Academic Preparation

    Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology, Washington State University, 1969

        Intern and Resident in Medical Psychology, Department of Medical Psychology,
        University of Oregon Medical School, 1968-1970

    M.S. - Psychology, Washington State University, 1996

    B.A. - General Studies, Washington State University, 1964

Professional Experience
 

Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Washington University
-July 1, 1979 - present

- Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,  January, 2000 - present

-Department Chair, 1990 - 2000

-Specialty areas: Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology, Medical & Health Psychology, Anxiety Disorders, Forensic   Psychology

Clinical Psychologist, Sehome Behavioral Health, Bellingham, WA. Psychological Service specializing in anxiety disorders.

Affiliate Professor, Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, 1982-present. (Research and consultation concerning coping with dental pain and anxiety)

Clinical Lecturer, Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, 1974-present. (Lecture and consultation in anxiety, pain control and clinical psychopharmacology.)

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Washington University, 1973-June 30, 1979

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Washington State College, 1970-1973

Clinic Associate to University of Washington Dental Fear Research Clinic, 1981-present

Forensic Consultant to Whatcom County Public Defenders Office for competency, sanity, pre-sentence evaluations

Treatment Consultant to Sun Half-Way House, Sun Community Services, 1980-1982

Department of Vocational Rehabilitation; Washington State, 1981-1982

Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Social and Health Services, Washington State, 1977-1978

Whatcom Counseling and Psychiatric Clinic, Bellingham, Washington 1972-1985

Director, Alcoholism Counseling and Community Education Program, Whatcom County.

Alcohol counseling program funded by Section on Alcoholism, Washington State, 1971

Research Consultant to Shadel Hospital for neuropsychological assessment of alcoholic patients, 1970

Research Associate, Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles: to design psychological treatment programs for dangerous drivers, 1967-70

Research Grants:

Principal Investigator: The Assessment and Treatment of Dental Fear: National Institutes of Health (National Institute for Dental Research):, 1975-1980. ($262,914.00, direct costs)

Principal Investigator: Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Orofacial Pain. National Institutes of Health, N.I.D.R.), (1984-1985). ($14,973.00, direct costs)

Co-investigator: Epidemiologic Studies of Temporomandibular Disorders. NIH, National Institute of Dental Research (through U.W. School of Dentistry) 1985-1988. ($461,992.00, direct costs)

Summer Research Grant, Bureau for Faculty Research, Western Washington University, 1979.

Summer Research Grant, Bureau for Faculty Research, Western Washington University, 1981.

Summer Research Grant, Bureau for Faculty Research, Western Washington University, 1983.

Summer Research Grant, Bureau for Facutly Research, Western Washington University, 1986.

Bureau for Faculty Research; Academic Quarter grant, 1988.

Summer Research Grant, Bureau for Faculty Research, Western Washington University, 1994.

Fellowships
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Medical Psychology, Department of Medical Psychology, University of Oregon Medical School, 1969-70

Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Medical Psychology, Department of Medical Psychology, University of Oregon Medical School, 1968-69

U.S.P.H.S. Trainee, Washington State University, Department of Psychology, 1967-68

Honorary Citations

American Men and Women of Science, 1973
Who's Who in the West, 1976, 1984
Dictionary of International Biography, 1976
Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, 1982-
Who's Who in Biobehavioral Sciences, 1983-
Personalities of America, 1984

Professional Licensure

Clinical Psychology, State of Washington, 1971-present, Lic. #317

Membership and Offices Held in Professional Societies and Associations

American Psychological Association (member), 1970-present

Division 1: (General Psychology), member, 1977-1984
Division 12: Section III (Clinical Research), member, 1970-1986
Member of Convention Program Committee, 1973-1974
Division 38: Health Psychology, member, 1982-present
APA Media Consultant on anxiety disorders

Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, (1968-present)

    Program Chairman for Northwest Chapter, (1968-69)
    Education and training Committee (Masters program representative)

   Behavior Therapy and Research Society (Fellow, 1971-present)

International Neuropsychological Society 1970-1980

(Northwest Regional Membership Coordinator, 1972)

Western Psychological Association (1970 - )

American Psychology and Law Society, 1972-75

Behavioral Scientists in Dental Research (Section of International Association for Dental Research), 1974-1990

College and University service and committee activities:

Chair, Psychology Department, 1990-present

College of Arts and Sciences, Curriculum Committee 1990-1993, Computer Committee 1993-present

Dean's advisory committee, Steering committee 1992-1995

Strategic Planning Committee, 1995-1997

Society of Behavioral Medicine
 

University
Research Advisory Committee

Academic Technology Committee, 1993-present

Appeals Board Judicial Hearing (student conduct)

Distance Learning Task Force

Books:

Treating Fearful Dental Patients: A Patient Management Handbook. (1985). With P. Milgrom and P. Weinstein & T. Getz. Appleton-Century-Crofts.

The Anxious Self: Diagnosis and Treatment of Fears and Phobias. (1986). New York: Human Sciences Press, Inc.

Mastering Anxiety: The Nature and Treatment of Anxious Conditions, (1991), New York: Insight Books, Plenum Publishing Corp.

Book Chapters:

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1969). Program of behavior modification for problem drivers. In Rubin and Franks (Eds.), Advances in Behavior Therapy: 1968. Academic Press, New York, pp. 211-219.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1978). Dental fear assessment. In B.D. Ingersoll, R.J. Seime, and W.R. McCutcheon (Eds.). Behavioral Dentistry: Proceedings of the First National Conference. West Virginia University Press, pp. 5-16.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1978). Fear and avoidance of dentistry. In P. Weinstein (Ed.). Advances in Behavioral Research in Dentistry. University of Washington Press, pp. 5-16.

Kleinknecht, R.A. and Bernstein, D.A. (1980). Fear assessment in the dental office. In B.D. Ingersoll and W. McCutcheon (Eds.). Proceedings of the Second National Confrence on Behavioral Dentistry. West Virginia University Press, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Bernstein, D.A. and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1980). Comparative evaluation of three social learning approaches to the reduction of dental fear. In B.D. Ingersoll and W. McCutcheon (Eds.). Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Behavioral Dentistry. West Virginia University Press.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Bernstein, D.A. (1988). The fear thermometer. In R.M. Hersen and A. Bellak (Eds.), Dictionary of Behavioral Assessment Techniques. New York: Pergamom Press, Ltd.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Bernstein, D.A. (1988). The dental operatory rating scale. In R.M. Hersen and A. Bellak (Eds.), Dictionary of Behavioral Assessment Techniques, New York: Pergamom Press, Ltd.

Tolin, D.F., Montgomery, R.W., Kleinknecht, R.A. & Lohr, J. (1995). An evaluation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). In L. VandeCreek, S. Knapp, and T.L. Jackson, (Eds.) Innovations in Clinical Practice: A Source book. (Vol. 14). Saratoga, FL., Professional Resource Press. pp. 423-438.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1997), Anxiety Disorders. in Bernstein, Nietzel, Speltz and McCaulay, E. Abnormal Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1997), Schizophrenia. in Bernstein, Nietzel, Speltz, and McCaulay, E. Abnormal Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1997), Biological Treatments, in Bernstein, Nietzel, Speltz, and McCaulay, E. Abnormal Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Kleinknecht, R. A., (in press). The Medical Fear Survey, In,  J. Hoyer, & J. Margraf, Angstdiagnostik

Kleinknecht, R. A., (in press). The Mutilation Questionnaire, In,  J. Hoyer,  &  J. Margraf,  Angstdiagnostik:

Tönnies, S., & Kleinknecht, R. A. (in press). The Dental Fear Survey. In J. Hoyer &  J. Margraf, Angstdiagnostik
 

Journal Articles
 
Knutson, J. F., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1970). Attack during differential reinforcement of a low rate of responding. Psychonomic Science, 19, 289-290.

Goldstein, S.G., Kleinknecht, R.A., and Gallo, A.E., Jr. (1970). Neuropsychological changes associated with carotid endarterectomy. Cortex, 6, 308-322.

Kleinknecht, R.A., and Goldstein, S.G. (1972). Neuropsychological deficits associated with chronic alcoholism: A review and discussion. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 33, 999-1019.

Kleinknecht, R.A., McCormick, C.E., and Thorndike, R.M. (1973). Stability of stated reinforcers as measured by the Reinforcement Survey Schedule. Behavior Therapy, 4, 407-413.

Goldstein, S.G., Deysach, R.E., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1973). Effects of experience and amount of information on identificaton of cerebral impairment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 41, 30-34.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Klepac, R.K., and Alexander, L.D. (1973). Origins and Characteristics of fear of dentistry. Journal of American Dental Association, 86, 842-848.

Thorndike, R.M., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1974). Reliability of homogeneous scales of reinforcers: A cluster analysis of the Reinforcement Survey Schedule. Behavior Therapy, 5, 58-63.

Kleinknecht, R.A. and Donaldson, D. (1975). A review of the effects of diazepam on cognitive and psychomotor performance. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 161, 399- 411.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Klepac, R.K., and Bernstein, D.A. (1976). Psychology and dentistry: Potential benefits from a health-care liaison. Professional Psychology, 7, 585-592.

Kleinknecht, R.A., and Smith-Scott, J. (1977). Prevalence, sources and uses of tranquilizers among college students. Journal of Drug Education, 7, 249-257.

Early, C.E., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1978). The Palmar Sweat Index as a function of repression- sensitization and fear of dentistry. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46, 184-185.

Kleinknecht, R.A. and Bernstein, D.A. (1978). Assessment of dental fear. Behavior Therapy, 9, 626-634.

Kleinknecht, R.A. and Bernstein, D.A. (1979). Short-term treatment of dental fear. Journal of Behavior Therapy Experimental Psychiatry, 10, 311-316.

Van Buren J., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1979). An evaluation of the McGill Pain Questionnaire for use in dental pain assessment. Pain, 6, 23-33.

Donaldson, D., Harrop, T., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1980). An objective evaluation of clinical signs used to assess sedation with intravenous diazepam. Anesthesia Progress, 17, 18- 20.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1982). Origins and remissions of fear in a group of tarantula enthusiasts. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 20, 437-444.

Bernstein, D.A. and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1982). Multiple approaches to the reduction of dental fear. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 13, 287-292.

Brandon, R. and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1982). Assessment of fear in dental analogue setting. Journal of Behavioral Assessment, 4, 317-325.

Kleinknecht, R.A., McGlynn, F.D., Thorndike, R.M. & Harkavay, J. (1984). Factor analysis of the Dental Fear Survey with cross validation. Journal of the American Dental Association, 106, 59-61.

Slough N., Kleinknecht, R.A. & Thorndike, R.M. (1984). The role of anxiety in the measurement of repression - sensitization. Journal of Personality Assessment, 48, 378- 379.

Richardson, S. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1984). Expectancy effects on anxiety and self-generated cognitive strategies in high and low dental anxious femails. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 15, 241-247.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1984). Psychotropic drugs and performance: Psychomotor skills summary. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. (Supplement 1), 18, 39-41.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Mahoney, E.R., Alexander, L.D. & Dworkin, S.F. (1986). Correspondence Between subjective report of temporomandibular disorder symptoms and clinical findings. Journal of the American Dental Association, 113, 257-261.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1987). Vasovagal syncope and blood/injury fear. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 25, 175-178.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Mahoney, E.R. (1987). Psychosocial and demographic correlates of temporomandibular disorder and related symptoms: An assessment of community and clinical findings. Pain, 29, 313-324.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1988). Specificity and psychosocial correlates of blood/injury fear and fainting. Behaviour, Research and Therapy, 26, 303-309.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Lenz, J. (1989) Blood/injury fear, fainting and avoidance of medically- related situations: A family correspondence study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 27,537-547.

Lee, J. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1989) Panic and Panic attacks in Adolescents. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 3, 221-231.

Milgrom, P., Kleinknecht, R., Elliott, J. & Teo, C.S. (1990) Cross-cultural cross validation of the Dental Fear Survey in South East Asia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 227- 233.

Kleinknecht, R.A., & Thorndike, R.M. (1990) The mutilation questionnaire as a predictor of blood/injury fear and fainting. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 429-437.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Lenz, J., Ford, G. & DeBerard, S. (1990) Types and correlates of Blood/Injury related vasovagal syncope. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 298- 295.

Clark, J.W. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1991) Psychosocial characteristics of stress management class attenders. American Journal of Health Promotion, 6, 88-90.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1992) The Mutilation Questionnaire as an assessment of Blood/injury fear and phobia. the Behavior Therapist. 15, 66-67.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Morgan, M. (1992). Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Eye Movement Desensitization. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 23, 43-49.

Lohr, J., Kleinknecht, R., Conley, A., Dal Cerro, S., Schmidt, J., & Sontagg, M. (1992). A methodological critique of the current status of eye movement desensitization (EMD). Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 23, 159-167.

Cesar, J., de Moraes, A., Milgrom, P., & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1993). A cross validation of the Dental Fear Survey in Brazil. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 21, 148- 150.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1993). Rapid Treatment of Blood and Injection Phobias with Eye Movement Desensitization. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 24, 211- 218.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1994). Acquisition of blood, injury and injection fear and phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 32, 818-823.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Dinnel, D.L., Tanouye-Wilson, S., and Lonner, W.J. (1994). Cultural variation in social anxiety and phobia: A study of Taijin Kyofusho. the Behavior Therapist, 17, 175-178.

DeBerard, M.S. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1995). Predicting loneliness and its duration: Combining situational and personality variables. Psychological Reports, 76, 1363-1369.

Lohr, J., Tolin, D., Kleinknecht, R.A. (1995). Eye Movement Desensitization of medical phobias: Two case studies. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 26, 285-302.

Lohr, J., Tolin, D.,Kleinknecht, R.A. (1996). An Intensive Design Investigation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing of Claustraphobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 10, 73-88.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Thorndike, R.M., & Walls, M.M. (1996). Factorial dimensions and correlates of blood, injury, injection and related medical fears: Cross validation of the Medical Fear Survey. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 34, 323-331.

Kleinknecht, R. A., Dinnel, D. L., Kleinkencht, E. E., Himura, N., & Harada, N. (1997). Cultural factors in social anxiety: A comparison of social phobia symptoms and Taijin Kyofusho. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 11, 157-177.

Kleinknecht, R. A., Kleinknecht, E.E., Thorndike, R.M. (1997). The role of disgust and fear in blood and injection-related fainting symptoms: A structural equation model. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35,1075-1087.

Kheriaty, E., Kleinknecht, R.A. & Hyman, I. (1999). Recall and validation of phobia origins as a function of structured interview versus the Phobia Origins Questionnaire. Behavior Modification, 23, 61-77.

Kleinknecht, R. A. & Hyman, Jr. I. (1998). Critical Issues in Memory for Trauma: The Intersection of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Science. Clinical Psychology Review, 18, 891-894.

Kleinknecht, R. A., Kleinknecht, E.E., Sawchuk, C., Lee, T., Lohr, J. (1999). The Medical Fears Survey: Psychometric Properties. the Behavior Therapist, 22, 109-119..

Sawchuck,C. N., Lohr, J. M., ,Tolin, D. F.,  Lee, T. C., & Kleinknecht, R. A. (2000). Disgust Sensitivity and Contamination Fears in Spider and blood-Injection-Injury Phobias, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38, 753 -762.

Strahl, C., Kleinknecht, R. A., & Dinnel, D. L. (2000). The role of pain anxiety, coping, and pain self-efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis patient functioning. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38,  863 – 873.

Kleinknecht, R. A. (2002).  Non-Associative fear acquisition: A review of the evidence from retrospective and longitudinal research. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 159-163 .

Dinnel, D. L., Kleinknecht, R. A. & Tanaka – Matsumi, J. (in press). A Cross-cultural comparison of social phobia symptoms, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
 
 
 
 

Book Reviews

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1981). From fleeing to flying. (Review of : Fearless Flying: The Complete Guide to Relaxed Air Travel, by A. Forgione and F. Bauer. Contemporary Psychology, 26(7), 530-531.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1992) The formulated psychological treatment of medical disorders. (Review of: Behavioral Medicine: Concepts and Procedures by Eldon Tunks and Anthony Bellissimo). Contemporary Psychology, 37, 1286-1287.

Presentations at Professional Meetings
 
Kleinknecht, R.A. (1968, September), A program of behavior modification for problem drivers. Paper presented to the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco.

Gallo, A.E., Jr., Goldstein, S.G. and Kleinknecht, R.A. Carotid endarterectomy: (1970, september). Prophylactic or therapeutic. Paper presented to the Twentieth Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Kleinknecht, R.A., McCormick, C.E., and Thorndike, M.R. (1971, September), Stability of stated reinforcers as measured by the Reinforcement Survey Schedule. Paper presented to the 5th Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.

Kleinknecht R.A., Klepac, R.K., and Alexander, L.D. (1972, May), Fear of dentistry: Its measurement and prevalence. Paper presented to the Washington State Psychological Association Convention, Rosario, WA.

Donovan, D.M., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1972, April), Effects of alcohol on male sexual behavior. Paper presented to the 52nd Annual Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.

Thwaites, N., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1972, June). Alcoholism and obesity: Behavioral similarities. Paper presented to the Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse symposium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1974, September), Chairperson and Discussant: Symposium on Psychological Contributions to Dentistry. American Psychological Association Convention, (Division 12), New Orleans.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1976, February), Some potetial contributions of applied psychological research to dentistry and dental education. Paper presented to the Symposium on Beahvioral Scineces in the Dental Curriculum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. (Invited)

Kleinknecht, R.A., and Bernstein, D.A. (1976, March), Attitudes and expectancies in relation to fear of dentistry. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Miami Beach.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Smith-Scott, J., and others (1976, May), Use of tranquilizer-type medication among college students. Presented to the joint Washington-Oregon Psychological Association meetings, Rosario.

Bernstein, D.A., and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1976, December), Fear of dental work: Assessment and treatment. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Kleinknecht, R.A., and Bernstein, D.A. (1977, June), Assessment of fear of dentistry. Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of the American Association for Dental Research, Las Vegas.

Kleinknecht, R.A., and Bernstein, D.A. (1977, September),Sources of dental fear: Implications for dental training and practice. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1977), Assessment of fear of dentistry. Presented at the First National Conference on Behavioral Dentistry, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1978), Sources, characteristics, and treatment of dental fear. Presented to Seminar Series in Behavioral Dentistry, University of Washington School of Dentistry.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Bernstein, D.A., and Spofford, M. (1978, November), Analogue assessment of dental fear. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Chicag.

Spofford, M. and Kleinknecht, R.A. (1980, April), Psychophysiological responses of repressors and sensitizers to imaginal or visual presentaiton of a fearful scene. Paper presented to the Midwest Psychologicla Association meeting.

Kleinknecht, R.A. and Bernstein, D.A. (1980, November), Modification of fear and avoidance of dentistry. Paper presented to the 2nd Annual Meetings of the ociety of Behavioral Medicine, New York, 1980.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1982, May) Origins and remissions of spider fear. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Washington State Psychological Association.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Mahoney, E.L. and Alexander, L.D. Reported masticatory pain/dysfunction and psychologic stress. Paper presented to the Pacific Northwest regional meetings of the American Association for Dental Research, Seattle, WA Nov. 18, 1982.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Thorndike, R.M., McGlynn, P. & Harkavy, J. Factor analysis and cross- validation of the Dental Fear Survey. Paper presented to the Pacific Northwest regional meetings of the American Association for Dental Research, Seattle, WA. Nov. 18, 1982.

Richardson, S., & Kleinknecht, R.A. Expectancy effects on anxiety and self-generated cognitive strategies in high and low dentally anxious females. Presented to the meetings of the Washington State Psychological Association, Pasco, May, 1983.

Slough, N., Kleinknecht, R.A., & Thorndike, R.M. The role of anxiety in the measurement of Repression-Sensitization. Paper presented to the annual meetings of the Washington State Psychological Association, Pasco, May 1983.

Kleinknecht, R.A. Discussant for paper session on Psychomotor Skills at the International Workshop on Psychotropic Drugs and Performance, Basle, Switzerland, November 1983.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Dworkin, S., Truelove, E., LeResche, L., & Sommers, E. Chronic TMJ/MPD pain: Subjective symptoms and clinical findings. Paper presented to the annual meetings of the International Association for Dental Research, Dallas, March, 1984.

Truelove, E., Dworkin, S., LeResche, L., Kleinknecht, R.A., & Sommers, E. Clinical treatment and outcome descriptors: A random sample of 44 TMJ/MPD patients. Paper presented to the annual meetings of the International Association for dental Research, Dallas, March, 1984.

Dworkin, S., Kleinknecht, R.A., Truelove, E., LeResche, L., & Sommers, E. Psychophysiological and psychosocial factors in a chronic TMJ/MPD patient sample. Paper presented to the annual meetings of the International Association for Dental Research, Dallas, March, 1984.

Kleinknecht, R.A. and Mahoney, E.R. Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of orofacial pain symptoms. Paper presented to Recent Developments in Orofacial Pain, Satellite Symposium to the Fourth World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain. Port Ludlow, WA, Sept. 7, 1984.

Burgess, J., Sommers, E., Dworkin, S., Truelove, E., Lawton, L., and Kleinknecht, R. Health care utilization in patients presenting with TMJ/MPD problems. Presented to Fourth World Congress on Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Seattle, Sept. 1, 1984.

Kleinknecht, R.A. Psychosocial correlates of myofascial pain in a non-patient sample. Presented to the Washington State Psychological Association meetings, Vancouver, BC, May 1985.

Thrash, J., Klepac, R., & Kleinknecht, R.A. Managing dental fear and stress: Guidelines for the practitioner. Presented as a Professional Seminar (workshop) at annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Chicago, November, 1986.

Kleinknecht, R.A. Blood/injury fear and fainting. Presented to Department of Mental Health, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air force Base, San Antonio, Sept., 1987.

Kleinknecht, R.A. Psychosocial characteristics of temporomandibular disorders. Presented to Department of Mental Health, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air force Base, San Antonio, Sept., 1987.

Lee, J., & Kleinknecht, R.A. Panic attacks and panic disorder in an adolescent population. Paper presented to Washington State Psychological Association Convention, Tacoma, May, 1988.

Klanke, J., & Kleinknecht, R.A. Social support, activity and cancer health locus of control in a group of cancer patients. Paper presented to Washington State Psychological Association Convention, Tacoma, May, 1988.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Lenz, J., Ford, G., & Deberard, S. Fear, Fainting and avoidance of blood/injury-related stimuli. Paper presented to Washington State psychological Association Convention, Tacoma, May, 1988.

Kleinknecht, R.A. Psychosocial correlates of blood injury fear and fainting. Paper presented to Washington State Psychological Association Convention, Tacoma, May, 1988.

Kleinknecht, R.A., & Lee, J. Panic attacks, panic disorder and social support among adolescents. Paper presented to Behavior Therapy World Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, September, 1988.

Kleinknecht, R.A. An historical overview and current applications of palmar sweating as an index of psychophysiological response. Paper presented to British Psychopysiological Society Conference, London, U.K., Sept. 17, 1990.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Thorndike, R.M. The Mutilation Questionnaire as a predictor of blood Injury Fear and fainting. Paper presented to the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, Nov., 1990.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Cvetkovich, G. Fear motivated avoidance of medical treatment. Paper presented to the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, Nov., 1990.

Druely, J. & Kleinknecht, R.A., (1991). Hardiness in relation to mental and physical health. Paper presented to the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, March, 1991.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Cvetkovich, G. (1991). Fear motivated avoidance of medical treatment: A community survey. Paper presented to the 25th Annual Meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, Nov., 1991.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1991, November). Dimensions of Medical and Blood/injury-related fears: Development of the Medical survey. Paper presented to the 25th Annual Meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Tolin, D.F., Tanouye, S.E., & Haas, L. (1992, May). Factors of medical fears and avoidance of medical treatment. Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of the Western Psychological Association, Portland.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1992,November). Acquisition of blood/injury and medical phobias. Poster presented to the Phobia and related Anxiety Disorders Special Interest Group of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, Nov. 20, 1992.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1993, June). An introduction to eye movement desensitization. Workshop presented to University of British Columbia Psychology Department.

Tanouye, S., Kleinknecht, R.A. & Dinnel, D. (1993, November). The relationship between Taijin Kyofusho and social phobia among Japanese Americans in Hawaii. Paper presented to the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1993). Multichannel assessment of a Case of Needle Phobia. Paper presented to the EMDR Special Interest Group of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, November.

Tolin, D.F. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1994). Mediating factors in non-clinical panic. Paper presented to the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, May 5.

Dinnel, D., Tanouye, S. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1994). The relationship between Taijin Kyofusho and social phobia. Paper presented to the Western Psychological Association, Kona, Hawaii, April 26.

DeBerard, S. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1994). Predicting loneliness and its duration: Combining situationa and personality variables. Poster presented to the Western Psychological Association, Kona, HI, April.

DeBerard, S. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1994). Loneliness duration of loneliness, and reported stress symtomotology. Poster presented to the Western Psychological Association, Kona, Hi, April.

Kleinknecht, R.A. and Thorndike, R.M. (1994). Factorially derived Dimensions of Fear and Avoidance of Medical treatment. Paper presented to the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Special Interest Group of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, November.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Penner, C. (1994). The Role of fear and Disgust in Emotional Fainting to Blood and Injury Stimuli. Paper presented to the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Special Interest Group of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. San Diego.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Lohr, J., Tolin, D., (1994). Procedural Controls in Treatment Evaluation of Imagry Exposure Treatments: Illustrations from Single Subjects Experiments. Paper presented to the EMDR Special Interest Group of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego, CA, November.

Colloquium presented to the Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas: Title: Blood, Injury, Injection fear and Phobia. May 2, 1995.

Lohr, J., Tolin, D.F. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1995). Poster presented to the 43rd Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: An intensive investigation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of Claustraphobia, March 30, 1995.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Kheriaty, E., & Hyman, I. (1995). Recall and validation of phobia origins as a function of structured Interview versus the Phobia Origins Questionnaire. Paper presented to the World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 1995.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Thorndike, R.M. & Walls, M. (1995). Factorial Dimensions of Medically related Fear and Avoidance: Implications for Blood, Injury, Injection Phobia. Paper presented to the World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 1995.

Kleinknecht, E.E., Himura, N., Harada, N., & Kleinknecht, R.A., & Dinnel, D.L. (1996, April). Cultural factors in social anxiety: TKS and social phobia. Poster presented to the Western Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.

Walls, M.M. & Kleinknecht, R.A. (1996, April). Disgust factors as predictors of blood-injury fear and fainting. Poster presented to the Western Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.

Kleinknecht, R.A. (1996, June). EMDR: A critical review of Theory and Practice. Presented to the Washington Institute for Research and Training in Mental Health. Western State Hospital, Stilicoom, WA.

Hyman, I.E. Jr., Kleinknecht, R.A., Kheriaty, E., Kleinknecht, E., & Solomon, P. (1996, July). Memory for onset of fear and phobia. Paper presented at Trauma & Memory: An International Research Conference. Family Research Laboratory, University of Vermont, Durham, NH.

Hyman, I.E., Jr., Kleinknecht, R.A., Kheriaty, E., Kleinknecht, E., & Solomon, P. (July 1996). Memory for onset of fear and phobia. Poster presented at Recollections of Trauma: Scientific Research and Clincial Practice, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Port de Bourgenay, France.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Dinnel, D.L., Kleinknecht, E.E., Harada, N., & Himura, N. (November, 1996). Cultural factors in social anxiety: Taijin Kyofusho and social phobia symptoms. Poster Presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Nazemi, H., Kleinknecht, R. A., Lonner, W. J., Dinnel, D. , Sobhan, A., & Islami, S. (November, 1996). A study of panic attacks among university students in Iran. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Kleinknecht, R. A., Tolin, D. F., Lohr, J. & Kleinknecht, E. E. (November, 1996). Relationships between Blood-injury fears, Disgust Sensitivity, and vasovagal fainting in two independent samples. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Kleinknecht, R.A. & Walls, M. M. (April, 1997). Fear, Disgust and Fainting as deterents to blood donation. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle.

Smith, D., Kleinknecht, R.A. & Dinnel, D. (April, 1997). Prevalence and psychopathology correlates of the parasomnias. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle.

Kleinknecht, R.A. Thorndike, R. M., & Kleinknecht, E.E. (April, 1997). Structural equation model of blood,injury Fear, Disgust and vasovagal reactions. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Tieber, L, Dinnel, D., & Murphy, R. (1997, November). Fear, empathy, and helping behavior as predictors of blood donation. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach.

Kleinknecht, R.A., Strahl, C.J.,& Dinnel, D. (1997, November). The role of pain anxiety, coping strategies, and pain self-efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis patient functioning. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach.

Kleinknecht, R. A. (1997, November). Discussant for: Cross-Cultural Behavior Therapy: Research and Practice. Annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach.

Kleinknecht, R. A. (1998, August).  Discussant for: Models of Aculturation. The 14th Congress or the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology, Bellingham,

Kleinknecht, R. A., Kleinknecht, E.E., Sawchuk, C., Lee, T., Lohr, J. (1998, November). The Medical Fears Survey: Psychometric Properties.  Poster to be presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington D.C.

Kleinknecht, R. A. (1998, November). Fear and Helping Behavior as determinants of of blood donation .  Poster to be presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington D.C.

Dinnel, D. L., Kleinknecht, R. A. & Matsumi-Tanaka, J. (April, 1999). Taijin Kyofusho
and Social phobia in American and Japanese young adults. Poster presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Sawchuk, C.N., Kleinknecht, E. E., & Kleinknecht, R.A., Lohr, J.M.,  (November,
1999).  Discrimination of Blood - Injection - Injury Phobia subtypes. Poster presented at the 33nd annual meeting for the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, CA.

Kleinkencht, R. A. & Ottaway, S.  ( November, 1999). A prospective structural equation model
 of blood - Injury - Injection and disgust-related avoidance of blood donation. Poster
 presented at the 33nd annual meeting for the Association for the Advancement of Behavior
 Therapy, Toronto, CA.

Kleinknecht, R. A. and Snyder, E. (March, 2001) The relationship between physiological health
indicators and psychosocial factors in hemodialysis patient populations. Poster presented at the 22nd annual meetings of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.

Kleinknecht, R. A. & Dinnel D. L.(July, 2001). Assessment of TKS and comparison with Social Phobia. Poster Presented at the World Congress on Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Kleinknecht, R. A. ,&  Dale Dinnel, (July, 2001). Comparisons of Social phobia and TKS symptoms in clinical and non-clinical samples: TKS Scale development and validation.  In, R. A. Kleinknecht, Chair,  Anxiety Syndromes in Japan and North America with special reference to social phobia and taijin kyofu-sho, Symposium conducted at the World Congress on Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, Vancouver, B. C., Canada.

Professional Contributions

        Co - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Clinical Psychology Review (1999). Critical
        Issues in Memory for Trauma: The Intersection of Clinical Psychology and
        Cognitive Science.
 
 

Grant Reviews:
National Institutes of Mental Health, External Review of Grant porposal (1997)
The Wellcome Trust (2001): Research Training Fellowships in Clinical epidemiology

Editorial Reviewer for:
(Quarterly) Journal of Studies on Alcohol
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Behavior Therapy
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Behavioral Assessment
Journal of Gerontology
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Contemporary Psychology
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Psychological Reports
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science
Cognitive Therapy and Research
Professional Contributions
 
Member of Division 12 (APA) Program Committee, 1974, 1983-1984
Consultant Roster, National Heart and Lung Institute (National Institutes of Health) 1976- present
Board of Directors, Whatcom Citizens Council on Alcoholism, 1970-72
Member, Whatcom County Council on Aging, 1970-74
Member, Treatment Committee of Governor's Advisory Council on Alcoholism, 1972-74
Courses Typically Taught
 
Undergraduate:
Introductory Psychology (201)
Abnormal Psychology (314)
Seminar in Personality and Abnormal Psychology (402)
The Psychology of Fear and Anxiety (362)
Graduate:
Personality and Behavior Pathology (502)
Seminar in Behavior Pathology (529)
Counseling practicum (570)