Professional Summary
George Richardson's Bio
George Richardson, PhD, is Professor of Counseling and Coordinator for the Substance Abuse Counseling Program in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Richardson is an interdisciplinary researcher focused on evaluating the validity of developmental theories as well as theoretical constructs and scores used to measure them. He has tested theories suggesting that early stressful experiences (or adversity) and family structure (including father absence) play key roles in the developmental trajectories people follow. He has evaluated measures of many constructs including, but not limited to, alcohol use disorder recovery, perceptions of alcohol users, multicultural competence, life history strategies, personality traits, and trait emotional intelligence.
In the counseling field, Dr. Richardson serves as statistical advisor and handling editor at Addiction Research and Theory, associate editor at Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, and editorial board member at Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. He also serves as associate editor at Evolutionary Psychology and methodology section editor at Evolutionary Psychological Science.
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Research Support
Grant: #R21AA029762 Investigators:Richardson, George 09-20-2022 -08-31-2025 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Examining the Validity of the Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery Construct Using a Between- and Within-Persons Design Role:PI 475,009.00 Completed
Grant: #Great Minds Behavioral Health Expansion Grant Investigators:Brammer, Susan; Harley, Dana; Richardson, George 02-16-2024 -03-30-2025 Ohio Department of Higher Education Great Minds Behavioral Health Expansion Grant Role:Collaborator 538,176.00 Completed