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Bert Hayslip, Jr., PhD , received his doctorate in Experimental Developmental Psychology from the University of Akron in 1975. After teaching at Hood College in Frederick, MD for three years, he joined the faculty at the University of North Texas, where he is now Regents Professor of Psychology. Dr. Hayslip is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and has held research grants from the National Institute on Aging, The Hilgenfeld Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
He is currently Associate Editor of Experimental Aging Research, Editor of The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, and is on the Editorial Board of Developmental Psychology. His published research deals with cognitive processes in aging, interventions to enhance cognitive functioning in later life, personality-ability interrelationships in aged persons, grandparents who raise their grandchildren, grief and bereavement, hospice care, death anxiety, and mental health and aging. He is coauthor of Hospice Care (1992), Psychology and Aging: An Annotated Bibliography (1995), Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Perspectives (Springer Publishing, 2000), Adult Development and Aging (Fourth Edition, 2007), Working with Custodial Grandparents (Springer Publishing, 2003), Cultural Changes in Attitudes toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement (Springer Publishing, 2005), and Diversity among Custodial Grandparents (Springer Publishing, 2006). He is Director of Undergraduate Instruction and Chairs the doctoral program in Experimental Psychology at UNT, and teaches undergraduate courses in Death and Dying, Developmental Psychology, and Adult Development and Aging, and graduate courses in Gerontological Counseling, Human Development, and Life Span Development.
Patricia L. Kaminski, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology's Counseling Program at the University of North Texas. She is a scientist-practitioner with specialized training in developmental psychology who has worked with clients and research participants ranging in age from 1 to 101 years. Dr. Kaminski earned her AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and her MS and PhD degrees in Psychology from Colorado State University, specializing in Counseling Psychology. She also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry where she co-developed the Parent-Child Interaction Assessment (PCIA), a standardized procedure to observe dyadic interaction across contexts. Dr. Kaminski continued this work by devising scoring systems for the PCIA and PCIA-II to quantify and study relationship quality among caregivers and their children. Her research and clinical interests in caregiver-child relationships have resulted in over 50 professional papers, book chapters, and presentations, most with an emphasis on factors that may hinder or facilitate effective parenting and child adjustment. Her work has appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as The Gerontologist, Marriage and Family Review, and The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. Dr. Kaminski also serves on the Oxford University Press Advisory Panel for Counseling Psychology and is an editorial consultant for numerous peer-reviewed journals. In addition to her roles as researcher and teacher, Dr. Kaminski is clinically active as a practicum supervisor and pro bono counselor at UNT's Psychology Clinic. She is one of the few scientist-practitioners to study the contextual factors and relationship dynamics of custodial grandparents and grandchildren and apply her clinical expertise to understand the specific needs of grandfamilies.
About the Author
Bert Hayslip, Jr, PhD, is Regents Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas. Dr. Hayslip is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and has held research grants from the National Institute on Aging, The Hilgenfeld Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is currently Associate Editor of Experimental Aging Research , Editor of The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, and is on the Editorial Board of Developmental Psychology. His published research deals with cognitive processes in aging, interventions to enhance cognitive functioning in later life, personality-ability interrelationships in aged persons, grandparents who raise their grandchildren, grief and bereavement, hospice care, death anxiety, and mental health and aging. He is coauthor of Hospice Care, Psychology and Aging: An Annotated Bibliography, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Perspectives, Adult Development and Aging, Working with Custodial Grandparents), Cultural Changes in Attitudes toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement, Diversity among Custodial Grandparents, and Parenting the Custodial Grandchild.
Patricia L. Kaminski, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology's Counseling Program at the University of North Texas. She is a scientist-practitioner with specialized training in developmental psychology who has worked with clients and research participants ranging in age from 1 to 101 years. Dr. Kaminski earned her AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and her MS and PhD degrees in Psychology from Colorado State University, specializing in Counseling Psychology. She also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry where she co-developed the Parent-Child Interaction Assessment (PCIA), a standardized procedure to observe dyadic interaction across contexts. Dr. Kaminski continued this work by devising scoring systems for the PCIA and PCIA-II to quantify and study relationship quality among caregivers and their children. Her research and clinical interests in caregiver-child relationships have resulted in over 50 professional papers, book chapters, and presentations, most with an emphasis on factors that may hinder or facilitate effective parenting and child adjustment. Her work has appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as The Gerontologist, Marriage and Family Review, and The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. Dr. Kaminski also serves on the Oxford University Press Advisory Panel for Counseling Psychology and is an editorial consultant for numerous peer-reviewed journals. In addition to her roles as researcher and teacher, Dr. Kaminski is clinically active as a practicum supervisor and pro bono counselor at UNT's Psychology Clinic. She is one of the few scientist-practitioners to study the contextual factors and relationship dynamics of custodial grandparents and grandchildren and apply her clinical expertise to understand the specific needs of grandfamilies.
