Center Administrator:
Barbara L. Bonner, PhD
Dr. Bonner, a clinical child psychologist, is an Associate Professor and Director
of the Center of Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN) in the Department of Pediatrics
at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She was recently named
the Jean Gumerson Endowed Chair in clinical psychology. Dr. Bonner established
treatment programs for adolescent sex offenders in 1986 and for children with
sexual behavior problems in 1991 and has presented seminars on the programs
nationally, and internationally. She currently serves on the Board of Councilors
of the International Society to Prevent Child Abuse and is Past President
of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC).
Center Research Director:
Mark Chaffin, PhD
Dr. Chaffin is a psychologist and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at
the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He currently serves as
Director of Research at the OUHSC Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Dr. Chaffin
has extensive experience in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults
with problematic or illegal sexual behavior. He has served on the Board of
Directors of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and
is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Child Maltreatment.
Center Director: Keri Pierce,
MPH, MSW
Ms. Pierce is the Director of the National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth
(NCSBY). She has clinical experience in the treatment of preschool children
with sexual behavior problems and currently works with adolescent sex offenders.
She previously worked as a hospital social worker for the OU Medical Center,
Children's Hospital, in Oklahoma City.
Consulting Faculty
Jane Silovsky, PhD
Dr. Silovsky, a clinical child psychologist, is an Assistant Professor at
the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, who specializes in the treatment of
preschool and school age children with sexual behavior problems.
Dolores Subia Bigfoot, PhD
Dr. Bigfoot, a counseling psychologist, is an Assistant Professor, and Director
of Native American programs at CCAN. Dr. Bigfoot has experience working with
caregivers of adolescent sex offenders.