A native of Puerto Rico, Etiony Aldarondo earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst).  His research and clinical interests include wife assault, Latino mental health, family therapy, and individual and social change.

Aldarondo’s publications include articles on wife assault cessation and psychological aggression, risk markers for the cessation and persistence of wife assault, ethnicity and wife assault, and motivation for change in abusive men.  He also recently authored (with Dr. Fernando Mederos) “Programs for Men Who Batter: Intervention and Prevention Strategies in a Diverse Society,” published by Civic Research Institute.

Aldarondo came to UM from Boston College, where he was tenured faculty in the counseling psychology program.  He also worked at Harvard Medical School’s Cambridge Hospital and at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center.

Aldarondo co-chairs the steering committee of the National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  He is a member of the National Advisory Board of the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center funded by the Center for Disease Control, and a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Batterer Intervention and Prevention Programs Evidence-Based Review Expert Panel.