Background
Barden, Robert Christopher was born on June 7, 1954 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Elliott Hatcher and Jane Elizabeth Cole (Ferris) Barden.
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Robert Christopher Barden
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Robert Christopher Barden, American Lawyer, psychologist, educator, analyst. Avocations: church and service work, tennis, martial arts, mountain climbing, music
M C. Recipient Young Scholar award Foundation for Child Development, Faculty Scholar award W.T. Grant Foundation, 1987-1989; National Science Foundation fellow, 1978, National Institute of Mental Health fellow, 1976, 77.
Education
Bachelor summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1982; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1977; Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1992.
Career
Project assistant, National Science Foundation, 1978-1979;
intern in psychology, VA Medical Center, Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, 1979-1980;
director psychology, International Craniofacial Surgical Institute, Dallas, 1980-1987;
corporation, civil litigation, family and health law attorney, Lindquist and Vennum, Minneapolis, 1992-1996;
psychologist, lawyer, expert witness, public policy analyst, R.C. Barden & Associations, since 1996. Assistant professor psychology Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1980-1984. Assistant professor, director child clinical psychology U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1984-1987, research faculty department surgery, 1987-1993.
Visiting faculty, assistant professor psychology Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1988. President Optimal Performance Sys., Inc., Cambridge, since 1989. Member Minnesota Board Psychology, 1993-1997.
Adjunct Professor law University of Minnesota Law School, since 1995. Consultant and speaker in field.
Achievements
Membership
Project director church community service projects, Minneapolis and Cambridge, since 1988. Member Minnesota Board Psychology, 1993-1997, Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1993-1994. Representative Minnesota Sixth Congressional District.
Member American Bar Association, APA, Society for Research in Child Development, International Society Clinical Hypnosis, Harvard Law School Society Law and Medicine, Lowell House CommonsRm. Harvard University, National.Assn. for Consumer Protection in Mental Health Practices (president since 1995), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Robin Jones, November 14, 1987.
