David J. Finitsis
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
PHD University of ConnecticutDavid J. Finitsis
Dr. Finitsis' program of research seeks to understand our engagement in healthcare from a bio-psycho-social perspective. His research focuses broadly on stress, anxiety and health behavior both among the general population and within specific medical patient populations. At the core of Dr. Finitsis' research philosophy is the belief that new investigations are best guided by rigorous systematic review of existing research. So his work combines high quality meta-analytic projects with primary research in his field.
Dr. Finitsis completed his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at Bowdoin College in 1995 and continued to live in Maine thereafter, working a truly breathtaking variety of jobs from organic farming and commercial fishing to adventure based counseling and 911 first response. It was ambulance work in particular that first granted him insight into the psychology of heath, illness, and injury. After marrying and moving to Connecticut in 2010, he returned to school as a graduate student in Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Finitsis received his PhD in 2016 and completed an internship in Clinical and Community Psychology at the Yale School of Medicine. A New England native, Dr. Finitsis has an abiding love of the outdoors that he frequently persues both on foot and by bicycle. He is a happy husband and father of two children.
Academic Affiliations
Office Hours
Fall 2022
Fridays 11:00-noon or by appointment
Courses
Fall 2022
PSYC 105 - 04
Foundations Contemporary Psych
PSYC 105 - 05
Foundations Contemporary Psych
PSYC 251 - 02
Psychopathology
Spring 2023
PSYC 211 - 01
Rsch Mthds in Clinical Psych
PSYC 362 - 01
Health Psychology