Stefan Schulenberg
Professor of Psychology, Director of Interdisciplinary Minor in Disaster Sciences and Director of the Clinical- Disaster Research Center
Dr. Schulenberg is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Clinical Disaster Psychology with a focus on Post-traumatic Growth, Resiliency and Positive Psychology.
Research Interests
- Examines perceived meaning, purpose, resilience, posttraumatic stress, and posttraumatic growth in response to disasters.
- Has examined the effects of Hurricane Katrina, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and other disaster-related events (e.g., tornadoes, flooding).
Biography
Stefan E. Schulenberg received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, with a specialization in Clinical-Disaster Psychology, from the University of South Dakota in 2001. He is a licensed psychologist in the state of Mississippi, a Professor in the University of Mississippi’s Psychology Department, and a Logotherapy Diplomate. Dr. Schulenberg is the Director of the University of Mississippi’s Clinical-Disaster Research Center (UM-CDRC), an integrated research, teaching, and training center with emphases in disaster mental health and positive psychology. He is also the Director of the University of Mississippi’s interdisciplinary minor in Disaster Sciences (DSci), a joint effort across the departments of psychology, criminal justice, social work, and sociology. Dr. Schulenberg has authored/co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in scholarly texts. He is the editor of Clarifying and Furthering Existential Psychotherapy (2016), the co-editor of Clinical Perspectives on Meaning: Positive and Existential Psychotherapy (2016), and part of the authorship team that produced Disasters that Shaped Emergency Management: Case Studies for the Homeland Security/Emergency Management Professional (2018). Dr. Schulenberg’s research interests include clinical-disaster psychology, positive psychology, and logotherapy, concepts such as perceived meaning, purpose, resilience, posttraumatic stress, and posttraumatic growth. He has conducted research on the effects of Hurricane Katrina, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and other disaster-related events (e.g., tornadoes, flooding). He offers workshops and provides training on disaster preparedness, psychological first aid, disaster response, meaning and purpose in life, resilience, and posttraumatic growth.
Courses Taught
- PSY 327 Psychology & Law
- PSY 417 Disasters and mental Health
- PSY 420 Special Topics
- PSY 430 Positive Psychology
- PSY 710 Cognitive Assessment
- PSY 711 Personality Assessment
- PSY 759 Clinical-Disaster Psychology
Education
B.S. Psychology, University of Houston (1995)
M.A. Psychology, University of South Dakota (1998)
Ph.D. Psychology, University of South Dakota (2001)