Faculty
Alison Caldwell-Andrews
Associate Professor of Psychology
“I absolutely love connecting with young adults. Teaching, mentoring and being around the students here at Southern Virginia University is like a dream come true. Teaching is like dancing down a hallway and throwing open all the doors to possibility. There are so many different ways to find interest, excitement and meaning in the world of psychology; that hallway has unlimited doors ready to fling open! Come find out what creates the spark for you.”
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Mind-Body Medicine—Yale Preoperative Anxiety Research Group, Yale University School of Medicine, 2002
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Kentucky, 2000
- M.S. in Clinical Psychology, Presidential Fellowship (1996–97) and Quality Achievement Fellowships (1995–98), University of Kentucky, 1998
- B.S. with University Honors in Family Sciences, Brigham Young University, 1990
Courses
- Psychology Major:
- General Psychology
- Research Methods
- Psychology of Trauma
- History & Systems
- Applied Methodology-Psychology of Medicinal Herbalism
- Family & Human Development Major:
- Introduction to Research Methods
Teaching Positions & Professional Experience
- Faculty Member, Southern Virginia University, 2019-present
- Principal Scientific Advisor, Solle Naturals, Pleasant Grove, Utah, 2011–present
- Independent Leadership Consultant, 2013–present
- Taught Introductory Psychology and Abnormal Psychology at Southern Connecticut State University, 2006
- Faculty, Associate Research Scientist Track, Yale University School of Medicine, 2002–06
- Co-Instructor, Regional Mental Health Training, 1999
- Taught Introductory Psychology at the University of Kentucky, 1999
Scholarship & Creative Work
- Written work includes 28 peer-reviewed publications, three books and workbooks, and seven magazine articles
- Family-centered Preparation for Surgery Improves Perioperative Outcomes in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial opens new tab to article, Anesthesiology, 2007
- The Fix: How a more integrative mind-body approach creates lasting health opens new tab to book, CreateSpace, 2013
- Malware & The Benevolent Brain opens new tab to book, CreateSpace, 2016
- A reviewer of Anesthesiology (2003), Pain Medicine (2005–06), Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2005), and Anesthesia & Anesthesiology (2006–09)
- Taught various leadership seminars across the country, focus on accountability, behavior change, identifying motivation and countering fear, as well as contents of a self-developed curriculum
Awards, Leadership & Service
- Y Scholar Award; Omicron Nu Honor Society, Brigham Young University, 1990