School of Professional Psychology Faculty
Michelle R. Guyton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Director of Academic Issues
Psy.D. Clinical Program
School of Professional Psychology
Pacific University
Education
- Ph.D. University of Utah, 2005, Clinical Psychology
- M.A. Sam Houston State University, 1998, Clinical Psychology
- B.A. Sam Houston State University, 1996, Psychology
Roles and Interests
- Assistant Director of Academic Issues
- Instructor: Intervention I, Psychopathology, Ethics and Professional Issues, Research Methods and Statistics, Correctional Psychology
- Clinical Interests: Forensic assessment, treatment and assessment of serious and persistent mental illness and personality pathology; offenders with mental illness; substance abuse.
- Research Interests: Severe mental illness in prison, institutional adjustment in prison, psychopathy and other personality disorders, violence risk assessment, sex offenders.
Publications
- Jackson, R. L., & Guyton, M. R. (2008). Violence risk assessment. In R. L. Jackson (Ed.), Learning Forensic Assessment (pp. 153-181). Malwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Marcus, D.K., Lyons, Jr., P.M., & Guyton, M.R. (2000). Studying perceptions of juror influence in vivo: A social relations analysis. Law and Human Behavior. 24, 173-186.
Recent Presentations
- Brown, C.S. & Guyton, M.R. (2008). Incremental validity of the Static-99 and PAI with community-treated sex offenders. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Means, J.C., Guyton, M.R., Brown, C., Buchanan, P., MacMahon, B., Marshall, K., and Vo, E. (2008). Extension and Validation of the Static-99. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers 27th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Means, J. C., Guyton, M.R., Brown, C., Buchanan, P., MacMahon, B., Marshall, K., and Vo, E. (2008). Extension and Validation of the Static-99: A Pilot Study. Oregon Psychological Association 2008 Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
- Guyton, M.R., Vo, E., Means, J., Buchanan, P., Marshall, K., Brown, T., MacMahon, B. (2008). A comparison of predictive validity of actuarial and dynamic measures of sexual re-offense with a community treatment sample. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
- Vo, E., Guyton, M., Brown, C., Buchanan, P., MacMahon, B., Marshall, K., & Means, J. (2008). A comparison of the conviction rates and sentence length of male and female sexual offenders. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
- McLawsen, J. E., Guyton, M.R., Vannoy, S. D., Gagliardi, G. J., Jackson, R. L., Richards, H., & Scalora, M. J. (2007). Professional perspectives on sexual sadism. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference. (San Diego, CA).
- Guyton, M.R. (2006). The accidental forensic psychologist: A primer of ethics for working with the legal system. Invited address for School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University Ethics Workshop.
- Guyton, M.R., Haun, J.J., & Arnaut, G.L.Y. (2006). Differential definitions of mental illness in prison: A comparison of disciplinary infractions. American Psychology and Law Society Conference. (St. Petersburg, FL).
- Guyton, M.R., & Golding, S.L. (2004, March). A dimensional approach to risk assessment: Does psychopathology predict institutional maladjustment in an incarcerated population? American Psychology and Law Society Biennial Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
- Guyton, M.R., & Golding, S.L. (2004, March). The concurrent and predictive validity of four psychopathy measures within an institutionally maladjusted prison population. American Psychology and Law Society Biennial Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
- Guyton, M.R., Marcus, D.K., Clawson, C., & Fox, K.A. (2004, March). Take two: The effects of perceived perpetrator dangerousness on mock jurors' verdict and sentencing recommendations. American Psychology and Law Society Biennial Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Michelle R. Guyton, Ph.D.
School of Professional Psychology
HPC/Pacific University
222 SE 8th Avenue , Suite 563
Hillsboro, Oregon 97123-4218
Toll Free: 1-877-PAC-UNIV ext. 7317
Phone: (503) 352-7317
FAX: 503-352-7320
Email: guyton@pacificu.edu