Background

• 1974 B.A. Psychology (summa cum laude) Wheaton College

• 1982 M.A. Clinical Psychology University of Rochester

• 1984 Ph.D. Clinical Psychology University of Rochester

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Research Interests

Child clinical psychology and family processes and risk issues. Her work focuses on maternal behavior, child abuse, gender and aggression, and legal issues affecting families (e.g., definitions of parental competence for custody evaluations; racial, ethnic, and class bias in legal treatment of families).

Exemplar Publications

Azar, S.T., & Goff, P. A. (2008) Can science help Solomon? Understanding potential for racial and ethnic bias in decision-making in child maltreatment cases. St. John’s University Law Journal, 81,533-574.

Azar, S.T., Reitz, E.R., & Goslin, M. C. (2008). Mothering: Thinking is part of the job description: Application of cognitive view to parenting intervention and prevention. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29, 295-304.

Azar, S. T., & Wolfe, D.A. (2006). Treatment of child abuse and neglect. In R. Barkley & E. Mash (Eds.), Behavioral treatment of childhood disorders (3rd edition, pp. 595-646). New York: Guilford Press.

Benjet, C.L., Azar, S.T., & Kuersten-Hogan, R. (2003). Evaluating the parental fitness of psychiatrically diagnosed individuals: Advocating a functional-contextual analysis of parenting. Journal of Family Psychology. (Special issue on law and the family), 17, 238-251.

Cote, L.R., & Azar, S.T. (1997). Child age, parent and child gender, and domain differences in parents' attributions and responses to children's outcomes. Sex Roles, 36, 23-50.