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Education
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 Ph.D. , Stanford University, 1965
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1979-
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Interim Dean, University of Southern California, 01/01/1994-01/01/1996
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National Institute of Mental Health Special Fellow, Harvard University, 01/01/1975-01/01/1976
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Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University, 01/01/1969-01/01/1970
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Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 01/01/1966-01/01/1970
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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GERALD C. DAVISON (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard, 1961; Fulbright Scholar, University of Freiburg, West Germany, 1961-1962; Ph.D., Stanford, 1965)is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern California, where he was also Director of Clinical Training from 1979 to 1984 and Chair of the Department of Psychology from 1984 to 1990. From 1994 to 1996 he served as Interim Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and from 2005 to 2006 is Interim Dean of the USC School of Architecture. Previously he was on the psychology faculty at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1966-1979). In 1969-70 he was visiting associate professor at Stanford University and in 1975-76, a National Institute of Mental Health Special Fellow at Harvard.
Dr. Davison is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and has served on the Executive Committee of the Division of Clinical Psychology, on the Board of Scientific Affairs, on the Committee on Scientific Awards, and on the Council of Representatives. He is also a Charter Fellow of the American Psychological Society, on the Advisory Board of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, a past president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and served as Publications Coordinator of that organization. He is also a Distinguished Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He served two terms on the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance and on APA’s Continuing Professional Education Committee. In 2004 he was elected for a three-year term to the Executive Board of the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, and in that capacity is COGDOP’s liaison to APA’s Board of Educational Affairs. During 2006 he is serving as President of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association) and as Chair of COGDOP.
In 1988 Davison received an outstanding achievement award from APA's Board of Social and Ethical Responsibility; in 1989 was the recipient of the Albert S. Raubenheimer Distinguished Faculty Award from USC's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; in 1993 won the Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching, a university-wide prize; in 1995 received the Distinguished Psychologist Award from the Los Angeles County Psychological Association; in 1997 was given the Outstanding Educator Award of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy; in 2003 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from AABT; and in 2005 was the recipient of the USC Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring. At USC he was a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Excellence in Teaching from 2001 to 2003.
Among his more than 130 publications, his book Clinical Behavior Therapy, co-authored in 1976 with Marvin Goldfried and reissued in expanded form in 1994, is one of two publications that have been recognized as Citation Classics by the Social Sciences Citation Index; it appears in German and Spanish translation. His textbook Abnormal Psychology, co-authored with Ann Kring, John Neale and Sheri Johnson, is in its tenth edition and is a widely used abnormal text in North America and around the world. It is translated into German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Korean, with translations into Orthodox Chinese and Portuguese in preparation. Other books are Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Sixth Edition (2003) with Oltmanns and Neale and Exploring Abnormal Psychology (1996) with Neale and Haaga. Davison is on the editorial board of several professional journals, including Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, Journal of Clinical Psychology, In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice, and Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
His publications emphasize experimental and philosophical analyses of psychopathology, assessment, and therapeutic change. His current research program focuses on the relationships between cognition and a variety of behavioral and emotional problems via his articulated thoughts in simulated situations think-aloud paradigm
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Publications
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Book
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Oltmanns, T. F., Martin, M. T., Neale, J. M., Davison, G. C.
(2007).
Cases studies in abnormal psychology Seventh Edition. New York: Cases studies in abnormal psychology Seventh Edition/Wiley.
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Kring, A., Davison, G. C., Neale, J. M., Johnson, S.
(2006).
Abnormal psychology, Tenth Edition. New York: Abnormal psychology, Tenth Edition/Wiley.
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Book Chapter
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Davison, G. C.
(2005).
Joseph Wolpe. pp. p. 619-622. Thousand Oaks, CA: Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Vol. 1/Sage Publications.
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Davison, G. C.
(2005).
Gerald C. Davison. pp. p. 249-250. Thousand Oaks, CA: Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy/Sage Publications.
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Davison, G. C., Lazarus, A. A.
(2007).
Clinical case studies are important in the science and practice of psychotherapy. The great ideas of clinical science: The 18 concepts that every mental health researcher and practitioner should understand.
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Journal Article
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Davison, G. C.
(2006).
Graduate education in clinical psychology and the Empirically Based Practices in Psychology report. The Clinical Psychologist/American Psychological Association.
Vol. 60, pp. 1 - 5.
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Davison, G. C.
(2006).
Politica, ethics, and goal setting in psychological interventions: Limitations in the Evidence-Based practices in Psychology report. The Clinical Psychologist/American Psychological Association.
Vol. 59, pp. 1 - 6.
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Davison, G. C.
(2006).
Contest and current and future activities fo the Society of Clinical Psychology. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice/Blackwell Publishing.
Vol. 12, pp. 269 - 272.
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Davison, G. C.
(2006).
An invitation to auseindersetzen about the Evidence-Based Practices in psychology task force report. The Clinical Psychologist/American Psychological Association.
Vol. 59, pp. 1 - 4.
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Davison, G. C.
(2005).
Issues and non-issues in the gay-affirmative treatment of patients who are gay, lesbian , or bisexual. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice/Blackwell Publishing.
Vol. 12, pp. 25 - 28.
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Chernoff, R. A., Davison, G. C.
(2005).
An evaluation of a brief HIV/AIDS prevention intervention for college students using normative feedback and goal setting. AIDS Education and Prevention.
Vol. 17, pp. pp. 91-104.
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Davison, G. C.
(2005).
Some critical observations on 21st century graduate education in clinical psychology. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
Vol. 61, pp. 1061-1066.
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Honors and Awards
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Mellon Award for Excellence in USC Mentoring, 2005
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Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, 2003
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Distinguished Psychologist Award from the Los Angeles County Psychological Association, 1995
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USC Associates Award For Excellence In Teaching, 1993
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 1989
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2001-
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In Session, 2000-
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Behavior Therapy, 1992-
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The Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 1986-
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Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1977-
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Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 1990-1994
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Professional Memberships
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American Association of Applied and Professional Psychology, 1992-
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Health Service Providers in Psychology, 1975-
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American Psychological Association, 1965-
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Licensed Psychologist - California, 1965-
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President, Society of Clinical Psychology,, 2005-2007
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Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, Executive Board, 2004-2007
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