Steven H. Fox

Associate Professor
Integrated Medical Education - Bahamas

M.A. - University of Colorado
Ph.D. - University of Colorado

Dr. Fox earned his B.A. (1975) in Psychology from the University of Rochester and his M.A. (1979) and Ph.D. (1981) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado. He has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of Colorado since 1984.

Dr. Fox was a clinician for 12 years having practiced such specialties as forensic psychology, medical rehabilitation, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. He entered the ranks of academia in 1993 at New Mexico Highlands University where he became a tenured Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology. He developed a specialization in the field of cultural psychopathology (i.e., culture and mental illness) and created a research program in West Africa.

Dr. Fox's research history reflects his committment to culture as well as to underrepresented, underserved, and vulnerable populations. Since 1998 he has been involved in studying/documenting trauma exposure and psychiatric distress among West African refugees of war. He was the first researcher to publish results concerning human atrocities and psychiatric consequences among refugees from Sierra Leone. He recently completed a four-year NIH-funded project to develop a West African version of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire.

Currently, he serves as the psychology consultant to the University of Nebraska's dental restoration project for Sudanese refugees. Dr. Fox also serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease and the journal Transcultural Psychiatry.

Courses:
Behavioral Sciences

Selected Publications:
Fox, S. (2003)
The Mandinka nosological system in the context of post trauma syndromes. Transcultural Psychiatry 40(4), 488-506.

Tang, S. & Fox, S. (2001)
Traumatic experiences and the mental health of Senegalese refugees. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 189(8), 507-512

Fox, S. & Tang, S. (2000)
The Sierra Leonean refugee experience: Traumatic events and psychiatric sequelae. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 188(8), 490-495

Partridge, B. & Fox, S. (2000)
Juvenile offenders and accurate perception of time. Journal of Perceptual and Motor Skills 91, 1011-1019

Fox, S., Tang, S., & Gomez, L. (1998)
A mental health survey of Sierra Leonean refugees in The Gambia. A Report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Fox, S., Tang, S., & Gomez, L. (1998)
A mental health survey of Casamance refugees in The Gambia. A Report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Fox, S. (1997)
Attributional style in a West African sample: Implications for the depressive experience and beyond. Ife Psychologia 5(2), 33-50

Fox, S. (1997)
The outpatients of Buiba: The traditional care and management of psychiatric outpatients in a rural West African village. A Report to the Ministry of Health, The Republic of The Gambia 

Fox, S. (1996)
The marabou and mental illness: An investigation of the diagnostic, classification, and treatment practices of the traditional healer in The Gambia, West Africa. A Report to the Ministry of Health, The Republic of The Gambia

Fox, S. (1996)
An account of the late marabou Jasong Touray: His work and family lineage. A Report to the Ministry of Health, The Republic of The Gambia

 

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