Alan E. Kazdin

Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University in 1970. He is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Child Psychiatry, and Institute of Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. He is also the director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic, an outpatient treatment service for children referred for aggressive and antisocial behavior.
Before Yale, he was on the faculty of Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He was a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. At Yale, he was the director of clinical training and chair of the psychology department, chair and director of the Child Study Center at the School of Medicine, and the director of child psychiatric services at Yale-New Haven Hospital.