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Kenneth J. Sher is a faculty member in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

=Research Interests=

Dr. Sher has many interests in the field of psychology, but he largely focuses on the etiology and course of substance use disorders (particularly alcohol dependence) across the life span. He directs the Alcohol, Health, and Behavior Project and the IMPACTS project, both which are studies that are prospective and follow a cohort of college freshman through their lives. He also collaborates with many other researchers in the field to study the behavioral effects of alcohol consumption on neurological functioning.

=Education=

Ken Sher attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio from 1970 until 1974 when he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. During that time he also studied abroad at the University of Sussex in Falmer, England. He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1980. During one of those summers he studied epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He then completed a one year internship at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island with a focus on Clinical Psychology.

Following the completion of his coursework in 1981, Dr. Sher was hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In September 1988 he was promoted to Associate Professor at the University. In 1992 Dr. Sher obtained the title of Professor. At this time he is a Curators' Professor and the Associate Chair of Research Enhancement at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

=Professional Organizations=

As well as being a professor and researcher, Ken Sher participates in Editorial and Review Activities and holds membership on some of the most highly esteemed groups within the study of psychology.

These groups include:

American Psychological Association

Association for Psychological Science

Research Society on Alcoholism

Dr. Sher is also proud to have held other membership positions, for a complete list please visit his website [1].

=Publications=

Dr. Sher is proud to have published articles and chapters on many subjects in the field of psychology for over 30 years. Here are a few selected publications. For a complete list, please visit his webpage [1].

Cain, A. S., Epler, A. J., Steinley, D., & Sher, K. J. (2010). Stability and change in patterns of concerns related to eating, weight, and shape in young adult women: A latent transition analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,119, 255-267.

Cain, A. S., Epler, A. E., Steinley, D., & Sher, K. J. (2012). Concerns related to eating, weight, and shape: Typologies and transitions in men during the college years. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 45, 768-775.

Cicero, D., Epler, A. J., & Sher, K. J. (2009). Are there developmentally-limited forms of bipolar disorder? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 431-447.

Jahng, S., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., Tragesser, S. L., Tomko, R., Grant, J. D., Bucholz, K. K., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Distinguishing general and specific personality disorder features and implications for substance dependence comorbidity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 656-669.

Littlefield, A., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2009). Is 'maturing out' of problematic alcohol involvement related to personality change? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 360–374.

Littlefield, A., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2010). Do changes in drinking motives mediate the relation between personality change and "maturing out" of problem drinking?" Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 93-105.

Littlefield, A. K., Verges, A., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2012). Transactional models between personality and alcohol involvement: A further examination. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 778-783.

Martin, C. S., Steinley, D. L., Vergés, A., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Letter to the Editor: The proposed 2/11 symptom algorithm for DSM-5 Substance Use Disorders is too lenient. Psychological Medicine, 41, 2008-2010.

Martinez, J. A., Steinley, D. A., & Sher, K. J. (2010). Deliberate induction of alcohol tolerance: Empirical introduction to a novel health risk. Addiction, 105,1767-1770.

Park, A. E., Sher, K. J., Krull, J. L., & Wood, P. K. (2009). Dual mechanisms underlying accentuation of risky drinking via fraternity/sorority affiliation: The role of personality, peer norms, and alcohol availability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 241-245.

Park, A., E., Sher, K. J., Todorov, A., & Heath, A. C. (2011). Interaction between the DRD4 VNTR polymorphism and proximal and distal environments in alcohol dependence during emerging and young adulthood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 585-595.

Piasecki, T. M., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., Robertson, B. M., Epler, A. J., Cronk, N. J., Rohrbaugh, J. W., Heath, A. C., Shiffman, S., & Sher, K. J., (2011). The subjective effects of alcohol-tobacco co-use: An ecological momentary assessment investigation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 557-571. .

Rutledge, P., Park, A., & Sher, K. J. (2008). 21st birthday drinking: Extremely extreme Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 511-516.

Sher, K. J., Bartholow, B., Wood, M. D., Peuser, K., & Erickson, D. (2007). Stress-response-dampening effects of alcohol: Attention as a mediator and moderator. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 362-377.

Sher, K. J., Dick, D. M., Crabbe, J. C., Hutchison, K. E., O’Malley, S. S., & Heath, A. C. (2010). Consilient research approaches in studying gene x environment interactions in alcohol research. Addiction Biology, 15, 2000-2016.

Sher, K. J., Jackson, K. M., & Steinley, D. A. (2011). Alcohol use trajectories and the ubiquitous cat’s cradle: Cause for concern? Journal of Abnormal Psychology,120, 322-335.

Vergés, A., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Grant, J. D., Trull, T. J., & Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2012). Deconstructing the age-prevalence curve of alcohol dependence: Why 'maturing out' is only a small piece of the puzzle. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 511-523.

Vergés, A., Littlefield, A. K., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Did lifetime rates of alcohol use disorders increase by 67% in ten years? A comparison of NLAES and NESARC. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 468-477.

Vergés, A., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2010). It's the algorithm! Why differential rates of chronicity and comorbidity are not evidence for the validity of the abuse-dependence distinction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 650–661.

Winograd, R., Littlefield, A. K., Martinez, J. A., & Sher, K. J. (in press). The drunken self:The five-factor model as an organizational framework for characterizing perceptions of one’s own drunkenness. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

=References= 1. Sher, Kenneth J. "Kenneth J. Sher's MU Webpages". http://web.missouri.edu/~sherk/index.htm.