People:Faculty

Joseph Berryhill

Joseph Berryhill has been a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Asheville since 2002. His research covers different themes - but is united by an interest in changing policies, institutions and environments to promote hope for children living with disadvantages such as poverty. His articles have appeared in journals such as Prevention Science and he has an article forthcoming in the American Journal of Community Psychology on community organizing in a neighborhood of African American and Latino residents.

Joseph worked as a newspaper reporter for four years, most of it at the Raleigh News and Observer, before tiring of chasing public officials. He then served as a volunteer at an orphanage in Mexico, where he taught English and later led a team caring for 54 third- and fourth-grade boys. It was there he became interested in psychology as a means to promote the welfare of children, leading him to graduate school at the University of South Carolina and then a clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University's School of Medicine.

Joseph's wife, Kristie, is a child psychologist in private practice. They have a daughter and are expecting another child this February.

Contact Information

203 Zageir Hall, CPO #1960
UNC Asheville
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804
(828) 251-6832
jberryhill@unca.edu