CEP Faculty

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 the prevention of bullying and intimate violence. He is also interested in the incorporation of ecological approaches within the field of psychology and treatment of trauma.

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.

Chapman, S., & Schwartz, J. P. (in press). Rejecting the null: Social justice research means asking different questions. Counseling and Values.

McDermott, R., Schwartz, J. P., & Trevathan, M. (in press). Predicting men's anger management: Relationships with gender role journey and entitlement. Psychology of Men and Masculinity.

Tsan, J. Y., Day, S. X., Schwartz, J. P., & Kimbrel, N. A. (2011). Restrictive emotionality, behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and behavioral activation system (BAS) and psychological health seeking behavior. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 12, 260-274.

Eby, M. D., Chin, J., Rollock, D., Schwartz, J. P., & Worrell, F. C. (2011). Professional psychology training in the era of a thousand flowers: Dilemmas and challenges for the future. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 5, 57-68.

Schwartz, J. P., Grammas, D. L., Sutherland, J. R., Siffert, K. J., & Bush-King, I. (2010). Masculine gender roles and differentiation: Predictors of body image and self objectification in men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 11, 208-224.

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.

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, 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, 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.

Recent Chapters:

Schwartz, J. P., Hage, S. M., & & Gonzalez, D. (in press). A new paradigm for prevention work: The development of an ethical code. In L. Vera (Ed.). Handbook of Prevention in Counseling Psychology. Oxford Press.

Hage. S. M., Schwartz, J. P., & Romano, J. (in press). Best Practices in Prevention. In L. Vera (Ed.). Handbook of Prevention in Counseling Psychology. Oxford Press.

Davidson, M. M., Schwartz, J. P., &. Waldo, M. (in press). Prevention of intimate violence. In L. Vera (Ed.). Handbook of Prevention in Counseling Psychology. Oxford Press.

Waldo, M., Schwartz, J. P., Horne, A., & Gonzalez, L., (in press). Prevention Groups. In R. Conyne (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling. Oxford Press.

Schwartz, J. P., Waldo, M., Moravec, S. M. (in press). Group Assessment. In R. Conyne (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling. Oxford Press.

Schwartz, J. P., & Hage, S. M. (2009). Prevention: Ethics, responsibility and commitment to public well-being. In M. Kenny, A. Horne, R. Reese & P. Orpinas (Eds). Realizing Social Justice: The Challenge of Preventive Interventions. American Psychological Association.

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.

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 past chair of the Prevention Section of Division 17. He also served 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 Psychology of Men and Masculinity, and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for Psychotherapy. 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 recently awarded the awarded Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award, Division 17, American Psychological Association, 2011. He 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 journal Psychology of Men and Masculinity (Wong, 2010). Dr. Schwartz was a co-author of the 2007 Outstanding Contribution Award to The Counseling Psychologist. He was also awarded the 2006 Faculty Research Excellence Award, College of Education, University of Houston.

Academic background :

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

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