Catherine Chambliss

Catherine A Chambliss, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology, who has taught at Ursinus College since 1979 and chaired the Psychology Department for 25 years. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale in 1975, and completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Miami. In 1981 she received the Lindback Teaching Award, and in 1990 the Laughlin Professional Achievement Award. Dr. Chambliss is a licensed psychologist, who has published and presented over 300 research papers on...See more

Catherine A Chambliss, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology, who has taught at Ursinus College since 1979 and chaired the Psychology Department for 25 years. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale in 1975, and completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Miami. In 1981 she received the Lindback Teaching Award, and in 1990 the Laughlin Professional Achievement Award. Dr. Chambliss is a licensed psychologist, who has published and presented over 300 research papers on a broad range of topics related to her discipline. Empathy Rules: Depression, Schadenfreude, and Freudenfreude, coauthored with Amy C. Hartl, is her fifth book. Her Group Involvement Training (1988) and Psychotherapy and Managed Care: Reconciling Research and Reality (2000) examine issues related to both inpatient and outpatient behavioral healthcare. They have been used in a variety of mental health and academic settings. Maternal Employment: Marvel or Menace (2009) summarizes a series of studies investigating the impact of maternal employment on children, mothers, and fathers she initiated in 1982; this work has been shared through televised appearances. Supporting Student Smoking Cessation (2011) presents research conducted with student collaborators addressing this important health problem. Working with April Kontostathis, Ph.D. and her Math & Computing students, Dr. Chambliss co-developed therAPPist, an application for mobile devices aimed at increasing clients' self-control. Her See less