Sebastian Striefel

Biography

Sebastian Striefel is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Utah State University. His career was focused on helping children and families where developmental disabilities, mental health, school, behavioral, physiological stress, and/or poverty were of concern. He practiced and was licensed as a psychologist for 41 years; engaged in research with numerous publications including peer reviewed journal articles, monographs, book chapters, books, grants, and an ethics column for the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback that was published in four issues a year for 29 years; taught at the graduate level in psychology at both the University of Kansas and Utah State University; chaired the State Board of Mental Health in Utah for seven years; served on the board and as president of several state, national and international professional associations and was active in several local associations. Sebastian's primary teaching areas included professional ethics, biofeedback, relaxation and stress management, applied behavior analysis, and cognitive behavioral interventions. While at USU, Sebastian chaired 16 masters or doctoral committees and served on about 50 other graduate student committees. He also chaired or served on several tenure committees for USU faculty. At the Center for Persons with Disabilities, Sebastian funded several research and intervention programs through grants that employed people in the community including many graduate students.