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Jeffrey Kellogg

Jeffrey Kellogg, Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. Jeffrey Kellogg, a clinical child and adolescent psychologist, received his Psy.D. degree from Rutgers University, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, in 1982. He interned in clinical child psychology at the University of Alabama College of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry. After directing child, adolescent, and family services for a regional mental health clinic in rural Alabama, he held a position providing cross-cultural and mental health services to expatriate families in Malaysia. In 1982, Dr. Kellogg moved to southern Illinois and began working with children and their families. Before attending Rutgers, he served in the US Peace Corps in Jamaica, West Indies, where he trained guidance counselors and developed a child psychiatric unit at the national hospital.

In addition to maintaining a full-time practice, primarily seeing adolescent clients, Dr. Kellogg has collaborated with regional Head Start programs, The Center Comprehensive Services residential program for adolescents with traumatic brain injuries, and served as a consultant with Gateway Foundation, an adolescent substance abuse treatment center. He has also been a clinical supervisor for psychological services at Brehm Preparatory School, a boarding school for high school students with learning disabilities. He was a long-time member of the advisory board of the Adolescent Health Center and is a continuing board member of Rainbow Café, a community based center for GLBTQ youth. Dr. Kellogg continues to provide expert testimony to regional courts and assists in the training of attorneys in mediation and representing children. Since 1997, he has been an adjunct assistant professor in the psychology department.

A member of the Illinois Psychological Association (IPA) since 1984, Dr. Kellogg is an elected member of the IPA Council of Representatives, representing the southern Illinois region, and serves as the IPA rural psychology liaison to the American Psychological Association.