Research Interests

Current Position

Justin Dainer-Best is an associate professor of psychology at Bard College. His lab studies depressive cognition and the relationship between emotion and thought. He teaches classes in psychopathology and clinical psychology, as well as statistics.

He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked in the Mood Disorders Lab with Dr. Christopher Beevers. His APA-accredited clinical psychology internship was at the University of Vermont.

You can read more about his research interests on the Affective Science Lab website, or read about his clinical work.