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Rafael Art. Javier
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Biography
Rafael Art. Javier is a professor of psychology and the director of the Post-Graduate Professional Development Programs and the Postdoctoral Certificate Programs in Forensic Psychology at St. John’s University and also a Consultant/Supervisor at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He was the first, founding director of the Center for Psychological Services and Clinical Studies at St. John's University for almost twenty years. He is also a faculty member and supervisor at the Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and founding member of the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLAS). Dr. Javier has presented at national and international conferences on psycholinguistic and psychoanalytic issues in research and treatment and on ethnic and cultural issues in psychoanalytic theories and practice, including on issues of violence and the impact on general cognitive and emotional functioning. He has published extensively on the subject including several coedited books. His current research includes issues of violence and moral development, suicide in adolescents and young adults, and autobiographical memory and bilingualism. His most recent books include Understanding Domestic Violence: Theories, Challenges, Remedies, co-edited with William Herron, and Assessing Trauma in Forensic Context, coedited with Drs. Elizabeth Owen and Jemour Maddux. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, and he is on the editorial board of the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, the Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, and the Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy. He was the 2017-2018 President of the Forensic Division of the New York State Psychological Association and the past vice-president of the Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals. He was appointed as Special Advisor to the Executive Board of the New York State Psychological Association and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.