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Faculty
Core Program Faculty
- Shauna M. Cooper, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Assistant Professor
- Socio-contextual factors influencing the educational and health-related outcomes of African American children and
adolescents; positive development among African American youth; developmental transitions (e.g., transition to middle school)
and school adjustment; understanding the interplay between education and health. Dr. Cooper is also interested in the development
of culturally-sensitive and developmentally-appropriate programming (e.g., academic enrichment; health promotion) for youth of color.
- Kimberly J. Hills, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Prevention programs for adolescents, middle to high school transition for special education students, and effective response to intervention (RTI) programs.
- E. Scott Huebner, Ph.D., Indiana University, Professor
- Development of a positive (vs. pathology-based) school psychology; examination of the comparability of children's
positive well-being measures across countries (e.g., Spain vs. US) and across cultural groups (e.g., African American vs. Euro-American adolescents);
longitudinal investigations of the interrelationships of positive well-being measures, stressful life events, personality, and psychopathological
symptomatology; determinants of school satisfaction in adolescents; and the utility of positive well-being measures with children and youth with mental
disabilities.
- Jane Roberts, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Associate Professor
- Biological mechanisms that underlie cognitive and behavioral functioning in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism;
fragile X syndrome; and AD/HD.
- Bradley H. Smith, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1996, Associate Professor
- Binge drinking among college students; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and prevention science.
Dr. Smith teaches courses in statistics, and child and family therapy. He also supervises child and family therapy practica.
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Adjunct Program Instructors
- Gail Elmore, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2006
- Personality assessment.
- Catherine Oxner, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1999
- Interview specialist.
- Mark Posey, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
- Developmental pediatric specialist.
- Rachel Stroud, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1996
- Consultation specialist.
- Suzanne Williams, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
- School Psychology.
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Distinguished Professor Emeriti
Richard J. Nagle, Ph.D., Columbia University
Frederic J. Medway, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
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