Hello, all!

This month’s speaker is Meghan McDevitt – Murphy a candidate for the Open Rank Professor position.

Speaker: Dr. Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology, Clinical Psychotherapy, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Topic: “Psychological Trauma and Its Effects: Understanding Avoidance, Engagement and the Importance of Context”

Meghan McDevitt-Murphy, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and currently serves as the Director of the APA-accredited PhD program in clinical psychology. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Auburn University in 2004. Dr. McDevitt-Murphy's research focuses primarily on the intersection of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance misuse. She is the Director of the Trauma and Coping Research Group in the Department of Psychology and has researched survivors of a host of different types of psychological trauma. Along with her graduate students, she has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Much of her recent work has focused on military veterans, with projects aimed both at understanding the relations between PTSD and substance misuse in this population and at developing tailored interventions.