Robert C. "Bob" Reese, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Health Psychology Program at Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, VA. His research interests are all framed in Positive Psychology and have been focused primarily in Magis Thinking for enhanced performance and well-being.

Bob is currently engaged in research projects on the recovery processes in addiction at the Addiction Recovery Research Center (ARRC) at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI). As part of Dr. Warren Bickel’s research team, he has been instrumental in helping to create and launch the International Quit & Recovery Registry, a novel approach that employs crowd-sourcing technology to establish, maintain, and grow an unprecedented database on the process of recovery. He is also a consultant and on the research team for a $1.7 million NIH grant: the Social Interactome of Recovery: Social Media as Therapy Development.

As an educator, Bob prides himself on his teaching, and since coming to Jefferson College has been named "E-Teacher of the Year" twice and is consistently nominated for other Faculty Excellence Awards in Teaching, Advising, and Student Scholarship Development. In addition to his faculty position, Bob is founder of NextStep Facilitations (www.DrBobReese.com), a performance psychology consulting firm which builds off his 25 years of experience as an athletic trainer in the NFL. He is the author of "Develop the Winner's Mentality" (Xlibris, 2005) and his future bestseller, "The 13th Step: Thriving in Recovery" (in press).