Dr. Drislane is a licensed psychologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi. She teaches courses in the doctoral program in clinical psychology and the undergraduate psychology program. She is the director of the Measurement and Etiology of Externalizing Problems (MEEP) lab, where she trains PhD and undergraduate students in research.
Research Interests
Dr. Drislane’s research focuses on the development of trait-based models of psychopathology that interface individual difference characteristics at the psychometric, behavioral, environmental, and neurobiological levels. The lab studies impulse-control (“externalizing”) problems, with a particular focus on psychopathy, a syndrome entailing aggressive, impulsive behaviors along with a unique set of affective and interpersonal features, such as callousness, manipulativeness, and superficial charm. The lab seeks to identify causal mechanisms across multiple levels of analysis contributing to psychopathic dimensions and link conceptions of psychopathy to broader models of personality and psychopathology.
Biography
Dr. Laura Drislane, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Mississippi. She joined the faculty at Ole Miss in 2023 after serving as a faculty member at Sam Houston State University from 2019-2023. Dr. Drislane completed her Bachelor’s degree with double majors in Psychology and Gender Studies at Northwestern University. She then went on to complete her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology at Florida State University. Dr. Drislane completed her pre-doctoral internship in clinical psychology at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and then went on to complete a post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Drislane is a licensed clinical psychologist and she is trained in empirically supported assessments and interventions for adults, with specialized expertise in personality assessment and the treatment of personality disorders, substance use disorders, trauma, and suicidal behavior. Dr. Drislane has written extensively on psychopathy and
Courses Taught
- PSY 309 Learning
- PSY 405 Research Problems I
- PSY 711 Personality Assessment
- PSY 723 Clinical Practicum I
Education
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Florida State University (2017)