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Gerald C. Davison was appointed dean of the USC Davis School of Gerontology and holder of the university’s William and Sylvia Kugel Dean’s Chair in Gerontology effective January 2007. He also serves as executive director of the USC Andrus Gerontology Center.
Davison came to USC in 1979 as director of the clinical psychology program in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. During his tenure at the university, he also has served as chair of the department of psychology at USC College, interim dean of the USC School of Architecture and interim dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. Previously, he was a member of the psychology faculty at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
In the late 1960s, Davison was instrumental in creating the field of cognitive behavior therapy. Among his more than 130 publications, his textbook on abnormal psychology, now in its 10th edition, has become a leading text that is used around the world.
A former president of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Davison currently serves as president of the clinical division of the American Psychological Association and as chair of the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology.
Among other research distinctions, Davison has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. As a teacher, he has been honored with the USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching, a Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring, an appointment as a Distinguished Faculty Fellow in the Center for Excellence in Teaching, and the USC College’s Albert S. Raubenheimer Award for outstanding teaching, service and research.
Davison holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
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