Kevin Simpson
Associate Professor of Psychology; Chair Department of Social Science
Contact Information
Social Science Department
Concordia University
ksimpson@cu-portland.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Denver, 1999
M.S., University of North Texas, 1993
B.S., John Brown University, 1989
Background
Kevin Simpson, Ph.D. serves as an associate professor of psychology and chair of the social science department. Prior to coming to Portland, he taught in the wilds of rural Utah immediately after completing graduate school in counseling psychology at the University of Denver. His background and training in psychotherapy also required a full year clinical internship at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he provided clinical and consultative services to the university counseling service on the Evanston and downtown Chicago campuses. He holds memberships in the American Psychological Association, Division 2 of the APA, Teaching of Psychology, and the Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Simpson serves as a sport psychology consultant to the Concordia University men’s soccer team. His professional interest areas include ethics in the practice of psychotherapy, eating disordered behavior in sport, athletic identity, and college student development. Recently, Dr. Simpson has presented at international conferences for teachers of psychology, national conferences of the American Psychological Association, and various regional and local conferences in college student psychotherapy.