Faculty: Kendal C. Boyd, PhD, MA

Assistant Professor
Psychology

Office: 11130 Anderson St.
Phone: (909) 558-8574
E-mail: kboyd@psych.llu.edu

Research Interests
Clinical Interests
Student Projects
Teaching Interests
Community Outreach & Consultation
Curriculum Vitae

Educational background:

Rutgers University
2000-2001 postdoctoral fellowship in health psychology research
Fuller Theological Seminary
1999 PhD clinical psychology
Fuller Theological Seminary
1999 MA theology
Walla Walla College
1989 BS psychology

Current research projects:

Defining and predicting Gulf War Illness
Chronic fatigue syndrome treatment
Role of religiosity in protecting against medically-unexplained symptoms
Establishing objective criterion for number of factors in exploratory factor analysis
The factor structure of the WAIS-III

Clinical interests:
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Intellectual assessment

Professional memberships (APA):

American Psychological Association

Related professional activities

Clinical supervisor at the Psychological Services Clinic
Chair of the psychology department Student Affairs Committee
Co-captain and sports psychologist of the psychology department intramural football, basketball, and softball teams

Selected publications

Boyd, K. C. (June, 2004). Science and theology: Applications to psychology. Paper presented at the Christian Leadership Ministries biannual National Faculty Leadership Conference; Washington, DC.

Boyd, K. C. (April, 2005). Theology, ethics, and psychology in the science hierarchy. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association; Portland, OR.

Boyd, K. C. & Gorsuch, R. L. (2003, August). Factor replication, factor invariance, and salient loadings: Three objective criteria for number of factors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association; Toronto, Canada.

Boyd, K. C., Hallman, W. K., Wartenberg, D., Fiedler, N., Brewer, N. T., & Kipen, H. M. (2003). Reported exposures, stressors, and life events among Gulf War Registry veterans. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 45, 1247-1256.

Boyd, K. C., Wartenberg, D., & Kipen, H. M. (2000, August). Comparing Four Factor Analytic Methods on One Data Set of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Gulf War Veterans. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Buffalo, NY.

Hallman, W. K., Kipen, H. M., Diefenbach, M., Boyd, K. C., Kang, H., Leventhal, H., & Wartenberg, D. (2003). Symptom patterns among Gulf War Registry veterans. American Journal of Public Health, 93, 624-630.

Boyd, K.C., Hallman, W.K., Wartenberg, D., & Kipen, J.M. (2001, September). Predicting Sick Group Membership in Gulf War Registry Verterans. Abstract published at the meeting of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Garmisch_Partenkirchen, Germany.

Boyd, K.C., Wartenberg, D., & Kipen, J.M. (2000, August). Comparing Four Factor Analytic Methods on One Data Set of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Gulf War Veterans. Abstract published at the meeting of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Buffalo, NY.

Hallman, W.K., Kipen, J.M., Diefenbach, M., Boyd, K.C., Kang, H., Leventhal, H., & Wartenberg, D. (in press). Symptom patterns among Gulf War Registry veterans. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Kipen, H.M., Hallman, W.K., Boyd, K.C., & Wartenberg, D. (2001, September). Medically Unexplained Symptoms Associated with Environmental Exposures: Progress in Defining and Explaining Illness. Abstract published at the meeting of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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