Linda McGhee
Linda McGhee
Affiliate Faculty
School: Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Professional Psychology Program
Linda McGhee is a clinical psychologist and nationally recognized moderator, mental health expert and speaker. McGhee has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, and the Huffington Post. Dr. McGhee was recently elected as APA President-Elect of the Assessment Psychology section of Division 12, the Society of Clinical Psychology. She was the Past President of the Maryland Psychological Association.
Dr. McGhee is one of the nation’s foremost experts on culturally sensitive testing and assessment for diverse populations. She trained and worked as an attorney prior to obtaining a Psy.D. at George Washington. Dr. McGhee currently teaches assessment and diversity at GWU’s Forensic Psychology program and the Psy.D. program. She has addressed national organizations, school associations, psychology practices, and school psychologist groups on diversity in assessment. Dr. McGhee has formed the Multicultural Assessment Community to facilitate these important conversations. The Multicultural Assessment Community will hosted its third annual conference in the Fall of 2023. She has appeared on the Testing Psychologist podcast, where Dr. McGhee presented on unconscious bias, creating culturally sensitive assessments, and advocacy and assessment. She is a chapter author of a book, Psychological Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, edited by Drs. James Kleiger and Irving Weiner. In her chapter, McGhee addresses the assessment of diverse populations for bipolar disorder. She is the co-author of a book chapter on assessment of African Americans in the Essentials series on culture and assessment