Tammy Hughes

Tammy L. Hughes, Ph.D., is a Past President of both the Division of School Psychology (16) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Trainers of School Psychologists (TSP). A fellow of the American Psychological Association, she served as the Chair of the APA's Board of Education Affairs (BEA), Chair of the Child, Adolescent and Family caucus as a Representative to the APA Council (CoR), 2019 APA Task Force to Develop a Blueprint for APA Accreditation of Master's Programs in Health Service Psychology, 2017 APA Summit on High School Psychology Education, and 2009 APA Presidential Task Force on the Future of Psychology Practice. At present, she is active in APA's Coalition for Psychology in the Schools and Interdivisional Task Force on Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Dr. Hughes is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of School Violence, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and International Journal of School & Educational Psychology. Dedicated to effective communication with the public, Dr. Hughes is a writer of "notes to parents" published inside APA's Magination Press therapeutic books, on websites providing tips for teachers as well as interviews with the press. Her writing is in the area of child violence, differentiating emotional disturbance and social maladjustment, and understanding the relationship between emotional dysregulation and conduct problems in children.

Dr. Hughes is a licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist and Board Certified in School Psychology. Her clinical experience includes assessment, counseling and consultation services in alternative education and juvenile justice settings focusing on parent‐school‐interagency treatment planning and integrity monitoring. She is currently funded to help school and justice service providers to address the needs of youth, especially those with autism who have juvenile justice contact.

• Ph.D., School Psychology, Arizona State University, 2000
• M.A., Clinical Psychology, St. Mary's University, 1995
• B.A., Psychology, Arizona State University, 1992