DR. PETER ZACHAR
Bio: I am a licensed psychologist and earned my Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. My teaching specialties include abnormal psychology, psychometrics, psychological assessment, and the history of psychology. In recent years, physiological psychology has been the most enjoyable class for me to teach. I was an AUM Distinguished Research Professor for 2003-2005. Hired by AUM in 1995, I have been the Chair of the Psychology Department since August 2003 and was promoted to Full Professor in August 2005.
Colleagues who work with me on research describe me as having a strong psychometric focus. Much of the empirical research I do is conducted in my role as supervisor of master's theses. These studies serve the purpose of teaching graduate students about the research and publication process. My thesis students have chosen to study:
cultural stress and personality (S. Forman) race and recognition of emotional facial expressions (I. Brooks) racial and gender identity differences among university environments (K. Bell) the development of scientist and practitioner interests among undergraduate psychology majors (K. Manning) psychodynamic dimensional versus psychometric dimensional models of psychopathology (B. Norensberg) stereotype threat and math anxiety (M. Houston) psychological essentialism and the axisI-axisII distinction in psychiatric classification (G. Spaulding) racial identity, feminist identity and stress-discrimination (K. Bell. AU doctoral dissertation) african american women, father absence, and romantic attachments (K. Keahey)
I am member of the editorial boards for the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Works in Progress
LoBello, S. G. & Zachar, P. Prevalence estimates and correlates of major depressive episode and
Zachar, P., & Potter, N. Personality disorders: Mad, bad, or both.
Charland, L., & Zachar, P. (Eds.) (in press) Fact and Value in Emotion. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Zachar, P. & Kendler, K. S. Philosophical issues in psychiatric classification. For T. Millon, R. Krueger, E. Simonsen. Contemporary Directions in Psychopathology—Toward the DSM-V. New York: Guilford.
Recent and Forthcoming Publications:
Zachar, P. (in press). Real kinds, but no true taxonomy. An essay in psychiatric systematics. In K. S. Kendler & J. Parnas (Eds.), Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry: Explanation, Phenomenology and Nosology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Kendler, K. S. & Zachar. P. (in press) The incredible insecurity of psychiatric nosology. In K. S. Kendler & J. Parnas (Eds.), Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry: Explanation, Phenomenology and Nosology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Zachar, P. (in press). Psychiatry, scientific laws and realism about entities. In K. S. Kendler & J. Parnas (Eds.), Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry: Explanation, Phenomenology and Nosology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Zachar, P. (in press). Psychiatric comorbidity: More than a Khunian anomaly. Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology.
Zachar, P., & Bartlett, S. (in press). Technological rationality in psychiatry: Critical theory, immanent critique and a pragmatist alternative. In J. Phillips (Ed.), Philosophical Perspectives on Technology and Psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zachar, P., & Kendler, K. S. (2007). Psychiatric disorders: A conceptual taxonomy. American Journal of Psychiatry,164, 557-565.
LoBello, S. & Zachar, P. (2007). Psychological test sales and internet auctions: Ethical considerations for dealing with obsolete or unwanted test materials. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 68-70.
Zachar, P. (2006) The classification of emotion and scientific realism. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology,26,120-138.
Zachar, P. (2006). Pathological narcissism and its relationship to empathy and transcendence. The Pluralist, 1, 89-105.
Zachar, P. (2006). Reconciliation as compromise and the management of rage. In N. Potter (Ed.), Trauma, truth, and reconciliation: Healing damaged relationships. (pp. 67-81). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
Zachar, P. (2006). Les troubles psychiatriques et le modele des especes pratiques. Philosophiques, 33, 81-98.
Zachar, P. (2002). The practical kinds model as a pragmatist theory of classification. Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology, 9, 219-227.
Zachar, P. & Bartlett, S. (2001). Basic emotions and their biological substrates: A nominalistic interpretation. Consciousness and Emotion, 2, 189-221.
Zachar, P. (2000). Psychiatric disorders are not natural kinds. Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology, 7, 167-182.
Zachar, P. & Leong, F. T. L. (2000) A 10-year longitudinal study of scientist and practitioner interests in psychology: Assessing the boulder model. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 31, 575-580.
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Courses TaughtUndergraduate CoursesIntroduction to PsychologyBiological PsychologyHistory of PsychologyAbnormal PsychologyPsychological AssessmentResearch MethodsIntroduction to Clinical PsychologyGraduate CoursesAdvanced Abnormal PsychologyObjective Psychological AssessmentProjective Psychological AssessmentPsychometricsEthicsHistory of PsychologyPhysiological PsychologyEvolution and PsychologyTheories of PersonalityPrinciples of PsychotherapyTheories of PsychotherapyObject Relations TheoryVocational PsychologySome Helpful links
Philosophy of Psychiatry Bibliography Online Papers on Consciousness Alberta Dictionary of Cognitive Science
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Send e-mail to:pzachar@mail.aum.edu |
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My research interests are in the philosophy of psychiatry and the philosophy of science. I have written a book titled Psychological Concepts and Biological Psychiatry: A Philosophical Analysis. It is published by John Benjamins: Amsterdam and Philadelphia.
A precis or 17 page summary of the book can by found on Psycoloquy - a peer refereed journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association. |
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Louis Charland and I have edited a book titled Fact and Value in Emotion. It is scheduled to be published in 2008. |