Elizabeth C. Shelleby

Elizabeth C. Shelleby is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Northern Illinois University (NIU). Her research focuses on developmental psychopathology, particularly the interplay between child disruptive behavior problems, parenting practices, and contextual stressors like economic hardship and pandemics. She explores preventive interventions for at-risk populations and mechanisms of change in behavioral outcomes.

• Institution: Northern Illinois University
• Role: Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology
• Contact: eshelleby@niu.edu | 815-753-0778 | PM 316

Research Interests:

• Development of child conduct problems
• Parenting interventions and mechanisms
• Economic stress in fragile families
• Impact of pandemics on child and parent functioning
• Emotion regulation in at-risk youth
• Longitudinal analysis of behavioral trajectories

Grants:

• NIMH R21 grant for mitigating macroeconomic stress on child mental health
• SSHRC Insight grant for ADHD parental engagement
• NIU research grants for ADHD and parenting studies

Teaching: PSYC 315 (Developmental Psychopathology), PSYC 654 (Practicum in Clinical Psychology), and PSYC 659 (Advanced Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology).