Edward Anderson, Ph.D.

Affiliated Scientist
Oregon Social Learning Center

Primary research and clinical interests

Edward Anderson received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Virginia and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department 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. His research focuses on the adjustment of children and families to parental divorce, repartnering, and remarriage. In particular, he and his colleagues have examined how children affect the process of parental repartnering after divorce using multi-method, multi-informant approaches. He and his colleagues are also investigating how divorced families become entrenched in the legal system, and are developing interventions aimed at reducing conflict in contested custody cases.