Green's main areas of research over the last 40+ years have included: child development and family psychology; LGBT couple and family issues; male gender role socialization; multicultural issues in family functioning; the impact of family relations on children’s academic achievement; psychological aspects of third-party assisted reproduction; and couple and family therapy. During 1986-2013, Green served as Professor and Director of Family/Child Psychology Training in the APA-accredited Clinical Psychology PhD Program at the California School of Professional Psychology ; and from February 2006 to August 2013, Green was the Founder and Executive Director of the university's Rockway Institute. From 1978-1991, he served as Co-Founder and Co-Director of Redwood Center Psychology Associates in Berkeley—one of the leading couple and family therapy training centers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Recognition
Dr. Green received five national awards for his contributions to the field of psychology:
2012--Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association's Committee on Sexual Orientation & Gender Diversity.
2019--Family Psychologist of the Year Award for sustained, outstanding contributions from the Society for Couple and Family Psychology, American Psychological Association.
Professional involvement
Dr. Green has been on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, Family Process, Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, Cultural Diversity & Mental Health, Journal of GLBT Family Studies, and American Journal of Family Therapy. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He previously served four elected terms on the Board of Directors of the American Family Therapy Academy and served a term as Vice-President of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Couple & Family Psychology. He was one of the founding committee members and continues as a senior research scholar of the Council on Contemporary Families.
Publications
Among his over 100 publications are two co-edited anthologies:
R.-J. Green & J. L. Framo., Family Therapy: Major Contributions
J. Laird & R.-J. Green, Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families.
