ANGELA R. GILLEM, Ph.D.
Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Rd. - Glenside, PA 19038
(215) 572-2184 gillem@arcadia.edu
EDUCATION
1984 Ph.D. Clinical-Community Psychology, Boston University
Doctoral Dissertation: The Effects of Running on the Response to Stress
1976-78 Internships at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC
1974
1st Year: General; 2nd Year: Advanced focus on couples & family therapy and agency consultation (school and police)
BS Psychology, Michigan State University, with High Honors
LICENSURE Licensed as a Psychologist in Pennsylvania
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1993-present Arcadia University – Professor of Psychology
1996
1992-1993
Pennsylvania State University Distinguished Scholar in Residence in Psychology
Lecturer in Psychology - The Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County Campus
Courses: Introductory Psychology and Psychology of Women
1991,1992 Instructor in General Programs - Haverford College
Course: Psychology of Resistance to Racism
Guest Lectures
2010
2008
2006
2006
2006
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education - Panel on Coming out as LGBT and Counseling Issues for this Population
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education - Topic: Clinical Supervision
Arcadia University Gays and Lesbians in American Society course – Topic: Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual People and Religion
Gwynned Mercy College Psychology Club/Black Student Union – Topic: Racial Identity
Development
Widener University doctoral Psychology of Trauma course – Topic: Hurricanes
2006
2005
2004
1998
1988
1988
1987-1988
1987
1986
Katrina/Rita mental health relief work
Arcadia University graduate Mental Health/Mental Illness course – Topic: symptoms, etiology and treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Gwynned Mercy College Psychology of Adjustment course – Co-facilitated class discussion on the film, Last Chance for Eden, Vol.1
Arcadia University Cultural Foundations of Education course - Screening and discussion of my film Smart, Proud, Respected: Student Success in Charter Schools
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Developmental Psychology course – Topic: Sexual Identity Development in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals
University of Pennsylvania Psychology of Women course - Topic: Feminist Therapy
West Virginia University Advanced Practicum Course in Family Therapy - Topic: Feminist
Family Therapy
University of Pennsylvania Counseling Service - Topics: Theory & Practice of Feminist
Therapy, Cross Cultural Counseling
Swarthmore College AIMS Summer Program - Workshop Organizer and Presenter -
Topic: Racism
Liberty Athletic Club, Concord, MA, Sport Psychology Clinician - Topic: Sport
Performance Enhancement

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1980-1984
1979
Simmons College Seminar in Clinical Psychology, Boston, MA - Topic: Bowenian Family
Therapy
Boston University Abnormal Psychology Course - Topic: Theory and Practice of Family
Therapy
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION
1989-1992 Haverford College - Assistant Dean and Director of Multicultural Affairs
2014-2015 Arcadia University - Acting Director, Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology
CLINICAL POSITIONS
1987-1999, 2005- Clinical Psychologist - General psychotherapy and clinical supervision practice in
2006-2008
1987-1989
Philadelphia, PA
Psychologist – Project Transition, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Psychologist - University of Pennsylvania Counseling Service and Student Health
1986-1989
1983-1986
1982-1986
Psychiatry
Staff Psychologist - Swarthmore College Psychological Services
Staff Psychologist - Harvard Law School Counseling Center, Cambridge, MA
Clinical Supervisor - Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston, MA
1982-1983
1980-1986
1978-1981
Psychodiagnostic Consultant - Greater Lynn Community Mental Health Center, Lynn,
MA
Staff Psychologist - Aradia Counseling for Women, Boston, MA
Principal Psychologist - Dorchester Mental Health Center, Dorchester, MA.
CONSULTATION
2012
2010-2013
Review author for the AP Psychology Annotated Resource Guide (ARG)
Advanced Placement Test Development Committee Member for the College Board and
Educational Testing Service
2000-06, 08, 10-13 Advanced Placement Examination “Table Leader” for the College Board and Educational
Testing Service
1994-1999, 2007 Advanced Placement Examination Faculty Consultant for the College Board and
1998
1987-1999
Educational Testing Service
Participant in a focus group, organized by W.W. Norton & Company, to discuss revisions to Rosenhan and Seligman’s
Abnormal Psychology text
Facilitator/Consultant - "Equity in an Era of Diversity" summer continuing education
1995, 1998
1988-1989 program for Philadelphia public high school teachers and administrators
Facilitator - Workshop on Management of Psychological Disorders for Calcutta House, a residential program for people with AIDS in Philadelphia, PA
Consultant to "A Better Chance" Program of Swarthmore, PA Public Schools
1986-1987
1984-1985
School Consultant - Strath Haven High School, Wallingford/Swarthmore School
District – evaluated racial/ethnic school climate
Sport Psychology Consultant - Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School Basketball Team,
Cambridge, MA
ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Women in Psychology
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American Psychological Association (Divisions 35, 44, 45)
Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Fellow
Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association
Pennsylvania Counseling Association
Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2015
Provost’s Outstanding Advisor and Mentor Award (Inaugural Recipient)
2014 Professor of the Year, generally viewed as the most prestigious award that Arcadia
University bestows on a faculty member
2008-13
2007
2006
Steinbrucker Chair Fund – Awarded $10,000 as a runner up for the award.
The Florence Denmark Distinguished Mentoring Award from the Association for Women in Psychology
Arcadia University Cultural Ally Award for dedication to students of color and LGBT
2005
2004
2002-2003
2002
2001 students and dedication to multiculturalism on and off campus
American Psychological Association Presidential Citation in Recognition of Visionary,
Creative, and Courageous Leadership
The Christine Ladd-Franklin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Association for
Women in Psychology and to Feminist Psychology
Texas Education Agency Grant through Rapoport Academy - full funding for documentary film on student success in charter schools ($167,000)
ABC Entertainment Television Group Talent Development Program Recognition of
Creative Excellence for charter school documentary proposal
APA Division 44 Distinguished Racial/Ethnic Diversity Contribution Award for outstanding scientific, educational, and professional contributions to LGB Issues
Faculty Development Fund Awards
Ellington Beavers Award for Intellectual Inquiry ($1000)
Lindback Foundation Career Enhancement Grant for Minority Junior Faculty ($15,000)
1994,2000,02
04, 05, 06, 07
1995-1996
1994-1995
HONORS
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (charter member and 1995-96 president of Beaver College Chapter)
Psi Chi Honor Society
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
Tau Sigma Honor Society
Honors College and Tower Guard Honor Society at Michigan State Univ.
SCHOLARSHIP
Publications
Gillem , A.R., Bartoli, E., Bertsch, K., McCarthy, M., Constant, K., Marrero-Meisky, S., Robbins, S.J., &
Bellamy, S. Validation of a Standardized Multiple-Choice Performance Based Multicultural
Competence Measure: Implications for Training, Assessment, and Practice. Paper in submission.
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Bartoli, E., Morrow, M., Dozier, C., Mamolou, A., & Gillem , A.R., (2014). Creating Effective Counselors:
Integrated Multicultural and Evidence-Based Curricula in Counselor Education Programs. Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association , 13 (1), 27 - 38.
Christensen, K., & Gillem , A. R. (2014). Urban African American Students and School Success: Creating a
Climate of Care. Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association , 13 (1), 39 - 53.
Sehgal, R., Saules, K., Young, A., Grey, M. J., Gillem , A. R., Nabors, N. A., Byrd, M. R., & Jefferson, S.
(2011). Practicing what we know: Multicultural counseling competence among clinical psychology trainees and experienced multicultural psychologists.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority
Psychology, 17 (1), 1-10.
Bartoli, E., & Gillem , A. R. (2008). Continuing to depolarize the debate on sexual orientation and religion:
Identity and therapeutic process . Professional Psychology: Research and Practice , 39 (2), 202—209.
Gillem , A. R., Lincoln, S. K., & English, K. (2006). Biracial populations. In M. G. Constantine (Ed.),
Clinical practice with people of color: A guide to becoming culturally competent (pp.104-124).
New
York: Teachers College Press.
Garcia, A.M., Gillem , A.R., Szwajkowski, D., West, L. (2005). Irritating, supporting, and representing:
Reflections of faculty and students of color.
In N. Peters-Davis & J. Shultz (Eds.), Challenges of multicultural education: Teaching and taking diversity courses (pp. 88-102) . Boulder, CO: Paradigm.
Gillem , A.R. (Writer/Producer), & Lloyd, G.M. (Director/Producer). (2004). Smart, Proud, Respected:
Student Success in Charter Schools. [Video documentary on charter schools]. Completed: January
2004.
Gillem , A.R. (2004). Triple jeopardy in the lives of biracial Black/White women. In J.C. Chrisler, C. Golden,
& P.D. Rozee (Eds.), Lectures on the psychology of women (3 rd
. Ed.) (pp. 220-235). New York:
McGraw-Hill . [Revised for the 4th edition (2008), pp. 268 – 284].
Gillem , A.R., & Thompson, C. (2004). Biracial women in therapy: Between the rock of gender and the hard place of race. Women and Therapy 27 (1-2), 1-18 (also published in the book below) .
Gillem , A.R., & Thompson, C. (Eds.). (2004). Biracial women in therapy: Between the rock of gender and the hard place of race . New York: Haworth Press.
Brown, N., Gillem , A.R., LaFleur, R., & Robbins, S. J. (2003). The effect of Black women’s skin tone on college students’ ratings of their employability: A preliminary study. Journal of Psychology and the
Behavioral Sciences, web-published article found at http://alpha.fdu.edu/psychweb/JPBS2003-
Vol.16-17.html#Contents
Gillem , A.R. (2001). [Review of the book With the Phoenix Rising: Lessons from Ten Resilient Women Who
Overcame the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse]. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 25 (2), 166.
Gillem , A.R., Cohn, L.R., & Throne, C. (2001). Black identity in biracial Black/White people: A comparison of Jacqueline who refuses to be exclusively Black and Adolphus who wishes he were. Cultural
Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 7 (2), 182-196.
Gillem , A.R., Sehgal, R., & Forcet, S. (2000). Understanding prejudice and discrimination. In M. Biaggio & M.
Hersen, Issues in the psychology of women: An introductory text (pp. 55-69). New York: Plenum.
Gillem , A.R. (1999). Teaching counselor trainees to identify and manage countertransference through a counseling analogue. Teaching of Psychology, 26 (4), 274-276.
Gillem , A.R. (1998). [Review of the book The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier].
The Journal of Black Psychology, 24 , 476-479.
Gillem , A.R. (1996). Beyond double jeopardy: Female, biracial and perceived to be Black - Is this triple jeopardy? In J.C. Chrisler, C. Golden, & P.D. Rozee (Eds.), Lectures on the psychology of women
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(pp.199-209). New York: McGraw-Hill. [Reprinted in the 2nd edition (2000), pp. 208-219]. (1 st
ed. of this book won the 1997 AWP/APA Division 35 Distinguished Publication Award).
Gillem , A.R. (1996). [Review of the book Women Creating Lives: Identities, Resilience and Resistance].
Women and Therapy, 19 (2), 103-105.
Work in Progress
Gillem, A.R., Bartoli, E. An evaluation of whether one multicultural course or a new multicultural curriculum that incorporates skills labs, experiental workshops, and lectures on specific cultural groups works better to develop multicultural competence in graduate students in a masters in counseling program
Presentations
2013 Implications for Training, Assessment, and Practice of a Standardized Performance-Based
2013
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008
2007
2007
2005
Test of Multicultural Competence - Presented at the Pennsylvania Counseling Association annual conference, State College, PA
Creating Effective Counselors: Integrated Multicultural and Evidence-Based Curricula
In Counselor Education Programs – Presented at the Pennsylvania Counseling
Association annual conference, State College, PA
Urban African American Students and School Success: Creating a Climate of Care –
Presented at the APA National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Houston, TX
Urban African American Students and School Success: Creating a Climate of Care –
Presented at Boston College Diversity Challenge, Boston, MA
Practical Advice for Teaching about the Treatment of Psychological Disorders - Presented at the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference
The Importance of Joining Professional Organizations – Presented at the 2010 Assn. Of
Black Psychologists Career Day
The multicultural competence test: An objective measure – Presented at the 2009
Pennsylvania Psychological Association Annual Convention
The multicultural counseling & psychotherapy competence test (MCPT): An objective measure – Symposium presented at the 2009 Teachers College Winter Roundtable.
Multicultural Counseling Competence: Clinical, assessment, and training considerations
–Roundtable discussion at the 2009 APA National Multicultural Conference and
Summit, New Orleans, LA
Multicultural Counseling Competence: Ethical and Empirical Considerations –
Continuing Education Workshop presented at the 2008 Pennsylvania Psychological
Association Annual Convention, Harrisburg, PA
Continuing to depolarize the debate on sexual orientation and religion: Identity, process, and social responsibility - Symposium presented at the 2007 Winter Roundtable
Multicultural Conference at Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY
Continuing to depolarize the debate on sexual orientation and religion: Beyond Identity
Conflict - Symposium presented at the 2007 Assn. For Women in Psychology Conference,
San Francisco, CA
Biracial Women: Emerging from the Rock and the Hard Place - Submitted proposal to
2006 American Psychological Association Convention – not accepted
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2005
2005
2005
2004
2002
2001
2000
2000
2000
1998,1999
1998
1997
1997
1996
1996
1996
Forging Common Ground: A Difficult Dialogue – Division 35 Sponsored Panel presentation at American Psychological Association Convention, August 2005
Increasing Multicultural Understanding: Promoting Collaboration in the Face of Conflict within Marginalized Groups – Division 17 Sponsored Panel presentation at American
Psychological Association Convention, August 2005
Biracial Women: Caught Between the Rock of Gender and the Hard Place of Race - St.
Mary’s College (Md.) Psychology Department Diversity and Multicultural Lecture Series
Screening and discussion of my film Smart, Proud, Respected: Student Success in Charter
Schools at University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Educational Testing
Service AP Reading, and Philadelphia Chapter of Association for Women in Psychology meeting
Black Identity in Biracial Black/White People: A comparison of Jacqueline Who Refuses to be Exclusively Black and Adolphus Who Wishes He Were - Presented at The College Board
Advanced Placement Specialty Conference for English/Social Studies Teachers,
Philadelphia, PA
Out in the Workplace - Panel presentation at University of Pennsylvania
Complicating the Race Dialogue with Multiracial Issues - Presented at the Montgomery
County Dialogue on Race held at Beaver College
Black Identity in Biracial Black/White People: A comparison of Jacqueline Who Refuses to be Exclusively Black and Adolphus Who Wishes He Were - Presented at Frostburg State
University of Maryland and as an Invited Paper at the 71 st
Eastern Psychological
Association Convention, Baltimore, MD
Courses of Action: Teaching about Social Issues - Teaching about Social Identity
Symposium at the 71 st
Eastern Psychological Association Convention, Baltimore
The Cases of Jacqueline Who Won’t be Forced to Fit the Monoracial Identity Models and
Adolphus Who Wishes He Could: The Dialectics of Black Racial Identity in Biracial
People Presented at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and at AP Psychology Reading
Professional Night in San Antonio, TX
Studying the Margins from the Center: Whose Voices Will Be Heard?
- Co-Presenter and facilitator of discussion at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference,
Baltimore, MD
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity among Lesbians and Gay Men - Discussant for symposium at the American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL
Making the Transition from Clinical Work to Academia - Presentation for pre-doctoral interns at University of Pennsylvania Counseling Service
Racial Identity Development in Biracial Black-White College Women - Paper presented at the meeting of the Counseling Association of Greater Philadelphia and at the Connecticut
College Colloquium Series
Counseling the Counselors: The Impact of Cultural and Religious Differences, Vicarious and First-Hand Traumatization, and Political Climate on Counselors’ Experience,
Coping, Training, and Efficacy - Discussant for panel at the Eastern Psychological
Association Convention
The Experience of Being Biracial - Presentation and facilitation of discussion for Black students at Philadelphia College of Textile and Science
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1996
1995,1996
1994
Racial Identity Development in Biracial Black-White Women: A Qualitative Exploration of
Women Spanning the Racial Divide - Paper presented at the Association for Women in
Psychology Conference in Portland, OR
Sexual Abuse Survivors: Issues in Psychotherapy - Presentation for pre-doctoral interns at
University of Pennsylvania Counseling Service
Biracial (Black/White) Women: Caught between the Rock of Gender and the Hard Place of
1994
1993
Race - Paper presented at Association for Women in Psychology Conference
Beyond Black and White: Diversity in the Classroom - Co-Presentation at the
Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Black, Female and Biracial: Is This Triple Jeopardy?
- Paper presented at the American
Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Consulting Editor
1999-2006 Consulting Editor, Psychology of Women Quarterly , a journal of the American
1998-2000
Psychological Assn., Division 35
Consulting Editor, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice , a journal of the
American Psychological Assn.
Manuscript Reviewer
2007 Chapter reviewer for Interviewing and Change Strategies for Helpers by Cormier, Nurius,
2005- and Osborn for Thomson/Wadsworth Publishing
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Women and Therapy
1999-present
1997
1997
1996
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology , a journal of the
American Psychological Assn., Division 45
American Psychological Association Division 35 Psychotherapy with Women Award
Psychology of sex and gender exercise book for McGraw/Hill College Division
Association for Women in Psychology/APA Division 35 Student Research Prize
1996
1996
1995-1997
1994-1996
Prospectus for a psychology of gender, race, and ethnicity text for McGraw/Hill College
Division
Prospectus and table of contents for a psychology of prejudice text for McGraw/Hill
College Division
American Psychological Association Activities Handbook for Teaching of Psychology,
Vol. IV
Association for Women in Psychology/ American Psychological Association Division 35
Distinguished Publication Award
1994-1996
1986-1993
Association for Women in Psychology/APA Division 35 Student Research Prize
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of College Student Psychotherapy
Conference Proposal Reviewer
1995-1996 American Psychological Association Division 44 convention program
1995,1996
1994
1994
Association for Women in Psychology 1996 and 1997 conference programs
American Psychological Association Division 45 1995 Convention Program
Association of Black Psychologists Convention Program Committee
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Professional Organization Positions
2007-2010 Recorder/Correspondent on Implementation Collective (Board of Directors) of Association
2005-2007
2003-2005
2002-2004 for Women in Psychology
Philadelphia Assn. for Women in Psychology chapter – member of CE committee
Steering Committee for the 2005 APA National Multicultural Conference and Summit
Co-Coordinator for the 2004 Association for Women in Psychology 29 th Annual
2001
1995-1999
1996-1998
Conference in Philadelphia, PA
American Psychological Association Board of Educational Affairs Task Force on
Undergraduate Psychology Major Competencies
Chair of Women of Color Psychologies Award Committee, Association for Women in
Psychology
Co-Chair of American Psychological Association Division 44 Ethnic Minority Affairs
Committee
Co-Coordinator of the Association for Women in Psychology Women of Color Institute 1992-1993
1990-1992
1989-1992
2005-2008
Pennsylvania State Planning Committee of the American Council on Education National
Identification Project for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration
Recorder/Correspondent on Implementation Collective of Association for Women in
Psychology
Doctoral Dissertation Committees
2013-now Third reader for doctoral dissertation at Eastern University on the bereavement process of
African American mothers who have lost their sons to violent death
2012-2014 Third reader for doctoral dissertation at Lehigh University on The Relationship between
Coping with Anti-Bisexual Discrimination Experiences and Bisexual Women and Men’s
Mental Health
Third reader for doctoral dissertation at Eastern Michigan University comparing selfreported and demonstrated multicultural competence in clinical psychology doctoral
2005-2008
1999
1995-1999 students
Third reader for doctoral dissertation at Chestnut Hill College on heterosexual siblings of lesbians
Third reader for doctoral dissertation on feminist identity at Temple University Social
Psychology Program
Third reader for doctoral dissertation on biracial identity at California School of
Professional Psychology at San Diego
Miscellaneous
1995
1994-1996
1994
1994
Radio interviews regarding Racial Identity Development in Biracial Black/White College
Students (WDAS 105.3FM and WPLY 100.3FM)
Piloted Advanced Placement Exam test questions for College Board and Educational
Testing Service
Participated in development of unit of study on Treatment of Psychological Disorders for
Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
Paper session chair for Eastern Psychological Association Convention session on
Behavioral Health and Medicine: Risk Factors and Predictors
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COLLEGE SERVICE
Committees and Task Forces
2014-2015 Acting Director of the Graduate Program in Counseling
2011-2014
1993-
Promotion and Tenure Committee
Masters in Counseling Applicant Review/Interview Committee
2008
2007-now
2007-2008
2007-2008
2007-2008
2006-2007
2006-2008
International/Multicultural Coordinating Committee (met once in spring to establish strategic directions)
Graduate Programs in Counseling (GPC) Committee
Faculty of Color Retention Work Group
Middle States Work Group on Assessment
Alcohol and Other Drug Assessment Team
Acting Clinical Director of Graduate Program in Counseling
Faculty Council (’07-’08 chair)
2006-2008
2006-2008
2005-2006
2006
2005-2006
2005-2006
2004-2005
2006
2004-2007
2004-2005
2003-2006
2003-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2002-2003
2000-2001,04
Planning Council
Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
Teaching Evaluation Review Committee
Interviewed candidates for English Dept. African American literature search
Affirmative Action Substitute Hearing Panel pool
Member of search committee for Computer Science Department
Member of search committee for Physical Therapy Department
TRIO Dissemination Partnership Program – Interviewed student applicants - program to encourage low income and 1 st
generation college students to pursue doctoral training
Masters in Counseling Retention Committee
Recycling Committee (chair)
Graduate Academic Programs Committee (chair 2004-2005)
Academic Standing and Petitions Committee
2000-2001
1999-2001
1999-2000
1998
1997-1999
1997-1998
1997
1997,1998
1997
1996-2001
General Education Task Force
Acting Clinical Director of Masters in Counseling Program
Chair, Search Committee for Director of MA in Counseling Program
Co-developed new procedures for evaluating graduate students in the Masters in
Counseling Program
Promotion and Tenure Committee
General Education Task Force
Faculty Governance Task Force
Participated in the English Department search for a specialist position in African American literature
Faculty Council
Admissions, Publications and Integrity Work Group for Middle States Accreditation -
Integrity subcommittee co-chair
Ad Hoc Committee to Develop New Academic Program Proposal Guidelines
Senior Golden Disc Selection Committee for Alumni and Parent Relations Office
Margaret LeClair Interdisciplinary Writing Award Selection Committee
Affirmative Action Committee; Chair, 1998-2001.
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1996-2000
1995-1997
1995-1997
1995-1997
1994-1997
1994-1995
Academic Standing and Petitions Committee
Faculty Forum Committee
Undergraduate Academic Program Committee
Committee to select summer reading for incoming freshmen
Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
Domestic Partner Benefits Ad Hoc Committee
1994 Swaim Award Committee
Campus Presentations
2006 Alumni Homecoming Fall Fest Faculty Book Panel – presentation related to my Book
2006
2006
2005
Biracial Women in Therapy
Race Matters Campus-Wide Discussion: Sticks and Stones: Talking about Race
Hurricane Katrina relief work with the Red Cross – presented with Sam Cameron
Arcadia University Colloquium - Screening and discussion of my film Smart, Proud,
2004
2003-2004
2002
2002
1999
1999
1999
Respected: Student Success in Charter Schools along with presentation of Best Practices in
Public and Multicultural Education with Christina Ager and Sharon Ravitch (Education
Dept.)
Suggested and Co-organized bringing social psychologist Lisa Bowleg for a University
Colloquium on Oppression Embodied: Women, Ethnicity, Class and the HIV/AIDS
Epidemic
Suggested and Co-organized bringing psychologist, Bertram Karon, for a Graduate
Colloquium on The Tragedy of Schizophrenia without Psychotherapy
Organized the Mary Clayton Earle Lecture by Oliva Espin on Reflections on the Meaning of Multiculturalism and Internationalism in Higher Eduation and Measuring Meaning:
Qualitative Research Tools for Social Scientists
Suggested and Co-organized bringing psychologist, John Dovidio, for a Graduate
Colloquium
Listening to Our Lives - Co-Panelist for Pride/Ally program
Beginning the Adventure - Freshman Convocation address
Data Points: The Significance of Difference - Presentation on White privilege for February
Black History Month event and for fall Dialogue on Race with Peggy McIntosh
1998
1998
1998-1999
1996-1997
1997
1996
1994
Participated in a panel discussion of the meaning of multiculturalism sponsored by Latino
Association, BAS, ASIA, and Multicultural Affairs
Disclosure of Self to Students - Presented on a panel at Beaver College Faculty Forum
Co-organized a (2 nd ) series of three speakers on psychology of women and gender for the
Graduate Colloquium
Co-organized a series of three speakers on psychology of women and gender for the
Graduate Colloquium
How Do We Come to Identify with our Race and Culture?
- Presentation for Reunion of
Psychology Majors sponsored by Beaver College Alumni Office
Racial Identity Development in Biracial Black-White College Women - Paper presented at
Beaver College Faculty Forum
Presented on panel for Founders' Day Faculty Colloquium
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Academic Service
2004 HN202 mentor for student Honors project on Homosexuality in Public Schools: Creating
2003
1999-2001
1999
Safe and Inclusive Classrooms for Gay and Lesbian Students
Participated in the Pennsylvania Department of Education review of the Education
Department and Masters in Counseling Program
ID222 Co-taught Pluralism in the US, part of the College General Education Requirement
1999
ED408 Ethnography for Educational Practitioners - Guest lecturer on Qualitative
Research/Grounded Theory
HN201 interviewee – 3 students interviewed me on qualitative processes of inquiry and qualitative bases for developing knowledge in psychology.
1998
1996-1998
1993
ID222 Participated in a socialization panel in the spring and agreed to be interviewed for a student research project in the fall for Pluralism in the US
Facilitator of discussion of summer reading assignment for freshmen orientation
PY390 Presented on treatment of sexual abuse survivors and recovery of repressed memories in the psychology department senior student originated seminar
Curricular Contributions
2011 Co-developed a new and improved multicultural curriculum for the graduate program and
1996 submitted it to GAPC – roll out will be complete in fall 2015
Developed, piloted (spring 1996), and submitted for UAPC approval (fall 1996) a psychology elective course entitled The Social Construction of Identity: Race, Class,
Gender/Sex, and Sexuality (approved by UAPC)
Advisory Boards
2007
2006-2007
1999-2000
Masters in Counseling Trauma Track Advisory Board
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Masters in Counseling Program accreditation review
Proposed Master of Social Work program 1998
Student Affairs
2000 Search Committee for Director of Multicultural Affairs
1999-2001 Civility Task Force – a group convened by Dean of Students to develop ways to address and prevent the occurrence on campus of hateful/uncivil acts against targeted groups
1999-01,03-05, 06 Advisor to Pride gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender student organization
1998 Judged the lip sync contest for the Residence Hall Council
1997
1996
1995-present
1995
1994-1996
London Preview leader
Assisted Student Affairs Office in activities related to the suicide of a student including participation in campus memorial service and presentation to faculty and staff on dealing with students’ grief in the classroom
Arcadia University Ally Program
Advisor to Black Awareness Society (fall only)
Participated in developing Intergroup Relations Survey to determine campus climate for
Black students
1994-1999 Presented Expectations 101 for Freshman Orientation
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Enrollment Management
Annual until 2008 Represented Psychology Dept. for undergraduate open houses
1995
1994-2001
Judged writing competition for Enrollment Management open house
Assisted in open house activities for Graduate Programs, Enrollment Management, and
Countdown to Beaver Program
1994,95,96,98 Represented Beaver College Masters in Counseling Program at Delaware Valley
Association of Black Psychologists Careers in Psychology Conference
Miscellaneous
2000
2000
1996
Submitted proposal to purchase site licenses for QSR Nud*ist Vivo, a qualitative data analysis program, for the psychology department and social science computer labs
(granted)
Participated in Center for Education Abroad site visits of new study abroad programs in
Spain and Italy (October)
Advisor for the “Noel-Levitz” College Student Inventory
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2014 MS150 Bike ride from City to Shore – I was one of the highest fund-raisers
2013-2014 Co-Plaintiff in the ACLU lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for recognition of same sex marriage/marriage equality (successful!)
2011 White-Williams Scholars Panel Participant – “In the Mind of a College Professor” –
2009
2009
2006
2005
2005
2004
2002 presentation to high school seniors about college expectations
Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk – I raised over $5000 for the fund
Hurricane Katrina relief work with St. Bernard Project doing building construction
Outside reviewer for a tenure and promotion candidate at Lewis and Clark College
Outside reviewer for a tenure and promotion candidate at Ithaca College
Hurricane Katrina relief work with American Red Cross
Participated in Election Protection on election day – poll monitoring for irregularities in the voting process
Advisory Board for University of Pennsylvania Center for Continuing Education in
2001-2002
2001
2001
1995,96
1994
1994
1989-1993
1987
1983-1984
Psychological and Community Services
Advisory Board for Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community conference on Black Males and Domestic Violence: What Do We Know? And Where Do
We Go? In May 2002 in Philadelphia
World Trade Center Disaster Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for employees of Marsh and McLennan Companies in New York City through United Behavioral Health
Science Fair judge for Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Philadelphia, PA
Cooked and participated in Office of Community Service Empty Bowl Dinner
Participated in Philadelphia AIDS Walk and raised over $500 for AIDS organizations
Participated in American Cancer Society Bikathon and raised over $150
Volunteer with Action AIDS
Volunteer with Philadelphia AIDS Task Force
Counselor/Member of Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Conferences and Conventions
2013 Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference – State College, PA
2013
2011, 2012
Mazzoni Center Trans Behavioral Health Conference – Philadelphia, PA
Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture Diversity Challenge – Boston
College, Boston, MA
Annually-2010, 13, American Psychological Association Convention
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Annually Association for Women in Psychology Conference (2004 co-coordinator)
2009 Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community Conference on A
Journey to Healing: Finding a Path - Long Beach, CA
1999, 01,05,09,11,13 APA National Multicultural Conference and Summit (2005 co-coordinator)
2007, 09, 11,12 Teachers College, Columbia University Multicultural Winter Roundtable – New York, NY
2002
2000, 2001
2000
1999
1997
1997
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community Conference on Black
Men and Domestic Violence: What Do We Know, Where Do We Go? – Philadelphia, PA
Eastern Psychological Association Convention
CUNY Graduate Center’s Conference on “Qualitative Methods in Psychology”
Black Women in the Academy Conference II, Howard University, Washington, DC
CUNY Graduate Center’s First Annual Conference on Qualitative Methods in Psychology
American Psychological Association Division 35 Mid-Winter Conference on Ethics in
Psychology: Critical Feminist Issues
1996
1994
1994, 1995
1994
1994
1993
Ethnography in Education Research Forum at University of Pennsylvania
Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology at Ithaca College
Annual Conference of the Institute for Advanced Clinical Training on Advances in
Treating Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Teachers College, Columbia University Multicultural Winter Roundtable
Black Women in the Academy conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching of Psychology Conference at Ursinus College
Continuing Education Workshops
2014
“Orientation to ICD Diagnosis” – APA CE Program
2014
2013
“Anxiety: Treatment Techniques that Really Work” -- CMI Education Institute
“Integrative Psychotherapy: Combining the Most Effective Ingredients from Separate
2013
Schools of Psychotherapy” – CE Workshop at APA Convention
“Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Immediate, Effective Clinical Interventions” --
2013
2013
2013
2013
CMI Education Institute
“Working with Trans Clients” – APA Div. 44 Spring Webinar Series
“Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community” - APA
Div. 44 Spring Webinar Series
“An Introduction to Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in Community Settings” –
Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association and AU Dept. of Psychology
"Ethical Principles in the Practice of Pennsylvania Mental Health Professionals" -- CMI
Education Institute
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2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
"Applications of Motivational Interviewing: Evidence Based Strategies to Promote
Change" -- CMI Education Institute
"Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" -- CMI Education Institute
"The Forgotten 8% of Our Population: Men and Women Who Are Veterans" -- National
Multicultural Conference and Summit
"Fusion, Infidelity, Relationship Satisfaction, and Heterosexist Stress among Gays and
Lesbians" -- National Multicultural Conference and Summit
"Cross-Cultural Mentoring throughout the Developmental Stages of Becoming a
Psychologist" -- National Multicultural Conference and Summit
"Conscience, Client Welfare, and the Education of Psychologists" -- National Multicultural
Conference and Summit
"Does the Teacher Really Know? Investigating Instructor Competence in Cross-Cultural
Psychology Courses" -- National Multicultural Conference and Summit
"Working with Trans Clients" --APA Division 44 Webinar CE Program
"Microaggressions against the LGBT Community" --APA Division 44 Webinar CE
Program
"Revolutionizing Diagnosis and Treatment Using the DSM-5" -- CMI Education Institute
"Race Based Traumatic Stress: Realities, Challenges, and Hurdles" – Boston College
Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture
"Understanding the Pressures of Ethnic Minorities: Suicide Prevention and Navigating
Acculturation" – Boston College Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and
Culture
"Clinical Engagement with and Accompaniment of Maya Women and Their
Communities: Understanding Gendered Racialized Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict
Guatemala" – Boston College Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture
“Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis” – Pacific Clinics/Advancing Behavioral Healthcare
“Mean Boys and Girsl: What We Know About the Changing Face of Bullying Today and
What We Can Do About It” - Arcadia University CE Program in Psychology
“Gender Variance Matters: Supporting Children with Gender Non-Conforming Identities and Expressions” – Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists
“Working with Asian American Clients: Overcoming Invisibility through Ethical
Multicultual Practice” - Arcadia University CE Program in Psychology
“Assessing and Managing Risk in Psychological Practice” – APAIT Ethics CE Activity
“Peacemakers at War: The Psychological Toll of Humanitarian Work” - Arcadia
University CE Program in Psychology
“New Developments in the Treatment of PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Comorbid
Disorders” – Sponsored by PESI, LLC
“Motivational Interviewing with Dually Diagnosed and Severely Mentally Ill Clients” –
PCOM CE Program
“White Women in the On-Going Journey Toward Becoming Anti-Racist” - Association for Women in Psychology CE Program, Portland, OR
“Psychopharmacology” – Sponsored by PESI, LLC
“Are You Smarter than a Fourth Grader? Understanding Culture and Learning in the
Classroom” - Arcadia University CE Program in Psychology
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2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
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2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006-07
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
“Ethical Uses of Information in an Online World” – SEPCHE Faculty Development
Conference
“An Interactive Workshop on Hindrances and Strategies for Improving Recruitment and
Retention for a More Diverse Faculty” - Association for Women in Psychology CE
Program, Newport, RI
“The Other Mommy War: The Feminization of Stress” - Arcadia University CE
Program in Psychology
“Ethnopolitical Considerations in Providing Mental Health to People of Color” sponsored by Boston University Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology
APA Annual Convention CE Credit:

Navigating a Diverse World – Strategic Considerations in Interracial Interaction

Ethics and Issues of Cultural Competence and Diversity

Supervisor and Supervisee Ethical Expectations – What Goes on Behind Closed Doors?

Multicultural Counseling Training – Conceptual, Empirical, and Practical Considerations
“Playing with Anger in School: Engaging the Emotional Lives of African American Boys”
- Arcadia University CE Program in Psychology
“Multicultural Competencies in Supervision and Training” - Arcadia University CE
Program in Psychology
“The Multiple Ways in Which We Experience, Identify, Resist, and Cope with Racial
Microaggressions in Professional Psychology Contexts” sponsored by Association for
Women in Psychology
“Therapy after Postmodernism” sponsored by Philadelphia AWP
“Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy” - RCS Seminars
“Therapy after Post-Modernism” sponsored by Philadelphia AWP
“Healing Relationships: Woman-centered therapeutic approaches to loss, death, and
dying” sponsored by Philadelphia AWP
“Feminist Perspectives on Ethics” sponsored by Philadelphia AWP
“Clinical Case Conceptualization: A Cognitive Behavioral Perspective” sponsored by
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dept. of Psychology
Presentation on Tuberculosis and STDs sponsored by Project Transition
SEPCHE Spring Faculty Development Workshop on Assessment
Ten-day Intensive Training Course in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
(9/11-15/06; 3/12-16/07)
“Inspiring Feminist Driven Change: Individual, Systemic, and Advocacy Work” sponsored by Philadelphia AWP
“Feminist Practice in the Shifting Landscape of Professional Psychology” sponsored by
Philadelphia AWP
Middle States Learning Assessment Institute
Instructional Technology workshops at Arcadia University
“Unraveling the Mystery of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities” - Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine
“Current Issues Facing LGBTQ Clients” - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
“Maintaining Ethical Standards in a Managed Care Environment” - Arcadia University
“Dialectical Behavior Therapy” sponsored by PESI Healthcare
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2005
2005
2004
2004
2002,2004
2003
2003
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2001
2001
2001
2000
2000
1999
1999
1998
1997
1997
1996
1996
1995
“Religious and Spiritual Issues in Clinical Practice” - Penn Center for Continuing
Education in Psychological Services
“Psychopharmacology” sponsored by American Healthcare Institute
“Psychopharmacology with Children and Adolescents” - Counseling Association of
Greater Philadelphia
“Step-by-Step Approaches to the Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety” sponsored by J &
K Seminars
“The Tragedy of Psychosis without Psychotherapy” at Widener University Institute for
Graduate Clinical Psychology and at Arcadia University Graduate Colloquium
“Tools to Tame the HIPAA” sponsored by J & K Seminars
“Course Embedded Assessment” - Arcadia University
“Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy: An Integral, Collaborative Approach to Treatment”
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
“Clinical Supervision: Ethical, Boundary, and Risk Management Issues” sponsored by J &
K Seminars
“Viktor Frankl and Paradoxical Intention” - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
“Case Conceptualization from Two Points of View: Treatment of Large Women” -
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
“Behavioral Emergencies” - Widener University Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology
“Empirically Supported Treatment” - LaSalle University
“What Psychotherapy Cults Tell us about Harmful Practices” - Widener University
“Clinical Issues in Female Sexuality” - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
“Countertransference: An Overlooked Phenomenon in Cognitive Behavior Therapy” -
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
“Ethical Conflicts in Psychology” - LaSalle University Graduate Psychology
“Patient and Therapist Perspectives for Treating Patients with Borderline Personality
Disorder” - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Introduction to Nud*ist VIVO Workshop (software for qualitative data analysis), Boston,
MA
“Cognitive Therapy with Difficult Patients” sponsored by Institute for Behavioral
Healthcare, the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy, and the Northwestern Institute
“Boundaries in Psychotherapy: Risk Management and Ethical Issues” sponsored by J&K
Seminars
“Legal and Ethical Issues in Treating Adults with Memories of Abuse" - Pennsylvania
Psychological Association
“An Introduction to Psychotropic Drug Therapy for the Non-Prescribing Mental Health
Professional” - Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Pennsylvania School Counselors Association Seminar for Counselor Educators
“Comparing Psychological Interventions and Medications for Anxiety, Depression and
Schizophrenia” - American Psychological Association Division of Psychotherapy
“Psychopharmacology: Better Living Through Chemistry?” sponsored by the American
Healthcare Institute
“Teaching the Psychology of Women” - American Psychological Association Division on
Psychology of Women
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1995
1995
1995
1995
1994
1993
1993
1993
“Qualitative Research Methods” - Association for Women in Psychology
“A Practitioner’s Guide to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV” sponsored by the
Institute for Behavioral Healthcare
“Connections” Quality Service Program for Beaver College faculty and staff
Academic Advising Workshop for Beaver College faculty advisors
“Borderline Adults in Treatment: Effective Psychotherapeutic Strategies” sponsored by
American Healthcare Institute
“Legal Principles in the Practice of Psychology” - Widener University
“Transference and Countertransference in Psychotherapy” - Widener University
“Teaching Introductory Psychology” - American Psychological Association Division on
Teaching of Psychology
SCHOLARLY AND CLINICAL INTERESTS
Multicultural Competence in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Psychology of Ethnic and Sexual Minorities
Racial and Sexual Identity
Psychology of Women
Comparative Spiritualities and Religions
Sexual Assault and Other Traumas
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