Kevin Everhart, Ph.D.

Senior Instructor

Office: NC 5008D
Office Phone: 303-556-5258
Fax: 303-556-3520

E-mail: kevin.everhart@cudenver.edu
Vitae: Curriculum Vitae (pdf version)

 

Research Interests

Dr. Everhart is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with expertise in Pediatric and Clinical Child Psychology.  His research and clinical interests include infant mental health, the effects of post-partum depression on child development, neurondevelopmental assessment of young children, developmental disabilities, and community-based prevention and early intervention programs. He also serves as Clinical Supervisor for the UCD Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.

Biosketch

Education

Ph.D.  in Clinical and Community Psychology, 2000,  University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

B.S. in  Psychology, 1992,  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Employment

Senior Instructor, 2004-present, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

Instructor/Fellow, 2002-present, Program for Early Developmental Studies, Department of Psychiatry,  University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Post-doctoral Fellow, 2001-2002, Developmental Psychobiology Research Program, Department of Psychiatry,   University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Post-doctoral Fellow, 2000-2001, Harris Program for Infant Mental Health and Child Development, Department of Psychiatry,   University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Pre-doctoral Intern, 1999-2000, Child Clinical & Pediatric  Psychology,  Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital of Stanford / Children’s Health Council. Stanford University School of Medicine,  Stanford, California. 

Select Honors and Awards

• Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado, 2005

• Ruth L Kirshstein Individual National Research Service Award Grantee, 2002

• Institutional National Research Service Award, 2001, Developmental Psychobiology Research Training  Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 1992 University of Minnesota

Representative Publications

Bloomquist, August, Cohen, Doyle, and Everhart, KD (1997).  Social problem solving in hyperactive-aggressive children: How and what they think in conditions of automatic and controlled processing.  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 26(2):172-180.  

Emde, R.N., Everhart, K.D., and Wise, B.K. (2004)  Therapeutic relationships in infant mental health and the concept of leverage. In Sameroff, A., Rosenbloom, K. and McDonough, S., (eds) Treating parent-infant relationship problems. Guilford Press. Connecticut.

Everhart, K. and Emde, R.N. (in press). Socioeconomic gradients, multiplier effects, and the social context of self-regulation.. In  Fitzgerald, H., (ed) The Crisis in Children's Mental Health, Vol. 1 Greenwood Press, Connecticut.

Everhart, K.  and Wandersman, A. (2000). Applying comprehensive quality programming and empowerment evaluation to reduce implementation barriers. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 11(2), 177-191.

Clinical Interests

I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the State of Colorado. My interests include clinical and developmental assessment and intervention with infants, young children, and families, and pediatric psychology.