Abnormal Psychology

David L. Rosenhan is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Law at Stanford University.nbsp; He has been a major proponent of the legal rights of mental patients and an investigator of basic personality and social processes.nbsp; He has published widely in leading professional journals.nbsp; His 1973 pseudopatients study remains a landmark in the field.

Elaine F. Walker is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Emory University. She teaches and conducts research on the causes of serious mental disorders. Much of her research focuses on the developmental course of schizophrenia, especially childhood precursors. Dr. Walker has published over 100 books and articles. She is the recipient of several awards, including the James McKeen Cattell Award, the W. T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholar Award, and the Gralnick Award for research on schizophrenia. She is the former director of the clinical program at Emory University and is currently the president of the Society for Research in Psychopathology.