Prof Tony Ward
0.2 FTE Professor,
School of Psychology
Phone: 04 463 6789
Email: address
Street Address: Room 604, Easterfield Building, Kelburn Pde, Kelburn Campus
Nearest Fax: 04 463 5402
Qualifications
PhD, DipClinPsych Canterbury University
Research Interests
Criminal and forensic psychology
Professor Ward is a clinical psychologist by training and has been working in the clinical and forensic field since 1987. He was formerly Director of the Kia Marama Sexual Offenders' Unit at Rolleston Prison in New Zealand, and has taught both clinical and forensic psychology at Victoria, Canterbury, and Melbourne Universities. He is currently the Director of Clinical Training at Victoria University of Wellington. Professor Ward's research interests fall into five main areas: rehabilitation models and issues; cognition and sex offenders; the problem behaviour process in offenders; the implications of naturalism for theory construction and clinical practice; assessment and case formulation in clinical psychology.