Richard M. Marshall, Ed.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida in Lakeland. In addition to teaching, he is co-director of the Applied Neuroscience and Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab. Dr. Marshall is a licensed school psychologist with specialty training in pediatric and adolescent neuropsychology and he maintains a small private practice specializing in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders. In 2008, he and Dr. Wilkinson published the Pediatric Behavior Rating Scale. Last year, he co-authored The Middle School Mind: Growing Pains in Early Adolescent Brains.