Associate Professor
Educational & Counseling Psychology (ECPY)
Room 314 - College of Education and Human Development
502-852-6887
patrick.hardesty at louisville.edu

Dr. Hardesty's curriculum vita

Educational Background

• PhD, Northwestern University, Counseling Psychology, 1989.
• MS, Northern Illinois University, Community Mental Health, 1984.
• BS, Northern Illinois University, Physics, Math, Education, 1973.

Teaching Areas

• Assessment and psychotherapy theory
• Education and counseling psychology

Research Interests

• Cunningham, N.J., Kolander, C., & Hardesty, P. H. (1990). Project SUN: Schools united with neighborhoods for early prevention. $337,752, U.S. Department of Education. Goal: To create community school teams within 10 elementary school for the purpose of coordinating drug use prevention efforts.
• Cunningham, N.J., Cunningham, G. K., & Hardesty, P.H. Bridge to Success: A model program for a drug-free transition from elementary to middle school. A continuation grant for an ongoing research project, U. S. Department of Education. Goal: To create an elementary to middle school transition program aimed at reducing drug use in the middle school.

Professional Activities

• 1995 - present Board Member of the Louisville Psychoanalytic Institute.
• 1993 -1996 Examiner for the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology.
• 1991 -1996 Volunteer Member of the advisory board for Futures, a desk book on post-secondary activities. Kentucky Council on Higher Education.
• 1992 -1996 Volunteer program evaluator for Kids in Court, a program sponsored by the Exploited Children's Help Organization.

Honors & Awards

• Mendy Award for 2005 and 1998, for outstanding person in sports clubs at U of L
• Certificate of Merit, City of Louisville, KY, 1993
• Licensed Psychologist, State of Kentucky, 1990
• Licensed Psychologist, State of Indiana, 1994
• Who's Who in American Colleges, 1987
• University Fellow, Northwestern University, 1985-86
• Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education society
• Sigma Pi Sigma, honorary physics society

Professional Memberships

• American Psychological Association, 1985- present
• Kentucky Psychological Association, 1992 - present
• Society for Research on Adolescence, 1993 - present
• National Registry of Health Service Providers in Psychology, 1992-present
• American Association for Counseling and Development, 1988 - 1991
• American College Personnel Association, 1988 - 1991
• Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, charter member