As a former Chair of the American Psychological Association’s (APA)’s Committee on Professional Practice and Standards, Dr. Maddux advanced national policy on forensic evaluation practices in family and dependency court settings. He co-developed APA’s Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations, and its Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Child Protection Matters. In addition to his APA work, Dr. Maddux co-developed related amicus briefs and policy statements. He also chaired the APSAC Task Force that created Practice Guidelines for Forensic Mental Health Evaluations When Child Maltreatment Is at Issue.

Dr. Maddux regularly presents on best practices and common pitfalls in forensic psychology practice. His insights draw from his scholarship, teaching, and history of editorial leadership in the areas of forensic psychology and trauma, and his direction of the Forensic Psychology Practice and Policy Continuing Education and Research Team. He serves as a Contributing Editor of Psychological Injury and Law. He is on the editorial team of the Oxford University Press Book Series, Best Practices in Forensic Mental Health Assessment. He also serves as an Associate Editor of an interdisciplinary book series sponsored by the American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41). Maddux co-edited a text on evaluating trauma in forensic contexts and is currently under contract with APA Publishing to write Psychological Evaluation of Children in Personal Injury Lawsuits – a pioneering book on this subject.

Dr. Maddux is the past president of the New York State Psychological Association’s Forensic Division. He served two terms on APSAC’s Board of Directors – establishing its Commission for Racial Justice in Child Maltreatment. He consulted for the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and served on the committee that initiated the development of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology’s practice documents library.

Dr. Maddux has worked in multiple prison facilities and as a forensic evaluator within the Bronx Family Court and the Audrey Hepburn Children’s House. He is now a solo in full-time private practice where he provides forensic assessments around the nation as a licensed psychologist with an Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate (IPC) through the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.

Dr. Maddux is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (effective Jan. 2026), Examination Faculty of the American Board of Forensic Psychology, and a Board-Certified Forensic Psychologist – one of approximately 350 in the nation.

 

 

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