Primary Faculty
Rebecca S. Allen, Ph.D., received her Ph.D from Washington University in St. Louis in 1994. Her primary research and clinical interests are interventions to reduce the stress of family and professional caregivers for older adults with terminal and chronic illness. She has published journal articles and book chapters on advance care planning, end-of-life issues, effective behavioral interventions in long-term care, depression, and everyday problem solving. Dr. Allen is a Fellow and an At-Large member of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Executive Committee of the Gerontological Society of America. She teaches Clinical Psychology of Aging, Lifespan Development, Beginning and Geropsychology Practicum, and undergraduate statistics. She is the coordinator of the Geropsychology concentration.
Lou Burgio, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1981. Dr. Burgio is a Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Alabama. He has done extensive work in applied gerontology and has been the recipient of continued NIH funding since 1990. He is a member of NIH’s National Council for Nursing Research. He is presently examining environmental and behavioral interventions for reducing stress in dementia caregivers in community and nursing home settings. Dr. Burgio, a recent recipient of the M. Powell Lawton award from APA (Div. 20) has authored over 130 articles, is a Fellow of APA, and is on the board of editors for several aging related journals, including Psychology and Aging. He is the Director of Mental Health and Aging.
Martha Crowther, Ph.D., M.P.H., received her Ph.D from Duke University in 1998 and her M.P.H. from Yale University in 1992. Her research and clinical interests are in geropsychology. Her primary research examines the nature, impact and consequences of custodial grandparenting as well as designing effective interventions to reduce stress in this population. Additionally, she has explored the relationship between spirituality, mental health, and well-being across the life span. She has published journal articles and book chapters on psychology and aging, cultural competency in research and clinical practice as well as caregiving. Dr. Crowther teaches Geropsychology Practicum and Cultural Competency. She is the Director of Clinical Training and coordinator of the PhD/MPH program.
Forrest Scogin, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1983. He is a clinical psychologist with research interests in geropsychology, depression, and psychotherapy research. He has published many articles on these topics. Current investigations include the effectiveness of CBT with rural older home health care patients and memory and depression treatment for older adults. Dr. Scogin is a Fellow of APA and GSA and has served on several editorial boards. He regularly teaches Principles of Psychotherapy and Geropsychology Practicum.
A. Lynn Snow, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1998. Her main research interests are in the area of improving quality of care in nursing home residents, particularly topics of the evaluation and management of pain in residents with dementia, and the process of nursing home organizational change. She is also interested in developing and evaluating assessments and treatments of other psychological disorders in persons with dementia (especially depression, agitation/aggression, and quality of life).
Secondary Faculty
Sheila Black, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1994. She is interested in age-related changes in attentional and semantic processes. She is also interested in age-related changes in episodic memory. Dr. Black teaches the cognitive aging class in the geropsychology emphasis, and clinical students also have the opportunity to work with her on projects involving cognitive aging.
Kenneth Lichstein, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in 1976 with a major in child clinical, but shortly thereafter, his interests shifted to behavioral medicine. For the past 20 years, his research has focused on sleep disorders with an emphasis on insomnia in older adults. Dr. Lichstein's research has been supported continuously since 1988 by the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, private foundations, and industry. He is the founding editor of Behavioral Sleep Medicine.
Beverly Roskos-Ewoldsen, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1989. She studies visual-spatial cognition: the comprehension, representation, and use of visual and spatial information, including individual and group differences. Current projects comprise the comprehension of visual media; visual creativity and its relation to intelligence, age, and risk behavior; properties of visual mental imagery; measurement and training of spatial abilities; and wayfinding across the lifespan. Dr. R-E's work has been funded by the Office of Naval Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and UA Center for Mental Health and Aging.
Beverly E. Thorn, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in 1980. Dr. Thorn has been the Director of Clinical Training since 1992. She is active in teaching, clinical supervision, and research supervision. She teaches ethics, supervises psychotherapy practicum, and teaches advanced sex therapy. She has published over 50 articles and book chapters in the area of pain, its neurochemical substrate, and pain management and is grant-supported by the National Institutes of Health. Her research also examines the areas of psychological assessment and treatment of painful states. She is a frequent reviewer for the various Pain-related journals as well as Health Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. She serves on the APA Council of Representatives for the Division of Health Psychology.
Affiliated Faculty
Andrea Cevasco, Ph.D.
Ellen Csikai, Ph.D.
Jullet Davis, Ph.D.
David Klemmack, Ph.D.
Hugh Lee, JD
Nan Park, Ph.D.
Lucinda L. Roff, Ph.D.
John L. Shuster, MD
