Julia Buckner Named LSU Mid-Career Scholar Rainmaker
3/2/2022
Dr. Julia Buckner, 2021 Mid-Career Scholar Rainmaker
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BATON ROUGE—Julia Buckner, professor in the LSU Department of Psychology in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and director of LSU’s Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Laboratory and Clinic, has been named as a 2021 Rainmaker by the LSU Office of Research & Economic Development (ORED). ORED, in partnership with Campus Federal Credit Union, selects six faculty
members who balance their teaching and research responsibilities while extending the
impact of their work to the world beyond academia.
Buckner received the Rainmaker Award for Mid-Career Scholar in the Arts, Humanities,
Social & Behavioral Sciences category for her exceptional research, creative activities,
and scholarship. Rainmakers include faculty who are at the early, middle and senior
stages of their careers and have established track records in securing external research
funding and publishing in high-impact journals.
“Dr. Buckner has demonstrated a sustained program of excellence and is well known
in her field,” said Troy Blanchard, dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences.
“Moreover, her research agenda has been supported by highly competitive federal funding
from the Nation Institutes of Health and Department of Health & Human Services.”
Emily Elliott, chair of the Department of Psychology added, “Dr. Buckner’s accomplishments
are like those of a senior scholar. She has been extremely prolific in her publications,
has a track record of federal funding, and has received high-level recognition in
her field.”
Buckner is also a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at
LSU Health Sciences Center and a licensed clinical psychologist. She has published
over 180 scholarly works primarily concerning psychological and sociocultural factors
related to negative affect and/or substance misuse and strategies to increase treatment-seeking
and improve treatment outcomes among those suffering from these conditions. Her lab
has offered research opportunities to many graduate and undergraduate students, who
are often coauthors on publications and conference presentations.
“I appreciate LSU’s support of this work. It highlights LSU’s commitment to research,
including research that not only has implications to help people on a national and
international level, but that has had a direct impact on people right here in Louisiana.
Much of our recent work has been in collaboration with OLOL Hospital to integrate
psychological services into medical treatment for substance use disorders, including
opioid use disorder, and that work has been critical during the current opioid crisis
we are in here in Baton Rouge.”
Buckner is the recipient of awards from organizations such as the American Psychological
Association, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Anxiety Disorders Association
of America, and Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Addictive
Behaviors & Anxiety Disorders Special Interest Groups. She also received the 2013
Emerging Scholar Rainmaker Award.
She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University.
About the LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences
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to be visionary leaders in their respective fields, a tradition of excellence that
began with the college’s inception in 1908. For more news and information about the
LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences, visit hss.lsu.edu.
Additional Links
Rainmaker Awards: https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/news/2022/03/02ored_rainmakers2021.php
Campus Federal Credit Union : www.campusfederal.org
Contact Sarah Gaar Keller
LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences
sarahg@lsu.edu