Lilienfeld, Scott O. 1960–

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Lilienfeld, Scott O. 1960–

PERSONAL: Born December 23, 1960, in New York, NY; son of Ralph M. (a physician) and Thelma (Farber) Lilienfeld; married Lori A. Marino (divorced, 2004). Education: Cornell University, A.B., 1982; University of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1990.

ADDRESSES: Home—250 10th St., Apt. 3403, Atlanta, GA 30309. Office—Department of Psychology, Room 206, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. E-mail—slilien@emory.edu.

CAREER: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, associate professor of psychology, 1994–.

WRITINGS:

Seeing Both Sides: Classic Controversies in Abnormal Psychology, Brooks/Cole (Pacific Grove, CA), 1995.

(With James M. Wood, M. Teresa Nezworski, and Howard N. Garb) What's Wrong with the Rorschach?, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco), CA, 2003.

(Editor, with Steven Jay Lynn and Jeffrey M. Lohr, and contributor) Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, Guilford Press (New York, NY), 2003.

Contributor to periodicals, including Skeptical Inquirer.

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Fifty Great Myths of Popular Psychology, completion expected in 2006; Introductory Psychology: A Critical Thinking Approach, 2007; research on the assessment and causes of psychopathic personality.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Journal of Social Work Education, spring-summer, 2003, Susan Sarnoff, review of Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, p. 349.

Skeptical Inquirer, July-August, 2003, Brandon A. Gaudiano, review of Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, p. 48; September-October, 2003, Terence Hines, review of What's Wrong with the Rorschach?, p. 53.

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