Figley Doctorates
This is the page that talks about (brags about) those who
graduated with a Ph.D. under the direction of Charles R. Figley. On this date,
there have been 24 illustrious scholars who have earned their Ph.D. under
the direction of Professor Charles R. Figley, Ph.D. Please send an Email to
Professor Figley with your reaction, suggestions, additions, or changes. His
Email address is
cfigley@fsu.edu
.
Purdue University Years
In 1974 Charles Figley receive his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University.
By then he was an assistant professor in the department of child development and
family studies at Purdue University. This Department had an illustrious history
as the birthplace of the journal, Child Development and a launching pad for a
series of important contributions to developmental and family psychology, family
therapy, early childhood education, and other foci. He was assistant professor
there from 1974 until 1978 when he established the Family Research Institute.
He was associate professor from 1978-1983 and full professor from 1983 until he
left for the Florida State University in 1989. Following are brief descriptions
of his students during these Purdue years:
1977 Robert Stretch, Ph.D., Director of the Division of
Scientific Review at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5B01, MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510.
Telephone: (301) 496-1485, (301) 402-4104 (FAX), Email: rs365f@nih.gov.
Bob is still in the Army Reserves (LTC) attached to Walter Reed Army Institute
of Research. See his impressive CV
for details of his illustrious career. His wife, Anne, is on leave from
her job as head of the Special Education Department at a Middle School here so
that she can finish her Ed.D. in Special Education from Johns Hopkins. Anne
Michelle is 29 and was married a year ago this past June. Her husband, Luke,
is an engineer for Bechtel and is currently on a 1 year job near Albany, NY designing
a power plant. His daughter, AnneMichelle, is working as a recruiter for
Aspen Systems and moved back in with us temporarily (along with her two Great
Danes and 5 hamsters!) until Luke returns. His son, Micah, is 26 and has
his Master's from U. Maryland in Human Development. He's currently a Research
Assistant/Study Coordinator in the Medical Psychology Department at the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) here in Bethesda. Looks
like he will be entering the Doctoral program at USUHS in the Fall to study biological
correlates of behaviors like depression and anxiety using fMRI techniques.
Both kids got their Bachelor's degrees at Purdue.
1979 Richard J. Venjohn, Ph.D. Lost touch with Rick and hope
that we can track him down soon.
1979 Walter R. Schumm, Ph.D., Professor, School of Family Studies
and Human Services, 1700 Anderson Avenue, Mail: 343 Justin Hall, Kansas
State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-1403 Phone: 785-532-1494 schumm@humec.ksu.edu.
Phone: 785 532-1494 (work) 785 539-3641 (home). Home Address:
5900 Lake Elbo Road, Manhattan, KS 66502-8996. Email & Web Address:
WRSchumm@aol.com and http://www.humec.ksu.edu/fshs/directory/schumm.html.
Currently Walter is married to Kimberly Ring and together they have seven children
ranging in age from 6-21. They a 20 acre farm northeast of Manhattan, raising
goats, sheep, chickens, guineas, and other livestock. Dr. Schumm is recently
retired form the US Army Reserves (July 2002). His last assignment was as Commander,
6th Brigade, 95th Division, Topeka, Kansas. He was awarded the Legion
of Merit. His 6th Brigade selected as best company size unit in the
world in U.S. Army Reserve for 2001 and its subordinate battalion, 11th Battalion,
selected as best large unit in the USAR for both 2000 and 2001. Also brigade
had selected the best drill sergeant worldwide in the USAR for 2001. From his
University's web page: Winner of the American Association of Consumer and Family
Scientists' Moran Memorial Research Award, 1990, for research in family measurement
and other areas of family studies and the Dawley-Scholer Faculty Research Excellence
Award from the College of Human Ecology, 1997, for research on military families
and Gulf War Illnesses.
1981 William Southerly, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology
at the Frostburg State University. 219 Guild Center, Frostburg, MD 21532. Phone:
(301) 687-4778 (secretary: 4193) Home; 1061 Peat Moss Road, Accident, MD
21520 Home Phone: 301-245-4298 BSOUTHERLY@FROSTBURG.EDUWeb: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly.html.
Married to Shelia for 26 years and together they have 2 sons - Landon (17
yrs old - Senior in High School) ; Tyler (13 yrs old - 8th grade). Home: 1061
Peat Moss Road, Accident, MD 21520 and phone is 301-245-4298.
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1984 Sandra K. Burge, Ph.D., Professor (with tenure), Department
of Family & Community Medicine UCD, Room A428 University of Texas Heath Sciences
Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio TX 78229. Phone: (210)
567-4580 Phone: 210-358-3930 burge@uthscsa.edu. Sandy teaches research methods
and doctor-patient communication to family practice residents and medical students.
Her research interests and specialties are varied, including like diabetes management
and medication compliance.
Here she is with her
youngest nephew.
1987 Kathleen R. Gilbert, Ph.D., C.F.L.E, Associate Professor
Dept. of Applied Health Science, Poplars 615 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana
47405 USA Phone: (812) 855-5209 gilbertk@indiana.edu. Web address:
http://php.indiana.edu/~gilbertk. Dr. Gilbert is a pioneer in web-based university
instruction. Her Web-based 3-credit course, Grief in a Family Context, is at http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf.
More info on Kathy,
go to http://php.indiana.edu/~gilbertk/.
1987 G. Richard Kishur, Ph.D., Kishur & Associates
4901 Richmond Square, Suite 102, Oklahoma City, OK 73118-2000, Office Phone:
(405) 848-3373. Home Address: 6801 Lake Front Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73132,
Home Phone: (405) 640-5383, E-mail: RKishur@MSN.com.
Rick began to work as a counselor with the Veterans Administration “Vet
Center” Program in Oklahoma City in 1984. In addition to counseling
veterans and their families, he began to develop anger management, domestic violence
and sexual offender programs. In 1989 he developed the comprehensive sexual
offender treatment program for medium and low security inmates of the Oklahoma
Department of Corrections. His program was showcased in a segment of the
CBS news magazine “48-Hours” in 1991. Rick has been in private
practice since 1992, providing specialized treatment to sexual offenders.
He conducts forensic assessment of offenders, consults, and provides training
in sexual offender treatment throughout the United States. In 1992, Rick
published his comprehensive sexual offender treatment program. Rick is married
to Gina Jordan, also a counselor who works with high conflict divorce cases.
To maintain their mental health, they travel extensively. At home they dote
on their two grand daughters. Rick recently completed the Pikes Peak marathon
and is currently training for a century (100 mile) bike ride.
1987 Shirley Ann Segal, Ph.D., Inst SCI Information Atlas
of Science, Philadelpha, PA 19104 HOME: 1617 Hampton Rd. Havertown,
PA 19083
See
a Group Shot in 1987.
1988 Chrys J. Harris, Ph.D.Family Therapy & Trauma Center, 311
Bennett Center Drive, Greer, South Carolina 29650, PH (864)968-9687, FX
(864)968-9449. Email: charris@healing-arts.org chrysharris@mindspring.com.
Web: http://member.expertpages.com/traumacenter
May, 1997 - Present: Clinical Director for the Family Therapy &
Trauma Center, P.A.; providing general marriage and family therapy,
focusing on adjustments or adaptations encountered in individuals, couples,
and families; focusing on assessment (therapeutic and forensic), treatment,
and prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals,
families and groups.Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional
Counselor, Consultant in Forensic Psychotraumatology.
1988 Barbara Riggs, Ph.D., Asst. Professor (half time), Indiana
Wesleyan University Graduate Counseling Program, 4201 South Washington
St., Marion, IN 46953, (765) 677-2995. Email: barbara.riggs@indwes.edu.
Owner and therapist at EAGLE
CREEK COUNSELING SERVICES, INC., 3935 Eagle Creek Parkway, Ste. C,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46254. Phone: 317-293-5563. Fax: 317-293-7478. Home:
9209 Westdrum Ct. Indianapolis, IN 46231. Email: eccs@indy.net
.Home address: 9209 Westdrum Ct, Indianapolis, IN 46231, Best Email: bariggs@comcast.net.
1988 Emily M. Wadsworth, Ph.D. Assistant Director (retired)
of the Women in Engineering Programs within the Schools of Engineering
at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Dr. Wadsworth was
Co-Principal Investigator for a large grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
that resulted in ten recruitment and retention initiatives. Three of these
initiatives were mentoring programs that were recognized in 1997 with a
Presidential Award for Excellence in Engineering Mentoring from the National
Science Foundation. Dr. Wadsworth has spent these past two years working
on a book titled "Giving Much/Gaining More" published by PU Press in 2002.
The book is available by calling 1-800-247-6553 or through http://www.thepress.purdue.edu.
Home Address: 1132 Ravinia Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906. Home Phone:
765-743-2433. Email Address: ewadsworth@purdue.edu.
Florida State University Years
In 1989 Dr. Figley joined the faculty of FSU as a tenured professor
in the School of Social Work and the Interdivisional Ph.D. Program in Marriage
and Family, becoming Director of the Doctoral Program in 1990. Following
are brief descriptions of his students during these Purdue years:
1993 Myung-Yong Um, MSW, Ph.D. Associate Professor (tenured), Dept.
of Social Welfare at the Sungkyunkwan University. Address: 3-53 Myungnyun-dong,
Jongno-GuSeoul, 110-745 Korea. Phone & Fax: +82-2-760-0636. E-mail:
myum@skku.ac.kr myum@skku.ac.kr
.
1994 Rey Martinez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department
of Social Work (Office: 2053 MH-226) at New
Mexico Highlands University Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM 87701-9000.
Office Phone: 505-428-307 Home Phone: 505-426-1497. Email: rcmartinez@nmhu.edu.
Biosketch:Rey C. Martinez is a graduate of University of Hawaii (1987),
Boston University (Clinical Social Work, 1989) and Florida State University
(Ph.D, 1995).
As a doctoral student Rey’s work in the area of nicotine dependence
was jointly funded by the Psychosocial Stress Research Center and
by Lederle Pharmaceutical Company. His dissertation was recognized
at the National Symposium on Doctoral Research at Ohio State University,
followed by an invitation to present his findings at the Nicotine Dependency
Center at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Returning home to the Southwest, Rey Martinez accepted a position as
Assistant Professor at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP). While
at UTEP Rey completed several projects funded by the Border Biomedical
Research Center (BBRC). One such article entitled “The Glycemic Effect
of Different Species of Nopalitos (prickly pear cactus) in the Treatment
of Diabetes Mellitus,” evaluates the efficacy of a common, Mexican folk
medicine practice and has been featured nationally on NPR’s Latino USA.
Rey, Sonia and their three children (all three born in Tallahassee) enjoyed
living along the U.S. / Mexico Border for 6 years before moving to New
Mexico.
Presently, Rey Martinez is a tenured Associate Professor in the School
of Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University. Dr. Martinez teaches
Advanced Multicultural Practice, a two semester graduate course for clinical
social workers, and coordinates the Research Sequence for NMHU’s five campuses
(Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Farmington, Roswell). His recent
accomplishments include the development & delivery of Online modules
for teaching statistical methods via distance delivery. Rey is author
of Social Work Guide to the Internet (Allyn & Bacon, 2001).
Rey has continued to pursue his interest in Family Therapy and Substance
Abuse. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Pacific Southwest Addiction
Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) and was recently appointed to the Scientific
and Policy Advisory Board of Prevention File, a publication of the Silver
Gate Group.
With strong community ties, a commitment to underserved populations,
and a passion for teaching, Rey’s has created numerous opportunities for
New Mexico students wishing to pursue Social Work. He serves on National
Latino Social Work Organization (LSWO) Board of Directors and the Northern
New Mexico Chapter of NASW.
1995 Michael F. Barnes, Ph.D., LMHC, Director of Clinical Services
at Bayside Center For Behavioral Health, 1650 S. Osprey Avenue, Sarasota,
Florida 34239-3555. Telephone Number: (941) 917-8876. Fax Number:
(941) 917-8782. Work Email: Mike-Barnes@smh.com.
Home Address: 6604 Wood Meadow Loop, Bradenton, FL 34202. Home
Telephone Number: (941) 755-1393. Home Email Address: barnesmf@tampabay.rr.com.
Mike is married to Aimee Barnes and they have one son. Patrick is
currently 16 years old and is a sophomore at Lakewood Ranch High School.
Along with his work at Bayside Center, which is the Department of Psychiatry
for Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Dr. Barnes is an adjunct faculty member
in the Departments of Rehabilitation Counseling and Counselor Education
at the University of South Florida and in the School of Psychology and
Behavioral Science at Argosy University/Sarasota Campus. He is also
on the faculty of the Traumatology Institue at the University of South
Florida. Mike continues to publish and present his research
and treatment approahes, with a current focus on the secondary trauma and
family system disruption in families with a chronically mentally ill member.
Aimee Barnes is currently a Behavior Specialist and Guidance Counselor
at Wilkinson Elementary School in Sarasota and is an adjunct faculty member
in the Criminology Department at the University of South Florida.
Her email address is abssun@tampabay.rr.com.
1995 Cindy Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Field Education,
Department of Social Work, St. Leo University, 33701 State Road 52 Saint
Leo, FL 33574-6665. Email: cindy.lee@saintleo.edu.
2000 Janet Nambi, Ph.D.Professor and Trauma Clinic
Director, Psychology Dept, PO Box 7062 Kampala, Makerere University,
Uganda. Janet was a Fulbright Fellow while studying with me. She sought
to understand and return to Uganda to help the many thousands of children
who lost parents to AIDs.
1996 John S. Ducibella, Ph.D.3 Lamar Road, Danbury, CT. 06811-3943.
Dr. Ducibella is a family therapist in Danbury.
2000 MaryDale Salston, Ph.D., (recent address change. More later).
Email: docmft@prodigy.net.
2000 Michael McGee, Ph.D., Director, Center for Elder Stress Studies,
PO Box 15682, Tallahassee, FL 32317Phone: 850-877-6805. HOME: 3206
E Lakeshore Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32312 Email: mpmphd@unr2.net. Mike
is an active researcher and consultant. We are working together on a submission
to NIMH on mental health services to the elderly.
2001 Veronika Opsina-Kammerer, Ph.D.Adjunct Assistant Professor School
of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570. Email:
voo3756@garnet.acns.fsu.edu. Veronika divides her time between work at
the local regional hospital and teaching at FSU. She also teaches in Austria,
her country of origin, once a year.
2001 Sanford Dale White, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Work, Division of
Social Work, Valdosta State University, 1500 North Patterson Street, Valdosta,
Georgia 31698-128. His office telephone number is 229-245-4340. He lives with
his wife at 4218 Thornwood Way, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. If you would like to
call him at home, it is 229-247-5957. His email address is sdwhite@valdosta.edu.
He sends his regards to all his friends at FSU.
2002 Kevin Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept
of Social Work, Newman University, 31100 McCormick Ave, Wichita, KS
67213, Phone:(316) 942-4291and FAX: (316) 942-4483. Email: brownk@newmanu.edu.
2004 Tina Staik, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland
University Center in Europe in the Graduate Counseling Program and Adjunct Professor,
Distance Learning, Saint Leo University, currently living in Heidelberg, Germany,
mailing address: Unit 29331 Box 278, APO AE 09266. Email Addresses: Tina.Staik@t-online.de.
and Tina.Staik@us.army.mil.
2006 Kenneth Fowler, Ph.D., Adjunct
Professor, FSU College of Nursing (850)
644-2854; kfowler_therapist@msn.com. Defense photos:
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cfigley/Dr.KennethFowler.htm
Left to right: Dr. Sally Karioth,
Dr. Fowler, Dr. Figley right after the hooding ceremony at the FSU Summer Graduation,
August 2006.
Dissertators Who Have Defended (prior
to graduation):
Eric Gentry completed his defense
June 10, 2005 and after his internship completion will be hooded at the
upcoming graduation ceremonies.
Current ABD Students
Following are students working on their dissertation (topic of their dissertation
is designated).
Rene Schwallie McCoy, MSW (ABD). Email: rms9165@garnet.acns.fsu.edu.
David Mackey, MSW (Secondary Effects of War: Ethnographic Study of War Veteran
Service Providers), 3451 Queens Street, Apt. 528, Sarasota, Florida 34231.
Home Phone: (941) 922-0770. Email: DMACKEY54@HOTMAIL.COM.
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