Barbara Ascher, M.A.

Senior Research Associate

Education

M.A., Clinical Psychology, Loyola University, Maryland

B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Professional Experience

2001-Present, Editor-in-chief Leadership Review. Peer-reviewed, on-line quarterly journal that may be accessed at www.leadershipreview.org

2000-Present, Senior Research Associate, Kravis Leadership Institute

1992-2000, Research Analyst, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

1990-1992, Project Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

1985-1990, Director, Smooth Transitions, Inc.

Teaching Experience

1992-2000, Provided training workshops nationally in California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and internationally in Thailand and Sweden.

1988-1989, Instructor of Psychology, Durham Technical Community College

Research Interests

• Methods of Assessment
• Leadership Development
• Communication Skills

Publications

Ascher, William & Hirschfelder-Ascher Barbara (2005). Revitalizing Political Psychology: The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Ascher, William & Hirschfelder-Ascher Barbara (2004). Linking Lasswell's Political Psychology and the Policy Sciences, Policy Sciences, 37, 1, 23-36.

Ascher, B.H., Farmer, E.M.Z., Burns, B.J., & Angold, A. (1996). The Child and Adolescent Services Assessment (CASA): Description and Psychometrics, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

The Child and Adolescent Services assessment (CASA) is a self-and-parent-report instrument designed to assess the use of mental health services by children ages 8 years to 18 years. The CASA includes 31 settings of inpatient, outpatient, and informal services provided by a variety of child-serving providers and sectors. This instrument collects information on whether a service was ever used and more detailed information (length of stay/number of visits, focus of treatment) on services used in the recent past. A description of the instrument, information on interviewer training and coding of data, psychometric data on clinical samples, and a case study are presented.

Assessment Development

• The Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment, H.L. Egger, B.H. Ascher, A. Angold, 1999
• Young Adult Psychiatric Assessment, A. Angold et al, E.J. Costello, B.H. Ascher, 1998
• Family Burden Assessment (FABA), Child Concerning Parent, Version 1.0, Stephen C. Messer, Ph.D., Barbara H. Ascher, M.A., November, 1995.

Presentations

• The Intersection of Leadership and Development. Pacific Basin Research Center Workshop, Soka University of America, May, 2005.
• Lasswell on Leadership. Policy Sciences Association Meeting, Yale Law School, October 2003.
• Introducing a New Journal. Poster Session, International Leadership Association, Seattle, November, 2002.
• Structured Psychiatric Interviewing: The Interface Between Clinician and Researcher. Presented to the Research Seminar Series, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Duke Medical Center, February, 1997.
• Intricacies of Mental Health Research in the Real World: Balancing Vision and Implementation. Presented to Psychiatric Residents, Duke University Medial Center, October, 1997.
• Implications of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity for Youth in Detention. Presented to the Governor's Commission on Crime, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 1998.