Legacy Project

Sara H. Qualls, Ph.D., ABPP

Professor Emerita in Psychology at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs

Dr. Qualls earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the Middle Tennessee State University, a Master’s of Science and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University. She joined the faculty at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs (UCCS) in 1984. She is board certified in Geropsychology. In addition to teaching, she maintained a research lab and provided clinical and consultative services both inside and outside the university’s Aging Center. She maintains a part-time private practice of therapy services to later life individuals and families. Dr. Qualls has published many papers and received many honors and awards for her work in the field. Dr. Qualls is passionate about passing along her wisdom to the next generation of geropsychologists, and we thoroughly enjoyed spending an hour gathering bits of wisdom to pass along to you. Please feel free to ask questions/make comments to squalls@uccs.edu.

Listen to the interview here:

• Introduction
• One piece of advice
• Academia mentor
• Why Geropsychology
• Research
• Supervision
• Most meaningful
• Legacy

Barry A. Edelstein, Ph.D.

Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology – West Virginia University

Dr. Edelstein earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology (perception, psychophysics, cognitive psychology) at the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. degree in Clinical and Experimental Psychology (experimental analysis of behavior) from the University of Memphis. He joined the faculty at West Virginia University in 1974. In addition to teaching undergraduate (Assessment and Introduction to Clinical Psychology) and graduate courses (Behavioral and Psychological Assessment), he provides consultation and clinical services to Hopemont Hospital, a long-term care facility, where he also supervises undergraduate and graduate students. His research and scholarly interests have varied over the years, largely following the interests of his graduate students. In the past several years he has focused on older adult anxiety, older adult decision making (competence and end of life), and caregiver burden in the sandwich generation. Dr. Edelstein is one of the co-founders of the APA Division 12, Section 2 (Society of Clinical Geropsychology). Please direct questions to barry.edelstein@mail.wvu.edu.

Listen to the interview here:

• Introduction
• Why Geropsychology
• Aging Perspective
• Challenges in Geropsychology
• Advice for Trainees
• Future Directions
• Most Meaningful
• Supervision
• Wisdom