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Brian Carpenter
Titles
Associate Professor of Psychology

Office Contact Information

Degree
PHD, Case Western Reserve University
Degree
MA, Case Western Reserve University
Degree
BA, Williams College
Office
Psychology Building 235G
Mailbox

Campus Box 1125

Phone
(314) 935-8212
Email
URL
Lab Website

Research specialization

Publications
  • Zaleta, A., & Carpenter, B.D. (2010). Patient-centered communication during the disclosure of a dementia diagnosis. American Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Other Dementias, 25, 513-520.
  • Carpenter, B.D., & Mulligan, E.A. (2010). Assessment with late-life families: Issues and instruments. In P. Lichtenberg (Ed.), Handbook of assessment in clinical gerontology (2nd ed.) (pp. 273-306). San Diego: Elsevier.
  • Carpenter, B. D., Balsis, S., Otilingam, P. G., Hanson, P. K., & Gatz, M.  (2009). The Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale:  Development and psychometric properties. The Gerontologist, 49, 236-247.
  • Carpenter, B. D., & Mulligan, E.  (2009).  Family, know thyself: A workbook-based intergenerational intervention to improve parent care coordination. Clinical Gerontologist, 32, 147-163.
  • Carpenter, B. D., Xiong, C, Porensky, E. K., Lee, M. M., Brown, P. J., Coats, M., Johnson, D., & Morris, J. C.  (2008).  Reaction to a dementia diagnosis in individuals with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56, 405-412.
  • Carpenter, B. D., Kissel, E., & Lee, M.  (2007).  Preferences and perspectives of people with Alzheimer's disease:  Reliability, stability, and proxy knowledge.  Psychology and Aging, 22, 650-655.
  • Carpenter, B. D., Lee, M., Ruckdeschel, K., Van Haitsma, K. S., & Feldman, P. H.  (2006).  Adult children as informants about parent's psychosocial preferences.  Family Relations, 55, 552-563.
Courses
  • Social Gerentology 
  • Introduction to Psychology 
  • Clinical Psychology of Aging
  • Living, Dying, & Death
Research Interests

Professor Carpenter conducts research on the clinical psychology of aging. His research focuses on family relationships in late life, with a particular emphasis on collaborative family communication and decision-making. Other research activities focus on older patient-physician interactions, knowledge about Alzheimer's disease, and mental health issues at the end of life.

Departments

Psychology