Ph.D.                           Clinical Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1989.

 

M.S                              School Psychology, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, 1976.

 

B.A.                               Psychology, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, 1975.

 

 

 

Shisslak, C.M., Crago, M., Gray, N., Estes, L.S., McKnight, K., Parnaby, O.G., Altman, T., Bryson, S., Killen, J., & Taylor, C.B. (1998). The McKnight Foundation perspective study of risk factors for the development of eating disorders. In G. Noordenbos & W. Vandereycken (Eds.), The prevention of eating disorders (pp. 57-74). London: Althone Press.

Shisslak, C.M., Crago, M., Estes, L.S., & Gray, N. (1996). Content and method of developmentally appropriate prevention programs. In L. Smolak, M. Levine, & R. Striegel-Moore (Eds.), The developmental psychopathology of eating disorders. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum-Lawrence.

   

Gray, N., Wolf, D., Mays, M., Equihua, M., Gomez, R., Tellez, A., Tellez, A., Rappa, B., Jirsak, J., & Nye, P. (2008). A Culturally Based Wellness and Creative Expression Model for Native American Communities. Journal of Equity in Health, 1, 52-60.

 

Gray, N., & Nye, P. (2001). American Indian and Alaska Native substance abuse: Co-morbidity and cultural issues. American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research: A Journal of the National Center, 10 (2), 67-84.

 

Shisslak, C.M., Renger, R., Sharpe, T., Crago, M., McKnight, K.M., Gray, N., Bryson, S., Estes, L.S., Parnaby, O.G., Killen, J., & Taylor, C.B. (1999). Development and evaluation of the McKnight Risk Factor Survey (MRFS-III) for assessing potential risk and protective factors for disordered eating in preadolescent and adolescent girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 25, 195-214.

 

Taylor, C.B., Sharpe, T., Shisslak, C., Bryson, S., Estes, L.S., Gray, N., McKnight, K., Crago, M., Kraemer, H., & Killen, J. (1998). Factors associated with weight concerns in adolescent girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 24, 31-42.

 

Shisslak, C., Crago, M., McKnight, K., Estes, L.S., Gray, N., & Parnaby, O. (1998). Potential risk factors associated with weight control behaviors in elementary and middle school girls. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 44, 301-313.

 

Sharpe, T., Bryson, S., Shisslak, C., Estes, L.S., Gray, N., Crago, M., & Taylor, C.B. (1998). Attachment style and weight concerns in preadolescent and adolescent girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 23, 39-44.

 

Gray, N. (1998). Addressing trauma in substance abuse treatment with American Indian adolescents. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 15, 393-399.

 

Crago, M., Yates, A., Fleischer, C.A., Segerstrom, B., & Gray, N. (1996). The superwoman ideal and other risk factors for eating disturbances in adolescent girls. Sex Roles, 35, 801-810.

 

Broussard, B.A., Johnson, A., Himes, J.H., Story, M., Fichtner, R., Hauck, F., Backman-Carter, K., Hayes, J., Frohlich, K., Gray, N., Valway, S., and Gohdes, D. (1991). Prevalence of obesity in American Indians and Alaska Natives. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 53, 1535-1542.

 

Shisslak, C., Gray, N., & Crago, M. (1989). Health care professionals’ reactions to working with eating disorder patients. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 8, 689-694. 

Gray, N., Alterman, T., & Litman, E. (1988). Women’s issues in psychotherapy: Training for mental health professionals. Women and Therapy, 7, 101-111.

 

Berren, M.R., Gray, N., & Beigel, A. (1981). Community attitudes toward the acceptance of mental health services. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 32, 279-280.

 

 

Norma Gray, PhD, has extensive experience developing and implementing health promotion/prevention intervention programs with children, adolescents, and adults. With a background in clinical psychology and experience that includes directing a psychology internship training and the treatment of eating disorders, depression and trauma-related disorders, she brings a behavioral health and resiliency perspective to the practice of public health.

 

Her research interests are community-based participatory research and collaborative development of prevention interventions, the health benefits of artistic and creative expression, Native American health, and the relationships between psychological and historical trauma, depression, discrimination, substance abuse and physical health.

 

Dr. Gray and her research team are currently working with the urban Tucson Native American community and recently completed a youth HIV and substance abuse prevention wellness program that incorporated cultural artistic expression and media production. She was also the Principal Investigator for a community-based participatory research grant funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities that explored culturally relevant methodology for the development and implementation of community-based interventions that enhance health and well-being.