She received her doctorate from the University of Kansas and completed postdoctoral training at Duke University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and on the Executive Committee for the division on Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse. She is also a full member of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and the Association for Behavior Analysis. She has focused her research on behavioral treatments that improve motivation for recovery and addressed issues related to drug abuse and the family, and the involvement of religious communities in addiction recovery. She has more than 70 publications in professional books, meeting proceedings, and journals. Biography