Christine D. Scher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

Teaching interests: Abnormal psychology, introductory psychology, mental health treatment

Research interests: Risk for the emotional disorders, with an emphasis on cognitive and interpersonal factors; Psychological and health outcomes following traumatic stress; Measure development and psychometric evaluation

Brief biography: I earned my Ph.D. in clinical psychology at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. I then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Missouri- St. Louis' Center for Trauma Recovery. Since my graduate student years, I have had an interest in both research and teaching. My research program focuses on cognitive and interpersonal risk for the emotional disorders. For example, I am currently using paradigms drawn from cognitive and biological psychology to examine processing of emotional information in groups at risk for psychological distress (e.g., traumatic stress survivors). I primarily teach courses within the area of clinical psychology.