Professor of Psychology
Director of the Graduate programs in Psychology

Contact Information
Office: Gurley Hall, Room 406 (Troy campus)
212 Administration Building (Albany campus)
Phone: 518-244-2260, 518-292-1819
Email: romanb@sage.edu

Degree Information

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology University at Albany
Postdoctoral study, Law in Psychiatry Program University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Certifications

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, New York

Clinical Practice

Adult Psychotherapy, specialty in Bereavement Counseling

Courses Taught

PSY 575 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 610-611 Internship in Counseling
PSY 547 Bereavement Counseling

Research

Parental Bereavement
Cross Cultural Bereavement Practices
Restorative Justice as a Process of Meaning Reconstruction

Recent Publications

Romanoff, B.D., and Farley, L. (2009). Miscarriage and stillbirth.  In C. Bryant and D. Peck, (Eds.).  Encyclopedia of death and the human experience.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Romanoff, B.D., and Smith, C. (2009).  Life cycle and death.  In C. Bryant and D. Peck, (Eds.).  Encyclopedia of death and the human experience.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Romanoff, B.D., and Thompson, B.A. (2007). Narrative approaches in end of life care. Bulletin of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 8, 1-3.

Romanoff, B.D., and Thompson, B. A. (2006).  Meaning construction in palliative care:  The use of narrative, ritual, and the expressive arts.  American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 23, 309-316.

Grout, L.A., and Romanoff, B.D. (2002).  The replacement child.  In R. Kastenbaum, (Ed.). Macmillan encyclopedia of death and dying. New York:  MacMillan.

Romanoff, B. D. (2001).  Research as therapy:  the power of narrative to effect change. In R.E. Neimeyer, (Ed.). Meaning reconstruction and the experience of loss. Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

Grout, L.A., and Romanoff, B.D. (2000).  The myth of the replacement child: Parents’ stories and practices after perinatal death.   Death Studies, 24, 93 - 113.

Romanoff, B. D., and Terenzio, M. (1998).  Rituals and the grieving process. Death Studies, 22, 697 - 712.

Romanoff, B. D. (1993). When a child dies: Strategies for providing mental health counseling for bereaved parents.  Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 15, 384-393.

Professional Organizations

Council of Applied Master’s Programs in Psychology, Secretary
American Psychological Association
Association for Death Education and Counseling
American Psychology-Law Society

Service

Program Director, Graduate Programs in Psychology
Institutional Review Board
Rank, Tenure & Promotion Committee

Personal

Kayaking, hiking, skiing, yoga