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.
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.
Natalie D. Dautovich, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2010. Her clinical and research interests are primarily in the area of geropsychology. Dr. Dautovich’s research focuses on Chronopsychology, the study of how our daily activity rhythms, routines, habits, and biological rhythms influence our well-being and health. Specific research topics include the relationship between regularity in social rhythms (behavioral circadian rhythms) and sleep and mood outcomes in older adults. Dr. Dautovich is interested in the use of daily process research designs and multilevel modeling analyses to capture these relationships. Dr. Dautovich currently teaches Introduction to Psychology, Chronopsychology: The Study of Daily Rhythms, and provides practicum supervision to second-year clinical students.
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. He is the coordinator of the Geropsychology concentration.
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.
Giyeon Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, joined the Department of Psychology and the Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) at The University of Alabama in 2009. Dr. Kim received her doctoral degree in Aging Studies from the University of South Florida in 2007 and finished her postdoctoral training at Temple University and the University of South Florida. Her area of research interest in aging covers a range of topics within the health disparities theme. Dr. Kim conducts research on racial/ethnic disparities in mental health and mental health service utilization among older adults. Dr. Kim has special interest in cultural influences on depressive symptoms and measurement equivalence of mental health screening tools across diverse racial/ethnic groups. In addition, Dr. Kim's research has focused on specialized statistical techniques for assessing measurement equivalence. She is also courtesy faculty in the Department of Aging and Mental Health Disparities at the University of South Florida.
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
