David P. Nalbone, Ph.D., is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Purdue University Calumet. Professor Nalbone received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 2000 from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA,  where he had also received his M.A. in Social Psychology after having graduating from the State University of New York at Buffalo with High Honors in Psychology.

He was the recipient of Jenness Hannigan Research Fellowships from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA in 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2000; Graduate Student Council Individual Travel Awards, in 1997 and 2000; and an ICPSR Travel Award, Claremont Graduate University in 1999.

Professor Nalbone’s interest in identity issues is evidenced in his several research publications: Ford, J. J., Nalbone, D. P., Wetchler, J. L., & Sutton, P. (in press), Fatherhood: How differentiation and identity status affect attachment to children, manuscript accepted for publication in the American Journal of Family Therapy; Parsons, R. N., Nalbone, D. P., Killmer, J. M., & Wetchler, J. L. (in press), Identity development, differentiation, personal authority, and degree of religiosity as predictors of interfaith marital satisfaction, manuscript accepted for publication in the American Journal of Family Therapy; and, Platt, R. A. L., Nalbone, D. P., Casanova, G. M., & Wetchler, J. L. (in press), Parental conflict and identity as predictors of adult children’s attachment style and infidelity, manuscript accepted for publication in the American Journal of Family Therapy.