Appointed to Professor 9/81

First appointed to University of Iowa as Assistant Professor 9/69

Education:

University of Illinois--Urbana 9/60--5/61 Chemical Engineering
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 9/61--5/64 Psychology A.B. 5/64
Washington State University. Pullman, WA 9/64--2/69 Psychology M.S. 2/67
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. 2/69

Department of Medical Psychology,
University of Oregon Medical School

 9/67--8/68 Predoctoral Fellow in Medical Psychology (Intern)
Department of Medical Psychology,
University of Oregon, Medical School		 9/68--8/69 Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical Psychology (Resident)

Academic and Professional Experience:

1964-65 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Washington State University
1967-68 Predoctoral Fellow in Medical Psychology (Intern), Department of Medical Psychology, University of Oregon, Medical School
1968 Portland Suicide Prevention Center, Portland, Oregon
1968-69 Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical Psychology (Resident), Department of Medical Psychology, University of Oregon, Medical School
1969-74 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1973-74 Director, Research and Training Clinic, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1974-8l Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1975-80 Coordinator of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Spring 1983 Coordinator of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1984-86 Coordinator of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1979-86 Director, Carl E. Seashore Psychology Training Clinic, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1981-Present Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1989-Present Consultant, Center for Abused Children with Disabilities, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE
Spring, 1995 Acting Coordinator of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
1998-2000 Acting Director, Carl E. Seashore Psychology Training Clinic, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa

Licenses:

Iowa #218 (1976-Present)--- Health Service Provider #93
Wisconsin #1017 (1983-Present)

Research Grant Consultant Appointments:

The abused child as parent. Community Mental Health Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway New Jersey. Funding Agency: W. T. Grant Foundation. PI: Elaine Herzog 1993-96

Psychosocial and behavioral adjustment to hearing loss. Department of Psychology, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus. Funding Agency: NIDCD. PI: M. E. Demorest & S. A. Erdman. 1992-96

Professional Organizations:

  • American Psychological Association, (Fellow, Divisions 12 [Clinical] and 38 [Health])
  • American Psychological Society (Fellow)
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Psi Chi
  • Sigma Xi
  • Midwestern Psychological Association
  • Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
  • Association for the Advancement of Applied and Preventive Psychology (Fellow)
  • International Society for Research on Aggression (Fellow)
  • Iowa Academy of Science
  • Society for Research in Child Development
  • International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  • American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
  • Awards, Honors, Special Recognition
  • Cook County Competitive Scholarship 1960
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Fellowship 1965-1967
  • Phi Kappa Phi 1967
  • Sigma Xi 1968
  • Fellow: American Psychological Association (Div. 12 [Clinical] and Div. 38 [Health]))
  • Fellow: International Society for Research on Aggression
  • Fellow: American Psychological Society
  • Fellow: Association for the Advancement of Applied and Preventive Psychology
  • Regents Award for Faculty Excellence 1999

Teaching and Student Supervision

Past Courses Taught:

31:109 Psychology of Aggression
31:121 Experimental Psychology II
31:135 Operant Behavior Analysis
31:136 Operant Analysis of Behavioral Deviance
31:164 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
31:170 Behavior Modification
31: 190 Senior Seminar : Child Maltreatment
31:244 Behavioral Neuroscience
31:263 Psychological Appraisal II
31:264 Psychological Appraisal II
31:267 Observational Methods of Clinical Assessment
31:269 Theory and Techniques of Psychotherapy
31:270 Clinical Research Methods
31:275 Behavioral Therapy
31:301 Seminar: Clinical Applications of Operant Conditioning
31:361 Seminar: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
31:361 Seminar: Psychological evaluations for the courts: Child abuse and custody issues.
31:461 Introductory Practicum
31:462 Psychological Assessment Practicum
31:463 Psychotherapy Practicum

Current Courses Taught:

31:462 Psychological Assessment Practicum
31:463 Psychotherapy Practicum

Honors Theses Supervised:

  • Hutzell, R. R. A comparison of shock-elicited fighting and shock-elicited biting in rats, 1971.
  • Carlson, C. Operant responding with free access to the reinforcer. 1971
  • Irvine, M. Punishment of free operant avoidance of electric shock, 1972.
  • Potter, S. Schedule-induced aggression and schedule-induced polydipsia in the rat. 1972
  • Carmichael, J. A comparison of response contingent shock and response contingent time-out in the suppression of an operant bar press, 1972.
  • Nollsch, N. Pain cues as a variable in aggression machine responding, 1974.
  • Nelson, C. Target variables in shock-induced fighting, 1974.
  • Sears, J. Apparatus variables and consummatory experience: Variables in the contra-free feeding phenomenon, 1974.
  • Larson, J. Target variables in shock-induced fighting and shock-induced copulation, 1976.
  • Cox, S. Male-female differences in spontaneous aggression, 1976.
  • Raney, D. The resident-intruder test as a predictor of irritable aggression, 1977.
  • Aiken, B. (with J.O. Sines). Behavioral and self-concept change in youngsters from single parent families involved in the BB/BS program, 1986.
  • Glick, A. Sexual abuse and sexual behavior reported by university students, 1986.
  • Rausch, K. Personal punitive childhood experiences and punitive childhood experiences of siblings, 1988.
  • Eilers, K.M. Sensation seeking in children seen at an inpatient psychiatric clinic, 1988.
  • Whitmore, E.A. The association between child abuse and antisocial behavior in hyperactives, 1988
  • Millard, T. Effect of abuse on a child's self-concept and level of aggressivity, 1988.
  • Clark, M. (with J.V. Hinrichs) Cognitive predictors of speech reading in a hearing population, 1991
  • Johnson, K. Childhood histories and disciplinary responses to a video analog parenting task, 1992.
  • Westendorf, M. Sensation seeking in externalizing disordered children, 1992.
  • Koenig, A. The experiences of childhood sexual abuse victims and the perceptions of those experiences by nonvictims, 1993.
  • Alton, S. Simulated hearing loss and devaluations of speakers, 1993
  • Miller, K. Physical abuse and animal cruelty: Childhood experiences of convicted felons, 1994
  • Caldwell-Brighton, E. Credibility of a witness in a sexual assault trial: An analog study. 1995.
  • Hong, Phan Effects of abuse history and information conveyed in the rating of child abuse testimony (1996).
  • Krogh. J. The credibility rating of witnesses in sexual abuse trials: An analog study (1997).
  • Dahlstrom, A. The interactions of peers after meeting a deaf or normally hearing child in the host group-entry paradigm. (1998)
  • Johnson, C. Disciplinary choices on an analog parenting task selected by parents of children with disabilities. (1999)
  • Healy, A. Manual communication effectiveness of parents and cochlear implant success of prelingually deafened children. (1999)
  • Redalen, K. (with I. Levin) The relation between coercive sexual experiences and perceptions of past, current and future intimacy in dating relationships (1999)
  • Heckenberg, D. Empathic responding by maltreated children. (Current)

M.A. Theses Supervised:

  • Mazzola, J. The presence and absence of visible pain cues as possible conditioned stimuli for high and low aggression college males, 1971.
  • Hynan, M. The influence of target variables upon shock-elicited aggression in rats, 1971.
  • Nygard, M. Positive behavior contrast in human subjects as a function of two extinction durations, 1971.
  • Kelley, C. Fixed-interval time-out punishment of responding maintained by an avoidance of time-out from free food contingency, 1972.
  • Follick, M. The control of shock-induced fighting with response contingent shock, 1974.
  • Kane, N. The effects of colony lighting and social isolation on shock-induced fighting in rats, 1974.
  • Wahlstrand, K. A developmental analysis of isolation rearing influences on aggression, 1977.
  • Fordyce, D. The influence of synchronized and asynchronized circadian rhythms on intraspecific aggressive behaviors, 1977.
  • Anderson, E. An experimental study of reciprocity of negative behaviors in distressed and nondistressed couples, (co-chaired with D. Routh) 1980.
  • Viken, R. The effect of negative reinforcement for irritable aggression on the agonistic responses of rats in a resident-intruder test, 1981.
  • Mehm, J. An empirical comparison of strategies for data analysis and assessment of observer agreement using a time-based behavioral observation coding system, 1982.
  • Renze-Eilers, J. Effects of tryptophan deficient diet on home-cage and resident-intruder aggression, 1985.
  • Zaidi, L. The influence of punitive childhood experiences on disciplinary responses in an analog parenting task, 1985.
  • Meyerson, D. Enhancing resident offensive behavior through early experiences, 1988.
  • Schartz, H. Childhood histories and violence in dating dyads, 1989.
  • Selner, M.B. Development of the children's experience and excitement scale, 1989.
  • Monk, M. Are coercive dating relationships associated with punitive childhood experiences and exposure to sexually explicit materials? 1991
  • Bower, M. Classification of disciplinary events and disciplinary choices as a function of childhood history. (1991)
  • DeVet, K. The relation between punitive childhood experiences and adult parent-child relations, (1992)
  • Boyd, R. C. Social competence of hearing-impaired children with cochlear implants (1995)
  • Husarek, S. Parenting of children with attentional problems referred to a pediatric clinic (Co-chaired with M. Roberts) (1995)

Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised:

  • Bitgood, S. Effects of response similarity on the within-subjects partial reinforcement extinction effect (co-chaired with John R. Platt), 1972.
  • Crowell, C. The role of shock-induced emotionality in the reinforcing effects of response-contingent shock-rate reduction (co-chaired with Judson S. Brown), 1973.
  • Mazzola, J. Schedule induced aggression: The influence of reinforcement schedule and target variables in aggression machine responding, 1976.
  • Hynan, M. T. Target behaviors as aggression provoking variables in shock-induced aggression, 1973.
  • Kane, N. The effects of social experience on shock-induced aggression in rats, 1977.
  • Follick, M. Shock-induced aggression during learned helplessness pretraining as a coping response (co-chaired with M. Grisham), 1977.
  • Fordyce, D. The manipulation of intruder responses within a territorial aggression test for laboratory rats: Implications for the relationship between intruder and shock-induced agonistic behaviors, 1980.
  • Berger, A. An examination of the relationship between harsh discipline in childhood, later punitiveness toward children and later ratings of adjustment, 1981.
  • Viken, R. Cardiovascular response to agonistic behavior (co-chaired with A. K. Johnson), 1984.
  • Mehm, J. Temporal changes in observers' recording of aversive behavior, 1985.
  • Hall, L. Parent awareness of children's activities and preferences, 1986.
  • Renze-Eilers, J. The interaction of dorsal-tactile sensitivity and serotonin depletion in the control of intruder behavior, 1988.
  • Zaidi, L.Y. The influence of personal disciplinary experiences and children's behavior on disciplinary choices in an analog parenting task, 1988.
  • Meyerson, D. The influence of an escape opportunity upon rat aggression in the resident-intruder paradigm. (1992)
  • Selner, M. The role of childhood sensation seeking and parental supervision in the emergence of childhood psychopathology (1992)
  • DeVet, K. Influence of physical abuse parent-adolescent relationships on adjustment of young adults. (1994)
  • Schartz, H. Coercion in the lives of young adults: Child abuse, dating violence and willingness to use physical discipline. (1994)
  • Monk, M. The effects of sexually-explicit and/or violent stimuli on the use of physical or sexual coercion within dating relationships (1994)
  • Boyd, R. C. The peer group entry behavior of hearing-impaired and hearing children. (1998)
  • Husarek, S. Executive functions in clinic-referred children: The relative contributions of hyperactivity and aggression (Co-chaired with M. Roberts) (2000)
  • Wald, R. Child disabilities as a risk factor for child maltreatment. (Current)

Research Advisory Committee Service:

K. Johnson (Fowles, 1996-1998); K. Wu (Clark, 1997--2001), B. Wu (Baron, 1997-1998); A. Casillas (Clark, 1998-2001); W. Branson (Clark, 1998-1999); S. Dimarco (Fowles, 1999-2001); C. Cutshall (Watson, 1999-2001).

M.A. Committee Service:

R. A. Shipely (Levis, 1969); S. C. Bitgood (Platt, 1970); D. O. Kuch (Platt, 1971); N. K. Eaton (Brown, 1972); D. J. Fleischmann (Sines, 1973); G. G. O'Brien (Borkovec, 1975); R. J. Roberts (Weerts, 1976); K. Weber (Sines, 1977); J. Perlman (Routh, 1978); L. Pierson (Shaklee, 1981); D. Tranel (Fowles, 1981); E. Zekoski (O'Hara, 1984); J. Karlsson (Andersen, 1983); Fisher (Fowles, 1982); L. Clement (O'Hara, 1987); J. Fang (Hinrichs, 1986); D. Raush (Fowles, 1991); C. Hollander (Pinkham [Dentistry], 1991) L. Fisher (Johnson, 1992), Westerhouse, K. (Sines, 1993).

Ph.D. Committee Service:

D. W. Trubey (Williams and Sherman, Speech and Audiology, 197l); W. J. Dubin (Levis, 1972); R. A. Shipely (Levis, 1972); C. K. Kelley (Sines, 1973); K. J. O'Keefe (Schoer, Education, 1973); N. K. Nygard (Borkovec and Levis, 1974); A. Schlosberg (Harvey, 1977); E. Elbin (Randall, 1980); J. Perlman (Routh, 1981); L. Pierson (Shaklee, 1972); D. Tranel (Fowles, 1982); W. Hennings (Fowles, 1982); C. Lovejoy (O'Hara, Routh, 1986); J. Karlsson (Andersen, 1986); L. Newman (Williams, Speech and Audiology, 1986); M. Shepp (Keith, Special Education, 1986); D. Greenberg (Education, 1987);
D. Noall (Anderson, Speech Pathology and Audiology, 1989); S. Kell (Cutrona, 1988); J. Barrash (Fowles, 1988); B. Troutman (Cutrona, 1988); A. Pinto (Sines, 1989); L. Clement (O'Hara, 1991), C. Foertsch (O'Hara, 1992); A. Fureseth (Fowles, 1993); C. Rapp (Buckwalter, Nursing, 1999)

Medical Student Research Supervision:

  • Ahrens, K. Depressed symptomotology among low-income minority clients seen at a primary health clinic. (Student Research Fellowship, 1999-2000)

Service

Departmental Administration:

  • Shop Committee, 1970-1974 (Chair, 1972-1974); 1988-1989 (Chair), 1989
  • Faculty Review and Evaluation Committee, 1971-1972; 1998-1999 (Chair)
  • Animal Facilities and Care Committee, 1970-1972
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1971-1972; 1980-1981;
  • Ad Hoc Key Committee, 1973
  • Organization and Procedures Committee, 1973-1974
  • Director, Research and Training Clinic, 1973-1974; 1979-1986
  • Faculty Advisory Committee, 1974-1977; 1981-1984; 1992-1993.
  • Committee on Graduate Studies, 1975-1980; 1983; 1984-1986, 1995
  • Committee on Undergraduate Studies, 1994-95
  • Coordinator of Clinical Training, 1975-1980; Spring, 1984; 1984-1986; Spring 1995
  • Ad Hoc Recruiting Committee, 1978-1979
  • Professional Concerns Committee, 1983-1984 (Chair); 1986-1987
  • Space Committee, 1986-1987
  • Planning Committee, 1988-1989
  • Organization and Procedures Review Committee (Chair) 1992-1993
  • Faculty Review and Evaluation Revisions Committee (Chair) 1998-1999
  • Organization and Procedures Compliance Committee (Chair) 2000-2002
  • Animal Welfare Committee, 1994-1995
  • Technology Committee, 1996-2000
  • University Assignments:
  • Maharishi International University Review Team for Regent's Committee on Educational Relations, Spring, 1975
  • University of Iowa Curriculum Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1975-1976
  • Executive Committee, Center for Research on Psychological Disorders of Children at the University of Iowa, 1977-1981 (Chair, 1980-1981)
  • University of Iowa Video Advisory Committee, 1980-1983
  • Director, Center for Research on Psychological Disorders of Children, 1980-1981
  • Advisory Committee, Institute of Child Behavior and Development, 1985-1989
  • External Review Committee - University Counseling Office, 1986
  • Laura Spellman-Rockefeller Grant Review Committee, 1985-86, 1986-87
  • College of Education External Review Committee, 1988-89
  • College of Liberal Arts Humanities Coordinating Committee, 1991-1993 (Chair, 1992-93)
  • University of Iowa Conflict of Interest in Sponsored Programs Committee, January, 1995- August, 2000 (Vice-Chair, 1996-1998; Chair December, 1998- August 2000)
  • Department of Mathematics External Review Committee, 2001-2002

Professional Service:

  • American Psychological Association, Division 12 Program Steering Committee, 1973
  • American Psychological Association, Division 12, Section III, Program Chairperson, 1976
  • American Psychological Association, Division 12, Section III, Program Committee, 1977, 1980
  • American Psychological Association Accreditation Office Site Visitor, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993; 1995
  • International Society for Research on Aggression Program Committee, 1982; 1985-1986
  • International Society for Research on Aggression Council (1992-1995)
  • International Society for Research on Aggression Foundation for Idiodynamics Biennial Award Committee, 1983
  • International Society for Research on Aggression North American Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Program Chair, 1987
  • International Society for Research on Aggression, Treasurer 1994-2002
  • Ad hoc grant reviews and site visits NIH (NICDS), NIH(NIDCD); NSF, NIMH, NCCAN, ACYF
  • Interagency research committee on defining child maltreatment: NIMH/ACF/NIJ Bethesda Maryland, Nov. 6-8, 1995.
  • NICHD Advisory Committee on Research Definitions of Child Maltreatment 1999-2001
  • Fourth National Incidence Study Technical Advisory Group 2002 Office of Child Abuse and Neglect, HHS.
  • Neglect Consortium, NIMH, 2000-2005.

Editorial Positions:

  • Consulting Editor - Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1985 - 1995
  • Consulting Editor - Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 1986 - 1991
  • Associate Editor - Aggressive Behavior 1991 - Present

Community Service:

  • Senior Consultant, Psychology Service, Iowa City V.A. Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, November, 1970-1986
  • Senior Consultant, Psychology Service, Knoxville V.A. Hospital, Knoxville, Iowa, 1981-1985
  • Consultant, Mental Health Institute, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, February, 1971 -March, 1973
  • Consultant, Psychology Service, East Moline State Hospital, East Moline, Illinois, February, 1970 - June 1979
  • Workshop: The application of operant conditioning principles in the establishment of classes for the emotionally disabled. Emotional Disabilities Institute, Division of Special Education, Department of Public Instruction, State of Iowa. Iowa City, Jan. 15 & 16, 1976; Ft. Dodge, Jan. 29 & 30, 1976
  • Workshop: Behavioral Assessment techniques. Division of Special Education. Department of Public Instruction. August 3 & 4, 1976, Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Factors to consider when adopting single subject designs for evaluating pupil progress. Division of Special Education. Iowa Department of Public Instruction. August 10, 1976, Ankeny, Iowa
  • How to evaluate counseling effectiveness. Presented at Behavioral Counseling Workshop, State of Iowa, Department of Public Instruction. February 17-20, 1977, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Clinical Psychology Consultant, Division of Special Education, Grant Wood Area Education Agency, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September, 1979 - June, 1981
  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Johnson County Board of Directors 1980-1984 (President, 1982-1983)
  • Consultant, Cochlear Implant Clinical Trials, U.S. Veterans Administration, 1988-1992.

Research

Colloquia, Invited Addresses, and Symposia:

  • Schedule-induced aggression in the pigeon. Psychology Department, University of Washington, January, 1969.
  • Not all doves are peaceful. University of Oregon, February, 1969.
  • Schedule-induced aggression. Psychology Department, Purdue University, March, 1969.
  • Aggression induced by intermittent reinforcement. University of Oregon Medical School, June, 1969.
  • Applications of aversive stimuli in behavior modification. Psychology Department, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, April 1972.
  • Television as a variable in aggressive behavior. Upper Mississippi Valley Psychological Association. Sheraton Hotel, Rock Island, Illinois, October, 1972.
  • Invited participant in symposium: Research on aggression: Part I, Physiological aspects of aggression, and target characteristics that are necessary and/or sufficient for aggression. April 6, 1972. Part II, The relation of experimentally produced aggression to other elicited and induced behaviors. April 7, 1973. Southeastern Psychological Association Meetings, New Orleans.
  • The target as a variable in aggression. Child Psychiatry Service, State Psychopathic Hospital, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, May, 1973.
  • Determinants of aggression. Seminar in Biological Psychiatry, The State Psychopathic Hospital, The University of Iowa, September, 1973.
  • Individual differences in aggressive behavior: Searching for the controlling variables. Center for the Study of Youth Development, Omaha, Nebraska, October 17, 1975.
  • Social experience: A critical variable in pain-induced aggression. Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon, March 23, 1976.
  • Social learning analyses of the escalation of coercive behavior. Child Psychiatry Service, The University of Iowa, June 22, 1976.
  • Behavioral methods in the treatment of psychotic behavior. Presented at the 1977 Lilly Foundation Interdisciplinary Seminar "What is Madness?". Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, March 17, 1977.
  • Aggressive states and aggressive traits: Consequences of social experience? Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, March 21, 1977.
  • Social experience and aversive events: Factors in a performance model of escalation. Oregon Social Learning Center Conference on Coercion Theory, Eugene, Oregon, September 22-24, 1977.
  • Invited contributor to Rodent Agonistic Behavior Film Workshop. 1980 Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Biological Centre of the University of Groningen at Haren, The Netherlands, July 11-13, 1980. (Films presented by Dr. Michael Potegal.)
  • Violence in families: Child abuse. Child Psychiatry Service, The University of Iowa, November 19, 1980.
  • Animal analogues of human aggression. In animal aggression and human violence. Symposium presented at Boston Region Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression. Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, August 20-22, 198l.
  • The effects of social experience on irritable and defensive aggression. Psychology Department, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, November 6, 1981.
  • Is Violence in the Family Passed from Generation to Generation? In Aggressive and Antisocial Behavior: Their Origins and Course. A Festschrift to Honor Dr. Richard Jenkins, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, April 18 and 19, 1983.
  • Correlates of abusive childhood experiences in clinical and nonclinical samples. Industrial Organizational/Social Group. Department of Psychology, Purdue University, February 1984.
  • Self-report of abusive childhood experiences in young adults and parents of deviant youngsters. Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, April 6, 1984.
  • Correlates of abusive childhood experiences in young adults and parents of deviant youngsters. Department of Psychology, University of Illinois-Chicago, April 20, 1984.
  • Psychological variables and auditory prostheses. Invited paper presented at the Gordon Research Conferences on Implantable Auditory Prostheses. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, June 29-July 3, 1987.
  • Childhood disciplinary experiences: Is there a multigenerational pattern? Coe College, Public Affairs Convocation Series, April 5, 1988.
  • Psychological variables in the use of cochlear implants: Predicting success and measuring change. Cochlear Implants, NIH Consensus Development Conference. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, May 2-4, 1988.
  • Psychological variables and cochlear implant success: Implications for adolescent recipients. Presented at Fourth National Conference on The Habilitation and Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired Adolescents, Omaha, Nebraska, October 11-13, 1990.
  • Characteristics of persons seeking cochlear implants. Presented at symposium: Peripheral and Central Factors That Influence Auditory Rehabilitation sponsored by Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida January 17, 1992.
  • Psychological effects of cochlear implants. Presented at symposium: Peripheral and Central Factors That Influence Auditory Rehabilitation sponsored by Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida January 18, 1992.
  • Psychological factors in implant success. Presented at: Cochlear Implants in Children: A Workshop for Educators and Speech and Hearing Professionals Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA October 16, 1992.
  • Maltreatment among communicatively disabled children. Presented at symposium: Current perspectives in audiology: Pediatrics. sponsored by Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida January 28-30, 1993.
  • Psychological aspects of profoundly deaf children. Presented at symposium: Current perspectives in audiology: Pediatrics. sponsored by Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida January 28-30, 1993.
  • Parent and family characteristics of profoundly deaf children: Report of a multi-center study. Presented at symposium: Current perspectives in audiology: Pediatrics. sponsored by Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida January 28-30, 1993.
  • The relationship between child abuse and neglect and disabilities: Implications for research, treatment, and practice. (With R. Rafferty, P. Sullivan) Symposium presented at National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect Research Grantees Meeting, Washington, D. C. March 2-4, 1993.
  • The relationship between child abuse and neglect and disabilities: Implications for research and practice. (With P. M. Sullivan). Workshop presented at Building Bridges to the Future: The 10th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect. Pittsburgh, PA. Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 1993.
  • Psychological factors in cochlear implant use by post-lingually deafened adults. Grand Rounds, The Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, December 14, 1993.
  • Psychological factors and parenting variables in cochlear implants for children. 5th Symposium on cochlear implants in children. NYU Medical Center, New York. February 4 & 5, 1994
  • Plenary Address: Empirical evidence and policy issues pertaining to physical abuse as a DSMIV parent-relational diagnosis. XI World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Delray Beach, FL. July 6-10, 1994.
  • Presented at Fundacion Otologica Tato 1994 Interncional.. Enfoque interdisciplinario en el Diagnostico y Tratamiento de la Hipacusia Sept 1-4, 1994. Aula Magna de la Facultad de Medicina de Buenos Aires, UBA:
    • Dinamica familar con ninos que tienen trastornos en la comunicacion (Sept. 1)
    • Efectos psicologicos de la hipoacusia profunda (Sept. 2)
    • Los efectos de la hipoacusia de comienzo en el adulto en las relaciones interpersonales. (Sept. 2)
    • Caracteristicas psicologicas de los candidatos al implate coclear (Sept. 3)
    • Aspectos psiscologicos en implantados cocleares y en pacientees que no pueden recibir el implante o no quieren el implante. (September 3)
    • Compromiso familiar. Espectativas educationales. Cambios psicologicos como consecuencia del uso dl implante a largo plazo. (September 3).
    • Mesa de discusion abierta (with R. C. Fifer, J. Otte, J. M. Tato, & K. Vergara)
  • Benefits and limitations of cochlear implants: Psychological and Social Issues Presented at 100th NIH Consensus Development Conference. Cochlear Implants in adults and children. Natcher Conference Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD May 15-17, 1995
  • The relationship between child abuse and disabilities. (With P. Sullivan) 10th National Conference of the National Association of Foster Care Reviewers. Omaha, NE October 6-9, 1995
  • The interaction of implant recipients with family and peers. Sixth Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami Beach, FL Feb. 2-3, 1996
  • Physically abusive childhood histories in clinical and nonclinical populations: Clinical and research implications. Mailman Center for Child Development. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL Feb. 6, 1996.
  • Psychological factors in cochlear implant use by prelingually deafened children. Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, May 2, 1996.
  • Psychological factors in cochlear implant outcome. Institute of Hearing Research, Medical Research Center. University Park, Nottingham, UK. May 13, 1997.
  • Sullivan, P. & Knutson, J. F. Domestic violence, child abuse, and child disabilities in a school-based epidemiological study. Fifth Federal Forum on Child Abuse Research. Bethesda, MD March 25, 1998.
  • Knutson, J. F. Disabilities and child maltreatment: Risks and consequences. Presented at the Spring Conference of the Iowa Psychological Association. Iowa City, IA April 24, 1998.
  • Knutson, J. F. Psychological factors in the outcomes experience by adult cochlear implant users: Implications for rehabilitation. Academy of Rehabilitative Audiologists Annual Meeting. Lake Geneva, WI. June 12-14.
  • Bower, M. E., Winebarger, A., & Knutson, J. F. Disciplinary childhood experiences and attitudes towards potentially abusive parenting. Presented at the Poster Workshop: Developmental trajectories of children exposed to violence at home and in the community. XVth Biennial Meeting, International Society for the Study of Behavior Development, Berne, Switzerland. July 1-4, 1998
  • Knutson, J. F, Sullivan, P. M. & Sobsey, D. Research on Abuse and Disabilities: Emerging Trends Presented at International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Auckland, New Zealand, September 8, 1998.
  • Sullivan, P.M. & Knutson, J. F. Co-Existing Factors in the Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities. Invited workshop at The Twelfth National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Cincinnati, OH Nov. 20, 1998
  • Knutson, J. F. The epidemiology and consequences of neglect. Presented as part of an invited symposium The Relationship Between Poverty, Violence and Neglect at the Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington, DC. Nov. 22, 1998.
  • Knutson, J. F. Maltreatment of children and youth with disabilities. Institute on Abuse & Neglect of Persons with Disabilities. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. August 4, 1999.
  • Knutson, J. F. Abuse and disabilities: Emerging research. Institute on Abuse & Neglect of Persons with Disabilities. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. August 5, 1999.
  • Knutson, J. F. & Sullivan, P. M. Research on abuse, neglect & disability. Institute on Abuse & Neglect of Persons with Disabilities. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. August 5, 1999.
  • Knutson, J. F. Child maltreatment and disabilities: Risk factors and putative consequences. Department of Psychology, Turku University. Turku, Finland September 2, 1999
  • Knutson, J. F. Child maltreatment and disabilities: Risk factors and putative consequences. Department of Developmental Psychology, Åbo Akademi University. Vasa, Finland September 4, 1999
  • Knutson, J. F. The consequences of punitive parenting: Analog and clinical evidence. Department of Developmental Psychology, Åbo Akademi University. Vasa, Finland September 4, 1999
  • Knutson, J. F. Invited Discussant. Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities: A Workshop. The Committee on Law and Justice. The Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council. National Academies, Irvine, CA. October 28-29, 1999
  • Knutson, J. F. Invited presenter "Critical issues and future dirctions in the development of a classification and definition system for child abuse and neglect. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD. December 8-9, 1999
  • Knutson, J. F. Psychological outcome of cochlear implants in adult and pediatric patients. CI 2000. The Sixth International Cochlear Implant Conference. Miami, FL February 3-6, 2000.
  • Knutson, J. F. Parental neglect and children's aggression. Presented in: Plenary Panel: The State of Child Neglect Research:Past, Present and Future. Child Neglect: Promising approachs to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being, A National Symposium sponsored by: National Resource Center on Child Maltreatment -- Children's Bureau, HHS. Baltimore, MD July 31, 2001

Research Support

  • Old Gold Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, The University of Iowa, ($2,000) 1972
  • Junior Faculty Health-Related Research Program, The University of Iowa, ($5,700) 1971
  • (With Thomas D. Borkovec) Council on Teaching, The University of Iowa, Instructional Improvement Grant, ($3,000) 1974
  • Licensed Beverages Industries. Schedule-induced alcohol consumption and aggression. ($8,000) 1974-75
  • National Science Foundation, Instructional Equipment Grant GY-10848, ($23,600) 1973-75
  • (With P. N. Arp) State Department of Public Instruction/Grant Wood Area Education Agency. An observational analysis of children referred for special education services because of handicapping emotional disabilities. ($24,800) 1980-81
  • Spellman-Rockefeller Seed Grant. Observational analysis of abusive families. ($7,500) April, 1981 - May, 1982
  • (With A. Kim Johnson) Iowa Heart Association, Cardiovascular Responses and Aggression. ($9,000) July, 1983 - June 30, 1984
  • University of Iowa Video Production Fund. The development of an analog parenting task. Pre-production fund $500, 1984-1986; Production fund $9,789, 1986-1987.
  • Principal Investigator, Psychology Section, Iowa Cochlear Implant Program Project Grant. National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders--NIH--T Total Program Project = $2,630,015. 9/11/85-8/31/90.
  • Principal Investigator, Psychology Section, Iowa Cochlear Implant Program Project II. National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders--NIH--Total Program Project Budget = $8,517,952; 9/1/90-8/31/95.
  • Co-Investigator (with Patricia Sullivan, Ph.D, Boys Town National Research Hospital), Psychotherapy for Sexually Abused Handicapped Children. National Center on Child Abuse & Neglect--ACYF--HHS Total Project = $600,661; 11/1/90-10/31/95.
  • Co-Investigator (with Patricia Sullivan, Ph.D., Boys Town National Research Hospital), Abuse and Handicapping conditions. National Center on Child Abuse & Neglect--ACYF--HHS Total Budget = $448,773; 11/1/90-10/31/93.
  • Co-Investigator (with Patricia Sullivan, Ph.D.), Boys Town National Research Hospital), Maltreatment and Disabilities. National Center on Child Abuse & Neglect--ACYF--HHS Total Budget = $600,000 10/1/94-9/30/97.
  • Principal Investigator, Psychology Section, Iowa Cochlear Implant Program Project III. National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders--NIH--Total Program Project Budget = $3,906,632; 9/1/95-8/31/00.
  • Co-Investigator, Disabilities and long-term consequences of maltreatment. National Center on Child Abuse & Neglect--ACYF--HHS Total Budget = $600,000, 10/1/97-9/30/00.
  • Principal Investigator: Neglectful parenting and children's aggression (RO1 MH61731 National Institute of Mental Health) Total Direct costs: $2,644,684; 9/30/00-8/31/05.
  • Co-Investigator, (with Patricia Sullivan, Ph.D., Boys Town National Research Hospital). Adult violence linkages in youth with disabilities Creighton University. Total budget: $886,014 . 9/30/01 - 9/29/04.