People

James P. Whelan Associate Professor Director, Psychological Services Center Co-Director, The Institute for Gambling Education and Research Psychology Building, Room 126 901.678.3736 (telephone) 901.678.4518 (fax) jwhelan@memphis.edu Gambling Clinic website Gambling Lab website

Education

Ph.D., The University of Memphis
M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
B.A., LaSalle College

Research Interests

• Problem and Pathological Gambling
• Assessment and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors
• Gambling Behavior

• Floyd, K., Whelan, J. P., & Meyers, A. W. (2006). Use of warning messages to modify gambling beliefs and behavior in a laboratory investigation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 20, 69-74.
• Weinstock, J., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., & Watson, J. (2007). Gambling behavior of student-athletes and a student cohort: What are the odds. Journal of Gambling Studies, 23, 13-24.
• Wickwire, E., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., & Murray, D. M. (2007). Environmental correlates of gambling behavior in urban adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 179-190.
• Whelan, J. P., Steenberg, T. A., Meyers, A. W. (2007). Problem and Pathological Gambling. Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe & Huber.