Education

Ph.D. in General Psychology, Georgetown University, 1998,


under Rom Harré (philosophy, history of psychology) and Darlene Howard (methods and statistics)

Georgetown University, M. A., General Psychology, 1993.

U. S. International University, B. A. cum laude, Psychology, 1988.

Languages

Native speaker of English, fluent in French, conversational Spanish.

Computer Languages

ASPECT, HTML, Quickbasic, SAS.

Publications and Presentations

Ansoff, R. (1993). Finding a home for a psychology of volition.
Theory and Psychology, 3(3), 323-336.


Ansoff, R. (1995). In the Shadow of the Average Man: The
Forgotten Warnings of Adolphe Quetelet. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association in New York.


Ansoff, R. (1995). Serial order and the problem of rapid, complex
action. American Psychologist, 50, 178.


Ansoff, R. (1996). How can there be personal agency
without an ontology of the individual? Theory and Psychology, 6(3), 539-544.


Ansoff, R. (1997). Kuhn's Scientific Revolutions are not
Grounds for Skepticism in Psychology. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association in Washington, D. C.


Ansoff, R. (1999). Darwin on Survival through Cooperation,
not competition. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association Providence, Rhode Island.


Ansoff, R. (1999). Voluntary Control of Metamotivational,
States in Reversal Theory. Paper
presented at Ninth International Conference
on Reversal Theory,in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.


Hinke K. & Ansoff R. & Robinson D. N. (1997).
A Comparison of Moral Reasoning of 4th & 6th Graders in Mexico and the US:
Gender, Justice/Care Orientation and Culture.
Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society
for Research in Child Development in Washington, D. C.



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Research Interests


The nature of human agency (including physiological, philosophical and historical
aspects); history and philosophy of research methods and statistics
in psychology; philosophy of science in psychology.



Qualified to Teach:
general psychology, philosophy & history of psychology, methods, statistics, classical learning theory.

U. S. International University School of Business(1999, fall & winter):


Adjunct Professor teaching statistics.

Georgetown University (1999, spring & summer):


Adjunct Professor teaching methods and statistics.

1997 Georgetown University Psychology Department
Infancy Lecture Series:
Presentation on Darwin and his legacy to Developmental
Psychology


Georgetown University Psychology Department (1990-1998):


SAS instructor and lecturer; supervision, evaluation and grading
of undergraduate research proposals.

Teaching Assistant, undergraduate research methods courses.

Lecturer in differential psychology courses;
topics included introduction to stepwise multiple correlation and
regression, Quetelet on arithmetic versus actual
means,introduction to correlation from a measurement perspective.

Lecturer in developmental psychology courses (1996);
topics included T.G. R. Bower and sensory plasticity
in blind infants, major issues in developmental psychology
(nature versus nurture, Baltes on gains versus losses).

Professional Activity

American Psychological Association, Member

Eastern Psychological Associastion, Member

International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Member

American Statistical Association (ASA), Member



Honors

Member, National Honor Society in Psychology (Psi Chi)
French Embassy Prize (International School of Brussels)

Ad Hoc Consulting

SAS consultation,
Dr. Marvin Rubin, Georgetown University Medical Center, 1993.


Research design consultation,
Dr. L. B. Szalay, Institute of Comparative and Social Studies, 1995.


Academic Service

Georgetown University:

Graduate Student Representative for the Department of Psychology, 1991-1995.

Graduate Student Representative, Student Life Committee,1993-1994.

Member of the Global Student Network, volunteer-counselor for international
students, 1994-1995.


Rerferences

1. Professor Rom Harré. Oxford University,
Psychology Department, Georgetown University,
Box 571001, Washington, DC 20057-1001. Telephone, 202-687-4042. Fax. 202-687-6050.
[Philosophy of Science, Discursive Psychology, Social Psychology]

2. Professor Darlene V. Howard. Psychology Department, Georgetown University,
Box 571001, Washington, DC 20057-1001. Telephone, 202-687-4042. Fax. 202-687-6050.
[Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, Statistics]

3. Father Daniel C. O'Connell, S. J. Psychology Department, Loyola University of Chicago,
Damen Hall, Chicago, Illinois. Telephone: 773-508-3585. Fax: 773-508-8713.
[psycholinguistics, philosophy]

4. Michael J. Apter. University of Bristol, UK.
Psychology Department, Georgetown University,
Box 571001, Washington, DC 20057-1001. Telephone, 202-687-4042. Fax. 202-687-6050.
[Reversal Theory, Motivation, Emotion, Personality].

5. Professor F. R. Korf. College of Business, United States International University,
10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131. Telephone, 619-635-4623.
[Critical Test Design and Construction, Philosophy of Measurement, Statistics]

6. James T. Lamiell Psychology Department, Georgetown University,
Box 571001, Washington, DC 20057-1001. Telephone, 202-687-4042. Fax. 202-687-6050.
[Statistics, Psychology of Personality, Psychology of William Stern]