CONTACT INFORMATION

       Work Address:         Department of Psychology
                                    Marshall University
                                    Huntington, West Virginia 25755

       E-mail address:        ellist@marshall.edu

       Telephone:              (304) 696-2776 (office)    (304) 696-2784 (fax)

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Founding Fellow, Academy of Cognitive Therapy
Diplomate,  American Board of Professional Psychology (Behavioral Psychology)
Associate Fellow and Supervisor, Albert Ellis Institute, New York, NY
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (#31496)
Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology, ASPPB (#2334)
Psychologist, State of West Virginia (License #235)

 EDUCATION

      B.A. (Psychology)                           University of Texas at Austin                 1974
      Psy.D. (Clinical Psychology)              Baylor University                                  1978
      Predoctoral internship in clinical psychology: 
         West Virginia University Medical Center/Charleston Area Medical Center     1977-78 

 HONORS

      Phi Kappa Phi and Psi Chi national honor societies
      Recipient, Upthegrove Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Psychiatry (1988)
      Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare (1997)
      Fellow, American Psychological Association
        Division 12 (Clinical), 1997
        Division 29 (Psychotherapy), 2002
      Who’s Who in America (2000)
      Recipient, 2006 Fellow Award, West Virginia Psychological Association

 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 August, 2002 to present

       Employer:            Marshall University
                                Department of Psychology
       Position:              Professor

 October, 1978 through June, 2002

       Employer:            West Virginia University School of Medicine
                                 Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

       Positions:             1978-82: Assistant Professor
                                 1978-86: Director, W.Va. Training Resources Center
                                 1982-98: Associate Professor (tenured 1986)
                                 1998-2002: Full Professor with Tenure

 PAST RESPONSIBILITIES (WVU)

          Director, Cognitive Therapy Training Program
          Associate Director, WVU/CAMC Predoctoral Psychology Internship
          Chairperson, Scholarly Activities Committee
          Member, Institutional Scientific Review Board 

 CURRENT SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

          Measurement and classification of suicidal behavior
          Cognitive aspects of suicidality
          Cognitive-behavioral treatment of suicidal individuals
          Commonalities between health risk behaviors and suicidality