CEP Faculty

Dr. Jonathan Schwartz

Department Head
Counseling & Educational Psychology

Research Interests:

Dr. Schwartz's research interests include issues of gender roles, particularly regarding men and masculinity, the intersection of prevention and social justice, and intimate violence and prevention of intimate violence. He is also interested in the incorporation of ecological approaches within the field of psychology.

Recent Publications:

Schwartz, J. P., & Kelley, F. A. (in press). The Development and Initial Validation of the Dating Attitudes Inventory: A Measure of the Gender Context of Dating Violence in Men. Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Schwartz, J. P., & Lindley, D. L. (2009). Impacting Sexism through Social Justice Prevention: Implications at the Person and Environmental Levels. Journal of Primary Prevention, 30, 27-41.

Grammas, D. L., & Schwartz, J. P. (2009). Internalization of Messages from Society and Perfectionism as Predictors of Male Body Image. Body Image 6, 31-36.

Schwartz, J. P., & Tylka, T. L. (2008). Exploring Entitlement as a Moderator and Mediator of the Relationship Between Masculine Gender Role Conflict and Men's Body Esteem. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 9, 67-81.

Schwartz, J. P., & Hage, S. M. (2008). Prevention ethics. In M. Kenny, A. Horne, R. Reese & P. Orpinas (Eds). Realizing social justice: The challenge of preventive interventions. APA.

Hage, S. M., & Schwartz, J. P. (2008). Positive youth development and prevention in schools. In H. L. K. Coleman & C. Yeh (Eds). Handbook of School Counseling. Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Hage, S. M., Romano, J., Coyne, R., Kenny, M., Mathews, C., Schwartz, J. P., & Waldo, M. (2007). Best Practice Guidelines on Prevention Practice, Research, Training, and Social Advocacy for Psychologists. The Counseling Psychologist, 7(35), 493-566.

Hage, S. M., Romano, J. L., Conyne, R. K., Kenny, M., Schwartz, J. P., & Waldo, M. (2007). Walking the talk: Implementing the prevention guidelines and transforming the profession of psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 7(35), 493-566.

Schwartz, J. P., & Hage, S. M., Bush, I., & Key, L. S. (2006). Family of origin dynamics as contributing factors to the intergenerational transmission of intimate violence: A review of the literature. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 7, 206-221.

Schwartz, J. P., Waldo, M., & Daniels, D. (2005). Gender role conflict and self-esteem: Predictors of partner abuse in court referred men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 6, 109-113.

Schwartz, J. P., Russell, M., Griffin, M., & Dupuis, C. (2004). Effects of a group preventive intervention on risk and protective factors related to dating violence. Group Dynamics, 8, 221-231.

Leadership:

Dr. Jonathan Schwartz is the Department Head for the Counseling and Educational Psychology Department at New Mexico State University. He previously served as the training director/program lead for the counseling doctoral and counseling master's programs at the University of Houston. Dr. Schwartz is the current chair of the Prevention Section of Division 17. He also serves on the executive board of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPPT) and is on the diversity committee of Division 49 (Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy). Further, he currently serves on the editorial board of The Counseling Psychologist, Prevention in Counseling Psychology: Theory, Research, Practice and Training and serves as an Ad-hoc reviewer for Psychotherapy and the Psychology of Men and Masculinity. Finally, Dr. Schwartz was the co-chair of the Program Committee for the 2008 International Counseling Psychology Conference held in Chicago.

Recognition:

Dr. Schwartz was awarded the 2006 Faculty Research Excellence Award, College of Education, University of Houston. He was a Co-author of the 2007 Outstanding Contribution Award to The Counseling Psychologist. Dr. Schwartz was awarded the 2008 Researcher of the Year Award from Division 51 (Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity) of the American Psychological Association and was recently identified as the fourth most productive scholar in the Psychology of Men and Masculinity (Wong, 2008).

Academic background :

M.A. in Counseling, New Mexico State University, 1997.

Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, New Mexico State University, 2001.