Felicity Harper, Ph.D.
harperf@karmanos.org

Departmental Role

I am a clinical psychologist with research and clinical interests in
psychosocial oncology. I joined the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences as an
Assistant Professor in August 2004 in conjunction with my appointment at
the Karmanos Cancer Institute. At the Institute, I am a Scientist in the
Communication and Behavioral Oncology Research Program and provide
clinical mental health services through the Wertz Counseling Service. I
expect to use my training and experience in psychosocial oncology and
family violence to help improve the emotional well-being, quality of
life, and health behaviors of cancer patients and their families,
including those in underserved populations.

Education

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, B.A. (1989)
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, M.S. (1999)
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Ph.D. (2002)

Training and Experience

Clinical Psychology Intern (APA-approved), University of Wisconsin
Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Madison, WI (2000-2001)

National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2002-2004)

Member, Supportive Oncology Services, University of Kentucky Markey
Cancer Center, Lexington, KY (2002-2004)

Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Dept. of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences (2004-Present)

Scientist, Communication and Behavioral Oncology Program, Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute (2004-Present)

Licensed Psychologist, Wertz Counseling Service, Barbara Ann Karmanos
Cancer Institute (2004-Present)

Member, Population Studies and Prevention Program, Karmanos Cancer
Institute (2005-Present)

Member, American Psychological Association - Division 38 Health
Psychology

Member, American Psychosocial Oncology Society

Member, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Member, Society of Behavioral Medicine

Member, American Psychological Society

Primary Research Interests

Social and family networks (social support, social constraints,
relationship quality); stress and coping; adjustment to cancer diagnosis
and treatment (psychological well-being, quality of life); health
promotion and health behavior change in survivors; treatment
decision-making

Selected Publications

Albrecht, T. L., Kuerer, H., Ruckdeschel, J. C., Mendez, J., Harper, F.
(2006). Transdisciplinary studies of surgical oncology trial accrual: An
NIH/NCI Roadmap-affiliated project update. Cancer, 107, 171-174.

Andrykowski, M. A., Beacham, A. O., Schmidt, J. E., & Harper, F. W. K.
(2006). Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to understand
intentions to engage in positive physical and psychosocial health
behaviors after cancer diagnosis. Psycho-Oncology, 15, 759-771.

Cline, R. J. W., Harper, F. W. K., Penner, L. A., Peterson, A. M.,
Jones, A. M., Taub, J. W., Ruckdeschel, J. C., & Albrecht, T. L. (2006).
Parent communication and child pain and distress during painful
pediatric cancer treatments. Social Science and Medicine, 63, 843-1120.

Eggly, S., Penner, L., Greene, M., Harper, F., Albrecht, T., &
Ruckdeschel, J. C. (2006). Information seeking during "bad news"
oncology interactions: Question-asking by patients and their companions.
Social Science and Medicine, 63, 2974-2985.

Harper, F. W. K., & Arias, I. (2004). The role of shame in predicting
adult anger and depressive symptoms among victims of child psychological
maltreatment. Journal of Family Violence, 19, 359-367.

Harper, F. W. K., Arias, I., & House, A. S. (2003). The moderating role
of parental warmth on the effects of exposure to family violence.
Violence and Victims, 18, 353-367.

Harper, F. W. K., Austin, A., Cercone-Keeney, J., & Arias, I. (2005).
The role of shame, anger, and affect regulation in men's perpetration of
psychological abuse in dating relationships. Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, 20, 1648-1662.

Harper, F. W. K., Brown, A. M., Arias, I., & Brody, G. (in press).
Corporal punishment and kids: How do parent support and gender influence
child adjustment? Journal of Family Violence.

Harper, F. W. K., Schmidt, J. E., Beacham, A. O., Salsman, J. S.,
Averill, A., Graves, K. D., & Andrykowski, M. A. (in press). The role of
Social Cognitive Processing theory and optimism in positive psychosocial
and physical behavior change after cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Psycho-Oncology.

Straight, E. S., Harper, F. W. K., & Arias, I. (2003). The impact of
partner psychological abuse on health behaviors and health status of
college women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18, 1035-1054.