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Steven J. Danish
Professor, psychology, preventive medicine, and community health, and director of Life Skills Center
Contact information
Phone: (804) 828-8222 (804) 828-4384
E-mail: sdanish@vcu.edu
Education
Ph.D. (1969) Michigan State University
Program affiliation
Counseling Psychology
Research and clinical interests
My research and clinical interests include developing, implementing and evaluating community-based life skills programs for the purpose of enhancing positive development and promoting the physical health of youth and adults; teaching life skills; facilitating the transfer of what is learned in sport to other life domains; teaching counseling skills to health professionals; and aiding the reentry process for deployed veterans and their families.
Selected publications
Danish, S., Forneris, T., & Schaaf, K. (2007). Counseling psychology and culturally competent health care: Limitations and challenges. The Counseling Psychologist, 35 (5), 716-725.
Brunelle, J., Danish, S., & Forneris, T. (2007). The impact of a sport-based life skill program on adolescent prosocial values. Applied Developmental Science, 11 (1), 43–55.
Danish, S., & Forneris, T. (2006). Teaching life skills in schools. In Elias, M. & Arnold, H. (Eds). The educator’s guide to emotional intelligence and academic achievement: Social-Emotional learning in the classroom (pp. 188-197). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Harmon, A. L., Westerberg, A. L., Bond, D. S., Hoy, K. N., Fries, E. A., & Danish, S. J. (2005). Cancer prevention among rural youth: Building a “Bridge” to better health with genealogy. Journal of Cancer Education, 20 (2), 103-107.
Danish, S. J., Taylor, T., & Fazio, R. (2003). Enhancing adolescent development through sport and leisure. (pp. 92-108). In G. R. Adams & M. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell handbook on adolescence. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
More publications [PDF]Recent/current courses taught at VCU
- Community Psychology, undergraduate level
- Theories of Counseling and Interviewing, graduate level
- Community Psychology, graduate level
| Recent grants |
| Danish, S., Fries, E., Meyer, A., Farrell, A., Donohue, T., Buzzard, M., Cancer Prevention in Rural Youth: Teaching Health Goals. A five-year grant funded by the National Cancer Institute. |
| Danish, S. J. Developing a life skills program for The First Tee. A grant funded by The First Tee. |
| Danish, S. J. Developing a coach education program for youth football coaches. A grant funded by the National Football League/National Football Foundation. |
| Danish, S. J. Developing a Virginia Tobacco Program (2001). A two-year grant funded by the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation. |
| Danish, S., Fries, E., Westerberg, A., Hoy, K. (2003).The BRIDGE Program: Bridging the Gap to Better Health. A two-year grant funded by the National Cancer Institute. |
| Recent awards |
| Lela Rowland Prevention Award from the National Mental Health Association. |
| Lifetime Achievement award for Prevention from the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 2007 |