Stephen S. Ilardi
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
ilardi@ukans.edu
(785) 864-9840

Ph.D., 1995 Philosophy Department of Psychology: Social & Health Sciences Duke University Program: Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited)

M.S., 1993 - Department of Psychology: Social & Health Sciences Duke University

B.S. 1985 - Emory University. Major: Mathematics and Economics

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Statistical Methods, Psychological Testing, Understanding Depression (seminar), Introduction to Personality, Introduction to Personality - Honors, Independent Study

Graduate Adult Psychopathology, Personality Assessment, Empirically Supported Treatments, Clinic Practicum (supervision), Topics in Depression, History and Systems of Psychology

Research Funding

March 1994 Glaxo Career Development Award for Chronic Illness and LTC Research
Grant awarded by Duke University Medical Center's Long Term Care Resources Program on behalf of the Glaxo Corporation. Funding was provided to facilitate research on predictors of relapse among depressed inpatients, with special attention accorded to the potential moderating effect of age. $3,000.

August 1997 Beatrice Wright Endowment
Named assistant professorship in the Department of Psychology, University of Kansas. This appointment includes annual funding for research-related activities. $5,000 per annum.

June 1998 New Faculty General Research Fund (NFGRF) Faculty Award
University grant to fund collection of pilot data for a longitudinal study, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, of psychosocial and neuroendocrine factors related to relapse in unipolar depression. This pilot study subserves the goal of obtaining funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health under the R01 award category. $5,000.

June 1999 General Research Fund (GRF) Award
University grant to fund collection of pilot data for investigation of quantitative EEG indicators of information processing vulnerability to major depression. This pilot study will serve as a prelude to a request for extramural funding, conjointly with Dr. R.A. Atchley, of a large-scale investigation of depressive brain wave patterns. $6,600.

April 2001 NIMH RFA: Developing Translational Research in Behavioral Science
"Electrophysiological Assessment of Depressive Cognition" ($518,005). Developmental R21 proposal in response to RFA MH-01-005. Unfunded, but given priority score of 229, with strong consideration for end-of-year funding by Dr. Bruce Cuthbert, Program Director. Revision to be submitted for March 1, 2002 deadline.

Publications

Atchley, R.A., Ilardi, S.S., & Enloe, A. Hemispheric asymmetry in the processing of emotional content in word meanings: The effect of current and past depression. Brain and Language. (in press).

Craighead, W.E., Hart, A.B., Craighead, L.W., & Ilardi, S.S. Psychosocial treatments for major depressive disorder. To appear in P.E. Nathan & J.M. Gorman (Eds.), A guide to treatments that work (2nd Edition). New York: Oxford Press. (in press).

Ilardi, S.S., & Roberts, M.C. Program proficiency in training graduate students for clinical faculty careers: Does program size matter? Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. (in press).

Ilardi, S.S. The cognitive neuroscience perspective: A brief primer for clinical psychologists. The Behavior Therapist. (in press).

Ilardi, S.S. The cognitive neuroscience framework and its implications for behavior therapy: Clarifying some important misconceptions. The Behavior Therapist. (in press).

Enloe, A.H., Ilardi, S.S., & Atchley, R.A. Word valence, attention, and hemispheric activity in depressed, remitted, and nondepressed controls. Brain and Cognition, 46, 129-133, 2001.

Ilardi, S.S., & Feldman, D. The cognitive neuroscience paradigm: A unifying meta-theoretical framework for the science and practice of clinical psychology. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 1067-1088, 2001.

Ilardi, S.S., & Feldman, D. On mental events, disciplinary boundaries, and reductionism: A reply to Plaud. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 1103-1107, 2001.

Ilardi, S.S., & Feldman, D. Cognitive neuroscience and the progress of psychological science: Once more with feeling (and other mental constructs). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 1113-1117, 2001.

Ilardi, S.S., & Feldman, D. Toward rapprochement: Comments on the role of biological science within cognitive neuroscience and radical behaviorism. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 1121-1124, 2001.

Ilardi, S.S., Rodriguez-Hanley, A., Roberts, M.C., & Seigel, J. On the origins of clinical psychology faculty: Who is training the trainers? Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 7, 346-354. [Lead article with six invited commentaries], 2000.

Snyder, C.R., Ilardi, S.S., Cheavens, J., Michael, S.T., Yamhure, L., and Sympson, S. The role of hope in cognitive-behavior therapies. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 24, 747-762, 2000.

Curry, J., & Ilardi, S.S. The Devereux Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale: Convergent and discriminant validity among adolescent inpatients. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 578-588, 2000.

Snyder, C.R., Ilardi, S.S., Michael, S.T., & Cheavens, J. Hope theory: Updating a common process for psychological change. In C.R. Snyder & R.E. Ingram (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy: The processes and practices of psychological change. New York: Wiley, 2000.

Ilardi, S.S., & Craighead, W.E. The relationship between personality pathology and dysfunctional cognitions in previously depressed adults. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 108, 51-57, 1999.

Ilardi, S.S., & Craighead, W.E. Rapid early treatment response, cognitive modification, and nonspecific factors in cognitive-behavior therapy: A reply to Tang and DeRubeis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 295-299, 1999.

Craighead, W.E., Smucker, M.R., Craighead, L.W., & Ilardi, S.S. Factor analysis of the Children's Depression Inventory in a community sample. Psychological Assessment, 10, 156-165, 1998.

Craighead, W.E., Craighead, L.W., & Ilardi, S.S. Unipolar depression. In P.E. Nathan and J.M. Gorman (Eds.), A guide to treatments that work (pp. 226-239). New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.