At FDU: Robert McGrath

The only thing better than teaching is learning.

My office is in Room 104D, in the School of Psychology. The School is located in Williams Hall, on the Teaneck Campus of FDU
Phone: 201-692-2445
Fax: 201-692-2304

B.A. in Psychology (Philosophy minor), Hartwick College; M.S. in Psychology, Auburn University; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Auburn University

People have asked me why I look so stern in the picture. I was actually holding my brand-new kitten. So much for body language!

Robert McGrath

Professor, School of Psychology

Courses I currently teach include:
     Professional Issues in Psychopharmacology
     Theoretical Foundations of Clinical Psychology

Recent activities:
     Nominee for President of the American Psychological Association
     Director of the Postdoctoral M.S. Program in Clinical Psychopharmacology
     Director of the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology
     FDU Director of Continuing Education in Psychology
     2009 Winner of the Martin Mayman Award for contributions to research from the Society for Personality Assessment
     Former President of the American Psychological Association Division 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy)

Some Recent Publications:
     McGrath, R. E. (in press). The kappa coefficient. In I. B. Weiner & W. E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s encyclopedia of psychology (4th ed.). New York: Wiley.
     Walters, G. D., McGrath, R. E., & Knight, R. A. (in press). Taxometrics, polytomous constructs, and the Comparison Curve Fit Index: A Monte Carlo analysis. Psychological Assessment.
     McGrath, R. E., Rashid, T., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (in press). Is optimal functioning a distinct state? The Humanistic Psychologist.
     McGrath, R. E. (2008). Inferential errors in taxometric analyses of ordered three-class constructs. Journal of Personality Assessment, 90, 11-25.
     McGrath, R. E., Neubauer, J., Meyer, G. J., & Tung, K. (2009). Instructional set and the structure of responses to rating scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 116-122.

Links of interest:

My personal website (with a lot of info about my run for APA president)
The Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology
The M.S. Program in Clinical Psychopharmacology

Email address: robert_mcgrath@fdu.edu