Highest degree:
Ph.D. in Child Development & Family Studies from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Teaching/research interests:
Family therapy process research, adolescent drug abuse, divorce, family assessment, and family therapy training and supervision.

Special Administrative/Professional Roles:
Department Chair, Professor, and Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Program. Rhode Island Licensed Psychologist; member American Psychological Association, Division 43; clinical member and approved supervisor AAMFT.

Other scholarly and/or creative work:

"Family Resource Partnership: Strengthing services for children and families at risk." URI Partnership program.

Selected Publications:

Adams, J. (in press). Impact of parent training on family functioning. Child & Family Behavior Therapy. 

Adams, J. (2007). Divorce therapy in context. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 6 (1/2), 109-123.

Moynehan, J. & Adams, J. (2007). What's the problem: A look at men in marital therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy, 35 (1), 41-51.

Adams, J. & Maynard, P. (2004). Contextual therapy: Applying the family ledger to couple therapy. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 3 (1), 1-12.

Adams, J. (2003). Involving stakeholders: A focus group model for assessing a family therapy training program. Journal of Teaching in Marriage & Family, 3 (3), 109-120.

Adams, J. (2001). Impact of parent training on family functioning. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 23 (1), 29-42.

Adams, J. & Maynard, P. (2000). Evaluating training needs for home-based family therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy, 28(1), 41-52. 

Adams, J. & Maynard, P. (1998). The marital conference. In T. Nelson and T. Trepper (Eds.), 101 Interventions in Family Therapy Vol. II. New York: Haworth Press. pp. 415-420. 

Adams, J. (1997). Questions as interventions in therapeutic conversation. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 8(2), 17-35.