Joseph P. Allen (psychologist)
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Joseph P. Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Virginia |
| Website | psychology |
Joseph P. Allen is an American psychologist and academic and the Hugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.[1]
Allen was born on October 30, 1958, in Washington, DC, and grew up in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Education
He received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Virginia in May 1980, and then a Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from Yale University in May 1986. He subsequently worked as a post-doctoral fellow in research at Harvard Medical School from 1986 until 1988.[2]
Achievements and Honors
Allen's work on The Connection Project has been written up in the New York Times[3] and was recently cited by U. S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as a promising approach to enhancing connection among youth.[4]
Allen has published three books and more than 200 academic articles, which have been cited more than 30,000 times in total.[5] He is a recipient of awards for Lifetime Achievement in Research from both the Society for Research in Adolescence and the Bowlby/Ainsworth Attachment Society, as well as an NIH MERIT award for his research.[6]
