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Virginia Tech

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5.04/23/2026

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Thomas H. Ollendick is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Virginia Tech, having joined the Department of Psychology in 1980 and retired in June 2021. He earned a B.S. in Psychology from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1967, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Clinical Child Psychology from Purdue University in 1969 and 1971, respectively. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Child Psychology at the Institute for Training and Research, Devereux Foundation, in Devon, Pennsylvania, from 1971 to 1972. Ollendick began his academic career at Indiana State University from 1972 to 1979, advancing from assistant to associate professor. At Virginia Tech, he served as associate professor from 1980 to 1984, professor and director of clinical training from 1984 to 1996, professor and director of the Child Study Center from 1996 to 1999, and University Distinguished Professor and director of the Child Study Center from 1999 to 2021. His research and professional interests center upon clinical child and adolescent psychology, developmental psychopathology, cognitive behavior therapy, and social cognitive learning theory, with emphasis on the assessment, treatment, and prevention of child psychopathology from a social learning and social cognitive perspective, particularly phobias and anxiety disorders.