James
Dobbins
Ph.D.,
ABPP, Director Postdoctoral Program
Address:
Ellis Institute
9 N. Edwin C. Moses
Dayton, Ohio 45402-6837
Phone:
937-775-4300
Fax: 937-775-4323
E-Mail:
james.dobbins@wright.edu
Areas
of Specialization/Interest
Family
issues including, parenting training, contextual & structural approaches
to family therapy, social skills training for adolescents. Professional
development, cross cultural & multi-cultural issues. Consultation
and supervision.
Classes
Taught
Ethnocultural
Issues Supervised
ExperienceServing
the Chronically Mentally Ill
Supervision/Case
Management
Introduction to Multiprofessional Team Practice
Biographical
Information
Dr.
Dobbins is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he was honored
as a Provost's Fellow. He is a member of the Charter Faculty of the
School of Professional Psychology who holds the rank of Professor. Beyond
his faculty responsibilities as a teacher, Dr. Dobbins serves as the
Director of Postdoctoral Training for the School of Professional Psychology
. His professional experience includes research and scholarship in the
areas of family psychology, racism, training and development in professional
psychology, and health attitudes and beliefs. His consultation and practice
experience include the areas of stress management, multicultural issues,
child, adult, and family therapy. He is a life member and charter president
of the Dayton Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists. In
this organization, Dr. Dobbins also served as the Midwestern Regional
Director, chaired the National Convention Committee for four years,
and was Historian for one year. As a member of the American Psychological
Association, he contributes to the efforts of Divisions 45 and 43. He
has also been active with the National Council of Schools of Professional
Psychology where he coordinated a national self-study among member schools
that stands as one of the references of accreditation in professional
training. In this organization, he also provided leadership as the Chair
of the Evaluation/ Research Committee, and as a member of the Executive
Committee which included his tenure as chair of the Ethnic Racial Diversity
Committee. Dr. Dobbins is an active member of the American Orthopsychiatric
Association. Via this affiliation he served as Chair of the Racism Study
Group for five years and was elected to the Board of Directors for a
three-year term. His most recent contribution was the direction of a
national conference on ÒRace Related Police ViolenceÓ that was held
at the Fordham University . He also provided service to the American
Board of Family Psychology as its secretary for three years, and to
APPIC as a member of the Postdoctoral Program Review Committee for three
years. He served two terms as an Ohio Commissioner for Minority Health
via an appointment by Governor Richard Celeste. His most active and
sustained contribution for the past fourteen years has been to direct
the clinical services of the Male Responsibility Program, which is a
family intervention program that has helped over five hundred families
in the Miami Valley Region since its inception. |
