Rodney Skager, now Emeritus, has been a Professor of Education Psychology at UCLA since 1966.He has also been the Director of the California Attorney General's annual Survey of Student Substance Use in California Public Schools since 1985. At UCLA he teaches graduate courses in educational psychology, personality theory, studies of at-risk youth, research design, and many other topics. He has published extensively on prevention policy, comparative studies of national drug policies, treatment and recovery from alcohol and illicit drug abuse.He is a member of the Board of Directors of Phoenix House of California, a national therapeutic community treatment agency. He has evaluated school and community programs for at-risk youth, gang prevention, alcohol and drug use prevention for youth, and professional training in the addictions. He has worked in a variety of roles in community agencies serving alcohol and drug-addicted clients, dependency treatment facilities, and industrial employee assistance programs. He often is a speaker and instructor at workshops, institutes, and community forums on incidence, prevention, and intervention in adolescent substance use and abuse.Professor Skager earned his MA (1959) and Ph.D. (1961) in Psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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