Professor Stephen D Hart

 

Dr. Hart obtained his PhD in clinical psychology at the University of British Columbia in 1993. He is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University and Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen.

Dr Hart's expertise is in the field of clinical-forensic psychology, with a special focus on the assessment of violence risk and psychopathic personality disorder. He is active in research. He has received grants totalling more than CAD $2 million; written more than 160 books, chapters, and articles; and authored more than 360 conference presentations. He is also active in professional organizations. He has served as editor of one scientific journal; a member of the editorial board of five other journals; ad hoc reviewer for more than 34 other journals, as well as numerous granting agencies; an executive committee member – including President – of the American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association); and a Director of the Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.

Dr Hart has led more than 315 training workshops for mental health, law enforcement, corrections, and legal professionals in North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. He has been qualified to give expert testimony regarding risk assessment in the superior courts of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario in Canada; in the superior courts of Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin in the United States; and before parliamentary committees in Canada and Scotland. He has received various distinctions for his professional work, including the Career Achievement Award from the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association), the Saleem Shah Award for Early Career Research Excellence in Psychology and Law from the American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association) and the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.