Rate My Professor David Gussak

Gussak's research specializations include forensic art therapy in correctional settings working with aggressive and violent clients, the work of the art therapist, and the development of the professional art therapist. His major publications encompass books such as The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence (Oxford University Press, 2022), Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned: Re-Creating Identity (Routledge, 2019), Art on Trial: Art Therapy in Capital Murder Cases (Columbia University Press, 2013), and co-edited The Wiley Handbook of Art Therapy (Wiley, 2016; second edition 2026). He has published nearly 50 journal articles and book chapters. Key awards and honors include Honorary Lifetime Member from the American Art Therapy Association (2022), Distinguished Service Award from AATA (2017), and Distinguished Research Award from FSU College of Fine Arts (2013). Gussak has held roles such as Past Board Director for AATA and Treasurer of the Art Therapy Credentials Board. He sits on editorial review boards for Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association and Arts in Psychotherapy, and serves as co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Creativity Inside.