Academic and Research Experience

I have significant experience in the academic and research arena, including the publication of 12 books and over 45 book chapters or articles published in reviewed academic journals.  My professional work includes dissertation and research consultation.

Academic Appointments:
  • Research Scholar, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Assistant/Associate Professor of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
  • Visiting Faculty, Department of Psychology, University of  Victoria, British Columbia
  • Associate/Full Professor of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON 
  • Associate Dean & Faculty, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Professor Emeritus, School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA

Organizational Consultation Appointments:
  • Consultant, Fromkin Van Horn Hanley Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada (strategic planning, team-building, performance appraisals, organizational stress programming, executive coaching)
  • Founding Faculty, Masters in Organizational Development and Effectiveness, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA

Journal Editor or Reviewer:
  • SAGE Open Publications
  • Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Training and Education in Professional and Psychology
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Journal of Community Psychology
  • Essence: Issues in the Study of Death, Dying and the Processes of Aging

Recently Published Books:
  • Rudestam, K. E., Schoenholtz-Read, J., & Snowden, M. (Eds.) (2021).  Handbook of online learning in higher education.  Santa Barbara: F.G.U. Press.
  • Rudestam, K. E. (2020).  Experiential groups in theory and practice. Leningrad: Pieter Press (Originally published by Wadsworth, 1982).
  • Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. (2015).  Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process, 4th edition.  Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Newton, R., & Rudestam, K. E. (2012). Your statistical consultant: Answers to your data analysis questions, 2nd ed.  Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Rudestam, K. E., & Schoenholtz-Read, J. (Eds.). (2009). Handbook of online learning: Innovations in higher education and corporate training, 2nd. ed.. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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