Dr. E. Scott Huebner
Professor
School Program Director

Barnwell, Room 237-B
(803) 777-3591
huebner@sc.edu

Dr. Huebner is Professor and Director of the School Psychology program in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina (USC). He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1983. Prior to coming to the USC in 1990, he worked as a school psychologist in Iowa and Indiana as well as a staff therapist in a community mental health center. Additionally, he served as an assistant and associate professor and Director of the Psychoeducational Clinic at Western Illinois University. He has served as Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator on federally funded pupil personnel training grants and Project Evaluator on federally funded mental health programs.

His current scholarly interests include:

• child and adolescent personality assessment
• children's positive psychological well-being (e.g., life satisfaction, self-concept)
• school psychologists' stress and well-being
• school psychology and health promotion

His teaching assignments typically include:

• research in the schools seminar
• personality assessment
• school psychology seminar and practica
• survey of personality
• exceptional children

Dr. Huebner is a Fellow in Division 16 of the American Psychological Association and the International Society for Quality of Life Studies and is an elected member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. He is also the 1996 recipient of the award for Outstanding Contributions to School Psychology from the South Carolina Association of School Psychologists and the 1999 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indiana University College of Education.

Dr. Huebner has served on the editorial boards of school psychology journals (e.g., Journal of School Psychology, School Psychology Review), and positive psychology/quality of life journals (e.g., Journal of Happiness Studies, Applied Quality of Life Research) as well as the NASP Communique.

He has published about 170 scholarly works in his career to date. His publications have appeared in journals in psychology, school psychology, general education, special education, public health, medicine, measurement, and interdisciplinary fields (quality of life studies). He has been identified as among the "Top 5" most productive scholars in the school psychology community for more than two decades (see Little, 1997; Wanger, Lail, & Viglietta, 2006).

Dr. Huebner is a co-editor of the forthcoming book, Handbook of Positive Psychology in the Schools (with Rich Gilman and Mike Furlong). He is also featured in the APA (Division 16) 2008 Conversation Series DVD entitled "Positive Psychology in the Schools" (also with Rich Gilman and Mike Furlong).

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Recent Publications with Students
Dr. Huebner welcomes students as members of his research team. Some of Dr. Huebner's recent publications with his students include:

• Martin, K., Huebner, E.S., & Valois, R.F. (2008). Does life satisfaction predict victimization experiences in adolescence? Psychology in the Schools, 45, 705-714.
• Antaramian, S.P., Huebner, E.S., & Valois, R.F. (2008). Adolescent life satisfaction. Applied Psychology: An international review, 57, 112-126.
• Huebner, E.S., Gilman, R., Reschly, A., & Hall, R. (in press). Positive schools. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Handbook of Positive Psychology (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Reschly, A., Huebner, E.S., Appleton, J., & Antaramian, S. (in press). Engagement as flourishing: The contribution of positive emotions and coping to adolescents' engagement at school and with learning. Psychology in the Schools.
• Haranin, E., Huebner, E.S., & Suldo, S. (2007). Predictive and incremental validity of global and domain-based adolescent life satisfaction reports. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 25, 127-138.
• Martin, K., & Huebner, E.S. (2007). Peer victimization and prosocial experiences and emotional well-being of middle school students. Psychology in the Schools, 44, 199-208.
• Valle, M., Huebner, E.S., & Suldo, S. (2006). An analysis of hope as a psychological strength. Journal of School Psychology, 44, 393-06.
• Park, N., & Huebner, E.S. (2005). A cross-cultural study of the levels and correlates of life satisfaction among adolescents. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 444-456.
• Huebner, E.S., Suldo, S., Smith, L., & McKnight, C. 2004. Life satisfaction in children and youth: Empirical foundations and implications for school psychologists. Psychology in the Schools, 41, 81-94.
• Suldo, S., & Huebner, E.S. 2004. Does life satisfaction moderate the effects of stressful life events on psychopathological behavior in adolescence? School Psychology Quarterly, 19, 93-105.
• Seligson, J., Huebner, E.S., & Valois, R.F. (2003). Preliminary validation of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS). Social Indicators Research, 61, 121-145.
• Brantley, A., Huebner, E.S., & Nagle, R.J. 2002. Multidimensional life satisfaction reports of adolescents with mild mental disabilities. Mental Retardation, 40, 321-329.
• Zullig, K., Valois R., Huebner, E.S., & Drane, W. (2001). Relationship between life satisfaction and violent behavior among adolescents. American Journal of Health Behavior, 25, 353-366.
• Huebner, E.S., & McCullough, G. (2000). Correlates of school satisfaction among adolescents. Journal of Educational Research, 43, 331-336.
• Mills, L.M., & Huebner, E.S. (1998). A prospective study of personality characteristics, occupational stressors, and burnout among school psychology practitioners. Journal of School Psychology, 36, 103-120.
• Huebner, E.S., Laughlin, J.E., Ash, C., & Gilman, R. (1998). Further validation of the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale.Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 16, 118-134.
• Ash, C., & Huebner, E.S. (1998). Life satisfaction reports of gifted middle school children. School Psychology Quarterly, 13, 310-321.

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