Stephen Hinshaw, PhD
Co-Chair
Scientific Research Council
Former Chair, Department of Psychology; Professor of Psychology; Editor, Psychological Bulletin
University of California, Berkeley
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
Stephen Hinshaw, PhD, a leader in the field of developmental psychopathology, investigates the earliest signs and progression of childhood psychiatric disorders, particularly attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Dr. Hinshaw is a professor and former chair of the Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the former president of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He is editor of Psychological Bulletin, the most cited journal in the field of general psychology, and recently authored The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today’s Pressures. He also authored The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change and The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father’s Life with Bipolar Disorder. A significant public voice, he has been interviewed by Time magazine, USA Today, The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other publications, and has appeared on The Today Show and Good Morning America.
Awards
- University of California at Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award
- California Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution
- American Psychological Association Fellow
- Association for Psychological Science Fellow
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Education
- University of California at Los Angeles PhD in Clinical Psychology, 1983
- Harvard University AB in Psychology and Social Relations, 1974
