Terry L. Schell

Biography

Terry L. Schell is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. Much of his recent research has focused on post-traumatic stress disorder, among civilian survivors of community violence as well as service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. That research has been published in a wide array of peer-reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Journal of Traumatic Stress. Prior to joining RAND, Schell conducted a number of investigations into basic psychosocial issues such as effects of attitudes and norms on behavior and biases in social perception that lead to discrimination. At RAND, Schell has worked on a variety of projects as a social psychologist and psychometrician. This includes research that investigates the long-term effects of violence on mental health, the effects of advertising on adolescent drinking, the effectiveness of criminal rehabilitation programs, the effectiveness of terrorism security measures, the evaluation of drug treatment programs, the relationship between traumatic stress and substance use, and assessing racial equity in policing. Schell received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he received specialized training in advanced multivariate statistics and psychological measurement.