Lochman Selected as Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. John E. Lochman, professor and Saxon Chair in Clinical Psychology at The University of Alabama, is the recipient of the University’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He was honored in an Oct. 23 ceremony at the UA President’s Mansion.

The Blackmon-Moody Award is one of the highest honors bestowed on faculty at the University. Created by Frederick Moody Blackmon of Montgomery to honor the memory of his grandmother, Sarah McCorkle Moody of Tuscaloosa, the award is given annually to a UA faculty member who has made an extraordinary contribution to his or her profession and to The University of Alabama.

“You have brought distinction and recognition to yourself and The University of Alabama in numerous ways,” wrote UA President Robert E. Witt in notifying Lochman of the award. “Your prolific research program on understanding, treating, and preventing aggression and violence in children and youth has earned you national and international recognition. Your colleagues at other universities think you are one of the top scholars in your field.”

Lochman, a faculty member in UA’s College of Arts and Sciences since 1998, specializes in the behavior and treatment of high-risk aggressive children and adolescents. He has conducted extensive research into preventive intervention programs and cognitive-behavioral intervention techniques for high-risk children both at school and in the family.

“Dr. Lochman’s remarkable productivity and highly respected research has brought distinction to the University,” wrote Dr. Robert F. Olin, dean of Arts and Sciences, in his nomination letter. “His research in aggression and violence in children draws great interest nationwide from his esteemed peers as well as from funding agencies and graduate students.”

Lochman co-developed the Coping Power Program, a school-based intervention program for children with aggressive behaviors consisting of structured group sessions and periodic individual sessions for both the child and parent. Studies with children with aggressive behavior in several states and in the Netherlands indicate the program is effective in reducing delinquency and substance abuse rates among youth.

Lochman and his program colleagues currently are training clinicians in Baltimore, with Johns Hopkins University; in New York City, with Columbia University; in Rochester, N.Y.; in New Jersey and in Oregon. Ongoing intervention research is being conducted with the program in other countries, including Spain and Puerto Rico.

“His Coping Power Program has been recognized nationally for its quality and real impact on the lives of children and adolescents,” Olin wrote.

Lochman, who is also an adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center, has published more than 125 journal articles, 60 book chapters and two books, and he has presented almost 200 papers at psychology conferences. He serves as editor-in-chief for Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, is on the editorial boards for Developmental Psychology, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and Behavior Therapy, is an editorial consultant for the journal Child Development and action editor for Prevention Science.

Lochman received his bachelor’s degree from the Purdue University and his master’s and doctorate from the University of Connecticut, all in psychology.

Dr. Ronald Rogers, assistant vice president for academic affairs and dean of UA’s graduate school, chaired the selection committee recommending Lochman for the Blackmon-Moody Award.