Stuart White, M. A.
Graduate Student
Research Interest
Stu received his B.A. from the George Washington University in 2004 with a double major in Psychology and International Affairs and received his M.A. in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Stu currently holds a Crescent City Doctoral Scholarship and was the Andrew S. Wensel Distinguished Graduate Student Award recipient for 2008-2009. Stu spent almost 3 years working at LSU Health Science Center’s Juvenile Justice Program doing program evaluation research and working with incarcerated adolescents at Bridge City Center for Youth and is currently doing a practicum with Southeast Louisiana Hospital working with inpatient children and adolescents. Stu’s research interests include the development, maintenance and treatment of antisocial behavior, particularly in regards to Callous-Unemotional traits and Psychopathy. Stu’s dissertation work involves a treatment effectiveness evaluation of a Functional Family Therapy Program in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Sample Publications
White, S.F. & Frick, P.J. (in press). Callous-Unemotional Traits and their Importance to Causal Models of Severe Antisocial Behavior in Youth. In D.R. Lynam and R.T. Salekin (Eds.), Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy. New York: Guilford.
Frick, P.J. & White, S.F. (2008). The importance of callous-unemotional traits for developmental models of aggressive and antisocial behavior. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(4), 359-375.
Revised 8/7/09