Counseling
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Keisha
Love, Assistant Professor,
(vita in Word) received her
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas
City in 2005. Her research interests include attachment relations
among ethnically diverse populations, family processes/dynamics,
career development (particularly among middle school and high
school students), and ethnic minority issues. Dr. Love co-leads
a research team, the “Steppers” (Scholars Thriving to Explore
and Promote Psychological and Educational Resiliency and Success)
with Dr. Kenneth Tyler that addresses issues related to psychological
well-being and academic success among college students. Dr.
Love currently teaches Psychopathology, Individual Assessment
of Cognitive Functioning, Career Counseling, and Practicum. Her
theoretical orientation is a blend of cognitive behavioral therapy
and interpersonal relations. She is a Full Member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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Jeff
Reese, Assistant Professor,
(vita) received
his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2000. Dr.
Reese's research interests are psychotherapy process/outcome,
telehealth, psychotherapy supervision, career development, and
assessment/measurement. His current research is focused on investigating
the use of telephone-based counseling services for underserved
populations and extending the use of client feedback to the supervisory
process. Dr. Reese teaches Principles of Psychological Measurement,
Individual Assessment of Personality Functioning, and Practicum.
His theoretical orientation is grounded in a psychodynamic-interpersonal
process approach that draws upon cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused,
and family systems strategies. He is an associate member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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Pamela
Remer, Associate Professor,
(vita in Word) received
her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Colorado
in 1972. Her areas of research interests include factors affecting
recovery from rape, effective counseling interventions for women,
career decision-making counseling, diversity issues in counseling
and effectiveness of counselor responses. She teaches courses
in techniques of counseling, theories, counseling women, psychodrama,
and career counseling. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Pam
Remer's theoretical orientation is Psychodrama within a feminist
framework. She is currently the Director of the Counseling
Psychology Services Clinic. Full graduate faculty. |
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Rory
Remer, Professor,
(vita in
Word) received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Research
Methodology from the University of Colorado in 1972. . His
research interests include interpersonal communication modeling,
multicultural perceptions and interactions, rape prevention,
gerontology, and dynamical family systems research methodology.
A licensed psychologist and ABPP in Family Psychology, Dr. Rory
Remer teaches courses in introduction to counseling, techniques,
group counseling, statistics, dissertation proposal development,
marriage and family therapy, and counseling practicum. His
theoretical orientations are Dynamical Systems (Chaos) Theory,
Psychodrama, and Social Learning Theory. Dr. Remer won a
Fulbright to study in Taiwan during 2002-2003. He is full
graduate faculty. |
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Sherry
Scales Rostosky, Professor,
(vita in
Word) received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1998. Dr. Rostosky is the co-founder of the Psychosocial Research Initiative on Sexual Minorities (PRISM), a research team of faculty and students addressing social justice issues related to the psychosocial well-being of sexual minority adolescents, adults, and their families. Publications and current projects can be found at www.prismresearch.org. Dr. Rostosky teaches graduate courses in counseling theories, counseling techniques, clinical supervision and consultation, and lifespan gender development. She is a Full Member of the Graduate Faculty and a Licensed Psychologist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.Additional information for current and prospective graduate students can be found in the PRISM handbook.
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Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Visiting Assistant Professor (vita in
Word) received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2008. Dr. Stevens-Watkins’ research interests are African American health behavior, substance abuse, and racial minority mental health treatment disparities. Dr. Stevens-Watkins teaches Multicultural Psychology, Lifespan Human Development and Behavior, and Pre-Masters Practicum. Her theoretical orientation is grounded in a cognitive-behavioral approach and incorporates aspects interpersonal process and systems theory.
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Educational
Psychology Faculty
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Fred
Danner, Professor,
(vita
in Word) received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the
University of Minnesota. His areas of research interest include
cognitive development, adolescence, health psychology, the relationship
between fitness and intellectual performance, positive emotions
and health, and the effects of sleep deprivation on learning and
behavior. Dr. Danner
teaches courses in cognitive development, life span human development,
learning, educational psychology, and adults as learners. His research
orientation is primarily cognitive-behavioral. Full Graduate Faculty.
Dr. Danner is Department Chair.
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Michael
D. Toland, Assistant Professor, (vita) earned his Ph.D. in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Psychometric Methods from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 2008. His areas of research interest include examining the performance of item response theory (IRT) models, applications of IRT and structural equation modeling to scale development, and issues related to longitudinal modeling and measurement invariance. An associate member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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Kenneth
M. Tyler, Associate Professor,
(vita in
Word) received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from
Howard University in 2002. Dr.
Tyler has broad areas of research interests that include
culture, identity development, learning and socialization
processes, motivation and school attachment, and minority
student achievement. Dr. Tyler's current work focuses on
measuring the degree of alignment between home and school
cultures of minority student populations and understanding
its link to academic motivation and performance. Full member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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Ellen Usher, Assistant Professor, (vita) received her PhD in Educational Studies from Emory University in 2007. Her areas of research interest include social cognitive theory, academic motivation, and sources of self-efficacy beliefs. Dr. Usher teaches courses in educational psychology, learning theories, and motivation. She is an associate member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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Lynda
Brown Wright, Associate Professor,
(vita
in PDF) received her Ph. D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas A
& M University in 1991. Her current areas of research interests
include multicultural counseling and psychotherapy training models
and their effect on the development of cultural sensitivity; psychosocial
and familial influences on African American child development; determinants
of academic achievement among minority children and youth; and psychosocial
correlates of the development of cardiovascular disease risk in children
and youth. Dr. Brown-Wright currently
teaches courses in assessment and multicultural development. She
is a NIH Career Development Award recipient. Full graduate faculty.
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School Psychology
Faculty
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Kristen
Missall, Assistant Professor,
(vita
in Word) received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the
University of Minnesota in 2002 and is a Nationally Certified School
Psychologist. Dr. Missall conducts
research in the areas of literacy and social skill development, school
adjustment and general outcome measurement, and has particular interest
in the skills and experiences of children transitioning from preschool
to kindergarten. She currently teaches courses in intellectual and
academic assessment. Associate member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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H.
Thompson Prout, Professor,
(vita
in PDF) received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University
of Indiana in 1976. He did his postdoc training in Counseling/Rehabilitation
Psychology at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fisherville,
Virginia. In 1983 he completed a Specialization Program in Counseling
Psychology from the University of Missouri. His research interests
are: therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents, personality
assessments with children, adolescents and special populations MR
and Developmental Disabilities), Global Self-Concept, and test development.
A licensed psychologist, Dr. Prout
teaches courses in social-emotional assessment, therapeutic interventions
and internship, and child and adolescent counseling. Full member of the Graduate
Faculty. |
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Lisa
Ruble, Associate Professor,
(vita in
Word) received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1998.
Her research interests are: services research and treatment outcomes
research in autism spectrum
disorders; parent-teacher consultation;
school based mental health services. Full member Graduate Faculty.
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Federico
"Felito" Aldarondo received his Ph.D. in counseling
psychology from Indiana University in 1998. Prior to that, he completed
a master’s degree in psychology (clinical concentration) from
Mississippi State University in 1993. He served as a faculty member
at Purdue University in the counseling psychology program from 1998-2002.
Currently, he is a psychologist at the University of Kentucky Counseling
and Testing Center. Some of his clinical and research interests include
substance abuse treatment (and healthy lifestyle change in general),
diversity, group work, assessment, interpersonal process in therapy,
and therapy supervision. He is involved in several alcohol abuse prevention
efforts on the UK campus. Courses he has taught include counseling
practicum, advanced practicum, psychological assessment, group counseling,
research in counseling psychology, and diagnosis and treatment. |
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Mary
Chandler Bolin-Reece, Adjunct Assistant Professor,
received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of
Kentucky on 1994. Dr. Bolin-Reece is a licensed psychologist and the director of the UK Counseling &
Testing Center since July 1998. Much of her clinical work involves
eating disorders and body image, LBGT concerns, trauma survivors,
disability issues (particularly learning disabilities and ADHD), and
factors affecting vocalists' performance. While in her doctoral program,
she assisted in graduate assessment courses at UK and worked as a
therapist at the Lexington Rape Crisis Center. Upon completing her
internship at the University of Virginia Counseling Center, she was
hired as a staff psychologist and served as coordinator of clinical
services, twice as interim administrator of disability services for
UVa students, and as clinical associate professor. She also served
on the Board of Directors for Charlottesville's Sexual Assault Resource
Agency (SARA). She has served as an elected member of the Board of
Directors for AUCCCD, the international association of university
and college counseling center directors. Currently, she is the faculty
advisor for UK Lambda, the LGBT student organization, on the faculty
for CBMI, and in the community serves as a Board trustee for the Lexington
Singers. |
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Tina
Bryant received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the
University of Georgia in 2002. She received a master's degree in Student
Personnel in Higher Education, also from UGA, and her bachelor's degree
in psychology from the University of Florida. She has worked as a
staff psychologist at the UK Counseling & Testing Center since 2002.
Dr. Bryant provides individual and group therapy, career counseling,
supervision, and outreach. She also co-leads the Women of Color Support
Group. Areas of interest include diversity issues, women's issues,
expressive arts in therapy, and suicide prevention training. |
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Linda Hellmich‚ Staff Psychologist,
earned her Ph. D. in 1995 from the University of Florida |
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Jamie Lynn Hopkins‚ Staff
Psychologist, International Student liaison, earned the Ph. D.
from the University of Calgary in 2003. |
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Nathaniel Hopkins‚ Ph.D., Staff Psychologist,
earned his doctroate in 2003 from the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign |
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Susan Mathews‚ Staff Psychologist,
earned her Ph. D. from the University of Memphis in 2002. |
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F.
Janelle McNeal earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
from the University of Iowa in 2003. She completed her pre-doctoral
internship at Illinois State University and received her bachelor’s
degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Psychology.
She has been a licensed staff psychologist at the University of Kentucky
Counseling and Testing Center since 2003 and provides individual,
couples, career, and group counseling as well as a variety of outreach
programming and supervision. She co-leads the Women of Color Support
Group with Dr. Bryant. Some of Dr. McNeal’s clinical interests
include grief/bereavement, suicide, procrastination, and issues of
diversity. |
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Michael
R. Nichols, Adjunct Assistant Professor,
received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1978. Dr. Nichols is currently Visiting Professor of Psychology, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.
He is also a trustee for the Woodford County Public Library, and an
associate professor of Behavioral Sciences UK's College of Medicine. |
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Charlie
O'Neill received
his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky
in 1982. He is the Associate Director of the Counseling and Testing
Center at the University of Kentucky. He coordinates the clinical
services of the Center and acts as the Training Director for the Center. |
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Diane
Sobel received
her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from SUNY at Buffalo in 1992. Dr.
Sobel is licensed as a psychologist and certified as a family and
general mediator in Kentucky. She is a senior staff psychologist at
the UK Counseling & Testing Center, where she has worked since 1992.
Currently, she coordinates the group therapy program in addition to
providing individual, group, couples, and career counseling and supervision
and outreach. Dr. Sobel was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Examiners
of Psychology by Governor Patton in 2002 and currently serves on that
Board. Areas of interest include violence against women, diversity
issues, grief and mediation. |
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Rebecca
“Becky” Tabony received her Ph.D. in counseling
psychology from The University of Georgia in 2003. She completed her
master’s degree in psychological counseling from Nicholls State
University in 1995. After her clinical internship at Texas A&M
University in 1999, Becky provided psychological services for Tarleton
State University and University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Presently,
she is a staff psychologist at the University of Kentucky Counseling
and Testing Center and her clinical work emphasis is disordered eating
and body image. She has a small private practice offering psychological
services to the Lexington community. |
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Penny
Cruse works
with EDP Director of Graduate Studies. |
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Nancy
Dallaire works with EDP faculty. |
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Marion
Kirby supports the Chair in the management of the department. |
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C.
Dwight Auvenshine, Ph.D., Missouri, Associate Professor
James
R. Barclay, Ph.D., Michigan, Professor
Lisa
K. Barclay, Ph.D., Stanford, Professor |
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Henry
P. Cole (vita
in PDF) received his Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and in
Educational Psychology from SUNY-Buffalo in 1968. His research interests
include theories of learning, psychoeducational design, adult learning
and instruction and occupational safety and health. He taught courses
in theories of learning and instruction, human cognitive learning,
human development and learning, and occupational injury prevention.
His theoretical orientation is cognitive-behavioral. He held a joint
appointment as Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine
and Environmental Health, College of Medicine. In the last 12 years
Dr. Cole has served as a principal
investigator on approximately $2.5 million worth of extramural grants
and contracts concerning prevention of workplace illness and injury
through behavioral science and educational interventions. His research
changed occupational safety training laws and practices in the U.S.
mining industry and reduced tractor-overturn injury risks to farmers
in Kentucky and other states. Dr. Cole was appointed as an occupational
injury expert by the United Nations, International Labor Organization
in 1993. In June 2001 his three-year community trials farm tractor
safety intervention research was one of 19 studies in the nation selected
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for presentation
at the National Occupational Research Agenda Symposium 2001: Leading
Research on Occupational Safety and Health held in Washington,
DC. Dr. Cole's paper was the only agricultural safety study selected
for presentation at the conference from among the more than 150 researchers
at ten regional CDC Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health in
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Charlotte
R. Clark, Ph. D., Minnesota, Associate Professor |
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Stephen
T. DeMers, Professor,
(vita in PDF) received his Ed.D. in School Psychology from Rutgers University
in 1976. His areas of research interests include creative thinking
in children, legal issues affecting psychological practice (particularly
assessment) and school psychology training. He taught courses in
consultation, IQ and personality assessment, introduction to school
psychology, school psychology, practicum, and internship in school
psychology. A licensed psychologist, Dr. DeMers' theoretical orientation
is primarily client-centered with an appreciation for behavioral
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Dr. Guskey (vita in Word) is a graduate of the University of Chicago's renowned Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis (MESA) Program. Prior to his appointment at the University of Kentucky he served as Director of Research and Development for the Chicago Public Schools, and later became the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national educational research center. Dr. Guskey is on the Editorial Board of The Elementary School Journal, The NASSP Bulletin, Journal of Research on Professional Learning, and Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. He co-edits the Experts in Assessment Series for Corwin Press and has been featured on the National Public Radio programs, "Morning Edition" and “Talk of the Nation.” He also served on the Policy Research Team of the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future, on the Task Force to develop the National Standards for Staff Development, and recently
was named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association, one of the Association’s highest honors.
At the University of Kentucky, Dr. Guskey has served as Special
Assistant to the Chancellor, Department Chair, Faculty Council President,
and Director of the Office of Educational Research and Development. He
also has been a Visiting Professor at 10 other universities in the
U.S., a Distinguished Visiting Professor at universities in Australia
and New Zealand, and Co-Director of the Center for the Advanced
Study of Assessment at Georgetown College. A frequent speaker
at national conferences, Dr. Guskey has served as consultant to educators
throughout the U.S., as well as in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. He
is included in the National Staff Development Council’s Leaders
in Staff Development, and is the only person to have won twice the
Council's prestigious "Book of the Year Award" and three times the "Article
of the Year Award.”
Dr. Guskey’s publications include 17 books, 33 book chapters, and over 200 journal articles and professional papers. His most recent books include Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading (Corwin, 2009), The Principal as Assessment Leader (Solution Tree, 2009), The Teacher as Assessment Leader (Solution Tree, 2009), Benjamin S. Bloom: Portraits of an Educator (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), How's My Kid Doing? A Parents' Guide to Grades, Marks, and Report Cards (Jossey Bass, 2002), Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning (Corwin, 2001), and Evaluating Professional Development (Corwin, 2000). His course offerings center on research and evaluation design, quantitative analysis techniques, and educational reform and change.
Dr. Guskey holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from Boston College, and a B.A. in Physics from Thiel College.
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Gordon
P. Liddle, Ph.D., Chicago, Professor
Emanuel
J. Mason, Ed. D., Temple, Professor |
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Thomas W. Miller, Ph. D. ABPP is Professor Emeritus, Senior Research Scientist, Master Teacher and University Teaching Fellow during thirty six year tenure at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, University of Connecticut, School of Allied Health and Murray State University. He served for 24 years in the VA Healthcare System and as Chief Psychology Service developed the first APA approved Psychology Internship in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He received his doctorate from the State University of New York, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association of Psychological Science and the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr. Miller has consulted with the National Mental Health Research Centers in Moscow, Novosirbirsk, Tomsk, Yeravan and Khabarovsk Russia and to Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England. He has also consulted with the Royal Ministry of Defense, Haslar Naval Base,Southhampton, England. He has served on several task forces including those dealing with the American Psychological Association, telehealth task force and technology workgroup. He has supervised the psychology component of the Domestic Violence Clinic at the University of Kentucky. He has also been a consultant to four national standards of care work groups developing algorithms and pathways of care. He has served as a trainer and consultant to the task force for interdisciplinary clinical treatment of abusive families. The American Psychological Association recognized him with Special Achievement Awards for his contributions to Health Promotion, Telehealth, Prevention Education and Clinical Services. Dr. Miller has written 10 books, more than 250 publications and several chapters. He is a Distinguished Alumnus from the State University of New York and the recipient of the APA Distinguished Professional Contributions to Practice Award. |
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William
E. Stilwell, Professor , (vita) received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1969. His areas of
research interests include human service delivery systems, counseling
psychology training, and technology in psychological services. A licensed
psychologist, Dr. Stilwell retired
30 June 2006 and continues to develop the College's website, manages LISTSERVs, and provides
support to Deans Sandidge and Slaton.. He is th 2008 recipient of the Stilwell K-12 Education Technology Partnership Award. Professor Stilwell and his
wife, Doris, reside in Lexington.
At the time of his retirement, Doris and Bill gave a lead gift in honor of former student and fellow faculty which established the Doris Nowak and William E. Stilwell Endowed Fellowship Fund. This gift has given us a strong start towards our goal of raising $100,000 for a graduate fellowship that will provide support for Educational and Counseling Psychology students in perpetuity. If alumni and friends would like to make a contribution to this fund, checks can be sent to the Director of Development located in 133 Dickey Hall, Lexington, Kentucky 40506. Checks should be made out to the University of Kentucky and donors should indicate that the gift is designated for the Doris Nowak and William E. Stilwell Endowed Fellowship on the memo line of their check. 100% of these gifts are tax deductible and donors will receive a tax receipt in the mail for their records. We thank those who have already made contributions! |
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Timothy
A. Smith received
his Ph.D. from North Carolina in 1963. His areas of research
interests include computer-assisted instruction, statistical
methods, psychological measurement, and psychology applied to
education. Dr. Smith has also actively studied dental fear. Dr. Smith holds
a joint appoint in the College of Medicine. Full Graduate Faculty. |
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Raymond
A. Wilkie, Ph.D., Yale; Ph.D., Kentucky, Associate Professor |
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Judith
Worell, Professor,
received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Ohio State University
in 1954. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Worell's
areas of research
interests include gender development, patterns of friendship in
same and cross-sex relationships, partner abuse in close relationships,
feminist identity, and outcomes of feminist therapy. She teaches courses
in gender development, cognitive- behavioral counseling, professional
issues, parent/ child counseling, counseling women, development of
social behavior, and counseling practicum. Dr. Worell has recently
co-edited Shaping the Future of Feministy Psychology: Education,
Research and Practice. Her theoretical orientation is cognitive-social
learning within a feminist framework. Professor Worell continues to
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