Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Her research is focused on: 1) developing ways to strengthen family-teacher relationships, and 2) improving the implementation of behavioral interventions in preschool settings. Previously, Dr. Zulauf-McCurdy was a Pediatric Psychologist at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and General Pediatrics at the University of Washington. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School Mental Health Assessment, Research and Training (SMART) Center at the University of Washington School of Medicine and her Psychology Residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan.

 

 

Google Scholar Dept of Psychiatry Profile

Self-Reported Problems of Adolescents Seeking or Referred to School Mental Health Services(2025)School Mental Health Volume 17:336-351.
A qualitative examination of the parent-teacher relationship and preschool expulsion: capturing the voices of caregivers(2022)Infants and Young Children35 (1):20-39.
How teachers’ perceptions of the parent-teacher relationship affect children’s risk for early childhood expulsion(2020)Psychology in the Schools58(1):69-88.
Forestalling preschool expulsion: a mixed-method exploration of the potential protective role of teachers’ perceptions of parents(2019)American Educational Research Journal56(6):2189-2220.