Psychology professor selected for Hendrix Award

Associate Professor Dr. Lisa Campbell has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Dr. William H. Hendrix Psychology Faculty Excellence Award.

Established by Dr. William H. Hendrix, who graduated as a psychology major from ECU in 1962, the award recognizes one psychology faculty member who demonstrated the highest level of excellence in scholarly achievements during the past academic year, excellence in teaching and mentoring activity, as well as service to the department, university and profession.

Dr. Lisa Campbell (Contributed photo)

Dr. Campbell’s scholarship focuses on ethnic disparities in pain conditions and cancer outcomes, as well as developing culturally sensitive psychosocial and behavioral interventions to enhance post-treatment quality of life in African-American prostate cancer survivors.

The award was announced at the Department of Psychology Graduate Recognition Ceremony on May 6. Dr. Susan McCammon, chair of the Psychology Department, described Dr. Campbell’s scholarship as valuable because it not only advances the field of health disparity research, but also offers interventions for disease and pain management to medically underserved populations.

Dr. Campbell was selected by a committee of three faculty in the psychology department as well as Dr. Cindy Putnam-Evans, Associate Dean for Research in the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.

Hendrix, for whom the award is named, earned his masters and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Purdue University. After teaching and serving as head of the Department of Management at Clemson University, he was a distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the United States Air Force Academy. He is now retired from academia, but his business, Hendrix and Associates, offers organizational consulting.