Barbara Beaver
Professor, Professor (Sv)

Barabara Rybski Beaver, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and a faculty member in the School Psychology Program at UW-Whitewater. Dr. Beaver was trained as a clinical psychologist with expertise in child and family therapy. She recieved her PhD from Northern Illinois University and completed her pre-doctoral internship at Illinois Masonic Medical Center (now Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center) in Chicago. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of WI. Dr. Beaver completed a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Studies from Saint Xavier University in Chicago and worked in child development settings in IL for several years before beginning her graduate work at NIU.  She has taught at UW-Whitewater for over 30 years and was department chair for nine of those years. She teaches undergraduate courses in psychopathology, positive psychology, interview and psychotherapy techniques, and family therapy. In the School Psychology graduate program, she teaches PSYCH 746 (Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence), PYSCH 755 (Counseling Skills and Theory for School Psychology), and PSYCH 766 (CBT).