of a psychotic disorder &/or PD, & display delusions during their offence - but less likely to have a sub use disorder!

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

Extremely grateful and excited to announce that I have been awarded a @SSHRC_CRSH Doctoral Fellowship to support my dissertation! Looking forward to putting it to good use through continuing my research on targeted violence and best practices in threat assessment. #SSHRC @SFU

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

#APLS2023 is done! It was wonderful to catch up with old colleagues & present my MA thesis on the predictors of physical harm for perpetrators of violent threats. Thank you to all who came out to the second last session to listen (😴) & slides available upon request! @APLSsc

[SFU Psychology @SFUPsychology]

The SFU Department of Psychology is accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Clinical-Forensic Psychology to begin as early as January 1, 2024.

Full job description here: https://t.co/rxazu0mnFx

[lindsaymalloy.bsky.social Dr. Lindsay Malloy @LMalloy]

Who doesn't love Vancouver? Three tenure track faculty positions available at @SFU - in Developmental Psych, Law & Forensic Psych, & Clinical Forensic Psych - oh my!
https://t.co/IC0pNy56YK
@APLS41 @APLSsc

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

@Arielle_C_Smith I found it helpful to mention to (supportive) supervisors that grad school was the goal & they were more open to giving me CV-building opportunities. Also try and lead a semi-independent mini project yourself (eg with secondary data) if you can - it shows initiative!

[Madison Edge Almond, MA @madi_edge]

@Arielle_C_Smith I echo what others have said about ensuring there are opportunities for growth! I would strongly encourage grad school hopefuls to take those 1-2 post-bacc years to live a “normal life” with evenings & weekends free - it may be the last time for a while. Take time off & travel!