About

Shan Jumper, Ph.D. received his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of North Dakota and is licensed in Illinois as a Clinical Psychologist, Sex Offender Treatment Provider, and Sex Offender Evaluator.  Dr. Jumper has worked in the field of sexual violence since 1991. Following a pre-doctoral internship in mental health and forensics at Connecticut Valley Hospital/Whiting Forensic Division, he was employed at the Sexually Violent Predator program in Wisconsin, where he conducted SVP re-examinations and provided court testimony and sex offense treatment.  In 1999 Dr. Jumper joined the staff of the Sexually Violent Persons program at the Illinois Dept. of Human Services Treatment and Detention Facility as a psychologist, later serving as Treatment Team Leader and Associate Clinical Director.   An employee of Liberty Healthcare, he has been the program's Executive Clinical Director since 2005. Dr. Jumper has worked in private practice as an expert witness, has published various peer reviewed articles and book chapters on sexual violence and has served on the adjunct faculty at Argosy University Chicago. Dr. Jumper served as the President of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA) from 2020-2021   He served on the ATSA board from 2013-2022 as Secretary and Treasurer in addition to his term as ATSA President.  Dr. Jumper is a member of the Sex Offender Civil Commitment Programs Network (SOCCPN), having served as President of this organization from 2012 – 2018.