Professor & Executive Associate Dean of College Administration

Department:
Educational Psychology
Office of the Dean

Counseling Psychology

Office Number: 214D FH

Phone/Fax:
(713) 743-5003 , (713) 743-9870  (Fax)

Email: bmcph@uh.edu

Research Interests:

Dr. McPherson oversees the academic affairs, business operations, and support services of the College of Education. He previously served as Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology from 1995-2003, following prior service as Director of Training for the UH counseling psychology program. His teaching and research interests include mental health public policy and legal, ethical, and regulatory issues related to professional psychology practice.

Dr. McPherson is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Education Research Association. He is a former member of the APA Council of Representatives, past president of the Texas and Houston Psychological Associations, and former chair of the national Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs. He has been inducted into the National Academies of Practice and is recipient of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Karl Heiser Award in recognition for his state and national advocacy contributions on behalf of psychologists and their patients.

Dr. McPherson is also co-founder of a software development company that provides web-based behavioral management and progress monitoring systems for schools and mental health treatment facilities.

Recent Publications:

Goodyear, R.K., Murdock, N., Lichtenberg, J.W.; McPherson, R.H., Koetting, K., & Petren, S. (2008). Stability and change in counseling psychologists' identities, roles, functions, and career satisfaction across 15 years. The Counseling Psychologist. 36, 220-249.

McPherson, R.H. & Reilly, Claire (2006). Confessions of an abiding counseling psychologist. The Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology. R. Toporek et/al eds. Sage, 514-531.

Hays, J.R., McPherson, R.H., & Hansen, V. Eds. (2006). Texas law for the social worker. Bayou Publishing, Houston.

Fouad, N., McPherson, R.H., Gurstein, L., Bluestein, D., Elman, N., Helledy, H.I., & Metz, A.J. (2004). Houston, 2001: context and legacy. The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 15-77.

Education:

B.S. in Education - Guidance Associate Studies, Texas Tech University, 1976.
M.A. in Counseling, University of Texas - Permian Basin, 1978.
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Houston, 1987.