Department of Psychology

Research and Teaching Interests:

Dr. Brown received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1962. He spent 10 years at the University of Texas Southwestern medical School at Dallas before joining the faculty at the University of Maryland in 1972. He has had extensive involvement in state and national psychological associations. He served as the President of the Maryland Psychological Association and of APA's Division 31, the Division of State and Provincial Psychological Associations. For APA, he served two terms on its Council of Representative and sat on its Board of Directors, and chaired several of its major boards and committees. His clinical and research interest center on interpersonal relationships, most specifically on marital/couples therapy and preventive approaches to marital distress. He holds the ABPP diploma in Clinical Psychology, is a Fellow of the Maryland and American Psychological Association, and is a member of the national Academies of Practice (Psychology). He retired in 2003 and is now an Associate Professor Emeritus, continues to serve on student and campus committees, and maintains an independent clinical practice in Columbia, Maryland. He also serves on the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.