Affiliated ScientistsNames are listed alphabetically. Edward Anderson, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Edward Anderson received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Virginia and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology (Division of Human Development and Family Sciences) at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). Dr. Anderson also is a Faculty Affiliate of the Population Research Center at UT, and serves as the Graduate Program Director for Human Development and Family Sciences. His research focuses on the adjustment of children and families to parental divorce, repartnering, and remarriage.
Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Dr. Dishion received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon. His interests include understanding the development of antisocial behavior and substance abuse in children and adolescents, as well as designing effective interventions and prevention programs. In particular, he and colleagues have examined the contribution of peer and family dynamics to escalations in adolescent substance use, delinquency, and violence. His intervention research focuses on the effectiveness of family-centered interventions, and the negative effects of aggregating high-risk youth into intervention groups
John Knutson, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Dr. John F. Knutson is a consultant on Pathways Home: Reducing Risk in the Child Welfare System and a collaborator with other OSLC scientists on projects related to physical abuse and neglect. Dr. Knutson is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa. Dr. Knutson received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Washington State University. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in Medical Psychology at The University of Oregon Medical School, he joined the faculty at Iowa, where he was a recipient of the Regents’ Award for Faculty Excellence in 1999.
David Reiss, M.D.Send an e-mail. David Reiss, MD, is the principal investigator of The Early Growth and Development Study and the Director of The Center for Family Research at George Washington University (GWU). Dr. Reiss received his medical training and specialty training in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In over 40 years of medical practice, Dr. Reiss worked with young adults to help them achieve their full potential and worked with parents and children to help strengthen their relationships with one another. Before coming to George Washington University (GWU) he headed programs at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) devoted to the study of families.
James J. Snyder, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Dr. Snyder received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Southern Illinois University in 1977. He worked as a clinical practitioner with children, adolescents and families in Boston and New York City before becoming a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Wichita State University where he is currently the Erker Distinguished Professor in Psychology. Dr. Snyder’s teaching and research specialties are developmental psychopathology, the origins and manifestations of aggressive behavior, and the development and evaluation of family- and school-based preventive and clinical interventions for child conduct problems and delinquency.
Mike Stoolmiller, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Dr. Stoolmiller, PhD, is currently a research associate at the University of Oregon, College of Education and also runs a private consulting company, Research & Statistical Consulting, with world headquarters in Marquette, Michigan. Dr. Stoolmiller received his training in counseling and educational psychology at the University of Oregon. Dr. Stoolmiller’s research has focused on studying family and peer social influences on the development of antisocial behavior during childhood and early adolescent with a special emphasis on developing coding systems for observing behavior and statistical methods for the analysis of social interaction data.
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Over 200 StaffOver 200 staff work at the Center, including research scientists, clinical psychologists, family interventionists, parent educators, statisticians, computer programmers, observers, interviewers, and support staff.
22 Published ScientistsAmong the staff are 22 members who have earned their Ph.D. in either clinical, developmental, counseling, or school psychology. Each publishes extensively in the scientific literature, and regularly presents research results at international, national, regional, and/or state conferences.
Affiliations and CollaborationsOSLC is not formally affiliated with a college or university, but several OSLC scientists have appointments in either the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Education at the University of Oregon as well as other regional academic institutions, such as Portland State University. We collaborate with researchers in a variety of academic fields working in universities, governmental agencies, and non-profit research institutes throughout the U.S. and the world. Locally, OSLC researchers have active research collaborations with a variety of non-profit and governmental agencies involved in service delivery relevant to children, families, and adults.
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