Gary T. Montgomery, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology & Anthropology Dept.
E-mail:
gtm6b5e@panam.edu
Phone: 381-5354 (w/voice mail)
Fax: 381-3333

Education:

B.A. in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1967
M.A. in Child Development from the Institute of Child Behavior and Development, University of Iowa, 1969
Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Texas Tech University, 1972.

Professional Experience:

I have been a faculty member at the University of Texas-Pan American since the fall of 1974. My current major teaching assignment is developmental psychology, which has included courses on infancy, childhood, lifespan, adulthood/again, and death/dying. From the fall of 1977 through the fall of 1994, I was fortunate to have research projects funded through the Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program. Initial projects addressed psycho-physiological reactions to psychosomatic illness. Later projects addressed biofeedback and stress management of head pain, including tension and migraine headache, and temporomandular joint disorder. The research also addressed acculturation of Mexican-Americans and its relationship to physical manifestations of stress.

The final four-year major MBRS project involved developmental follow-up of graduates of neonatal intensive care. Analysis of the developmental follow-up data is my primary research focus at the present time.

I began a three-year commitment as Department Chair which began the fall of 1996. I had also said "yes" to my wife and son applying for Fuddruckers franchise ("World's Greatest Hamburger") in the summer of 1993. Their restaurant opened August, 1995. From 1975 through 1995, I worked part-time as a school psychologist/independent contractor for approximately 10 school districts in our region. I still maintain the psychology license in Texas and have applied for the recently-legislated License in School Psychology.

Research articles published since 1990:

Montgomery, G. T., Arnold, B.R. & Orozco, S. (1990) MMPI Supplemental scale performance of Mexican Americans and level of acculturation. Journal of Personality Assessment, 54 (1 & 2), 328-342.

Montgomery, G. T. & Rugh, J.D. (1990). Psychophysiological responsivity on a laboratory stress task: Methodological implications for a stress-muscle hyperactivity pain model. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 15 (2), 121-134.

Montgomery, G. T. (1992). Comfort with acculturation status among students from south Texas. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 14 (2), 201-223.

Montgomery, G. T. (1992). Acculturation, stressors and somatization patterns among students from extreme south Texas. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 14 (4), 434-454.

Orozco, S., Thompson, B., Kapes, J., Montgomery, G.T. (1993). Measuring the acculturation of Mexican Americans: A covarience structure analysis. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 25, 149-155.

Montgomery, G. T. (1994). headache characteristics among high school and university students. Headache, 24, (5), 247-256.

Montgomery, G. T. (1994). Slowed respiration training. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 19, (3), 211-225.

Arnold, B. R., Montgomery, G. T., Castañeda, I., Longoria, R. (1994). Acculturation and performance of Hispanics on selected Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological tests. Assessment, 1 (3), 239-248.

Montgomery, G. T., Fucci, D., Gonzales, M. D., Bettagere, R., Reynolds M. E. & Petrosino, L. (1995). Effects of prematurity on the language development of Hispanic infants. Infant-Toddler Intervention, 5 (3), 219-232.