Degrees:

• BS, Abilene Christian University, 1993
• MMFT, Abilene Christian University, 1996
• MSSW, University of Texas at Arlington, 1999
• PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, 2002

Office: Hardin Administration Building, room 108

Phone: 325-674-4889

Email: alan.lipps@acu.edu

Areas of scholarship or expertise:

• Substance Abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Mental Health
• Research

Published works:

• Community Outreach Survey (2007). Prepared for the City of Abilene. With Bill Culp.
• Lipps, Alan J. (1996) Family Therapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Related Problems: A Review of Behavioral Family Therapy, Family Systems Therapy and Treatment Matching Research. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 17 (3). (pp. 13-23)

Why you do what you do: I want to be the best that I can be and doing this seems to be what I do best.

What you expect from your students: I expect students to try hard--to strive for perfection, but be content with imperfection and to be who God created them to be.

Personal:

Family

• Wife: Lilia C. Lipps
• No human children but 4 dogs:
• Tiger, Rigel, Hercules and Goodness Gracious (GiGi)

Outside interests include dog care and training, fishing, chemistry, biology, physics, animal science