Clemson professor named Fellow of American Psychological Association

Published: September 8, 2009

James McCubbin image by: Clemson University

CLEMSON – Clemson University psychology professor James McCubbin has been named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Based in Washington, D.C., the association is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.

Fellow status is bestowed upon APA members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology.

“This is a great honor for me because APA is the largest and most prestigious organization of scientific and professional psychologists,” McCubbin said. 

McCubbin is a health psychophysiologist who examines the effects of stress on worker performance and health. He has received more than $3.5 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. He has served on grant-review panels for the National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control, and served as chairman of the Behavioral Medicine Study Section at NIH. He also designs systems to reduce occupational stress and optimize worker performance in difficult work environments.

“Dr. McCubbin’s election to this prestigious position comes as no surprise to anyone who has worked with him,” says Claude C. Lilly, dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Science. “He is the consummate scholar and researcher. His contributions to the field and to Clemson University have long been lauded by his peers.”

McCubbin came to Clemson in 1997 as chairman of the psychology department. He served as associate dean, then senior associate dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Science from 2006 to 2009.

McCubbin’s election to Fellow came through the APA’s Division of Health Psychology, which seeks to advance contributions of psychology to the understanding of health and illness through basic and clinical research, education and service activities, and encourages the integration of biomedical information about health and illness with current psychological knowledge.

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