Dr. Rik Carl D’Amato
Rik Carl D’Amato received a Ph.D. from Ball State University and his M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. D'Amato serves as a Professor of School Psychology, and Assistant Dean and Director of the Center for Collaborative Research in Education in the UNC College of Education. His teaching and research interests include child and family interventions, clinical neuropsychology, hypnosis, professional issues in school psychology, use of technology in learning, performance assessment, and personality. He works from an ecological/systems and neuropsychological theoretical orientation. Dr. D'Amato serves as Editor-in-Chief of School Psychology Quarterly, the School Psychology American Psychological Association (APA) journal, is a Fellow in School Psychology of the APA and past chair of the APA School Psychology Fellows Selection committee. He serves as a program reviewer for NASP, APA, and NCATE. At UNC he received the A. M. and Jo Winchester Distinguished Scholar award for his research and the M. Lucile Harrison Professor of Excellence Award for his teaching. A prolific scholar, in 1999 he was named as one of the top 30 editorial board members in the field of school psychology. In 2002 he received the University Leadership award by the UNC Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. He has served as a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Latvia (the former Soviet Union). Dr. D’Amato is a nationally certified school psychologist and counselor.