Psychology
Kristen G. Anderson
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Developmental psychopathology, addictive behaviors, clinical psychology
Contact Information
Psychology Department
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202
Kristen.Anderson@reed.edu
(503) 517-7410
Office Hours
Monday, 2-2:30
Wednesday, 9-10:30
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Education and Professional Positions
1990 A.A., Social Sciences, Simon’s Rock College
1992, B.A., Psychology, Drew University
1996, M.Ed., Special Education, American International College
2003, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Kentucky
2003-2005, NIAAA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, San Diego/SDSU
2005-2007, Assistant Research Scientist, University of California, San Diego
2007-present, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Reed College
Recent Projects and Positions
Member-at-Large (Public Interest), American Psychological Association Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology), 2008 – 2011.
Chair, Advocacy and Policy Committee, American Psychological Association Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology), 2009 – 2011.
Board Secretary, Northwest Institute of Addiction Studies, 2008 – 2011.
Program Chair, Northwest Institute of Addiction Studies Summer Institute, 2011.
Liaison to NWIAS, Women’s Commission on Alcohol and Drug Issues – Oregon, 2009 - 2011.
Principal Investigator, NIDA Grant: Cognitions in Youth Substance Use Relapse Contexts, 2006 - 2010.
Principal Investigator, ABMRF Grant: Social Information Processing in College Drinking Situations, 2008 - 2010.
Chair, Division of Philosophy, Religion, Psychology & Linguistics, Reed College, 2010 – 2011.
Teaching
My teaching encompasses courses in introductory psychology, addictions, clinical psychology and psychopathology (follow link to course description for additional details). While classroom teaching is an important and integral aspect of my work at Reed, I spend a commensurate amount of time and effort working with students to develop and refine their research skills. Research training in the laboratory, provided through laboratory meetings and individual sessions, provides students with a broader theoretical framework as well as specific skills in assessment, statistics and scientific writing.
PSY 122 Introduction to Psychology II
PSY 319 Psychology of Addictions
PSY 351 Psychopathology
PSY 442 Clinical Psychology
Research
My area of expertise is the developmental psychopathology of addictive behaviors in children and adolescents. I have specialized in the development of cognitive assessments of youth substance use decision-making, longitudinal modeling of process-oriented data, and the integration of personality and social-cognitive models of substance use initiation and maintenance. My laboratory, the Adolescent Health Research Program, collaborates with other researchers, school personnel, and treatment centers, to better understand the processes whereby youth make decisions to use alcohol and other drugs as well as make purposeful efforts to cut down, stop or quit these behaviors.
Visit the Adolescent Health Research Program website
Selected Recent Publications
(Reed student co-authors bolded)
See CV for complete publications list [PDF]
Anderson, K.G., Grunwald, I., Bekman, N.M., Brown, S.A, & Grant. A. (2011). To drink or not to drink: Motives and expectancies for use and nonuse in adolescence. Addictive Behaviors, 10, 972-979.
Anderson, K.G., Tomlinson, K.L., Robinson, J.M., & Brown, S.A. (2011). Friends or foes: Social anxiety, peer affiliation, and drinking in middle school. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(1), 61-69.
Anderson, K.G., Ramo, D.A., Cummins, K.M., & Brown, S.A. (2010). Alcohol and drug involvement after adolescent treatment and functioning during emerging adulthood. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 107, 171-181.
Robboy, J.M. & Anderson, K.G. (2011). Intergenerational child abuse and coping. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(17), 3536-3541.