Rachel L. Grover, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office: Beatty Hall, Room 210
Telephone: 410-617-2452
E-mail: RLGrover@loyola.edu

Education:

• B.S., (Human Development and Family Studies),
  Cornell University, 1993
• Ph.D., (Clinical/Developmental Psychology),
  University of Maine, 2002
• Predoctoral Intership, University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Licensed Psychologist in Maryland

Scholarly Interests:

My central area of research focuses on the assessment and
development of the social skills that adolescents require to successfully
negotiate situations involving the other sex, and the design of effective
interventions focused on promoting the social skills necessary in those
situations. I also conduct research in the area of childhood anxiety.

Representative Publications:

Grover, R. L. (in press). Riding the second wave of research on dating 
     anxiety. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Grover, R. L., & Nangle, D. W. (in press). Adolescent romantic 
     competence: Development and adjustment implications. 
     Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Grover, R. L., Nangle, D. W., Serwick, A. & Zeff, K. R. (in press). 
     Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Girl friend, Boy friend: Broadening the 
     definition of heterosocial competence. Journal of Clinical Child 
     and Adolescent Psychology.

Kotchick, B. A., & Grover, R. L. (in press). Implementing 
     evidence-based treatments with culturally diverse clients. 
     In M. Roberts, D. Elkind, & R. Steele (Eds.), Handbook of 
     evidence-based treatments for children and adolescents. 
     London: Sage Publications.

Grover, R. L., Ginsburg, G. S., & Ialongo, N. (in press). Childhood 
     predictors of anxiety symptoms: A longitudinal study. Child 
     Psychiatry and Human Development.

Grover, R. L., Hughes, A., Bergman, L., & Kingery, J. N. (in press). 
     Treatment modifications based on diagnoses: Demonstrating 
     the flexibility in one treatment manual. Cognitive and 
     Behavioral Practice.

Grover, R. L., Ginsburg, G. S., & Ialongo, N. (2007). Psychosocial 
     outcomes of anxious first graders: A seven-year follow-up. 
     Depression and Anxiety, 24, 410-420.

Grover, R. L., Hughes, A., Bergman, L., & Kingery, J.N. (2006). 
     Treatment modifications based on diagnoses: Demonstrating 
     the flexibility in one treatment manual. Journal of Cognitive 
     Psychotherapy, 20, 275-286.

Ginsburg, G.S., & Grover, R.L. (2005). Assessment and treatment 
     of social phobia in children and adolescents. Pediatric Annals, 
     34, 119-127.

Grover, R. L., Nangle, D. W., & Zeff, K. R. (2005). The Measure 
     of Adolescent Heterosocial Competence: Development and 
     initial construct validation. Journal  of Clinical Child and 
     Adolescent Psychology, 34, 282-291.

Course Offerings:
                                           
PY101: Introductory Psychology        
PY241: Child Psychology
PY291: Research Methods I
PY292: Research Methods II
PY925: Clinical Applications Assessment