Matt Zaitchik

Matt C. Zaitchik, Ph.D., ABPP, is a Board-Certified Forensic Psychologist. After serving on the faculty of University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Law and Psychiatry program for 13 years, he became a faculty member at Roger Williams University where he has served as Director of the Graduate Programs in Psychology and as Chair of the Psychology Department. He is currently Professor of Psychology. He also is a Qualified Examiner and a member of the Community Access Board at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Men.

Dr. Zaitchik is past president of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology and was a national faculty member of the American Board of Forensic Psychology from 2007 to 2018. In 2013, he taught at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China, on a Fulbright Fellowship.  He was the recipient of the AAFP’s Distinguished Contribution to Forensic Psychology award in 2013.

Dr. Zaitchik has conducted research and published in a variety of areas related to psychology and law including: the ethical practice of forensic psychology, mental status at the time of offense, pre-sentencing evaluations, assessment of sex offenders, assessment of juvenile offenders, active shooter events, effects of expert testimony on jurors, and hypermasculinity and its relation to criminal behavior.