Welcome

Meet the Faculty

Dennis W. Lowe, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Young Family Life Chair

Ph.D., Florida State University; M.A., Pepperdine University; B.A., Pepperdine University

Dr. Dennis Lowe is a licensed psychologist and a marriage and family therapist. He teaches in the areas of psychopathology and marriage and family therapy. His specialties include couple relationships as well as the intersection between mental illness and family life. Of particular interest are projects that equip couples and families with new skills to strengthen their relationships or efforts to assist those with mental illness and their family members. Lowe was the founding director of the Center for the Family and currently holds the M. Norvel and Helen Young Chair in Family Life at Pepperdine. He has been a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award.

Contact: dennis.lowe@pepperdine.edu

Courses:

• 600: Clinical Management of Psychopathology
• 639: Marriage and Family Therapy I

Key Awards/Affiliations:

• Pepperdine University Luckman Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award

Academic Interests:

• Relationships and the intersection between mental illness and family life