Assistant Professor

Multicultural Student Network, Faculty Advisor
Office: Room 314, Life Science Building
Phone: (502) 852-3017
Fax: (502) 852-8904
Email: kevin.chapman@louisville.edu

Lab location:  Davidson Hall, 317

Lab phone: 852-7164

Lab website: U of L Cafe Research Lab (Cooperative for African American Family Excellence)

Education

B.S., Psychology, Centre College, 2000

M.S., Clinical Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, 2002

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, The University of Louisville, 2006

Research Interests

• Psychopathology in African Americans families
• Mental Health Disparities
• Factor structure of anxiety and related constructs across racial and ethnic groups
  

Selected Publication

• Chapman, L. K., Kertz, S. J., & Zurlage, M., & Woodruff-Borden, J.  (2008).  A confirmatory factor analysis of specific phobia domains in African American and Caucasian American young adults. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22 (5), 763-771.

•  Meyer, B., Chapman, L. K., & Weaver, C. (2008). Case studies in Abnormal Behavior (8th ed.).  Boston:  Allyn & Bacon.

• Chapman, L. K., Kertz, S. J., & Woodruff-Borden, J.  (in press). A structural equation model analysis of psychological distress and perceived control on worry among African American and European American young adults.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

• Chapman, L. K., & Steger, M. F. (in press). Race and religion: Differential prediction of anxiety symptoms by religious coping in African American and European American young adults. Depression and Anxiety.

• Harvison, K. W., Chapman, L. K., Ballash, N. G., & Woodruff-Borden, J.  (in press). Anxiogenic patterns in mother-child interactions.  Child and Family Behavior Therapy.    

• Kertz, S. J., Smith, C. L., Chapman, L. K., & Woodruff-Borden, J.  (in press).  Maternal sensitivity and anxiety: Impact on child outcome.  Child and Family Behavior Therapy.   

Courses Often Taught

• Psychological Interventions I : Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PSY 683; Graduate)

• Multicultural Considerations in Clinical Research and Interventions (PSY 687; Graduate)

• Multicultural Psychology (WR) (PSY 366; Undergraduate)

• Introduction to Clinical Psychology (PSY 582; Undergraduate)