Faculty Profile: Robert Schmitt

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Robert Schmitt

Bio:
BOB SCHMITT, PH.D.



Dr. Robert Schmitt is the Co-Director of the Consciousness, Spirituality, and Integrated Health Specialization (CSIH) and is involved in both teaching and working with students at the essay and dissertation stage.. He has a Ph.D. in Spirituality and Masters Degrees in Counseling, Philosophy and Sacred Theology. His goal has been to integrate spirituality and psychology as a scholar-practitioner Before coming to Saybrook Dr. Schmitt was on the core faculty at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (now Sofia University) and before that at Santa Clara University (where he was Acting Director of the Pastoral Counseling Program). At both schools he was founding director of a spiritual guidance training program. Besides his faculty roles, his practice has also included spiritual guide, Jesuit priest, Novice Director, administrator, author and Hospice Chaplain."

Curriculum Vitae

Upcoming Presentations and Public Addresses


Degrees, Discipline, Year, Institution

 

PhD

Religious Studies (Spirituality),  Fordham University, New York, NY  1974

MA

Counseling, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA  1987

STM

Theology. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA  1968

PhL

Philosophy, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 1961

BA

Philosophy and Mathematics, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA  1961

 

Current Projects and Professional Activities

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Research Expertise


Expertise Working with Saybrook Students

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Research Expertise

Research Expertise Rating Guide:

  1. studied in a class or have read intensively on my own
  2. special training in the form of a workshop or equivalent
  3. taught a class in, or supervised research using this method (research practicum, on a dissertation or master's committee
  4. used in research myself
  5. published or presented at conferences my research using this method

Methods Traditionally Considered As Quantitative (But Need Not Be)

Laboratory Research
Field Experiments
Randomized Controlled Clinical
Quasi-experimental methods
Correlational Methods

Methods That Could Use Quantitative Or Qualitative Methods

Action Research
Survey Research
Interview Research
Observational Research
Epidemiological Research
Ethnography
Focus Groups
Self-Observational Methods
Narrative Methods
Feminist Methods
Content Analysis
Discovery-Oriented (psychotherapy)
Events paradigm (psychotherapy)
Archival Research
Case History Methods
Appreciative Inquiry
Multiple Case Depth Research
Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design
Longitudinal research
Cross-sectional research

Methods Primarily Associated With Qualitative Research (But May Also Use Quantitative)

Ethnoautobiographical research
Hermeneutics
Grounded Theory
Phenomenology
Heuristic Research

Types of Analysis

Simple Parametric Statistics (t-test, etc.)
Confidence intervals
Analysis of Variance (including MANOVA)
Analysis of Covariance
Regression (including multiple regression)
Discriminant Function Analysis
Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis
Causal Modeling
Cluster Analysis
Survival Analysis
Nonparametrics
Bayesian Analysis
Meta-analysis and effect sizes
Factor Analysis
Time series analysis
Multidimensional scaling

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