Sara Elkins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology,
College of Human Sciences and Humanities
Contact number: 281-283-3315
Email: elkins@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou 2617.15
Biography
Sara Elkins, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of clinical psychology. She earned her
doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Tennessee and completed a
pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine,
Texas Children's Hospital.
Her program of research focuses on behavioral interventions for externalizing problems
such as aggression, oppositionality, and ADHD. In particular, her lab's research emphasizes
construction of models of risk and resiliency for child externalizing behavior and
conducting outcome studies of technology-enhanced treatments for ODD and ADHD.
Dr. Elkins has experience conducting cognitive and behavioral interventions with adults,
teens, and children. Her clinical specialty areas include behavioral parent training
interventions for child disruptive behaviors, and CBT treatment of child and adolescent
anxiety and mood disorders. See Dr. Elkins' vitae for more information.
Currently, Dr. Elkins has an active research lab, and she has several ongoing projects
that involve both undergraduate and graduate students. She will be taking doctoral
students for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Curriculum Vitae