PROFESSIONAL
INTERESTS AND ORIENTATION
My
primary area of interest is psychological testing and
evaluation
Other
areas of interest include:
- applying psychological research to improve schools,
the workplace, and
the daily lives of individuals
- assessing social psychological processes and promoting
cultural diversity
and adaptability
My
professional orientation for interpreting events and facilitating
change
favors cognitive and behavioral approaches
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
in educational/school psychology from Texas Woman's University (1994)
M.A.
in psychology from Stephen F. Austin State University
(1979)
B.S.
in psychology from Western Illinois University (1975)
A.A.
in social sciences from Sauk Valley College (1973)
EXPERIENCE
A
wide range of professional experience, from working with
multi-handicapped
and developmentally disabled children to working with
corporate executives in
multinational organizations
Over
14 years experience as a full-time faculty member at a
university, including:
- head of the psychology & counseling department
- senior program coordinator for educational, social,and
behavioral sciences
division
- program coordinator for psychology programs
- developer of distance learning courses (for both video
and internet delivery)
- chair of graduate faculty council and graduate program
review committees
- member and officer of faculty senate (President 2002-2003)
- faculty advisor for psychology club
- adjunct faculty member at a community college
Over
16 years of professional experience in psychology, including:
- general partner in a human resource and management consulting firm
- vice-president of assessment & research services
for a psychological test publisher
- director of mental retardation services at a community
mental health center
- psychologist and administrator at state mental health
facilities
SELECTED
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
President - Texas Council of Faculty Senates - 2005-2009
Contract Psychologist - Pecan Valley Mental Health & Mental Retardation
-
2007-2009
Senior Fellow - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Summer 2002
Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers in
1996 & 2007
Listed in Who's Who in America in 2004-2011
Listed inWho's Who in American Education in 2005-2008
Listed inWho's Who in Medicine and Healthcare in
2006-2008
Listed inWho's Who in Science and Engineering in
2006-2008
Listed inWho's Who in the World in 2007-2009
Initiated into Psi Chi in 1974
Numerous public and professional presentations
Past President and Member, Board of Directors, Families
in Crisis, Killeen, TX
Member, American Psychological Association since 1994
Member, National Association of School Psychologists since
2003
Member, Southwestern Psychological Association since 2000
Member, Association for Psychological Science since 1992
Member, Society for Personality & Social Psychology since 2007
PERSONAL
Two
great children (Jon and Caryn)
Host
parent for three great foreign exchange students (Maria
from Brazil in
2004-2005, Anne from Germany in 2005, and Natalia from
Brazil in 2005-2006)
Born
in Anchorage, AK; grew up in Sterling, IL; a resident
of Texas for the past
30 years; currently reside in Granbury, TX
Enjoy
hiking, golf, home brewing, and riding my Harley