Dr. R. R. Cooper is a licensed psychologist, associate professor of psychology, and court-appointed mediator. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky. He also holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Psychology from Harvard University and a J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, which has ranked in the top five programs nationally for Dispute Resolution and Mediation by U.S. News and World Report for over two decades. He is also a diplomate of the law school’s Dispute Resolution Institute. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Technology and Law (summa cum laude) from the University of Texas Rio Grande’s Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship. 

Regarding behavioral healthcare, Dr. Cooper's practice areas range from neuropsychological evaluation to outpatient treatment. As a psychotherapist, he specializes in personality development and the treatment of personality disorders. He has evaluated and treated patients in a range of contexts: general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, outpatient clinics, secondary schools, college campuses, and telehealth. His residency was completed through The Psychology Professionals / Terrell State Psychiatric Hospital Interstate Consortium. 

Regarding the law and forensic psychology, Dr. Cooper has experience conducting several types of forensic evaluations (diagnostic, insanity, competency, risk, etc.) across several contexts (civil and criminal, prosecution and defense, adult and juvenile). He is a qualified mediator in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Minnesota. His mediation practice generally centers around family law and arbitration. However, he accepts a limited number of higher-level dispute cases, such as that at the organizational or communal level. He studied high-level conflict by traveling to the Middle East where he was accepted as a visiting law-school scholar through the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. There, he met with other dispute resolution scholars in both Israel and the Palestinian territories. 

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Dr. Cooper is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona, and the current Director of Graduate Psychology at Ferrum College. He is also on the faculty of Paris Junior College. He has trained psychology interns, counseling interns, substance abuse interns, and psychiatric nurse practitioners. He is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Texas Psychological Association (TPA) and also sits on the Texas RxP Legislative Advisory Board.

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