Jen Lowry, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Vice President for
Academic Affairs

Office: Jenkins Hall, Room 120C
Telephone: 410-617-2451
E-mail: JLowry@loyola.edu

Education and Training:

• B.S. (Psychology, Summa Cum Laude), University of Evansville
• M.S. (Research, Clinical Psychology), Saint Louis University
• Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), Saint Louis University
• Predoctoral Internship, Medical College of Virginia,
  Virginia Commonwealth University
• Licensed Psychologist in Maryland

Teaching Awards:

• Mentor of the Year Award (2008)
  Awarded by the Maryland Psychological Association
  for Graduate Students (MPAGS)

Scholarly Interests:

Scholarly interests include factors affecting psychotherapy duration and
outcome, ethics and professional issues (particularly managed care and
supervision), crisis intervention, and instrument development. Current
ongoing research projects include evaluation of levels of well-being,
psychological symptoms, and life functioning for various populations. 

Instruments Developed:

Kopta, S. M., & Lowry, J. L.  Psychotherapy Outcome Assessment and
Monitoring System (POAMS®; 1997, copyright) and Behavioral Health
Measure-20 (2000, copyright). Comprehensive assessment instruments,
based on the Phase Model of Psychotherapy, designed to track patient
progress in treatment. Factors assessed include readiness for
treatment, well-being, psychological symptoms, life functioning,
therapeutic bond, and treatment satisfaction. Normative data are
available for college students, college counseling clients, adult
outpatients, community-adults, and trauma survivors.

Representative Publications:

Constance, J. E., Ross, M. J., Lowry, J. L., Gfeller, J. D., & 
     Handal, P. J. (in press). Expectations of psychotherapy duration by 
     disorder: A comparison between professional and young adult 
     expectations. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy.

Lating, J., Sherman, M.F., Everly, G. S., Lowry, J. L., & Peragine, T. F. 
     (2004). PTSD reactions and coping responses of east coast and 
     west coast American Airlines flight attendants after September 11: 
     A possible psychology contagion effect. Journal of Nervous and 
     Mental Diseases, 192(12), 876-879.

Lating, J., Sherman, M.F., Everly, G. S., Lowry, J. L., & Peragine, T. F. 
     (2004). PTSD reactions and functioning of American Airlines flight 
     attendants in the wake of September 11. Journal of Nervous and 
     Mental Diseases, 192(5), 1-6.

Lowry, J. L. (2003). Overview of the Psychotherapy Outcome 
     Assessment and Monitoring System  (POAMS). Psychotherapy 
     Bulletin, 38(3), 16-19.

Green, J. L., Lowry, J. L., & Kopta, S. M. (2003). College students 
     versus counseling center clients: What are the differences? Journal 
     of College Student Psychotherapy, 17(4), 25-37.

Kopta, S. M., & Lowry, J. L. (2002). Psychometric evaluation of the 
     Behavioral Health Questionnaire-20: A brief, comprehensive 
     instrument for assessing mental health. Psychotherapy Research, 
     12(4), 413-426.

Kopta, S. M., & Lowry, J. L. (2002). The dosage model. In M. Herson 
     and W. Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of psychotherapy, Vol. 1: A-H 
     (pp. 655-660). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Lowry, J. L., & Olsen, K. G. (2002). A multidisciplinary celebration of 
     undergraduate scholarship:  The Loyola College in Maryland 
     Undergraduate Student Research & Scholarship Colloquium. 
     CUR Quarterly: Journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research, 
     23(1), 24-28.

Lowry, J. L., & Lating, J. (2002). Reflections on the response to 
     mass terrorist attacks: An elaboration on Everly and Mitchell’s 
     10 commandments. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 2(1), 
     95-104.

Lutz, W., Lowry, J. L., Kopta, S. M., Einstein, D., & Howard, K. I. 
     (2001). Prediction of dose-response relations based on patient 
     characteristics. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(7), 889-900.

Lowry, J. L. & Ross, M. J. (1997). Expectations of psychotherapy 
     duration: How long should psychotherapy last? Psychotherapy, 
     34(3), 272-277.

Kopta, S. M., Howard, K. I., Lowry, J. L., & Beutler, L. (1994). Patterns 
     of symptomatic recovery in psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and 
     Clinical Psychology, 62, 1009-1016.

Course Offerings:

PY202D: Abnormal Psychology
PY602: Psychodiagnosics II
PY615: Advanced Abnormal Psychology
PY802: Advanced Assessment and Case Conceptualization
PY845: Models of Psychotherapy-Object Relations and Attachment Theory

D Indicates Course that Meets the Diversity Course Requirement