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Robert D. Doerr, Ph.D. : My Resume
CURRICULUM VITAE Education Ph.D. in Psychology from the Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, Ca., l978 Landmark dissertation analyzing mind-body personality Masters Degrees in both Psychology and English, 1972 & 1969 respectively Community College Credentials in Psychology and English B.A. in History, Rollins College, 1966 ( G.E. College Bowl participant) Certification in Family Law, Conflict Resolution,and Divorce Mediation: The Northern California Mediation Center 1996 & 1997 Experience Mediator Director of East Bay Mediation Services. Conducted sessions involving iissues in family law and divorce mediation - 1997 to present Teaching Career Adjunct professor of psychology for thirty years: Las Positas College Diablo Valley College Chabot College Columbia College (upper division adult learners) Doctoral mentor with Sierra University supervisor of student doctoral writings for the Saybrook Review, APA honored in-house journal College courses taught for 30 years: Child and Developmental Psychology Research Design Physiological Psychology Abnormal Psychology Counseling and Clinical Psychology Group Process Social Psychology Psychology of Adjustment Psychology of Gender Personality Theory U.S. Bureau of Prisons: Helped establish college program to reduce recidivism at Dublin, California Federal Prison facility, 1996-2000 Specializations Personality and Performance Biological Theories Graduate Research Design Human Sexuality Critical Thinking in Research Design Clinical Experience Berkeley Family Services Director of Alameda Biofeedback Center (1977-1997) Family Services Mediator 2000-2009 Other Experience Created Computer-Assisted Learning Program and On-Line Instruction for Psychology students Director of Alameda Mediation Services, 1998 to present Independent Consultant to governmental agencies, l980 to present Peace Corps Volunteer, Nepal l966-68 Art Consultant to UPOLI University, Managua, Nicaragua 2002 to present Studio Artist: works seen internationally in solo and group shows Research Interests Phenomenological issues in cross-cultural experience mind-body problems and bibliotherapy Neurological investigation into the nature of thought Personality Issues: Optimal Performance in Random Change The Creative Process in the Plastic Arts Diverse meaning in the Dream Experience The nature of coming to an agreement in mediation Publications "The Peace Corps Experience," l98l Humanistic Psychology Review "Variables of Optimal Performance", Federal Employees Conference, l990 Paper delivered at International Conference on Practical Philosophy, 1985 Shamanic View of Mind-Body Ethics: Phenomenology of the Warrior Spirit The Twelve INGs: The Optimal Stance in an Unpredictable World Unpublished papers on bibliotherapy and body-in-motion As an undergraduate co-authored "Congress and the International Court," an article for the University of Virginia Journal of International Law with Lionel Summers, 1967 exploring the dynamics of ad hoc mediation Honors Inducted into Who's Who in American Teachers and Who's Who in American Educators Listed in several other Who's Who publications the past ten years Columbia College Academic Award Peralta Teacher of the Year Nominee Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary Algernon Sullivan Academic Service Award Pi Gamma Mu, Social Science Honorary