Sean Lauderdale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Service Psychology & Clinical Psychology,
College of Human Sciences and Humanities
Contact number: 281-283-3305
Email: lauderdale@uhcl.edu
Office: HSB 1508.15
Biography
Dr. Sean Lauderdale earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Texas Tech University
and completed his clinical internship and postdoctoral studies in Geropsychology at
the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, California.
Dr. Lauderdale’s research program focuses on a range of clinical and societal issues,
including investigating issues experienced by veterans, such as public stigma for
mental health conditions and military sexual trauma as well as transitional experiences
associated with military discharge. Dr. Lauderdale has also developed program evaluation
strategies for veterans’ courts and jail-based therapeutic rehabilitation communities
for veterans. His other research has focused on mental health of police officers,
bias in AI-generated mental health information, and how bias affects school-based
disciplinary procedures. Dr. Lauderdale also investigates anxiety-related indecisiveness,
cognitive risks for anxiety, and perception of negative future outcomes anticipated
by individuals with anxiety. Finally, Dr. Lauderdale evaluates assessment of mental
health conditions experienced by older adults and the experiences of carepartners
of people with neurocognitive disorders (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease).
Dr. Lauderdale specializes in evidence-based psychoeducation, assessment, and psychotherapy.
He specifically focuses on transdiagnostic approaches for people with anxiety, veterans,
and carepartners of people with neurocognitive disorders. Dr. Lauderdale also has
extensive experience working with older veterans with neurocognitive disorders and
their carepartners at home and in care facilities.
Dr. Lauderdale is committed to mentoring students in the Clinical Psychology master’s
and Health Service Psychology doctoral programs. As a new faculty member, he is building
an active research lab and will be accepting doctoral students for the 2023-2024 academic
year.
Areas of Expertise
- Clinical psychology
- Clinical geropsychology
- Veterans
- Anxiety disorder and related cognitive processes
- Mental health stigma
- Neurocognitive disorders
Publications
- Staley, G., Zaidan, A., Henley, K., Childers, L. G., Daniel, R., Lauderdale, S., & McGuire, A. P. (2022). Commending rather than condemning veterans: Moral elevation and stigma for veterans with military sexual trauma and substance use. BMC Psychology.
- Lauderdale, S. (2022). People with dementia and their interaction with the police. In M. P. Bratina (Ed.), Forensic mental health: Framing integrated solutions (2nd ed.). New York, New York: Taylor and Francis/Routledge.
- Lauderdale, S. A., Martin, K. J., Oakes, K. R., Moore, J. M., & Balotti, R. J. (2022). Pragmatic screening of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and substance misuse in older adults. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
- Lauderdale, S. A., & Oakes, K. R. (2021). Factor structure of the revised Indecisiveness Scale and association with risks for and symptoms of anxiety, depression, and attentional control. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Courses (Current Academic Year)
- PSYC 6531 & 7531 Psychopathology
- PSYC 7936 Evidence-based Clinical Supervision Practices
Research Projects
- Mental health stigma
- Veterans' mental health
- Anxiety-related indecisiveness
- Cognitive risk for anxiety
- Anxiety experienced by older adults
- Carepartners' experience