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Christopher King
Associate Professor, Psychology
- Office:
- Dickson Hall 455
- Email:
- kingch@montclair.edu
- Phone:
- 973-655-3325
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Dr. Chris King is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Director of Clinical Training (DCT) for the PhD Program in Clinical Psychology. He teaches undergraduate, master's, and doctoral courses.
Email correspondence specific to Dr. King's role as DCT (e.g., from prospective applicants to the program) can be sent to clinicalpsychologydct@montclair.edu or gradclinical@montclair.edu.
Specialization
Dr. King is a clinical psychologist and lawyer.
His research lab (http://www.chriskinglab.com/) focuses on forensic psychology, correctional psychology, police and public safety psychology, and mental health law. Instructions for students interested in applying to work as research assistants in Dr. King's lab can be found here: http://www.chriskinglab.com/applying/
Note for PhD applicants: Dr. King next plans to review applications for the 2024–2025 application season, for a mentee to begin fall 2025.
Note for non-MSU students, including high school students: Among other reasons, due to his primary obligation to current and incoming MSU students, many of whom are interested in his research lab, Dr. King very rarely invites others to join his lab.
Dr. King also has professional interests in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and supervises an in-house DBT training clinic that serves justice-involved persons undergoing community reentry (http://www.chriskinglab.com/dbt-clinic/).
Resume/CV
Office Hours
Spring
- Monday
- 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Dickson Hall 455 (email Dr. King to request Zoom)
Research Projects
Forensic psychology and mental health law
Current directions/projects:
(a) Law and practice concerning forensic psychological testing.
(b) Law and practice concerning hybrid psychological–legal concepts for evaluation.
See link for recent articles, book chapters, and presentations.
Correctional psychology
Current directions/projects:
(a) The clinical utility of incorporating the self-perceptions of justice-involved persons and digital technologies into correctional human services, including the development of the latter.
(b) The interpretability of measures of developmental maturity and criminal sophistication, as used in evaluations of justice-involved juveniles, by examining the comparative performance of justice-involved young adults on these measures.
(c) Validation of theories underlying correctional human service principles.
See link for recent articles, book chapters, and presentations.
Police and public safety psychology
Current directions/projects:
(a) Multicultural sensitivity in conducting pre-employment psychological screenings for police officer candidates.
(b) The utility of structured professional judgment in conducting pre-employment psychological screenings for police officer candidates.
See link for recent articles, book chapters, and presentations.
Secondary research themes
Dr. King occasionally branches out within or beyond his primary research themes when a compelling idea arises from colleagues or students.
See link for examples.