Background: Dr. Earleywine received his B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University in 1986 and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Indiana University in 1990. Following his clinical internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center he was an Assistant Professor from 1991-1997 and Associate Professor from 1997-2005 at the University of Southern California. He came to the University at Albany in 2005, where he currently is Professor of Psychology.