Southern Illinois University Carbondale

	Alan Vaux
Degree	Ph.D., Trinity College, Ireland; Ph.D., University of California Irvine
Position	Professor, Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology; Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Office	Dean's Office, College of Liberal Arts, Faner Hall
Phone	(618) 453-2466
Fax	(618) 453-3563
Email	alanvaux@siu.edu
Biosketch	Alan Vaux is Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Born, raised, and educated in Dublin, Ireland, he earned PhDs at Trinity College (PhD 1979, Dublin University, Ireland) and in Social Ecology from University of California at Irvine (PhD 1981). Dr. Vaux's graduate teaching currently consists of Community Psychology. He has also taught courses on Research Methods in Clinical Psychology, Stress Coping & Social Support, and Violence. His research has addressed social and personal resources and liabilities involved in well-being, particularly social support and stress, but also social roles and depression; attachment; social network features, relationship inhibiting factors, and loneliness. Interest in the five-factor model of personality (and the NEO-PI) has led to a series of studies relating personality to diverse variables including movie preference, vocational interests, possible selves, and noxious relationship behavior. He is the author of Social support: Theory, research and intervention (Praeger, 1985), a Fellow of APA (Community Psychology and Psychological Study of Social Issues divisions) and APS, and has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships and on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Community Psychology . He served as the Psychology Department Chairperson from 1996-2004.
Research Interests	Social Support Personality
Selected Publications	Recent Journal Articles & Book Chapters: Vaux, A. & Briggs, C. (2005). Conducting mail and internet surveys. In F.T. Leong & J.T. Austin (Eds.), The psychology research handbook (2nd edition). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Chwalisz, K. & Vaux, A. (2000). Social support and adjustment to disability. In R.G. Frank & T.R. Elliott (Eds.), Handbook of rehabilitation psychology. Washington DC : American Psychological Association. Holder, J. & Vaux, A. (1998). African American professionals: Coping with occupational stress in predominantly White work environments. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 53, 315-333. Vaux, A. (1996). Tending the social ecology: Alternative intervention strategies for violent behavior. In S.M.C. Dollinger & L. DiLalla (Eds.), Prevention and intervention issues across the lifespan. New York: Erlbaum. Books: Vaux, A. (1985). Social support: Theory, research and intervention. Praeger.
Teaching	Undergraduate Psychology Course: Psychopathology (Psyc 431) Graduate Course: Community Psychology (Psyc 568)