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G. Terence Wilson, PhD


Terry Wilson received B.A. and B.A. Hons degrees from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa (1965, 1966), and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1971).  At Rutgers he is the Oscar K Buros Professor of Psychology and  a member of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. He was twice a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (1976-77 and 1990-91), and visiting professor at Stanford University in 1980.  He has co-authored or co-edited a number of books, including Evaluation of behavior therapy: issues, evidence and research strategies (with Alan Kazdin, 1978) and Binge eating: Nature, assessment, and treatment (with Chris Fairburn, 1993), and has published numerous scientific articles.  He was the Editor-in-Chief (2002-2015) of Behaviour Research and Therapy, the leading international journal on cognitive behavior therapy.  

Learn more at https://psych.rutgers.edu/faculty-profiles-a-contacts/102-g-terence-wilson