Melissa F. Jackson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Psychology Clinic Director

Primary Concentration:
  Secondary Concentration:
Clinical Child Psychology   Developmental Science
     
Contact Information:
  Courses:
Office: Gordon Palmer Hall #258A

PY 609 Psychological Assessment I

PY 639 Advanced Child Practicum

PY 491/591 Seminar in Psychology, Cultural Perspectives on Parenting

Phone: 205-348-5000
FAX: (205)  348-8648  
E-Mail: melissa.jackson@ua.edu 
  Website:  

Research Interests: School-Based Mental Health Assessments and Interventions; Minority Mental Health; Impcat of Internalizing Disorders on Conduct Symptoms in Children
 
Research Affiliations: Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems, The University of Alabama
  Anxiety-Conduct Link Workgroup
  Youth Interdisciplinary Treatment and Assessment Clinic (YITAC) Workgroup
Recent Publications:

Jackson, M.F., Barth, J., Powell, N., & Lochman, J.E. (2006). Classroom contextual effects of race on children's peer nominations. Child Development, 77, 1325-1337.

  Jackson, M.F., Allen, R.S., Boothe, A.B., Nava, M.L., & Coates, A. (2005). Innovative analyses and interventions in the treatment of selective mutism. Clinical Case Studies, 4, 81-112.
  Lochman, J.E., Powell, N.R., Jackson, M.F., & Mager, W. (2004). Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for conduct disorder: The Coping Power Program. In M. Nelson, A. Finch, & K. Hart (Eds.), Conduct Disorder: A Practitioner's Guide to Comparative Treatments. Springer: New York.