Timothy L. Hulsey

Associate professor and Dean of the Honors College

Contact information

Phone: (804) 828-1803
E-mail: tlhulsey@vcu.edu

Education

Ph.D. (1991), University of Tennessee

Program affiliation

Clinical Psychology

Research interests

My principal research interest involves understanding the causes and treatment of trauma sequelae. I have conducted research into the effects of trauma on both children and adults. I have also examined the effectiveness of primary prevention strategies for childhood victimization. More recently, I have written articles focusing on ways to improve common therapies used to treat trauma victims.

I am also interested in the formation of moral identity. I have written one book on this topic and have begun a second. I approach the development of moral identity from a psychoanalytic developmental perspective.

Selected publications

Hulsey, T. L., Sexton, M. C., & Nash, M. R. (1992). Perceptions of family functioning and the occurrence of childhood sexual abuse. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 56(4), 439-450.

Nash, M. R., Hulsey, T. L ., Sexton, M. C., Harralson, T. L., & Lambert, W. (1993). Longterm sequelae of childhood sexual abuse: Perceived family environment, psychopathology, and dissociation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61 (2), 276-283.

Nash, M. R., Neimeyer, R. A., Hulsey, T. L., & Lambert, W. (1998). Psychopathology associated with sexual abuse: The importance of complementary designs and common ground. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86 (3), 568-571.

Rosenberg, S. D., Hulsey, T. L ., & Rosenberg, H. J. (2000). The language of sexual abuse: An exploratory lexical analysis. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 1 (3), 29-42.

Massad, P. M., & Hulsey, T. L. (2006). Causal attributions in posttraumatic stress disorder: Implications for clinical research and practice. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 43 (2), 210-215.

Recent/current courses taught at VCU

• Food: The Culture and Psychology of Eating , undergraduate level
• History of Psychology (honors), undergraduate level
• Malice, undergraduate level