Mick Watson

Title

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, George and Frances Levin Professor of Psychology

Education
Health: Science, Society, and Policy
Psychology

Expertise

Developmental psychology.

Profile

My training was in developmental psychology, and my main research interest is in , developmental psychopathology, in particular the developmental pathways leading to aggression in children and adolescence.

Degrees

University of Denver, Ph.D.

University of Denver, M.A.

University of Utah, B.A.

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Contact

Email:	watson@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-3249
Office:	Kutz Hall, 219

Awards and Honors

Member, Society for Research in Child Development, American Psychological Society, and Society for Research on Adolescence, International Society for Research on Aggression (2003)

P.I., Psychological Antecedents of Aggression in Children and Adolescents, funded by NICHD (2003)

Michael L. Walzer Award for Excellence in Teaching (1982)

National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Fellow (1975 - 1977)

Courses Taught

PSYC	33a	Developmental Psychology
PSYC	131a	Child Development across Cultures
PSYC	136b	Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology
USEM	30b	Development of Play, Art, and Creativity

Scholarship

Burdzovic Andreas, J., & Watson, Malcolm W. "Moderating effects of family environment on the association between children's aggressive beliefs and their aggression trajectories from childhood to adolescence.." Development and Psychopathology 21. (2009): 189-205.

Smith, C.E., Fischer, K.W., & Watson, Malcolm W.. "Toward a refined view of aggressive fantasy as a risk factor for aggression: Interaction effects involving cognitive and situational variables.." Aggressive Behavior 35. (2009): 313-323.

Sheehan, M.J., & Watson, Malcolm W. "Reciprocal influences between maternal discipline techniques and aggression in children and adolescents.." Aggressive Behavior 34. (2008): 245-255.

Watson,Malcolm W., Burdzovic Andreas, J., Fischer, K.W., & Smith, K.W.. "Patterns of risk factors leading to victimization and aggression in children and adolescents." Child victimization: Maltreatment, bullying and dating violence, prevention and intervention. Ed. K.A. Kendall-Tackett & S.M. Giacomoni. Civic Research Institute, 2005. 12.1-12.23.

Watson,Malcolm W., Fischer, K.W., Burdzovic Andreas, J., & Smith, K.W.. "Pathways to aggression in children and adolescents." Harvard Educational Review 74. (2004): 404-430.

Watson, Malcolm W.. "Youth violence: Patterns and links.." Brandeis Review 2003: 22-25.

Theories of human development (Book and Video Course).. Author and Lecturer Watson, Malcolm W. The Teaching Company, 2002.

Watson, Malcolm W. and Boyatzis, C.J. (Eds.). Symbolic and Social Constraints on the Development of Children's Artistic Style. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

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