Updated: August 6, 2008
Biographical Information
Alan Stewart is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development. He joined the Georgia faculty in 2002. He is a 1994 graduate of the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Georgia. He completed his undergraduate and masters degrees in psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is a native of the Charlotte area.
Research Interests
Leadership
Alan Stewart is the President-Elect of the Division of Population and Environmental Psychology (Division 34) of the American Psychological Association.
Teaching
Theories of Counseling, Research Methods in Counseling and Psychology, Individual Appraisal, Introduction to Mental Health and Community Counseling, Research Seminar in Counseling Psychology.
Mentoring
**Seeking a Doctoral Student for the Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology class to start in the fall of 2009 - Psychology of Weather and Climate
I am seeking a doctoral student for 2009 (Counseling Psychology) who has a demonstrated interest in one of the following areas: 1. the psychology of weather and climate, 2. environmental psychology with a focus on perceiving and attaching to the natural environment, 3. ecological psychology with an emphasis on the contributions of social or physical ecology on well-being. Students who have interests or prior research in seasonal affective disorder, natural disaster mental health, fear of weather/storm phobia, or environmental psychology are encouraged to contact me. Any relevant undergraduate major is acceptable.
The general focus of my research is upon the contributions of the natural and social environment and ecology to human well-being. This research focus also includes prevention of harm due to natural disasters and the use of human-scaled interactions with the natural environment to maintain or restore psychological health.