VITAE
April 2005
Robert E. Emery
Department of Psychology
Gilmer Hall
University of Virginia
PO Box 400400
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4400
E-mail:
Biographical Data
Born: August 30, 1952
Family: Married, Five children
Home Address: 800 Rugby Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Education
B.A. Brown University, 1974
M.A. SUNY at Stony Brook, 1980
Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook, 1982
Licensure
Licensed clinical psychologist, Commonwealth of Virginia.
Experience
1996-present: Director, Center for Children, Families, and Law, University of Virginia.
1981-present: Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, (Assistant 1981-86; Associate 1986-1994).
1984-present: Associate Faculty, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia (Schools of Law and Medicine).
1981-present: Practicing clinical psychologist.
1993-2002: Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
1984-1987: Coordinator of Research in Clinical Psychology subspecialty program, Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Virginia.
1980-1981: Clinical intern, Psychological Center, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1978-1980: Clinical trainee, Psychological Center, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1974-1976: Psychiatric research analyst, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Memberships
Fellow: American Psychological Association, Divisions 12, 37, 43.
Fellow: American Psychological Society
Member: Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Member: Council on Contemporary Families
Member: National Council on Family Relations
Member: Society for Research in Child Development
Member: Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Member: Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology
Honors
Finalist, Library of Virginia Literary Award (for The Truth about Children and Divorce).
Finalist, Books for a Better Life Award (psychology category for The Truth about Children and Divorce), 2005.
Distinguished Researcher Award, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 2002.
Myer Elkins Distinguished Lecturer, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 2002.
Invited Paper, National Academy of Sciences, 2000.
Sesquicentennial Associateship, University of Virginia, 1997-98
Benedum Distinguished Lecturer, West Virginia University, 1995.
Citation Classic, Institute for Scientific Information, 1993.
Chair, William T. Grant Foundation's Divorce Consortium, 1989-1993.
James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award. 1991-92.
Sesquicentennial Associateship. University of Virginia, 1991-92.
Outstanding Academic Book, "Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment", Choice Magazine, 1990.
Outstanding Research Publication Award for 1989. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Nominated (1986, 1987,1988). Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist Award.
Featured case study: Charlottesville Mediation Project. In R.N. Rapoport (1987). Social Inventions for Children: Case Studies in Action Research (pp. 169-184). Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press.
Sesquicentennial Associateship. University of Virginia, 1985_86.
Meritorious Award for best paper by a graduate student. New York State Psychological Association, 1981.
Grants
William T. Grant Foundation, 2005-2006, Genetically Informed Studies of Family Transitions, $25,000 (Principal Investigator).
Sunshine Lady Foundation, 2003-2007, Doris Buffett Fellowships, $120,000 (Principal Investigator).
Sunshine Lady Foundation, 2003-2005, General Support for the Center for Children, Families, and the Law, $50,000 (Principal Investigator).
William T. Grant Foundation, 2000-2004, Consequences of Parental Divorce for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Genetically-Informed Study, $394,772 (Principal Investigator).
National Institutes of Mental Health, Affective Processing Following Close Relationship Dissolution, 2000-2003, $63,027 (Predoctoral Fellowship for David Sbarra).
E. Mavis Hetherington Graduate Psychology Fellowship, $100,000 (2003, Initiated Fellowship Drive and completed through private donors).
Dean’s Discretionary Grant, 2002, Conference for the Center for Children, Families, and the Law, $10,000 Law School (Principal Investigator).
Sunshine Lady Foundation, 2000-2002, General Support for the Center for Children, Families, and the Law, $65,000 (Principal Investigator).
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Deans Discretionary Grants, 2000-2001, Conferences for the Center for Children, Families, and the Law, $10,000 Arts and Sciences; $10,000 Law (Principal Investigator).
Sunshine Lady Foundation, 1999-2003, Doris B. Bryant Fellowships, $100,000 (Principal Investigator).
Private Donor, 1998, $100,000 ongoing family endowment received for the Center for Children,
Families, and the Law. (Mukamal Family Endowment)
Private Donor, 1998, Gift received for the Center for Children, Families, and the Law.
(Buffet Fellowships), $25,000 (Principal Investigator)
University of Virginia, 1996-1999, Center for Children, Families and the Law, $319,850 (Principal Investigator).
William T. Grant Foundation, 1995-1998, Child Custody Mediation and Litigation: A Long-Term Follow-up Study, $141,037.
Virginia Department of Health, 1996, Virginia Fatherhood Initiative, $45,000 (Co-Principal Investigator).
Virginia Department of Health, 1996, Virginia Fatherhood Initiative, $5,000 (Co-investigator)
NIMH, Effects of Marital Conflict on Parenting, 1994-95, $13,008; (Predoctoral Fellowship for Katherine Kitzmann).
NIMH, Standards of Beauty and Mental Health Among African Americans, 1994-97, $68,660, (Minority Fellowship for Mia Smith).
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Mothers' Aggression Before Marriage and Children's Aggression After Divorce, 1992-93, $28,888.00 (Principal Investigator).
William T. Grant Foundation, Divorce Consortium, 1992, $12,500.00.
James McKeen Cattell Fund, Sabbatical 1991-92, $22,000.00
William T. Grant Foundation, Review of Research on Children and Divorce, 1990-91, $20,320.00.
William T. Grant Foundation, Divorce Consortium, 1991, $12,500.00.
William T. Grant Foundation, Divorce Consortium, 1990, $12,500.00.
William T. Grant Foundation, Divorce Consortium, 1989, $12,500.00.
National Institutes of Health (UVA Diabetes Center), Parent-Child Aspects of Diabetes Management During Latency and Adolescence, 1988-89, $13,375.00 (For Shari Miller).
University Faculty Summer Research Grant, University of Virginia, 1988, $3,500.00 (Principal Investigator).
Dean's Discretionary Grant, University of Virginia, 1986_87, $10,000.00 (Principal Investigator).
University Faculty Summer Research Grant, University of Virginia, 1986, $3,000.00. (Principal Investigator)
Commonwealth of Virginia, Family Violence Prevention Program, A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Children of Battered Women, 1985_86, $13,600.00 (Principal Investigator)
William T. Grant Foundation, 1985_87, The Mediation and Litigation of Child Custody Disputes (competing continuation), $46,884.00 (Principal Investigator)
William T. Grant Foundation, 1983_85, The Mediation and Litigation of Child Custody Disputes, $131,125.00. (Principal Investigator)
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, 1984_85, Children of Battered Women (competing continuation), $21,160.00. (Principal Investigator)
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, 1983_84, Children of Battered Women, $25,640.00. (Principal Investigator)
University Faculty Summer Research Grant. University of Virginia, 1983, $3,000.00. (Principal Investigator)
Temple University Long_term Care Gerontology Center Discretionary Grant Program, 1983, $5,000.00. Relationships between Elders and their Caretaker, (For Richard Birkel)
National Center for Health Services Research, 1983_84, $30,000. (Chair, dissertation grant award for Richard Birkel, Home_care of Elders, Principal Investigator)
University Research Policy Committee Grant. University of Virginia, 1982, $6,900.00.
Biomedical Research Grant. Marital Discord and Child Behavior Problems, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1981, $1,000.00. (Principal Investigator)
Sigma Xi Foundation Grant. SUNY at Stony Brook, 1979, $600.00. (Principal Investigator)
Editorial Boards
Behavior Therapy, 1989-2002
Child Development, 1987-1998
Developmental Psychology, 1992-1995
Family Courts Review, 2002-
International Journal of Law and the Family, 1992- (British journal)
Journal of Child Clinical Psychology, 1996-1998
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1991-
Journal of Family Psychology, 1991-
Mediation Quarterly, 1989-2001
Mediacao, (Mediation), 1998 - (Brazilian journal)
Mediazione Familiare Sistemica (Systemic Family Mediation) 2003 – (Italian journal)
National Institute of Mental Health, Social Sciences and Population Study Section, 1994-1997
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Developmental Psychology
Developmental Review
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Marriage and the Family
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Psychological Bulletin
Judicial Council of California
National Science Foundation
NIMH Life Course and Prevention Grant Review Committee
Research Council of Canada
William T. Grant Foundation
Consulting
Representative of the American Psychological Association, Wingspread Conference on the future of training in family law, 2005.
Sesame St, Big Bird Learns about Divorce, 2000
WCET/LA, The Puzzle Place (Public Television), 1995.
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child Sample, Advisory Committee, 1993.
Supreme Court of Virginia, Family Court Pilot Project Advisory Committee, 1990-92.
Charlottesville Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, 1984, 1986-90.
Charlottesville Community Mediation Center, 1990.
Shelter for Help in Emergency, 1982, 1987.
Lynchburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, 1985.
Books and Monographs
Emery, R.E., Otto, R.K., & O’Donohue, W. (2005). A Critical Assessment of Child Custody Evaluations: Limited Science and a Flawed System. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 6 (1).
Emery, R.E. (2004). The truth about children and divorce: Dealing with the emotions so
you and your children can thrive. New York: Viking/Penguin.
Oltmanns, T.F. & Emery, R.E. (Eds.) (2004). Current directions in abnormal psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Oltmanns, T.F., & Emery, R.E. (2007). Abnormal Psychology (5th. Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. First Edition, 1995; Second Edition ,1998; Third Edition, 2001, Fourth Edition, 2004.
Emery, R.E. & Oltmanns, T.F. (2000). Essentials of abnormal psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Emery, R.E. (1999). Il divorzio. Rinegoziare le relazioni familiari. (Italian translation of
Renegotiating Family Relationships)
Emery, R.E. (1999). Marriage, divorce, and children's adjustment (2nd Ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. First Edition, 1988. Translated into Chinese, 2005.
Emery, R.E. (1994). Renegotiating Family relationships: Divorce, child custody, and mediation. New York: Guilford.
Emery, R.E. (2001, 2002, 2003). Organizer of ongoing series of four special issues of Virginia Journal of Law and Social Policy based on the publication of papers presented at the annual conferences of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law.
Articles and Book Chapters
Emery, R.E. & Marholin, D. (1977). An applied behavior analysis of delinquency: The irrelevancy of relevant behavior. American Psychologist, 32, 860-873.
Eisenthal, S., Emery, R., Lazare, A. & Udin, H. (1979). 'Adherence' and the negotiated approach to patienthood. Archives of General Psychiatry, 36, 393-398.
Emery, R.E. & O'Leary, K.D. (1982). Children's perceptions of marital discord and behavior problems of boys and girls. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 10, 11-24.
Emery, R.E., Weintraub, S. & Neale, J.M. (1982). Effects of marital discord on the school behavior of children of schizophrenic, affectivity disordered, and normal parents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 10, 215-228.
Emery, R.E. (1982). Interparental conflict and the children of discord and divorce. Psychological Bulletin, 92, 310-330.
Reprinted in D.H. Olson & B.C. Miller (Eds.), Family studies review yearbook: Vol. 2. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Emery, R.E., Binkoff, J., Houts, A. & Carr, E. (1983). Children as independent variables: Some clinical implications of child-effects. Behavior Therapy, 14, 398-412.
O'Leary, K.D. & Emery, R.E. (1983). Marital discord and child behavior problems. In M.D. Levine and P. Satz (Eds.), Developmental Variation and Dysfunction (pp. 345-364). New York: Academic Press.
Emery, R.E., Hetherington, E.M. & DiLalla, L. (1984). Divorce, children, and public policy. In H. Stevenson & A. Siegel (Eds.), Child Development Research and Social Policy, (pp. 189-266). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Emery, R.E. & O'Leary, K.D. (1984). Marital discord and child behavior problems in a nonclinic sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 12, 411-420.
Houts, A., Shutty, M., & Emery, R.E. (1985). The impact of children on adults. In B. Lahey & A. Kazdin, Advances in Child Clinical Psychology (pp. 267-307). New York: Plenum.
Emery, R.E. (1986). Review of Lenore Weitzman's The divorce revolution. American Scientist, 74, 662-663.
Christopoulos, C., Cohn, D.A., Shaw, D.S., Joyce, S., Sullivan_Hanson, J., Kraft, S.P., & Emery, R.E. (1987). Children of abused women. I: Adjustment at time of shelter residence. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 49, 611-619.
Emery, E.E. & Wyer, M.M. (1987). Child custody mediation and litigation: An experimental evaluation of the experience of parents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 179-186.
Emery, R.E. & Wyer, M.M. (1987). Divorce mediation. American Psychologist, 42, 472-480.
Emery, R.E., Joyce, S., & Fincham, F.D. (1987). Assessment of child and marital problems. In K.D. O'Leary (Ed.), Assessment of marital discord (pp. 223-262). Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum.
Emery, R.E., Shaw, D.S., & Jackson, J.A. (1987). A clinical description of a model of child custody mediation. In J.P. Vincent (Ed.), Advances in family intervention, assessment and theory (Vol. 4, pp. 309-333). Greenwich, CT: JAI.
Scott, E. & Emery, R.E. (1987). The adversary process and child custody disputes. In L.A. Weithorn (Ed.), The Psychologist as Consultant to the Court in Child Custody Determinations (pp. 23-56). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
Shaw, D.S. & Emery, R.E. (1987). Parental conflict and other correlates of the adjustment of school_aged children whose parents have separated. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 15, 269-281.
Emery, R.E. (1988). Children in the divorce process. Journal of Family Psychology, 2, 141-144.
Emery, R.E. (1988). Mediation and the settlement of divorce disputes. In E.M. Hetherington & J.A. Arasteh (Eds.), Impact of divorce, single parenting, and step-parenting on children (pp. 53-72). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Emery, R.E. & Wyer, M.M. (1988). A systematic comparison of child custody mediation and litigation. Fairshare, 8, 10-14.
Fincham, F.D. & Emery, R.E. (1988). Limited mental capacities and perceived control in attribution of responsibility. British Journal of Social Psychology, 27, 193-207.
Peterman, S. & Emery, R.E. (1988). Acceptance of marital termination and outcome in mediation. Group Analysis, 21, 37-46.
Shaw, D.S. & Emery, R.E. (1988). Family adversity and child behavior problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 27, 200-206.
Vuchinich, S., Emery, R.E., & Cassidy, J. (1988). Family members as third parties in dyadic family conflict: Strategies, alliances, and outcomes. Child Development, 59, 1293-1302.
Emery, R.E. (1989). Divorce mediation. Division 27 Newsletter, 12, 3-13.
Emery, R.E. (1989). Family violence. American Psychologist, 44, 321-328.
Emery, R.E. & Jackson, J.A. (1989). The Charlottesville Mediation Project. Mediation Quarterly, 24, 3-18.
Emery, R.E. & Shaw, D.S. (1989). Child custody mediation. The Behavior Therapist, 12, 81-84.
Haugaard, J. & Emery, R.E. (1989). Methodological issues in child sexual abuse research. Child Abuse and Neglect, 13, 89-100.
Kelly, J.B., & Emery, R.E. (1989). Review of J.S. Wallerstein and S. Blakeslee, Second Chances. Conciliation Courts Review, 27, 81-83. Reprinted in Family Law and Canadian Family Law Journal.
Emery, R.E. (1990). Custody disputes in high-conflict families. Review of Contemporary Psychology, 35, 470-471.
Emery, R.E. (1990). Divorce Mediation: A practice in search of a theory. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 373-374.
Emery, R.E. (1990). Marriage, divorce, remarriage, and single parenting. In M. Green & R.J. Haggerty (Eds.), Ambulatory Pediatrics (4th Ed., pp. 49-54). New York: Saunders.
Emery, R.E., & Rogers, K.C. (1990). The role of behavior therapists in child custody cases. In M. Hersen & R.M. Eisler (Eds.), Progress in behavior modification (pp. 60-89). Beverly Hills: Sage.
Emery, R.E. (1991). Children and divorce: Transition or trauma. The Public Perspective, 2, 23-25.
Emery, R.E. (1991). Mediational screening in theory and in practice. American Journal of Community Psychology, 19.
Emery, R.E., Matthews, S., & Wyer, M.M. (1991). Child custody mediation and litigation: Further evidence of the differing views of mothers and fathers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 410-418.
Somary, K., & Emery, R.E. (1991). Emotional anger and grief in divorce mediation. Mediation Quarterly, 8, 185-198.
Emery, R.E. (1992). Divorce and the adolescent. In S. Friedman, M. Fisher, & S.K. Schonberg (Eds.), Comprehensive adolescent health care (pp. 655-661). St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing.