Beverly​ Wilson

Biography

Education: BA, California State University, Fresno, 1985; MA, California State University, Fresno, 1987; PhD, University of Washington, 1994. At SPU since 1998. Bev Wilson earned her PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Washington. She completed her clinical internship through the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. Before coming to SPU, she was a faculty member at Oregon State University for several years. Dr. Wilson’s research investigates how self-regulation and emotion processes are related to children’s positive development. She is especially interested in the potential protective function of these skills for at-risk children, such as children with autism spectrum disorders, general cognitive delays, or fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, as well as children with conduct problems and children from low-income families. With her research team she also investigates the roles of child individual differences, such as temperament and parenting in children’s development of self-regulation skills. Dr. Wilson is passionate about her work with children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. She is the cofounder and director of the Initiative for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, the goals of which are to train students and professionals working in this field as well educate the larger SPU and Seattle communities regarding disabilities. At SPU Dr. Wilson teaches courses in developmental psychology and child psychopathology and interventions for clinical doctoral students, as well as a child development class for undergraduate students. An important aspect of her teaching involves mentoring doctoral students on her child clinical research team. As the research coordinator for the School of Psychology, Family, and Community, Dr. Wilson reviews all research with human subjects proposed by her fellow faculty and their students.

Research Interest

Clinical Psychology