Rate My Professor Charles Negy

Charles Negy, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Florida, where he has been a faculty member since 1998, initially as Assistant Professor and promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2001. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Texas A&M University in 1994 after completing his M.S. in Psychology there in 1990, and a B.A. in Psychology from California State University, Fullerton in 1987. Negy fulfilled his predoctoral internship at the Houston Independent School District, an APA-accredited program, from 1993 to 1994. Prior to joining UCF, he served as Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas-Pan American from 1994 to 1998, including teaching at Universidad de Monterrey in Mexico. His early clinical experience encompasses roles as part-time psychologist at La Joya Independent School District assessing Spanish-speaking children, diagnostic work at the Mental Health/Mental Retardation Authority of Texas, and conducting stress management groups and psychotherapy at the Federal Prison Camp for Women. Negy is a licensed psychologist in Florida and has directed multiple UCF study abroad programs in Costa Rica from 2012 to 2015 and Peru in 2011 and 2016 to 2019, in addition to serving as Fulbright Scholar in the Psychology Department at Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in El Salvador in 2011.

Negy's research specializations include acculturation among Hispanic-Americans, ethnic identity, interethnic couples, and sexuality. Key publications feature 'Social media use and mental health among young adults' (Berryman, Ferguson, & Negy, 2018), 'The importance of acculturation in understanding research with Hispanic-Americans' (Negy & Woods, 1992), 'Ethnic identity, self-esteem, and ethnocentrism: a study of social identity versus multicultural theory of development' (Negy et al., 2003), 'A comparison of African American and White college students’ affective and attitudinal reactions to lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals' (Negy & Eisenman, 2005), and 'Relations among media influence, body image, eating concerns, and sexual orientation in men' (Carper, Negy, & Tantleff-Dunn, 2010). He has received UCF Teaching Incentive Program Awards in 2004, 2009, and 2015 for teaching excellence, the Outstanding Faculty Award from The University of Texas-Pan American in 1996-1997, and a Fulbright Grant in 2011. Additional honors include designation as Honorary Professor at Universidad Autonoma del Peru (2009), Universidad Nacional Frederico Villarreal (2008), and Universidad de Chiclayo (2006), and Honorary Member of the Peruvian Psychological Association (2010). Negy has delivered invited keynote addresses on cross-cultural psychotherapy and therapy considerations with sexual minority clients.