Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology

Faculty

Heather Alvarez, Ph.D., Virginia Tech (2004)

Research interests include treatment of conduct problems and aggression, school-based mental health services, and risk and resilience.

Tim M. Anderson, Ph.D., Miami University (Ohio, 1993)

Research interests include psychotherapy process and outcome research in the context of physical and mental illness, psychological assessment.

Mary de Groot, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island (1999)

Research interests include: depression and diabetes, cultural components of diabetes self-care behaviors, individually-tailored health promotion interventions (e.g. smoking cessation, weight management, stress management) and rural health.

Chris France, Ph.D., McGill University (1991)

Research interests include psychophysiology of pain and cardiovascular disorders, hypertension, interventions to prevent blood donation syncope, stress and coping.

John Garske, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

(1972). Clinical psychology. The characteristics of effective psychotherapeutic interventions and time-limited psychotherapy.

Christine Gidycz, Ph.D., Kent State University (1988)

Research interests include the design and evaluation of interventions for the prevention of sexual assault, risk factors for sexual victimization and aggression, and correlates of trauma in sexual assault survivors.

Bernadette D. Heckman, Ph.D., Washington University (St. Louis, 2001)

Research interests include cross-cultural and multicultural issues in health, health and race-related health disparities, ethnic minory mental health.

Ken Holroyd, Ph.D., University of Miami (Florida, 1975)

Research interests include pain and headache management, assessment of the effectiveness of drug and psychological treatments for pain, innovative methods of delivery of psychological services.

John McNamara, Ph.D., University of Georgia (1971)

Research interests include the design and evaluation of behavioral interventions for child and adult disorders, ethical issues in the practice of psychotherapy, instruments for assessing the consequences of partner abuse.

Ben Ogles, Ph.D., Brigham Young University (1990)

Evaluation of psychotherapy effectiveness and the construction of clinical outcome measures.

Julie Owens, Ph.D., Purdue University (2001),

Research interests include multi-modal assessment and treatment of ADHD, school-based interventions in rural communities, self-perceptions and attributions in ADHD children.

Gary S.Sarver, Ph.D., University of Florida (1973)

Clinical/Adult psychology.

Julie Suhr, Ph.D., University of Iowa (1994)

Research interests include neuropsychology of pain, assessment and management of Alzheimer's disease, detection of malingering, effects of psychological state on neuropsychological performance, schizotypy.