DONALD E. POLKINGHORNE

PhD, Psychology

Union Graduate School, 1972

dpolkinghorne@fielding.edu

 

Internship:

University of California, Irvine, Medical Services, 1973-1974
Washington County Mental Health Services, 1971-1972

Waterbury State Hospital, 1971-1972

 

Licensure: CA

 

Current Professional Appointment: 

Professor Emeritus of Education

University of Southern California

 

Adjunct Faculty

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Research Design and Methodology

 

Research Interests:

 

Qualitative and Narrative Research

Statistics and Quantitative Research Design

Evaluation Research

Philosophy of Social Science

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Psychological Association (17, 24, 28, and 32)

California State Psychological Association

Human Science Research Association

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Professional Promise Award-California State University

 

1993-1994: President, American Psychological Association, Division 24

 

1996-Present: Holder of the Fahmy Attallah Ph.D. and Donna Attallah Chair in Humanistic Psychology

 

2001-2002: Socrates Award, Outstanding Teacher in Rossier School of Education

 

2002: Award for Distinguished Theoretical and Philosophical Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 24

 

2002-Present: Member-at-Large, Psychological Association, Division 24

 

Fellow, American Psychological Association, Divisions 17, 24, and 32

 

Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Alberta

 

Lilly Fellow, Scholastic Honors, Yale University

 

Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honorary

 

National Honor Scholar, Washington University

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

Polkinghorne, D. E. (in press). An agenda for the second generation of qualitative studies. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 1(2).

Polkinghorne, D. E. (in press). Validity and narrative research as social science. The future of narrative research [Special issue] Qualitative Inquiry.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2005). Language and meaning: Data collection in qualitative research. The Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2). 137-145.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2004). Practice and the human sciences: The case for a judgment-based practice of care. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2004). Ricoeur, Narrative and personal identity. In C. Lightfoot, C. Lalonde, & M. J. Chandler (Eds.). Changing conceptions of psychological life (49-70). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2004). Narrative therapy and postmodernism. In L. E. Angus & J. McLeod (Eds.). The handbook of narrative and psychotherapy: Practice, theory, and research (pp. 53-67). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Bensimon, E. M., Polkinghorne, D.E., Bauman, G. L., & Vallejo, E. (2004). Doing research that makes a difference. Journal of Higher Education, 75(1), 105-126

Bensimon, E. M. & Polkinghorne, D. (2003). The accountability side of equity, Diversity Digest, 7(1,2). 

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003). Validaton in physical, organic, and human realms. In J. Lindén & P. Szybek (Eds.). Validation of knowledge claims in human science (11-24): Lyon: L'Interdisciplinaire.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003). Generalization in human science: Issues of external validity. In J. Linden & P. Szybek (Eds.). Validation of knowledge claims in human science (121-149): Lyon: L'Interdisciplinaire.

Patriquin, L., Bensimon, E. M., Polkinghorne, D. E., Bauman, G., Bleza, M. G., Oliverex, P., & Soto, M. (2003). Post-tenure review: The disparity between intent and implementation. The review of higher education, 26(3), 275-297.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003). Brentano's Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint. In R. Steinberg (Ed.). The anatomy of impact: What makes the great works of psychology great. (pp. 43-70). Washington, CD: American Psychological Association Press.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003). Forward. In M. McCabe, The paradox of loss: Toward a relational theory of grief: (pp. xi-xiv). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2001). Self and humanistic psychology. In K. J. Schneider, J. F. T. Bugental, & J. F. Pierson (Eds.). The Handbook of humanistic psychology: Leading edges in theory, research, and practice (pp. 81-99). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2001). Managing payments for psychological care. In B. D. Slife, R. N. Williams, and S. H. Barlow (Eds.). Critical issues in psychotherapy: Translating new ideas into practice (pp. 121-139). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Presentations:

 

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2005 August). Knowledge and practice. Paper presented at the 113^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2005 June). Conceptual understanding and narrative research. Invited paper presented at the DISPUK Institute Conference, Rithymnon, Greece.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2005 May) How to endure in the current culture of higher education: Service, practice, and research. Invited opening address presented at the Annual Meeting of Directors of Occupational Therapy programs. Long Beach, CA.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2005 March). Applying Qualitative Research Findings. Master Class presented at Bournemouth University, Bournemouth England

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2004 August). Practice and the human sciences. Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of Psychology. Beijing, China

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2004 July). Practice of psychotherapy in a technified culture. Paper presented at the 112th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, December). Narrative research and qualitative analysis. Invited address at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, December). Qualitative evaluation methods. Invited address at Lund University. Lund, Sweden.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, December). Narrative configuration and qualitative analysis. Invited address at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, November). Doing phenomenological research. Invited address at UmeaUniversity. Umea,Sweden.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, November). Lived temporality and narrative research. Invited address University of Oslo, Olso, Norway.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, October). Ricoeur and narrative research. Invited address at Boras University. Boras, Sweden.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, September). The future of qualitative research. Keynote address at opening of The Center for Qualitative Research, Bournemouth University, England.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, April). Using a scorecard approach for achieving equitable and excellent student outcomes. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Irvine, CA.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, March). The diversity scorecard approach: Bringing about equitable and exceptional outcomes through communities of practice, situated, learning, and data driven inquiry. Presentation at the National Convention of the American Association of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.

Bensimon, E. M. & Polkinghorne, D. E. (2003, January). Research that makes a difference: Reversing inequities in educational outcomes. Framing Session presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Seattle, WA.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2002 August). Heidegger and the philosophy of psychology: Zollikon Serminars. Invited paper presented at the 110th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, CA.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2002, June). Zollikon Seminars. Workshop presented at the 2002 Advanced Nursing Institute for Heideggerian Hermeneutical Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2001, August). Everyday Knowing and Psychotherapy Practice. Paper presented at the 109th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (2001, July). The new sciences and positive psychology. Keynote address presented at the 28^th InterAmerican Congress of Psychology, Santiago, Chile.

Funded Grants/Awards:

2003-2004: Co-PI, Diversity Scorecard, Irvine Foundation, $1,000,000.

 

1999-2002: Co-PI, Diversity in Higher Education, Irvine Foundation, $1,200,000.

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1993-1994: President, American Psychological Association, Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Division 24.

 

1986: Program Chair, American Psychological Association, Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Division 24.

 

1982: Program Chair, American Psychological Association, Humanistic Psychology, Division 32.

 

1990-1992: Co-Chair-Teaching and Research in Qualitative Methods Interest Group, American Psychological Association, Counseling Psychology, Division 17.

 

1988-1989: Vice President, Association for Humanistic Psychology.

 

1987-1990: Board of Directors, Association for Humanistic Psychology.

 

1986: Coordinator, Human Science Research Conference, Berkeley, CA.