PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS
- 1990
Teaching Transpersonal Psychology (Paper presented 98th APA Annual Convention, Boston, MA)
- 1990
Effects of Verbalization on Imagining in Self-Hypnotic and Waking States of Consciousness (Paper presented at the 98th APA Annual Convention, Boston, MA)
- 1991
Metaphoric Expressions of Hypnosis and Effects of Verbalization (Paper presented at the 62nd EPA Annual Meeting, New York, NY)
- 1992
Transpersonal Psychology: An Approach to Religious Issues (Paper presented at APA Centennial Convention, Washington, DC)
- 1993
The Senior Coordinating Seminar as a Vehicle for Assessment of the Psychology Major (Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations, Ellenville, NY)
- 1994
Questions Awaiting Study: Suggestions for Student and Faculty Research of Animal Issues (Invited paper presentation at the 65th EPA Annual Meeting, Providence, RI)
- 1996
The Culture of Violence: The Animal Connection (Paper and slide presentation, 1996-97 Peace and Social Justice Series, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 1997
Animal Use and Student Choice in the Psychology Classroom (Working lunch presentation at 37th NEPA Annual Meeting, Easton, MA)
- 1997
Assessment in Capstone Courses (Invited paper presentation, 112th NEASC Annual Meeting, Boston, MA)
- 1998
Academic Assessment from A Faculty Member’s Point of View (Invited paper presentation at Bridgewater State College Institute’s Conference on “Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment,” Bridgewater, MA)
- 1998
Sources of Evidence: Methods and Measures for Assessing Student Outcomes and Institutional Effectiveness – One Year at Rivier College (Poster presentation at AAHE Conference on Assessment and Quality, Cincinnati, OH)
- 1998
The Connection Between Human Violence and Animal Abuse: Empirical Findings and Intervention Possibilities (Paper presented at the 38th NEPA Annual Meeting, Providence RI).
- 1998
Integrating Assessment into Institutional Culture: Using a Model to Develop Your Initiative (Invited paper for NEASC Fall Student Outcomes Assessment Forums presented at University of New England (Portland, ME) and Community College of Rhode Island (Warwick, RI)
- 1999
Human Violence, Cultural Attitudes towards Animals, and Reverence for Life (Invited paper presentation for Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (SETA), Tufts University, Cambridge, MA).
- 1999
Student Outcomes Assessment at Rivier College: What We Are Doing and How We Are Doing It – How Rivier College Has Approached A Commitment to Student Outcomes Assessment (Invited paper for NEASC Spring Student Outcomes Assessment Workshop presented at Plymouth State College (Plymouth, NH)
- 1999
A New and Different Issue to Raise in Advising: The Student Choice Option (Paper presented at the 70th EPA Annual Meeting, Providence, RI).
- 2001
The Struggle to Believe in the Context of A Postmodern World (Invited Paper Presentation, Faculty Summer Seminar, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 2001
The Death of Character - Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil: Response to James Davison Hunter (Invited Paper Presentation, Newman Colloquium, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 2001
How To Develop A Comprehensive Outcomes Assessment Plan for Psychology Degree Graduates in Light of Alverno College’s New Student Learning Initiative (Paper presented the 15th Annual Conference on Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology: Ideas & Innovations, Ellenville, NY)
- 2001
Implementation of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Activities at a Premier Masters-Level Catholic Institution (Poster session presented at the AAHE 2001 Assessment Conference, Denver, CO)
- 2001
Uses of the Assessment Record Book Portfolio and Other Mechanisms to Encourage Comprehensive Assessment of Student Learning (Invited Paper Presentation for the 116th Annual Meeting of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Boston, MA)
- 2003
Best Practices in Animal-Based Instruction at 'America's Best' Colleges: A National Survey (Paper Presentation at the 74th Annual Meeting of Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD).
- 2004
Transpersonal Psychology: Bridging Science and Spirit. Presidential Address delivered at the 44th Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association (October 16, 2004) at Rhode Island College (Providence, RI) (www.nepa-info.org)
- 2007
Back Mapping: Tracking General Education Outcomes Across the Curriculum. (Poster session presented at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) General Education and Assessment Conference, Miami, FL).
- 2008
Marian apparitions at Medjugorje: A transpersonal interpretation. Paper presentation at the 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA)
- 2008
Humanizing an inhumane world: The role of transpersonal humanism. Paper presentation at the 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA)
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
- 1997
Student Outcomes Assessment (Faculty Development workshop, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 1998
The Experience of Hypnosis (Staff Development workshop, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 1998
Rivier College: A Case Study -- How One Institution Developed and Has Sustained an Institutional Commitment to Outcomes Assessment (Workshop presented on behalf of New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Bedford, MA)
- 1999
Using Department Goals and Objectives to Identify Outcomes for Assessment (Faculty Development workshop, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA)
- 1999
Organizing for Assessment: Where to Begin? (Faculty Development workshop, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT)
- 1999
Developing a Comprehensive Outcomes Assessment Plan for Business Program and Degree Graduates (ACBSP Regional Faculty Development workshop, University of Bridgeport, CT).
- 2001
Assessment Implementation in Administrative and Educational Support Units (Staff Development workshop, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 2001
Academic Program Assessment at Unity College (Faculty Development workshop, Unity, ME).
- 2001
Formulating a Plan for Student Outcomes Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness (Faculty Development workshop, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 2001
Assessment Techniques (Adjunct Faculty Development workshop, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 2002
Implementing Assessment Plans in Student Affairs at Rivier College (Staff Development Workshop, Nashua, NH)
- 2002
Theory and Practice of Transpersonal Psychology: Bridging Science and Spirit (Workshop conducted at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the New England Psychology Association, Rivier College, Nashua, NH)
- 2002
The Experience of Hypnosis (workshop sponsored by Psychology Student Association, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH)
- 2003
Implementing the Assessment Record Book Portfolio in Student Affairs at Southern New Hampshire University (Staff Development workshop, Manchester, NH)
- 2006
Implementing the Assessment Record Book for the Improvement of Student Learning in General Education and Academic Programs at University of Maine at Augusta (Faculty Development workshop, Augusta, ME)
- 2010
Implementing the Assessment Record Book Concept and Forms at Southern Vermont College (Faculty Development workshop, Bennington, ME)