Richard C. McCarty

Infobox scientist
name = Richard C. McCarty

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caption = McCarty at Vanderbilt's 2008 Commencement
nationality = American
birth_date = July 12 1947cite web
title=Richard McCarty's Curriculum Vitae
url=http://www.apa.org/science/rcmvita.html
publisher=American Psychological Association
month=September |year=1998 |accessdate=2008-01-11]
birth_place = Portsmouth, Virginia
field = Psychology
doctoral_advisor = Charles Southwick
work_institutions = University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
alma_mater = Old Dominion University
Johns Hopkins University

Richard C. McCarty (born July 12 1947) is a professor of psychology and the provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to serving as provost, he was dean of Vanderbilt's College of Arts and Science.

Education

McCarty grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia, and earned both his bachelor's and his master's degrees from Old Dominion University. He earned his Ph.D. in pathobiology from what is now the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland in 1976.cite news |title=Alumni Notes |editor=Julie Snyder, ed. |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |work=Johns Hopkins Magazine |year=1998 |month=April |url=http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0498web/alumnote.html |accessdate=2008-01-11]

Career

McCarty began his career at the National Institute of Mental Health, where he worked as a research associate in pharmacology. He also served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public Health Service. In 1978, he was appointed assistant professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, where he remained until 1998. During his tenure at Virginia, he eventually was named chair of the Department of Psychology.cite web |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cas/overview/deansoffice/mccarty/index.php |title=Vanderbilt University: College of Arts and Science: Overview: The Dean's Office: Richard McCarty |publisher=Vanderbilt University |accessdate=2008-01-11]

In 1998, McCarty was named Executive Director for Science at the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C., where he helped the APA launch the "Decade of Behavior". The Decade of Behavior, a nickname for the 2000s and successor to the 1990s' "Decade of the Brain", is a public education campaign—endorsed by more than 70 professional associations across a variety of disciplines—to bring attention to the importance of behavioral and social research. [cite journal |title=APA launches 'Decade of Behavior' |last=Azar |first=Beth |journal=Monitor on Psychology |volume=29 |issue=2 |month=February |year=1998 |publisher=American Psychological Association |url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb98/behave.html |accessdate=2008-01-11] [cite journal |title=Decade of Behavior Moves Onward |last=Yairi |first=Keren |journal=Psychological Science Agenda |volume=16 |issue=1 |month=Winter |year=2003 |publisher=American Psychological Association |url=http://www.decadeofbehavior.org/article-onwards_jan03psa.html |accessdate=2008-01-11] McCarty also spent time visiting universities and regional psychological associations to discuss how the APA might better represent psychologists nationally. [cite journal |title=Salzinger is APA's new science chief |last=Carpenter |first=Siri |journal=Monitor on Psychology |volume=32 |issue=8 |month=September |year=2001 |publisher=American Psychological Association |url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep01/salzinger.html |accessdate=2008-01-11]

Vanderbilt's College of Arts and Science named McCarty as its new dean in 2001. In addition to his decanal duties, McCarty taught a psychology seminar for first-year undergraduate students entitled "Stress, Health, and Human Behavior" and had a dual appointment in the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine. On May 6 2008, McCarty was elevated to the university provostship, [cite web |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=40679 |publisher = Vanderbilt News Service |last = Patterson |first = Jim |title = Richard McCarty named provost at Vanderbilt; Psychologist has been Dean of College of Arts and Science since 2001 |date = 2008-05-06 |accessdate = 2008-05-06 ] replacing Nicholas S. Zeppos, who was himself elevated to the university chancery.

Much of McCarty's research has centered on behavioral and physiological adaptations to stress and on the development of hypertension, and he has written more than 30 chapters and 150 articles for various publications. In addition, McCarty served as the editor of "American Psychologist" and was the founding editor-in-chief of "Stress".

Personal life

McCarty married his high school sweetheart, Sheila, soon after graduation. [cite news |last=Tabor |first=Sara |title=Vanderbilt Family Tree |work=The Vanderbilt Hustler |url=http://www.insidevandy.com/drupal/node/434 |date=2006-09-05 |accessdate=2008-01-11] They have four children and four grandchildren.

References

External links

* [http://www.vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt University]
* [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cas Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science]