William E. Pelham

William Ellerbe Pelham, Jr. is an American clinical psychologist known for his research on ADHD. He is Distinguished University Professor and director of the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University. He was educated at Dartmouth College and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society, and he has served as president of the APA's Division 53 (the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology) and the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.[1]

William E. Pelham
Born
William Ellerbe Pelham, Jr.
NationalityUnited States
EducationDartmouth College
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Known forResearch on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
AwardsSociety of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Career Achievement Award (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsChild and adolescent psychiatry
InstitutionsState University of New York at Buffalo
Florida International University
ThesisSelective attention in children with reading disabilities (1976)

Education and academic career

Pelham received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1970 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1976.[2] Before joining the faculty of FIU in 2010, he taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he ran a program and summer camp for children with ADHD for fourteen years. When he joined the faculty of FIU, he took the ADHD program with him.[3] He also taught at Washington State University, Florida State University, and the University of Pittsburgh before joining FIU.[1]

References
  1. "William Pelham Jr". Florida International University. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. "William Ellerbe Pelham, Jr. Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Florida International University. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. Dumas, Kitty (10 June 2014). "FIU program rewrites the rulebook for ADHD". Miami Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2019.


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