Anthony Graziano is Professor of Psychology, Co-Director of the Research Center for Children and Youth, and former Head of the Clinical Area at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received the Ph.D. degree in 1961 from Purdue University. Following a VA Clinical Internship, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in child clinical psychology at the Devereaux Foundation. From 1961 to 1967 he developed and operated a behavioral treatment program for autistic children and served as the director of the Kennedy Center (Connecticut) for children with developmental disabilities. Dr. Graziano has been at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo since 1969. His research and writing has focused largely on children, youth, and families, and has included: child psychopathology; developmental disabilities; children's fears and phobias; behavior modification; parent training; community psychology; child abuse and neglect; and family therapy. His current research is on the use of coporal punishment in child rearing. He is editor, co-author, or author of seven books, including four on the treatment of childhood disorders. Dr. Graziano has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Psychological Association and is on the editorial board of the journal Behavior Modification.
Michael Raulin has been at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo since 1978. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and completed an internship at the VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. He served as the Administrative Director of the Psychological Services Center--the research and training clinic for the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at SUNY/Buffalo--from 1984 through 1996. He also served as the Director of Clinical Training from 1990 to 1994. He is the founder and current Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic--a specialized research and treatment center within the Psychological Services Center. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and has reviewed papers for a dozen other journals. He has published over 30 papers and is currently writing a textbook on abnormal psychology. He has served on several national boards including the Board of Directors for the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics (ADPTC) and the Chairs of Training Councils and headed both of these organizations for two years. His research focus is psychopathology--primarily schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. For the past 20 years he has studied risk factors in schizophrenia. More recently, he has moved to the study of developmental models for both schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. He has won awards for both teaching and distinguished service.