About Dr. Thurber
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 Dr. Christopher Thurber is a board-certified clinical psychologist, author, consultant, and father. A graduate of Harvard University, Chris created Leadership Essentials, a revolutionary set of online staff training tools. He also hosts ACA's homesickness prevention DVD-CD set and co-authored the best-selling "Summer Camp Handbook." Chris is widely published in the academic and popular press and has more than 30 years of camp experience. Chris currently chairs the ACA's Research Committee. All of Chris's personal and professional work is guided by the principles of leadership-by-example and social connection.
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Chris and his wife Simonida live in Exeter, New Hampshire, with their two boys, Dacha (born in 2002) and Sava (born in 2004). Chris is a teacher and school psychologist at Phillips Exeter Academy, a coeducational boarding high school.
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Chris attended public school in Maine before earning his BA in psychology from Harvard University. After a year conducting research on autism at
the University of Massachusetts,
Chris attended graduate school at UCLA and earned his PhD in clinical
psychology.
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Unlike other camp consultants and professional staff trainers,
Chris still works at camp and is therefore intimately familiar with how child
development and camp intersect.
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Click here to open a pdf file of a brief biography for
conferences and other publicity.
Click here to open a pdf file of Chris's most recent
curriculum vita.
Click here to download a jpg promotional photo.
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Single reprints of these articles and book chapters may be
viewed and downloaded for personal use only.
In all cases, this is copyrighted material that requires the permission
of the publisher to reproduce or to use as an educational tool for an
organization. Please contact Chris
for more information.
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Chris has appeared frequently on national and local television and radio to discuss camping, youth development, and homesickness prevention. He has also been interviewed for numerous features in magazines and newspapers. A recent selection appears below. Click over to Publications to view a complete listing of magazine and journal articles.
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About Dr. Thurber 
