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Dr. E. Scott Huebner
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:
His teaching assignments typically include:
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 was a co-editor of the 2009 book, Handbook of Positive Psychology in the Schools (with Rich Gilman and Mike Furlong). He was also featured in the APA (Division 16) 2008 Conversation Series DVD entitled "Positive Psychology in the Schools" (also with Rich Gilman and Mike Furlong). Dr. Huebner welcomes students as part of his research team on children's well-being. His work with students has been recognized through awards at the University of South Carolina and Western Illinois University. During 2004-2009, he chaired nine thesis and 14 dissertation committees as well as serving as a member of an additional eight thesis and 22 dissertation committees. Dr. Huebner co-authored 25 scholarly presentations with students at state, national and international conferences and 24 journal articles and book chapters during the same time period. The quality of his research mentoring at the graduate level has been demonstrated through the success of his students in terms of obtaining faculty positions (e.g., University of Michigan, University of Kentucky, University of South Florida, University of West Virginia School of Medicine) as well earning awards for their own scholarly contributions (e.g., APA Division 16 Lightner Witmer Award). His students who have sought APA internships have all received matches. His students have excelled locally as well. For example, two of his students won first and second place respectively for their oral research presentations in their category for USC's Graduate Student Day in 2009. Examples of his publications with students include:
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