Neal Rubin

Professor

Office

312.777.7695
nrubin@argosy.edu

Education

Ph.D., Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago, 1987.
M.A. Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago, 1983.
B.A., Anthropology, Northwestern University, 1972.

Biography

Dr. Rubin is a Professor and University Fellow at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Chicago and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University (Anthropology) and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Committee on Human Development, Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Chicago. Dr. Rubin has been certified as a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology (AACP). He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA). He is a former Chief Psychologist at the Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute (P&PI) of Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center where he was also a Research Associate on the Chicago Followup Study, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and MacArthur Foundation funded study of the long term course of the lives of psychiatric patients. More recently, Dr. Rubin's interests have focused on international psychology, social justice and the role of psychologists in promoting human rights. Since 2003 Dr. Rubin has pursued these international interests serving on the American Psychological Association's United Nations NGO Team at UN Headquarters in New York City. In this role, he works to contribute to psychologically informed global policies, utilizing research-based psychological information and resources pertinent to the behavioral dimensions of social issues worldwide. This team provides expertise to the UN for its many initiatives and activities as well as disseminating global human rights perspectives to the membership of the APA. In addition, Dr. Rubin has been elected to the Executive Board of Division 52 (International Psychology) of the APA as Secretary from 2008-2010, President-Elect (2011) and President (2012) of the division. He has also served as the Division 52 Liaison to the APA's Office of Ethics. Dr. Rubin has been elected to the Executive Board of the International Council of Psychologists (ICP) as Member at Large-Elect (2011-2012). Among his publications and presentations, Dr. Rubin recently convened a symposium at the XII European Congress of Psychology in Istanbul, Turkey (7/4-7/8/11), "Integrating Human Rights and Social Justice with Diversity in Psychology Education and Training: Multiculturalism, Immigration, Trafficking and the United Nations" and spoke at the APA UN Team's symposium at the 119th APA Convention in Washington, DC (8/4-8/7/11), "Universal Education for Girls Does Matter: a Report from Psychology Day at the United Nations." He has also been invited to lead a symposium at the XXX International Congress of Psychology in July 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa, "Enriching our Shared Humanity: Imperatives for a Human Rights Framework for Psychologists."

Expertise

International Psychology
Human Rights
Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy
The Treatment of Severe Disorders

Selected Publications

Chitayat, D., Dingman, S., Gary, J., Nolan, S., Rubin, N., Sigal, J., Vietze, D., Brunzawabaya, B., & Schaffner, R. (in press). Does educating girls matter? A United Nations perspective on barriers and promises. International Psychology Bulletin.
Rubin, N. & Neljak, M. (in press). The history of peace psychology. In Rieber, R. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the history of psychological theories. New Delhi, India: Springer.
Gary, J. & Rubin, N. (2011). UN Matters: APA and the United Nations: A reciprocal relationship. Psychology International, 22(2). Retrieved from: www.apa.org/international/pi.
Rubin, N. (2010). Honoring their legacy: United Nations' loss of life in the Haiti earthquake. International Psychology Bulletin, 14(2), pp. 27-29. Retrieved from www.itopwebsite.com/InternationalPsychology/Newsletter.html.
Rubin, N. & Denmark, F. (2008). Psychology Day at the United Nations, 2008: The psychological dimensions of social justice in the twenty first century. International Psychology Bulletin, 12(4), 17. Retrieved from www.itopwebsite.com/InternationalPsychology/Newsletter.html.
Craig, R., Loheidi, R., Rudolph, B., Leifer, M., & Rubin, N. (1998). Relationship between psychological needs and the five factor model of personality classification. Journal of Research in Personality, 32, 519-527.
Rudolph, B., Craig, R., Leifer, M., & Rubin, N. (1998). Evaluating competency in the diagnostic interview among graduate psychology students: Development of generic scales. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 29(5), 488-491.
Rubin, N.S., & Harrow, M. (1993). Deficit-negative and positive symptoms during the acute and post-hospital phases of schizophrenia: A longitudinal study. In Cromwell, R.L.& Snyder, C.R. (Eds.), Schizophrenia: Origins, processes, treatment and outcome (pp. 241 - 259). New York: Oxford University Press.
Harrow, M., Rubin, N. S., Pogue-Geile, M. F., & Marengo, J. T. (1987). Prognosis and positive symptoms in schizophrenia [Abstract]. Scientific Proceedings of the 140th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, (p. 149). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.

Memberships

American Psychological Association (APA), Fellow
American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Diplomate
American Academy of Clinical Psychology (AACP), Fellow
International Council of Psychologists (ICP), Member-at-Large
Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), Fellow

Presentations

Rubin, N. (2012, July). Human rights advocacy: Linking psychology with global imperatives. In N. Rubin (Chair), Enriching our shared humanity: Imperatives for a human rights framework for psychologists. To be presented at the 30th International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.
Rubin, N. (2011, August) Universal education for girls does matter: A report from Psychology Day at the United Nations. In D. Chitayat (Chair), Does educating girls matter? Barriers and promise from a United Nations perspective. Paper presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Rubin, N. (2011, August). A developmental perspective on psychologists' advocacy at the United Nations. In F. Denmark (Chair), Psychologists at U.N. Headquarters in New York, Geneva and Vienna. Discussion presented at the 69th Annual Convention of the International Council of Psychologists, Washington, DC.
Rubin, N. (2011, July). Diversity and human rights in psychology: A view from the United Nations. In N. Rubin (Chair), Integrating human rights and social justice with diversity in psychology education and training: Multiculturalism, immigration, trafficking and the UN. Paper presented at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Rubin, N. (2011, March). Stress reduction among U.N. personnel. In N. Rubin (Chair), The United Nations and international psychology. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, Mass.

Selected Lectures

Rubin, N. (2010, August). Diplomatic engagement and military strategy at the cultural interface. In J. de Rivera (Chair), War in Afghanistan: East-West clashes of civilization. Paper presented at the118th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
Rubin, N. (2009, April). Working across borders (Discussant). Symposium presented at 89th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.
Rubin, N. (2008, August). Psychologists in action at the United Nations (Discussant). Symposium presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Rubin, N. (2006, November). An introduction to international clinical psychology. Presented at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Rubin, N. (2005, September). Involving graduate students in clinical psychology in international psychology. In N. Rubin (Moderator), Involving students in international psychology. Presented at the Fordham Conference on Behavioral Sciences and the Global Agenda, Fordham University, New York, N.Y.