• 513-745-3548
  • 102A Elet Hall
  • ML 6511

Dr. Jennifer Gibson

Co-Chair, Associate Professor, School of Psychology

Dr. Gibson is a licensed clinical psychologist with interest and expertise in school-aged children, school-based mental health, and prevention and promotion interventions. Dr. Gibson earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Miami University after completing her Predoctoral Internship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 

Teaching

Courses Dr. Gibson regularly teaches include:

  • PSY 101: General Psychology
  • PSY 232: Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 332: Child Psychology
  • PSY 584: Psychometrics and IQ Tests

Representative Publications

McGarry, B. E.*, & Gibson, J. E. (2025). Supervision quality, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious posttraumatic growth among clinicians-in-training. Traumatology, https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000596

Ceo-DiFrancesco, D., Dunn, L. S., & Gibson, J. E. (2025). Fleeing, waiting, hoping: Occupational adaptation as resilience among families at the Mexico-US Border. Journal of Occupational Science, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2025.2476557

Phillips, J., Mullins, M., Gibson, J., Gonzalez, A., Raj, S., & White, V. (2025). Enhancing departmental culture by centering students. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000511

Mullins, M., Gibson, J., Phillips, J., Raj, S., *White, V., & Gonzalez, A. (2024). More than I-O, more than admissions: Partnering for DEI in graduate education. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 17(4), 499-502. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2024.52

Zucchero, R. A., & Gibson, J. E. (2019). A Comparison of intergenerational service-learning and traditional pedagogy among undergraduate psychology students. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 18(2), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718823970  

Gibson, J. E., Polad, S., Flaspohler, P. D., & Watts, V. (2016).  Social emotional learning and bullying prevention: Why and how integrated implementation may work.  In B. Spodek & O. Saracho (Eds.) Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood Education.  Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing

Gibson, J. E., Werner, S. S., & Sweeney, A. (2015).  Evaluating an abbreviated version of the PATHS curriculum implemented by school mental health clinicians.  Psychology in the Schools, 52, 549-561https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.21844

Gibson, J. E., & Flaspohler, P. D., & Watts, V. (2015).  Engaging youth in bullying prevention through community-based participatory research.  Family and Community Health, 38(1), 120-130. https://doi.org/10.1097/fch.0000000000000048

Gibson, J. E. (2012).  Interviews and focus groups with children: Methods that match children’s developing competencies.  Journal of Family Theory and Review, 4, 148-159.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2589.2012.00119.x

 

  • 513-745-3548
  • 102A Elet Hall
  • ML 6511

Dr. Gibson is a licensed clinical psychologist with interest and expertise in school-aged children, school-based mental health, and prevention and promotion interventions. Dr. Gibson earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Miami University after completing her Predoctoral Internship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 

Teaching

Courses Dr. Gibson regularly teaches include:

  • PSY 101: General Psychology
  • PSY 232: Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 332: Child Psychology
  • PSY 584: Psychometrics and IQ Tests

Representative Publications

McGarry, B. E.*, & Gibson, J. E. (2025). Supervision quality, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious posttraumatic growth among clinicians-in-training. Traumatology, https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000596

Ceo-DiFrancesco, D., Dunn, L. S., & Gibson, J. E. (2025). Fleeing, waiting, hoping: Occupational adaptation as resilience among families at the Mexico-US Border. Journal of Occupational Science, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2025.2476557

Phillips, J., Mullins, M., Gibson, J., Gonzalez, A., Raj, S., & White, V. (2025). Enhancing departmental culture by centering students. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000511

Mullins, M., Gibson, J., Phillips, J., Raj, S., *White, V., & Gonzalez, A. (2024). More than I-O, more than admissions: Partnering for DEI in graduate education. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 17(4), 499-502. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2024.52

Zucchero, R. A., & Gibson, J. E. (2019). A Comparison of intergenerational service-learning and traditional pedagogy among undergraduate psychology students. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 18(2), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718823970  

Gibson, J. E., Polad, S., Flaspohler, P. D., & Watts, V. (2016).  Social emotional learning and bullying prevention: Why and how integrated implementation may work.  In B. Spodek & O. Saracho (Eds.) Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood Education.  Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing

Gibson, J. E., Werner, S. S., & Sweeney, A. (2015).  Evaluating an abbreviated version of the PATHS curriculum implemented by school mental health clinicians.  Psychology in the Schools, 52, 549-561https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.21844

Gibson, J. E., & Flaspohler, P. D., & Watts, V. (2015).  Engaging youth in bullying prevention through community-based participatory research.  Family and Community Health, 38(1), 120-130. https://doi.org/10.1097/fch.0000000000000048

Gibson, J. E. (2012).  Interviews and focus groups with children: Methods that match children’s developing competencies.  Journal of Family Theory and Review, 4, 148-159.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2589.2012.00119.x

 

First Year at Xavier
2011

Professional Interests Research Interests: School-based Mental Health, Prevention and Early Intervention for At- Risk Youth, Bullying, Community Psychology, Applied and Participatory Action Research