Awards Spotlight
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Dr. Fred Piercy, Head, Human Development2007 College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising |
Dr. Fred Piercy is professor and department head, Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Blacksburg , VA. Dr. Piercy’s professional interests include family therapy education, family therapy for drug and alcohol abuse, qualitative research, and social science HIV/AIDS prevention research and intervention. Dr. Piercy has written over 100 published articles, five books, and 25 funded grants. He is the co-author of Family Therapy Sourcebook (with Douglas Sprenkle, Joseph Wetchler, and associates; Guilford Press, 1986, 1996) and Stop Marital Fights Before they Start (with Norman Lobsenz, Berkley Press, 1994). Dr. Piercy has won both national and university teaching awards. He has collaborated extensively with colleagues from the University of Indonesia and Atma Jaya University (in Jakarta , Indonesia ) and was the principle investigator of a World AIDS Foundation funded project in Indonesia . Dr. Piercy has also consulted widely in the USA , and in Nepal , the Philippines , and India .