John Lutzker, PhD

Executive Director

Marcus Institute

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JOHN R. LUTZKER, Ph.D., (University of Kansas, Developmental and Child Psychology) is the Executive Director of the Marcus Institute in Atlanta, GA. Prior to that he was appointed as Distinguished Consultant and Chief, Prevention Development and Evaluation Branch, for the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 1988-2001, he was the Florence and Louis Ross Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology and Director of Graduate Training in Behavioral Psychology at the University of Judaism in Bel Air, California.  He also served as Acting Provost of the University of Judaism.  Additionally, he is an Adjunct Professor of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas and was President of Behavior Change Associates.

 

Dr. Lutzker has published 125 professional articles and chapters; he has presented over 350 professional papers.  He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 25, 33, 37, 53), and is a Clinical Fellow of the Behavior Therapy and Research Society.  He is a past Editor of the Behavior Therapist, and the APA Division 25 Recorder.  He has been Associate Editor of Education and Treatment of Children and is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Family Violence, the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Child and Family Behavior Therapy, and Behavioral Interventions. Dr. Lutzker is the author of, Behavior Change (with Jerry Martin) Ecobehavioral Family Interventions in Developmental Disabilities (with Randy V. Campbell), and of Reducing Child Maltreatment: A Guidebook for Parent Services (with Kathryn Bigelow).  He is editor of Handbook of Child Abuse Research and Treatment, and Preventing Violence: Research and Evidence-based Intervention Strategies (in press).His current major research interests are in intervention and prevention of child maltreatment and other forms of violence.  He is a recipient of the James M. Gaudin Outstanding Research Award from the Georgia Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Kansas.  Dr. Lutzker lives with his wife, Sandra, in Atlanta, GA.