- 1977 B.M.E. Minor: Electrical Engineering, GMI Engineering and Management Institute (now Kettering University)
- 1977 M.S.E, Computer, Information, and Controls Engineering, University of Michigan
- 1987 Clinical Psychology Internship, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
- 1991 Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Indiana University
(Research/program evaluation) Dr. McGrew is a clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Program at IUPUI. He has been on the faculty at IUPUI since 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Indiana University-Bloomington in 1991.
His primary research interests focus on ACT and Supported Employment, including effectiveness, critical ingredients, measurement of implementation, clinical assessment, and performance indicators. He was the project director for the NIMH-funded Richmond Project (1988-1992) which developed six ACT programs across the state of Indiana, led the effort to develop ACT standards in Indiana and has led the federal effort to develop abbreviated ACT criteria for reporting ACT utilization rates in state performance indicators.
He has published more than 40 articles in professional journals and made more than 60 presentations at national and regional conferences. Dr. McGrew teaches graduate courses in the Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology at IUPUI in Intervention, Health Psychology, and Research Design.