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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Elizabeth Brestan-Knight, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

College of Liberal Arts Engaged Scholar

 

Education

Post-doc Fellow, Child Maltreatment, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , 1999

Ph.D., Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, 1998

Internship, Pediatric Psychology, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1997

B.A., Psychology, Emory University, 1992

 

Research Interests

•  Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

•  Group PCIT

•  Dissemination and Training Issues in PCIT

Honors and Awards

•  College of Liberal Arts Engaged Scholar Professorship, Auburn University (2009-2012)

•  Peer Reviewer for the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Child Maltreatment Special Emphasis Panel (2009)

•  Outstanding Faculty Member, Delta Zeta (Beta Xi Chapter), Auburn University (2007)

•  Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Auburn University (2007)

•  Labeled Praise Award, 6 th Annual Parent Child Interaction Therapy Conference (2006)

•  Lanier Professor of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University (2005-2008)

•  Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Psi Chi Honorary Society, Auburn University (2005)

•  Golden Key International Honour Society, Honorary Member (2004)

•  Community Outreach Award, Child Advocacy Center of East Alabama, Inc. (2004)

•  Influential Professor, Student-Athlete Tiger Torch Banquet, Auburn University (2003)

•  Teaching Excellence Award in Communication and Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University (2003)

•  Outstanding Professor, Auburn University Panhellenic Council (2003)

•  Researcher of the Year, Department of Psychology, Auburn University (2002)

•  Favorite Professor, Cardinal Key Faculty Tea, Auburn University (2001)

•  Graduate Minority Fellow, University of Florida (1993-1996)

•  Psi Chi Honorary Society, Emory University (1991)

 

Professional Activities

•  Chair, Task Force on Communications, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy International Advisory Board (2009 to present)

•  Program Committee, Annual Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Conference (2008-2009)

•  Director of Continuing Education, Southeastern Psychological Association (2006 to present)

•  Editor, the Parent Child Interaction Therapy Newsletter: PCIT Pages (2003-2006)

•  Program Committee, Association for the Advancement of Behavioral Therapy (2002-2003)

•  Member, Parent Child Interaction Therapy Advisory Board (2002-present)

•  Secretary, Parent Child Interaction Therapy Advisory Board (2002-2007)

•  Past President, Association for the Advancement of Behavioral Therapy Special Interest Group on Parenting and Families (2002)

•  President, Association for the Advancement of Behavioral Therapy Special Interest Group on Parenting and Families (2001)

•  Special Topics Research Award Selection Committee, Southeastern Psychological Association (2000)

•  Reviewer, Behavior Therapy

•  Reviewer, Child Abuse and Neglect

•  Reviewer, Child Maltreatment

•  Reviewer, Cognitive & Behavioral Practice

•  Reviewer, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychology

•  Reviewer, Journal of Child and Family Studies

•  Reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Psychology

 

 

Last Updated: November 1, 2010