Faculty Profile: Thomas Cloonan

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Thomas Cloonan

School: Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry

Bio:
Thomas F. Cloonan received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Duquesne University. Dr. Cloonan's areas of research are phenomenology, psychology, methodology, history of phenomenological psychology and philosophy, art and aesthetics, and psychology and philosophy of religion and spirituality.
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Curriculum Vitae

Upcoming Presentations and Public Addresses

as of now, 11/07, none

Degrees, Discipline, Year, Institution

  • Ph.D., Duquesne University (Pgh., PA): Psychology 1969
  • M.A., Fordham University (NYC): Psychology 1964
  • M.A., Fordham University (NYC): Philosophy 1963
  • B.A., St. Vincent College (Latrobe, PA): Philosophy 1959
  • Diploma, Cathedral College (Brooklyn, NYC): Classics 1957
  • Prof. Certif., Nat’l Academy Sch. of Fine Arts (NYC): 1977
     
  • 53 Graduate Credits, New York University, 1980-1987:
  • phenomenology of, and seminars in, art/aesthetics 16 credits
  • art therapy and internships 31 credits
  • psychopathology and psychoanalysis courses 06 credits
     
  • Doctoral Dissertation: “Experiential & Behavioral Aspects of Decision-Making”

Current Projects and Professional Activities

 writing a book on the phenomenological psychological re-presentation of the areas of mainstream psychology; teaching full-time at Fordham University as Visiting Professor of Psychology; and teaching part-time at Saybrook Graduate School as Adjunct Faculty

Current Publications

articles: 1. “Experiential & behavioral aspects of decision-making.” pp. 112-131; in: Giorgi, A. et al. (Ed.). (1971) Duquesne studies in phenomenological psychology: I. Pgh.: Duquesne University Press. (Under Cloonan) [publication of doctoral dissertation]

 

“Body-subject and dialogue of perspectives in the perception of letters traced on the head,” pp.104-129; in: Giorgi, A. et al. (Ed.). (1975) Duquesne studies in phenomenological psychology:II.Pgh.: Duquesne University Press. (Under Ó Cluanáin)

 

“Phenomenological psychological reflections on the mission of art,” pp. 245-277; in: Giorgi, A. et al. (Ed.). (1979) Duquesne studies in phenomenological psychology: III. Pgh.: Duquesne University Press. (Under Ó Cluanáin)

 

“The Psychology of Creative and Appreciative Experiences of Art,” pp. 167-200; in: Proceedings of Qualitative Evaluation in the Arts: I. (1981) New York: NYU Division of Arts & Arts Ed. (Under Ó Cluanáin)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant Publications

with the time and effort I put into published works, I consider the ten publications listed under the previous category all to be significant (modestly so in the context of all psychology publications) -- this extends as well to my 23 published book reviews plus a 24th that is "in press" -- there are, of course, other psychologists with many more publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Conference Presentations

  • 1. Presenter, International Human Science Research Conference (Pleasant Hill, California), “The human science context for the interconnectedness among reasoning, emotion and motivation research studies”; August 3-6, 2006.
     
  • 2. Presenter, Conference for Qualitative Research in the Human Sciences, Fordham University, New York City, N.Y., “Phenomenological objectivity and constructivist subjectivity: An issue for qualitative research in human science psychology”; April 13, 2007.

Research Interests

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Research Expertise


Expertise Working with Saybrook Students

As a part-time Saybrook Faculty member, I have strongly encouraged Saybrook students in their writing and researching efforts.

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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