Dr. Charles A. Maher is Professor of Psychology, at GSAPP, and is associated as a faculty member with the Center of Alcohol Studies. He is founder and Director of the Sport Psychology Concentration at GSAPP and is in charge of the Sport Psychology Institute, which is associated with the Center of Applied Psychology. He is a licensed psychologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Sport Psychology, and a fellow of many societies including those of the American Psychological Association and the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology as well as the Academy of Learning and Developmental Disorders. He also is credentialed as a chief school administrator, school psychologist, learning consultant, principal, and teacher of the handicapped.
Dr. Maher teaches courses in the Planning and Evaluation of Human Services Programs; Program Evaluation for Clinical Psychologists; Sport Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice; Assessment and Intervention in Sport Psychology; and Workplace Interventions. He supervises projects and related experiences of students in all GSAPP programs in these areas as well as student dissertation research.His research and program development interests span a range of domains including: evaluation of special education programs and services; incorporating planning and evaluation services into decision making routines of profit and not for profit organizations; work team development; enhancement of the performance of athletes and coaches in sport settings; performance enhancement of executives, managers, and supervisors in organizational settings; and professional self management.
Dr. Maher has a range of publications in professional and scientific journals and he is the author and editor of numerous books in the above areas including Planning and Evaluating Special Education Services and Professional Self management for Special Services Providers. He is editor of the Journal of Applied School Psychology and the executive editor of the Sport and Sport Psychology Book Series (Haworth Press). He sits on the board of directors of numerous agencies and foundations. He is a member of the Editorial Board of a range of Journals incluing the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology.
He has served as a consultant, nationally and internationally, for over 25 years to many and diverse profit and not-for-profit organizations including those in professional sports, large urban public schools, manufacturing organizations, protective services, public utilities, and government agencies. He also works with professional athletes in many sports as sport psychologist. Before coming to GSAPP, Charlie served as a teacher and administrator of programs for emotionally disturbed adolescents, school psychologist, director of special services, and assistant school superintendent as well as functioning as a high school and college coach in football, basketball, and baseball.
Research Interests and Clinical Work
Program planning and evaluation; sport psychology; business planning; management training; enhancing workplace learning and performance; organizational development; team development; organizational school psychology, and organizational behavior management.
Instructor for the Following Courses
- Program Evaluation for Clinical Psychologists
- Planning & Evaluation of Human Services
- Workplace Interventions
- Assessment and Intervention to Sports Psychology
- Sports Psychology Theory, Research & Practice
Email: camaher@rci.rutgers.edu