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James Herbert is Professor of Psychology at Drexel University, where he has held leadership roles including Head of the Department of Psychology since 2012, Interim Provost and Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs since 2014, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2005 to 2012, and inaugural Dean of the Graduate College and Executive Vice Provost. He directs the Anxiety Research and Treatment Program and co-directs the Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapy Program. Earlier in his career at Drexel (formerly MCP Hahnemann University), he served as Director of Clinical Training for the Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology from 2003 to 2007 and Concentration Head for the CBT Concentration from 2010 to 2013. Prior positions include Assistant Professor at Allegheny University of the Health Sciences from 1993 to 1997 and at the Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1989 to 1993. Herbert earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1989 and M.A. in 1986 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and B.A. in Psychology magna cum laude in 1983 from the University of Texas at Austin.

His research specializations encompass anxiety disorders including social anxiety disorder, cognitive behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, obesity, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychosis. Key publications include the edited volume Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Understanding and Applying the New Therapies (2011, with Evan M. Forman), chapters on the evolution of CBT, and articles such as The Importance of Theory in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Perspective of Contextual Behavioral Science (Behavior Therapy, 2013, with Brian A. Gaudiano and Evan M. Forman), Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder through Videoconferencing (Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2013), and the Mind Your Health Project on behavioral treatment for obesity (Obesity, 2013). He has received the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence (1999) and is a Fellow of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (2014), Institute for Science in Medicine (2009), Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Founding Fellow, 2001), Behavior Therapy and Research Society (1992), and Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health Practice (2003). Herbert has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, and others, and on editorial boards including the Journal of Anxiety Disorders.