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University of Wyoming
William E. MacLean, Jr.

William E. MacLean, Jr.
Professor
Executive Director - Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
Not currently accepting graduate students

Ph.D., George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University 1980

M.S., George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University 1978

B.S., Emory University 1976
maclean@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-2762 • Health Science Center 147C

 

Academic Positions
2009 -Executive Director - Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
1998-present University of Wyoming, Professor of Psychology
1996-1998 University of Wyoming, Associate Professor of Psychology
1990-1996 Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Associate Professor of Psychology
1983-1990 Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor of Psychology
1981-1983 Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Research Assistant Professor of Psychology
1989-1996 Secondary appointment in Special Education at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
1982-1996 Secondary appointment in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt School of Medicine
1980-1981 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Clinical Psychology Intern in the Department of Psychiatry

Awards & Honors
Fellow of the American Psychological Association 1993
NIH Center for Scientific Review, Human Development and Aging Study Section 1996-2000
President, Division on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the American Psychological Association 2000-2001
Wyoming Psychological Association - Psychologist of the Year 2001
Editor, American Journal on Mental Retardation 2002-2007
Humphrey Distinguished Faculty Award - University of Wyoming 2002
Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2007
 

Research Interests:
Development of stereotyped and self-injurious behavior in people with intellectual disability; Psychopathology and Intellectual Disability
Graduate Student: Athena Hayes
 

Teaching:
PSYC 4320 - Intellectual Disability
 

Publications:

Recent Conference Presentations

Hoch, J, Tervo, R, Tervo, M, MacLean, W.E., Jr., & Symons, F.J. (2009, March). Preliminary analysis of self-injury among a consecutive community cohort of children at risk for intellectual and developmental disabilities. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. New Orleans.

Hartley, S.L., Lickel, A.H., & MacLean, W.E. Jr. (2008, March). Interpersonal processes of depression among adults with mild intellectual disability. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.  San Diego, CA.

*Hartley, S.L., & MacLean, W.E., Jr. (2007, March). Stressful social interactions, attributions, and coping among depressed adults with mild intellectual disability. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Annapolis, MD.

*Hayes, A., MacLean, W.E., Jr., Hepburn, S., & Rogers, S. (2007, March).  Restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped behaviors, interests, and activities in children with autism.  Poster presented at the 40th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Annapolis, MD.

Recent Publications

Hartley, S.L. & MacLean, W.E., Jr. (in press).  Stressful social interactions, attributions, and coping in depressed adults with mild intellectual disability.  American Journal on Mental Retardation, 114, 147-160.

Hartley, S.L. & MacLean, W.E., Jr. (2009).  Stressful social interactions experienced by adults with mild intellectual disability.  American Journal on Mental Retardation, 114, 71-84.

Hepburn, S.L., & MacLean, W.E., Jr. (2009). Maladaptive and repetitive behaviors in children with Down Syndrome and autism spectrum disorders: Implications for screening. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2, 67-88.

Hartley, S.L. & MacLean, W.E. (2008).  Coping strategies of adults with mild intellectual disability for stressful social interactions.  Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 1, 109-127.

*Roebel, A.M., & MacLean, W.E., Jr. (2007). Spontaneous eye-blinking and stereotyped behavior in older persons with mental retardation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 28, 37-42.



*Hartley, S.,* Horrell, S.V., & MacLean, W.E., Jr. (2007). Science to practice in intellectual disability: The role of empirically supported treatments. In J.W. Jacobson & J.A. Mulick (Eds), Handbook of mental retardation and developmental disabilities (pp. 425-443). New York, NY: Springer.

*Hartley, S.L. & MacLean, W.E. (2007). Staff-averse challenging behavior in older adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20, 519-528.

*Hartley, S.L., & MacLean, W.E., Jr. (2006). Reliability and validity of Likert-type scales for people with mental retardation. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50, 813-827.

*Horrell, S.V., MacLean, W.E., Jr., & Conley, V.M. (2006). Patient and parent/guardian perspectives of the health care of adults with mental retardation.  Mental Retardation, 44, 239-248.

 

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