CV: Joshua Schwartz

Curriculum Vitae

Upcoming Presentations and Public Addresses

Degrees, Discipline, Year, Institution

  • 2002 The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, Ph.D. received in APA accredited Clinical Psychology Program.
     
  • 1989 Rutgers College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Current Projects and Professional Activities

 Social Security Administration, District 9, Richmond California, Medical Consultant/Psychology. Member of a multidisciplinary medical team, providing federal oversight and review for SSA disability decisions made by regional SSA medical consultants. Oversight entails thorough review of all provided medical evidence, extensive knowledge of psychological and medical diagnostic criteria, and analysis of this evidence through the guidelines provided by disability program laws, regulations and procedures. Provide oral and extensive written consultations for medical examiners based on disability claim reviews. Trained in the use of SSA online resources, DICARS computer application and SSA coding procedures. Private Practice, San Francisco, California, Licensed Clinical Psychologist. California Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice. Provide brief and long-term psychotherapy to a diverse population of children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.

Current Publications

Schwartz, J.D. and Lisberger, S.G. (1994) Initial tracking conditions modulate the gain of visuo-motor transmission for smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys. Journal of Visual Neuroscience, 11, 411-424.

Significant Publications

Schwartz, J.D. and Lisberger, S.G. (1994) Initial tracking conditions modulate the gain of visuo-motor transmission for smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys. Journal of Visual Neuroscience, 11, 411-424.

Important Conference Presentations


Research Interests

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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