CURRICULUM VITA
Address Department of Psychology
Gordon College
255 Grapevine Road
Wenham MA 01984
(978) 867-4402
Education Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Developmental
Psychology (Dissertation: The learning of kindness)
MA License
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Developmental Psychology
(Master’s Thesis: The verbal and nonverbal sharing of 2-and 3-year-olds)
#3815 (Effective 8/21/85)
Member, American Psychological Association (APA); Member, Society for
Research in Child Development (SRCD); Member, ISIS; Member, ISSBD.
Employment/ Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, Chair, Psychology, Gordon College,
Service September 1978 - present.
Psychological Consultant, Jeff Ross & Associates, Boston MA, October 2003 – present.
Association for Moral Education (AME): Conference Co-Chair 2005;
Presidential Appointee to Board of Directors, 2005-2007; Elected Board
Member 2007-2010; Secretary 2010 – present; Membership Chair 2010 – present.
Clinician, Hamilton, MA, September 1988 - present.
Clinician, Feeding and Eating Specialists, Brookline, MA, September 1988 –
1993.
Staff Psychologist (October 1986 - January 1988), Postdoctoral Fellow (July
1984 - July 1986), Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Researcher, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, IL, Summer 1975. Sharing by orangutans in a zoo, unpublished manuscript.
Research Cross-cultural understandings of virtue; Faith-learning integration in developmental psychology; cultural issues in meaning-making in emerging adulthood; Moral education/development; hermeneutics and values; refugee and immigrant issues
Grants/Fellowships

Cook, K. V., Curry, J., & Johnson, D. (24 March 2014). “Across cultures, within contexts: Evangelicalism and Modernity”. Proposal submitted to the
John Templeton Foundation, Human Sciences. Invited to submit a planning proposal (due 1 October 2014).
Cook, K. V. (Fall 2013). “Cultural issues in meaning-making in emerging adulthood.” Fellow at Biola University’s Center for Christian Thought, La
Mirada CA.
Cook, K.V., Kimball, C.N., Flanagan, K. S., Leonard, K.C., & Boyatzis, C.J.
(2008-2012). “Religious worldview, ego identity, and attachment: Necessary strengths for navigating the challenges of emerging adulthood.” Christian
College Coalition Initiative Grant, 2008 - 2012.
Cook, K.V., Lindhiem, O., Hill, P., Sandage, S., Strawn, B., & Roberts, R.
“Virtue in Culture: A hermeneutic perspective.” Christian College Coalition
Initiative Grant, 2003 - 2006. Extended to September 2007.
Cook, K.V. “Hermeneutic psychology and its potential to transform psychology and
Christian integration.” Gordon College Initiative Grant, 2006-2007.
Cook, K.V., with D. Mendes. “Virtue in Context: Conflict resolution in multicultural churches.” CCS Fellows Grant, February 2004-Summer 2006.
Papers currently under revision for resubmission
Fisher, E. A., Cook, K.V., & Mittelmark, M. Empowering youth: Adult perspectives on power and partnership. Submitted to Youth & Society.
Papers currently under review
Cook, K.V., Kimball, C. N., Boyatzis, C. J., Leonard, K. C., & Skorupski, W.
What about Religion? Understanding the Well-Being of Highly Religious
Emerging Adults through Structural Equation Modeling. Submitted to
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
Papers published
Cook, K. V., & Leonard, K. C. (in press). A relationally integrated systems model for faith and learning in Developmental Psychology. Invited article.
Journal of Psychology and Theology.
Sim, D., & Cook, K. (in press). Acculturation of Korean multicultural
Christian college students. Journal of Psychology and Christianity.
Cook, K. V., Kimball, C. N., Leonard, K. C., & Boyatzis, C.J. (2014). The complexity of quest in emerging adults’ religiosity, well-being, and identity.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion , 53, 73-89.
Kimball, C. N., Cook, K. V., Boyatzis, C. J., & Leonard, K. C. (2013).
Meaning-making in emerging adults’ narratives: Identity, attachment, and religious orientation. Journal of Psychology and Christianity , 32, 221-233.

Books
Monograph
Chapters
Kimball, C. N., Boyatzis, C. J., Cook, K. V., Flanagan, K. S., & Leonard, K. C.
(2013). Attachment to God: A qualitative exploration of emerging adults’ spiritual relationship with God. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 41, 175-
188.
Leonard, K. C., Cook, K. V., Boyatzis, C. J., Kimball, C. N., & Flanagan, K. S.
(2013). Parent-child dynamics and emerging adults’ religiosity: Attachment, parents’ beliefs, and faith support. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality , 5, 5-
14.
Cook, K.V., Sandage, S.J., Hill, P.C., & Strawn, B.D. (2010). Folk conceptions of virtue among Cambodian American Buddhists and Christians: A hermeneutic analysis.
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2 , 83-103.
Cook, K.V., Sandage, S.J., Hill, P.C., & Strawn, B.D. (2009). Hermeneutic analysis of virtuous exemplar narratives of Cambodian-American Buddhists and
Christians. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture , 12, 315-338.
Sandage, S.J., Cook, K.V., Hill, P.C., Strawn, B.D., & Reimer, K.S. (2008).
Hermeneutics and Psychology: A review and dialectical model. Review of
General Psychology, 12(4), 344-364.
Cook, K.V., Larson, D.C., & Boivin, M. (2003). Moral voices of women and men in the Christian liberal arts college: Links between views of self and views of God.
Journal of Moral Education , 32(1), 77-90.
Cook, K.V. (February, 2002). Women and Men Students in Christian Colleges:
Snapshots from the Assessment data. In Towards Excellence: Assessment and retention in the CCCU (pp.2, 5-7,11-12). Washington, DC: CCCU.
Cook, K.V. (2000). You have to have somebody watching your back...and if that’s God, then that’s mighty big.” Adolescence , 35(140), 717-730.
Cook, K., & Lee, L. (1992). Man and Woman: Alone and Together.
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Garretson, H. B., & Cook, K. V. (1992). Chaotic Eating: A Guide to Recovery .
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Yogman, M., Cook, K.V. & Gersten, M. (May 1988). The Development of Infants and Toddlers: Active organization of their social world. Monograph series,
Current Problems in Pediatrics ,18 (5), 235-315.
Hay, D.F., & Cook. K.V. (2007). The transformation of prosocial behavior from infancy to childhood. In C. Brownell & C. Kopp (Eds.), Transitions in early socioemotional development: The toddler years (pp. 100-131). Guilford
Publications.

Cook, K.V., Larson, D., & Oslund, M. (2005). On becoming a person of character: Behavioral, social-cognitive, and developmental-contextual perspectives. In T. Speidell , On becoming a person . Eugene OR: Wipf &
Stock Publishers.
Paper/Poster Presentations (since 2006):
Kimball, C.N., Cook, K. V., Boyatzis, C. J., Leonard, K. C., & Jean, C. (2014,
August 7-10).
Exploring the Changing Nature of Emerging Adults’ Relational
Spirituality.
In E. Davis & T. Tisdale (Chairs), Using Qualitative and Mixed
Methods to Explore Relational Spirituality. Symposium to be presented at
American Psychological Association Meetings, Washington, DC.
Cook, K. V., Kimball, C. N., Boyatzis, C. J., Leonard, K. C., & Skorupski, W.
P. (2014, August 7).
Parental attachment as an asset for emerging adults’ wellbeing. In J. J. Froh & K. Cook (Chairs), Fostering positive youth development through the lens of gratitude, hope, mindfulness and attachment. Symposium to be presented at American Psychological Association Meetings, Washington,
DC.
Cook, K., Boyatzis, C., & Kimball, C. (2014, April 25). Do religiosity and attachment shape moral identity? In S. Schnitker (Chair), Spirituality, Religion,
Virtues, Moral Identity. Symposium to be presented at the 2014 Mid-Year
Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American
Psychological Association Division 36 Meetings, La Mirada CA.
Cook, K. V., Boyatzis, C. J., & Leonard, K. C. (2014, April 26). Parental religiosity and attachment as predictors of emerging adult religiosity. Paper to be presented at the 2014 Mid-Year Research Conference on Religion and
Spirituality of the American Psychological Association Division 36 Meetings,
La Mirada CA.
Kimball, C. N., Cook, K. V., Boyatzis, C. J., Leonard, K. C., Sides, R.,
Holzrichter, R., Schieder, J., & Kruse, T. (2014, April 25-26). Exploring developmental differences in emerging adult’s religious practice and experience: A mixed-methods longitudinal design. Paper proposal submitted to the 2014 Mid-Year Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the
American Psychological Association Division 36 Meetings, La Mirada CA.
Waters, A., Hill, P., Cook, K., & Wang, D. (2014, April 25-26). Forgiveness and humility potentially mitigate the negative effects of racial microaggressions. Paper proposal submitted to the 2014 Mid-Year Research
Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American Psychological
Association Division 36 Meetings, La Mirada CA.
Qian, C., & Cook, K. (2014, March 15). Characteristics of left-behind children in different rural contexts of China. Poster presented at the 2014 Eastern
Psychological Association Meetings, Boston MA.
Cook, K., Watterson, K., & Boyatzis, C. (2013, October 25). Peer Attachments
Predict Morality Not Parental Attachments Despite Kohlberg and Diessner’s

Assumptions. Paper presented at the 2013 Conference of the Association for
Moral Education (AME), Montreal Canada.
Kimball, C., Cook, K., Boyatzis, C., Leonard, K., Tanner, C., Smalt, M.
(October, 2013). Emerging adults reflect on the changing nature of their parental relationships. Poster presented at the 6 th
Conference of Emerging
Adults. Chicago, IL.
Cook, K. V., Chang, S.-H., Vogel, A., Salcone, S., Casey, J., Miller, K.,
Shahzade, C., Owen, B., Vitale, A., & Eastman, S. (19 October 2013). Is God a cosmic butler and divine therapist, or is orthodoxy sometimes characteristic of emerging adults? Poster presented at the New England Psychological
Association meetings, Bridgeport, CT.
Cook, K. V., Kimball, C. N., Boyatzis, C. J., Leonard, K. C., & Skorupski, W.
P. (2013, March 23). The well-being of highly religious emerging adults:
Structural equation modeling challenges easy conclusions. Paper presented at the 2013
Mid-Year Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the
American Psychological Association Division 36, Columbia MD.
Kimball, C. N., Cook, K. V., Boyatzis, C. J., Leonard, K. C., Librado, A., Jean,
C., & Chen, J. (2013, March 23). Emerging adults and the nature of their faith:
A qualitative study. Paper presented at the 2013 Mid-Year Research
Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American Psychological
Association Division 36, Columbia MD.
Brink, J., Cook, K., Wymore, J., & Logemann, A. (2013, February 24). The impact of a quality service-learning program on first-year student engagement and satisfaction.
Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Conference on the First-
Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Wymore, J., Logemann, A., Brink, J., & Cook, K. (2013, February 25).
Leading Change in a first-year experience program. Poster presented at the
2013 Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Cook, K. V., Kimball, C. N., Boyatzis, C. J., Ranck, L., & Leonard, K. C.
(2012, November 10). Everyday descriptions of religious and moral exemplars .
Paper presented at the 2012 Conference of the Association for Moral Education
(AME) meetings, San Antonio, TX.
Sim, D. (2012, October 13). The ethics and values in the acculturation of
Korean multicultural Christian College students.
Paper presented at the New
England Psychological Association meetings (NEPA) held in Worcester, MA.
Cook, K., Kimball, C., Leonard, K., Ranck, L., & Boyatzis, C. (2012, August
3). Attachment, religiosity, and morality: Extending Kohlberg and Diessner
(1991).
Paper presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) meetings, Orlando, FL.

Moulton, A., & Senna, S. (2012, May 9). Changing religious denominational commitments while at college and after graduation. Poster presented as part of the Gordon College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Wenham MA.
Sim, D., & Senna, S. (2012, May 9). Social ethics and values of multicultural
Christian college students. Poster presented as part of the Gordon College
Undergraduate Research Symposium, Wenham MA.
Sim, D. (2012, February 25). Social development of multicultural college students . Paper presented at the 2012 Research Symposium of the North Shore
Chapter of Sigma Xi, Beverly MA.
Kimball, C. N., Boyatzis, C., Flanagan, K. S., Cook, K., & Leonard, K. (2012,
March 30). Emerging adults’ religious orientation and search for meaning in self-concept and faith turning points. Paper presented as part of an invited symposium to the 2012 Mid-Year Research Conference on Religion and
Spirituality of the American Psychological Association Division 36, Columbia
MD.
Kimball, C. N., Flanagan, K. S., Cook, K., Boyatzis, C. & Leonard, K. (2012,
March 30). Attachment to God: Emerging adults reflecting on their spiritual relationship. Paper presented as part of an invited symposium to the 2012 Mid-
Year Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American
Psychological Association Division 36, Columbia MD.
Cook, K., Kimball, C., Leonard, K., Ranck, L., & Boyatzis, C. (2012, March
30). Intrinsic Questers: Understanding religious maturity in emerging adults.
Paper presented as part of an invited symposium to the 2012 Mid-Year
Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American
Psychological Association Division 36, Columbia MD.
Cook, K., Kimball, C., Ranck, L., Leonard, K., & Boyatzis, C. (2012, March
31). Moral exemplarity and moral behavior . Paper presented at the 2012 Mid-
Year Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American
Psychological Association Division 36, Columbia MD.
Cook, K., Smith, L. Stone, L., van Hamersveld, M., Mueller, A., & Ross, R.
(2011, October 29). Do Christian College undergraduates and alumni maintain their faith? Moralistic Therapeutic Deism and denominational commitment .
Poster presented at the 51 st annual meetings of the New England Psychological
Association (NEPA), Fairfield, CT.
Ranck, L., Clasby, F., Ekstrom, T., Ross, R., Lawes, C., Moulton, A., Leonard,
K. C., & Cook, K. V. (2011, October 29). Does attachment shape morality?
Religiosity as a key factor in moral development.
Paper presented at the 51 st annual meetings of the New England Psychological Association (NEPA),
Fairfield, CT.
Kimball, C. N., Flanagan, K. S., Cook, K. V., Leonard, K. C., & Boyatzis, C. J.
(2011, October 28). Emerging adults: The search for identity and meaning.

Paper presented at the 5 th
conference for Emerging Adulthood (5cea),
Providence RI.
Leonard, K. C., Cook, K. V., Boyatzis, C. J., Kimball, C. N., & Flanagan, K. S.
(2011, October 27). Do parents still play a role? Congruence between parental and emerging adult religiosity. Paper presented at the 5 th
conference for
Emerging Adulthood (5cea), Providence RI.
Cook, K. V., & Ranck, L. D. (2011, October 27). Does attachment shape morality? In defense of Kohlberg and Diessner (1991).
Paper presented at the
2011 meetings of the Association for Moral Education, Nanjing China.
Fisher, E. A., Cook, K.V., Gettis, E., & Mittelmark, M. (2011, June). Adults empowering youth: Strategies for success . Paper presentation at the 2011
CHEER Health Disparities Conference, Memphis, TN.
Cook, K. V., Kimball, C. N., Leonard, K. C., Flanagan, K. S., & Boyatzis, C.
(2011, April 16). Gender and the necessity of exploring religious worldview as a predictor of world-being.
Paper presented at the 2011 Mid-Year Research
Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American Psychological
Association Division 36, Columbia MD.
Cook, K. V., Leonard, K. C., Kimball, C. N., Flanagan, K. S., Mueller, A. P., &
Boyatzis, C. J. (2011, April 16). Changing religious commitments among graduates from Christian colleges . Poster presented at the 2011 Mid-Year
Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American
Psychological Association Division 36, Columbia MD.
Cook, K. V., Leonard, K. C., Kimball, C. N., Flanagan, K. S., & Boyatzis, C. J.
(2011, April 15). Religious and moral identities and attachment: One possible model.
Paper presented at the 2011 Mid-Year Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality of the American Psychological Association Division 36,
Columbia MD.
Sim, D. (2011, April 14). Conceptualizing the self and psychoanalytic theories of self . Poster presented at the Gordon College Symposium, Wenham MA.
Kimball, C., Flanagan, K., Adams, R., Neire, G., Michaels, H., & Cook, K. (2011,
April 2). Attachment to God: Emerging adults’ parental attachment relationships and their corresponding spiritual relationship with God. Paper presented at the
2011 Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Conference,
Indianapolis IN.
Kimball, C., Flanagan, K., Posthuma, R., Buchheit, S., Cook, K., Boyatzis, C.,
& Leonard, K. (2011, April 1). Constructing meaning-making narratives:
Emerging adults and their conceptions of self and beliefs . Poster presented at the 2011 Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) conference,
Indianapolis IN.
Cook, K. V., Leonard, K. C., Kimball, C. N., Ranck, L., Ross, R., van

Hammersveld, M., Clasby, F., Ekstrom, T., Sim, D. G., and Silander, N. (2011,
March 11). Attachment, Religiosity, and Moral Identity: A Potential Model. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Meetings, Cambridge MA.
Ranck, L., Ross, R., Clasby, F., Ekstrom, T., van Hammersveld, M., Stone, L.,
Smith, L., Leonard, K. C., & Cook, K. V. (2011, February 26). Family relationships as predictors of faith and morality.
Paper presented at the Sigma
Xi NorthShore Chapter 2011 Research Symposium, Beverly, MA.
Cook, K.V., Leonard, K.C., & Kimball, C.N. (2010, November 5). Moral identity, attachment and religiosity: Preliminary test of a potential model . Paper presented at the 2010 Conference of the Association for Moral Education,
St. Louis, IL.
Gettis, E., Mueller, A., Morse, A., & Sim, D. G. (2010, October 9). Changing religious communities among graduates from Christian Colleges.
Poster presented at the 2010 New England Psychological Association (NEPA)
Conference, Colchester, VT.
Devers, E., Cook, K.V., & Leonard, K. (2010, August 13). Emerging adulthood and the faith-health relationship: An application of the theory of planned behavior . Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
Fisher, E.A., Cook, K.V., Gettis, E., & Mittelmark, M. M. (2010, July 15). Youth empowerment programmes: Leaders, perspectives on power and empowerment .
Paper presented at the 2010 20 th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Geneva, Switzerland.
Leonard, K.L., Cook, K.V., Devers, E., Boyatzis, C., Kimball, C.N., & Flanagan,
K.S. (2010, May 29). Divergence or Continuity? Exploring the Connection between
Emerging Adult and Parent Religiosity.
Poster presented at the 2010 Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Society, Boston, MA.
Leonard, K.L., Cook, K.V., Boyatzis, C., Kimball, C.N., Flanagan, K.S., & Devers,
E. (2010, May 29). Divergence or Continuity? Exploring the Connection between
Emerging Adult and Parent Religiosity.
Poster presented at the 2010 Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Society (APS), Boston, MA.
Cook, K.V., Kimball, C. N., Leonard, K. C., Flanagan, K.S., & Boyatzis, C. (2010,
May 29). College graduation as a crisis: What factors maximize the coping of emerging adults?
Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Society, Boston, MA.
Fisher, E. A., Cook, K.V., Gettis, E., & Mittelmark, M. (2010, May 28). Adults who successfully balance power relationships in empowerment programs.
Poster presented at the 2010 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society,
Boston, MA.

Adams, R., Kimball, C.N., Flanagan, K.S., Cook, K., Leonard, K., & Boyatzis, C.
(2010, March 26). Emerging adult religious orientations and their faith responses to stress . Paper presented at the 8 th Annual Mid-Year Conference on Religion and
Spirituality, Division 36 APA, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD.
Cook, K.V., Neal Kimball, C., Leonard, K., Flanagan, K., & Boyatzis, C. (2009,
October 30). Identity and relationship factors that maximize young adult coping after college graduation . Paper presented at the 4 th conference for
Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA.
Leonard, K., Loy, S., Tymchenko, K., & Cook, K. (2009, October 9-10) Coping with stress in the years following college: Who helps emerging adults?
Poster presented at the New England Psychological Association meetings, Worcester,
MA.
Cook, K.V. (2009, July 2). Hermeneutic measures of everyday virtue and the lives of virtuous exemplars.
Paper presented at the Association for Moral
Education meetings, Utrecht the Netherlands.
Teo, D., & Cook, K.V. (2008, November 14). Attachment to fathers in religious families and implications for moral development . Paper presented at the
Association for Moral Education meetings, South Bend IN.
Cook, K.V., Varela, J., & Frost, M. (2008, August 15). Everyday virtue in
Cambodian-American and American Christians.
Poster presented at the meetings of the American Psychological Association, Boston MA.
Cook, K.V., & Savina, M. (2008, March 14). A hermeneutic paradigm reveals
Cambodian-American Buddhist and Christian understandings of the virtues.
Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meetings, Boston MA.
Cook, K.V., & Savina, M. (2007, November 16). Exploring thematic analyses of interviews with Cambodian-American Buddhists and Christians . Paper presented at the 2007 meetings of the Association for Moral Education, New York, NY.
Cook, K.V., Garrod, A.C., & Walker, L.J. (2007, March 31). Moral reasoning and moral orientation in Indian and Bosnian adolescents . Poster presented at the
2007 meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Cook, K.V. (2007, March 24). Hermeneutic implications within developmental psychology.
Presented as part of the panel “Hermeneutics, Psychology, and
Culture: Implications for Integrative Research and Practice” at the 2007 meetings of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, St. Davids, PA.
Cook, K.V. (2007, March 23). Moral development research as a model for the study of spirituality . Presented as part of the invited panel on “Adolescent
Spiritual Development: Culture, Community, Parents, and Peers” at the 2007 meetings of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, St. Davids, PA.

Cook, K.V., Strawn, B.D., Sanya, B., McBain, R., & Grover, S. (2006, August
13). Thematic analysis of conceptions of virtue by religion and ethnicity.
Presented at the meetings of the American Psychological Association, New
Orleans, LA.
Cook, K.V., & Garrod, A.C. (2006, July 6). Bosnian Catholic, Muslim, and
Orthodox understandings of forgiveness. Presented at the meetings of the
Association for Moral Education, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Cook, K.V., & Hill, P.C. (2006, March 11). Cambodian Buddhists and
Christians: A hermeneutic perspective.
Presented as part of a panel convened by
Alan Tjeltveit on “Love of Neighbor: Investigations from diverse subdisciplinary perspectives,” Christian Association for Psychological Studies
(CAPS), Cincinnati, OH.