Department of Psychology

Elizabeth Brestan Knight received her B.A. in Psychology from Emory University and her Ph.D. in Clinical & Health Psychology from the University of Florida. After completing an internship in pediatric psychology at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami School of Medicine, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Currently, she is an Associate Professor and a College of Liberal Arts Engaged Scholar at Auburn University Department of Psychology. Her research interests include the behavioral observation of parent-child interactions and dissemination of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.

• 1992, B.A., Psychology, Emory University
• 1998, Ph.D., Psychology, Clinical & Health, University of Florida

• Butler, A.M., Brestan, E. V., & Eyberg, S.M. (2008). Examination of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory Discrepancy Hypothesis. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 30, 257-262.
• Niec, L. N., Brestan, E. V., & Valle, L. A. (2008). Violence on the screen: Psychological perspectives on child abuse in American popular film 1992 - 2001. In R. Fisher & N. Billias (Series Eds.) and T. Levin (Vol. Ed.), Violence: 'Mercurial gestalt' (pp. 91 - 110). Amsterdam: Rodopi B. V. Press.
• Knight, E. B., & Ridgeway, L. E. (2008). The role of family in treatment. In M. Hersen (Series Ed.) & D. Reitman (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of Assessment, Conceptualization, and Treatment (HACT): Vol 2 (pp. 126-158). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
• Knight, E. B., & Lee, E. (2008). A guide to teaching developmental psychology. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Niec, L. N., Yopp, J. M., Hemme, J., & Brestan, E. V. (2005). Parent-child interaction therapy: The rewards and challenges of a group format. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 12, 113-125.

• PSYC2010, Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC2120, Life Span Development
• PSYC4080, Health Psychology
• PSYC8310, Introduction to Clinical Ethics and Methods
• PSYC8400, Advanced Child & Adolescent Psychopathology
• PSYC8420, Behavior Change in Children
• PSYC8910, Clinical Practicum