Dr. Burleson has been at the UConn Health Center since 1982, and was in the School of Dental Medicine's Department of Behavioral Sciences & Community Health until 1999, when he joined the School of Medicine and the Department of Community Medicine. He has served actively as a research design and statistics consultant for twenty-five years. Dr. Burleson has published in the fields of basic psychology and behavioral science, applied behavioral science, addiction treatment, and has acted as statistician in publications in basic biological sciences and clinical biological sciences.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
A.B.	Cornell University	Biology
M.A.	California State University	Psychology (Social and Clinical)
Ph.D.	The University of Texas at Austin	Psychology (Social)

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Predoctoral Trainee	The University of Texas at Austin	National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Psychology
Fellowship	The University of Texas at Austin	University Graduate Fellowship
Predoctoral Trainee	The University of Texas at Austin	National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Psychology
NIAAA Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Connecticut Health Center	Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Graduate Dean’s List	California State University
Cornell National Scholarship

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Biostatistics Core Development Committee, Department of Community Medicine	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1997	1999
UConn Health Center Institutional Review Board-02	Other	Member	UConn Health	University	1997	2002
INFOLINE of Connecticut; assisted with data base creation	Community Service			State	1997	1997
School of Dental Medicine Undergraduate Admissions Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1995	1999
Division of Research, Veterans’ Administration Hospital, West Haven, CT	Community Service		External	State	1993	1993
Research Consortium on Adolescent Substance Abuse with Connecticut Department of Public Health and Addiction Services	Research Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1992	2002
Sociomedical Research Associates, Westport, CT; evaluation and statistical analysis of substance abuse training program for medical residents in four New York City Hospitals	Community Service		External	State	1992
Connecticut Department of Child & Family Services; report prepared concerning substance abuse and child and adolescent health	Community Service		External	State	1992	1992
Connecticut Department of Labor; consultation on analysis and management information systems of unemployment and job training	Community Service		External	State	1991	1991
Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission; conducted analysis and prepared report on needs assessment of professionals on substance abuse training	Community Service		External	State	1990	1990
UConn Health Center Student Summer Research Committee	Research Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1989
Department of Social Work, New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT; evaluation of maternal child health training and outreach program	Community Service		External	State	1989	1989
Hartford Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, Hartford, CT; statistical analysis of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation	Community Service		External	Local	1988	1988
UConn Health Center Employee Recognition Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1986	1986
School of Dental Medicine Undergraduate Admissions Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1984	1987
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Newington, CT; research design and statistical analysis of data on smoking and brain endorphins	Community Service		External	Local	1982	1985

Research interests include alcohol and other substance abuse prevention and treatment, and research design and analysis of observational, experimental and clinical trial studies.

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Abstracts

Conference Papers

Reviews

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
35th Annual Scientific Meeting: Self-Efficacy and Coping Response in the Treatment of Adolescent Alcohol Use Disorders	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2012	San Francisco, California
Scientific Meeting: Contingency Management for Youth with Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorder	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2010	San Antonio, Texas
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Improves Muscle Strength and Physical Function but not Bone Mineral Density in Frail Older Women	Poster	American Geriatrics Society	2010
Effects of Multimedia Fall Prevention Training on Persons with Parkinson’s Disease	Poster	American Geriatrics Society	2010
Predictors of Clinically Dignificant Post-Procedure Hypotension Following Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Angioplasty with Stenting	Talk	Symposium on Vascular Surgery	2009	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Twelve-Month Follow-up of Aftercare for Adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders	Poster	Joint Scientific Meeting	2009	San Diego, California
What Subject, Cognitive, or Behavioral Components Influence Falls and Fall Prevention? A Structural Equation Model	Talk	American Geriatrics Society	2009
Testing the Social Action Theory Framework of a Faith-Based Weight-Control Program Collaboratively Translated with African-American and Black Women: SisterTalk Hartford	Other	North American Primary Care Research Group	2008	Rio Grande, PR
136th Annual Meeting: Does Alignment Between Balance Confidence and Fall-Risk Predict Future Falls in Older Adults?	Poster	American Public Health Association	2008	San Diego, California
Joint Scientific Meeting: The Factor Structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) Among Mexican Adolescents.	Poster	International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism	2008	Washington, DC.
Joint Scientific Meeting: Validity and Factor Structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a Sample of Mexican College Students	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2008	Washington, DC
Annual Scientific Meeting: Can a Multimedia Fall Prevention Treatment Program Change Behavior and Prevent Falls?	Other	The American Geriatric Society	2008	Washington, DC
Periodontitis is an Independent Predictor for Elevated Serum CRP Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipient	Talk	American Academy of Periodontology	2007	Washington, DC.
Influence of a Multimedia Fall Prevention Program for Seniors on Recognition of Fall Risks	Poster	Gerontological Society of America	2007
30th Annual Meeting: Conceptual, methodological, and practical innovations in research on the effectiveness of adolescent substance abuse treatment	Talk	Research Society on Alcoholism	2007	Chicago, IL
Relationship Between Chronic Periodontitis and Chronic Organ Transplant Rejection	Talk	Continental European and Israeli Divisions	2007
Do Criminal Laws Effect HIV Risk Behavior? An Empirical Trial	Poster	Empirical Legal Studies	2006	Austin, Texas
Annual Meeting: Aftercare for Youths with Alcohol & Other Drug Use Disorders (AOSUD)	Talk	International Society of Addiction Medicine	2006	Oporto, Portugal
Oral Candida Colonization in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients	Talk	International Symposium of Infections in the Immunocomrpomised Host	2006	Crans Montana, Switzerland
29th Annual Meeting: Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System for Adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders: A Pilot Study	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2006	Baltimore, MD
Periodontal and Systemic Inflammation in Transplant Subjects	Talk	American Association of Dental Research meeting	2006	Orlando, Florida
Adolescent Group Therapy in the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Study: Group Contagion	Panel Discussion	Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness	2005	Washington D.C.
67th Annual Meeting: Stability of Comorbid Psychiatric Diagnosis Among Youths in AOSUD Treatment	Poster	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2005	Orlando, Florida
28th Annual Meeting: Aftercare for Adolescents Treated for Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders: Interim Results II	Talk	Research Society on Alcoholism	2005	Santa Barbara, California
28th Annual Meeting: Dial for Aftercare: Feasibility and Acceptability for Youth with Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders	Talk	Research Society on Alcoholism	2005	Santa Barbara, California
67th Annual Meeting: Suicidal Ideation Among Alcohol-Use Disordered Adolescents in Treatment and Aftercare	Poster	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2005	Orlando, Florida
Interim Results of a Group Psychotherapy Treatment Trial for Adolescents with AOSUD. Presentation as part of a Panel, "Group Treatment for Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Abuse: One for All, or All for One?"	Panel Discussion	Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness	2005	Washington, DC
Adolescent Group Therapy in the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Study: Group Contagion. Presentation as Part of a Panel: "Group Treatment for Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Abuse: One for All, or All for One?"	Talk	Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness	2005	Washington, DC
The Pediatric Asthma Chronic Care Model and Predictors of Control and Process of Care Among Inner-City Children with Asthma.	Talk	North American Primary Care Research Group	2004	Orlando, Florida
27th Annual Meeting: Aftercare for Adolescents with Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Disorders (AOSUD). Presentation Given as Part of the Symposium: The Efficacy of New Interventions for Adolescent Alcohol Problems	Talk	Research Society on Alcoholism	2004	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Annual Meeting: Oral Mucositis Pain in Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Cancer Patients	Poster	The American Dental Association	2004
Inter-Physician (coder) Agreement on Rating Asthma Severity and Control	Talk	North American Primary Care Research Group	2003	Vancouver, Canada
26th Annual Meeting: Temperament Effects Moderate Treatment Response in Adolescent AOD Use Disorders	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Second Annual Meeting: Aftercare for Adolescents with Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders (AOSUD): Feasibility and Acceptability of Phone Therapy	Talk	Society for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Effectiveness	2003	Miami, Florida
The Role of Evaluation in Sustainability of Community-Based Substance Abuse, STD, and HIV Prevention Outreach Programs	Other	Center for Substance Abuse Prevention conference	2002	Washington D.C.
Preliminary Results of Outreach Cluster Items for HIV Outreach Grant Programs	Talk	Center for Substance Abuse Prevention conference	2002	Washington D.C.
End-of-Life Treatment Preferences of Dialysis Patients	Talk	Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine	2002	Tucson, Arizona
25th Annual Scientific: Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use: Concordance Among Objective-, Self-, and Collateral-Reports of Use	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2002	San Francisco, California
130th Annual Meeting: Empirically-Derived Subtypes of Adolescents with Cannabis Use Disorders	Poster	American Public Health Association	2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
130th Annual Meeting: Process and Outcomes Findings: Community-Based Implementation of the COSAP Family Connection Project	Other	American Public Health Association	2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
130th Annual Meeting: Secondary Effects of Marijuana Treatment on Alcohol and Tobacco Use for Substance Abusing Adolescents	Poster	American Public Health Association	2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Correlates of Control Among Poor, Inner-city, Children with Asthma.	Poster	North American Primary Care Research Group	2002	New Orleans, Louisiana
130th Annual Meeting: Empirically-Derived Subtypes of Adolescents with Cannabis Use Disorders	Poster	American Public Health Association	2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targeted Capacity Expansion HIV and HIV Outreach Grant Programs Evaluation Meeting: Analysis of Change of 5 HIV Outreach Cluster Items: Interim Report	Other	Center for Substance Abuse Treatment	2002	Washington, D.C.
Targeted Capacity Expansion HIV and HIV Outreach Grant Programs Evaluation Meeting: Using Local and Cross-Site Data for Sustainability	Talk	Center for Substance Abuse Treatment	2002	Washington, D.C.
64th Annual Meeting: Use of the Teen-Treatment Services Review (T-TSR) in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment	Poster	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2002	Quebec City, Canada
Barriers and Solutions to Translating Research into Community Practice	Lecture	First Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Health Care	2002	Tempe, Arizona
21st Annual Meeting: Cytokines and Environmental Variables in Pain and Quality of Life in Nonbacterial Chronic Prostatitis	Poster	American Pain Society	2002	Baltimore, Maryland
Validity of Subtypes Classifying Adolescents with Cannabis Disorders	Talk	National Institute on Drug Abuse conference	2001	Coral Gables, Florida
Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment: CBT Update	Other	National Institute on Drug Abuse	2001	Coral Gables, Florida
Validity of Subtypes Classifying Adolescents with Cannabis Disorders	Other	American Psychological Association	2001	San Francisco, California
24th Annual Scientific Meeting: Psychotherapies for Adolescents with Alcohol & Other Substance Abuse: 3-& 9-Month Post Treatment Outcomes	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2001	Montreal, Canada
63rd Annual Meeting: Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Relapse in Adolescent Substance Abuse	Talk	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2001	Scottsdale, Arizona
National Cross-Site Trial Conference: Preliminary Findings from Baseline to Exit: Parents and Children	Other	Children of Substance Abusing Parents	2001	Newport Beach, California
Brain Morphometry in Tuberous Schlerosis Complex	Other	Eastern Society for Pediatric Research	2001	Atlantic City, New Jersey
The Family’s Perspective of Renal Palliative Care: A Case for Modern and Comprehensive Palliative Care on the ESRD Population	Poster	American Society of Nephrologists	2000	Toronto, Canada
29th Annual Meeting: Cutaneous Blood Flow and Temperature Regulation in Patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome	Other	Child Neurology Society	2000	St. Louis, Missouri
Psychotherapies for Adolescent Substance Abusers: Three- and nine-Month Post Treatment Outcomes	Other	International Conference on Adolescent Behavioral Therapy	2000	Cape Town, South Africa
Subtyping of Adolescent Substance Abusers	Poster	American Psychological Association	2000	Washington, D.C.
62nd Annual Meeting: The Relation of Probationary Involvement and Race to Adolescent Reporting of Cannabis Use, Abuse and Dependence.	Poster	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2000	San Juan, Puerto Rico
62nd Annual Meeting: Do Court Diversion Programs Lead to Earlier Intervention for Adolescent Cannabis Abusers?	Poster	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2000	San Juan, Puerto Rico
62nd Annual Meeting: Gambling Behaviors in Adolescent Substance Abusers	Poster	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2000	San Juan, Puerto Rico
62nd Annual Meeting: Cognitive Behavioral Versus Psychoeducation Therapy for Adolescent Substance Abusers: Interim Treatment Outcome	Poster	College on Prevention of Drug Dependence	2000	San Juan, Puerto Rico
22nd Annual Scientific Meeting: Predictors of Drinking Among Alcoholics: Differentiating Between Drinking and Heavy Drinking Episodes	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1999	Santa Barbara, California
22nd Annual Scientific Meeting: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Versus Psycho-Educational Therapy for Adolescents: Completion and Three-Month Follow-Up	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1999	Santa Barbara, California
Gambling Behavior in Clinical Cohort of Adolescent Substance Abusers	Other	Fourth New England Conference on Problem Gambling	1999	Farmington, Connecticut
Underage Cigarette Purchase Among 12-17 Year-Old Smokers in 1995 and 1997	Poster	American Public Health Association	1999	Chicago, Illinois
21st Annual Scientific Meeting: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus Interactional Therapy for Adolescents: 15-Month Follow-Up	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1998	Hilton Head, South Carolina
21st Annual Meeting: Personality Disorders, Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders in the Prediction of Criminality	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1998	Hilton Head, South Carolina
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interactional Therapy for Adolescent Substance Abusers	Poster	8th International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors	1998	Santa Fe, New Mexico
20th Annual Meeting: The Teen-Treatment Services Review (T-TSR): Rationale and Reliability in Adolescent Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Treatment	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1997	San Francisco, California
59th Annual Meeting: Measuring Treatment Process: Group Psychotherapies for Adolescent Substance Abusers	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	1997	Nashville, Tennessee
Cognitive and Physical Function Post-CABG in Older Adults	Poster	American Geriatric Society	1997	Atlanta, Georgia
Peripheral T-cell Activation in Nonsegmental Vitiligo	Poster	10th Japan-Korea Joint Meeting of Dermatology	1997	Hakone, Japan
20th Annual Scientific Meeting: Changes in Craving for Alcohol and Cocaine as a Function of Type of Therapy and Type of Substance Cue Stimuli	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1997	San Francisco, California.
20th Annual Meeting: Stages of Change as a Predictor of Abstinence Among Alcohol Dependent Subjects in a Pharmocological Clinical Trial	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1997	San Francisco, California
Change in Alcohol Consumption as a Function of Psychological Stages of Change	Poster	American Psychiatric Association	1997	San Diego, California
Involvement of B cells in Pathogenesis of Nonarthritic Psoriasis in a Kuwaiti Population	Poster	Meeting of Experimental Biology	1997	New Orleans, Louisiana
Effects of Cedeta Electroanesthesia on Pain Threshold of Teeth Subjected to Pulp Testing	Poster	International Association for Dental Research (IADR)	1997	Sarasota, Florida
Broad Social Indicators of Substance Abuse Treatment Utilization and Need	Talk	Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services	1996	Wethersfield, Connecticut
Capnography and Ventilatory Assessment During Ambulatory Dentoalveolar Surgery	Poster	International Association for Dental Research	1996	San Francisco, California
19th Annual Meeting: Type B Alcoholics Have Poorer Drinking-Related Outcomes with Fluoxitine Treatment	Poster	International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism	1996	Washington, DC.
19th Annual Meeting: Utility of the AUDIT for Identifying Alcohol Use Disorders in Drug Abusers	Poster	International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism	1996	Washington, DC.
Elevated Peripheral Blood Expression of Lymphocyte Surface Antigens in a Kuwaiti Population	Poster	Global Congress on Cardiac Sciences	1995	Madras, India
Symptoms of Alcohol Consumption as a Function of Level of Drinking, Age, and Education Among Men and Women in Mexico and the United States.	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1995	Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Women’s Corner: A Drop in Center for Substance Using Women and Their Children at a Community Health Center	Poster	Pregnant & Post Partum Women & Infants Evaluation Skills Building Workshop	1995	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fluoxitine May be Contraindicated for Relapse Prevention in High Risk/Severity Alcoholics	Poster	American College of Neuropsychopharmacology	1995	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ethnic Differences in Mother-Child Relationships and in Substance Abuse History Among Substance Abusing Pregnant Women in a Residential Treatment Facility	Poster	University of Connecticut Student Research Conference	1995	Farmington, Connecticut
Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes as a Function of Frequency of Discussion of Client Directed Topics and Contact with Pregnant/Post Partum Women in Substance Abusing Environments	Poster	Pregnant & Post Partum Women & Infants Evaluation Skills Building Workshop	1995	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Anger irritability in Black male and female hypertensive patients	Other	Third International Congress of Behavioral Medicine	1994	Amsterdam, Netherlands
3rd Annual conference on Preventing the Consequences of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse for Pregnant Women and Their Families: Healthy Choices for Women and Children; Case Management and Counseling for Pregnant Women with Current or Prior Substance Abuse History	Poster	Center for Substance Abuse Prevention	1994	Washington, DC
71st Annual Meeting: The Impact of an Orientation Program on Student Stress and Health	Other	The American Association of Dental Schools	1994	Seattle, Washington
Male Adolescent Smokeless Tobacco Use as a Function of Sports Involvement	Poster	University of Connecticut Student Research Conference	1994	Farmington, Connecticut
22nd Annual Meeting: Brain Morphometric Analysis in Achondroplasia.	Other	Child Neurology Society	1993	Orlando, Florida
55th Annual Scientific Meeting: Predictors of Irregular Discharge from Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment	Poster	The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence	1993
16th Annual Meeting: Diagnosis of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	1993	San Antonio, Texas
Tobacco Use Among Connecticut Adolescents	Talk	University of Connecticut Health Center	1992	Farmington, Connecticut
Skull Anthropometric Analysis of in Neurofibromatosis Type I	Other	Child Neurology Society	1992	New Orleans, Louisiana
Cigarettes and Smokeless tobacco use among adolescents	Talk	The University of Connecticut Health Center	1991	Farmington, Connecticut
Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adolescents	Talk	The University of Connecticut Health Center	1991	Farmington, Connecticut
20th Annual Meeting: Autonomic Nervous System Function in Children with Severe Breath Holding Spells	Other	Child Neurology Society	1991	Portland, Oregon
Anthropometric Analysis of Skull X Rays in Neurofibromatosis Type I	Other	National Neurofibromatosis Foundation Clinical Care Symposium	1991	Washington, DC
Characterization of Phospholipid Metabolites in Human Middle Ear Effusions	Other	Fifth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media	1991	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Smokeless Tobacco and Cigarette Use Patterns Among Adolescents	Talk	District’s program on Adolescent Health Issues	1990	West Hartford, Connecticut
Mice Have a Lower Frequency of MBP Reactive T cells than do SJL/J Mice	Other	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Convention	1990	New Orleans, Louisiana
Adolescent Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use as a Function of Parental Tobacco Use	Other	11th Annual Society of Behavioral Medicine	1990	Chicago, Illinois
19th Annual Meeting: Behavior Profile of Children with Severe Breath Holding Spells	Other	Child Neurology Society	1990	Atlanta, Georgia
Vocational Adjustment in the Head Injury: A Scale	Other	Connecticut Neuropsychological Society Convention	1990	Hartford, Connecticut
Smokeless Tobacco: Why Not?	Talk	The Cheshire Academy	1989	Cheshire, Connecticut
Biomonitoring and Smokeless Tobacco	Talk	Renbrook School	1989	West Hartford, Connecticut
97th Convention: Psychological Predictors of Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adolescents	Other	American Psychological Association	1989	New Orleans, Louisiana
Differential Psychosocial Predictors of Smokeless Tobacco Versus Cigarette Use by Private School Male Adolescents	Other	Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 10th Annual Scientific Sessions	1989	San Francisco, California
Risk Taking Behaviors of Smoking and Nonsmoking Adolescents	Other	Prevention 88	1988	Atlanta, Georgia
The Role of Behavior Modification Specialists in Improving Health	Talk	Journalists’ Workshop on Health Issues	1987	Farmington, Connecticut
95th Convention: Self Attributions for the Initiation and Contribution of Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Male Adolescents	Other	American Psychological Association	1987	New York, New York
Attributions for smokeless tobacco initiation among adolescent males	Other	Department of Psychiatry, The University of Connecticut Health Center	1986	Farmington, Connecticut
Peer Sexuality Education for Young Parents	Other	American Public Health Association	1986	Las Vegas, Nevada.
Children’s health behavior: Relative importance of rewards versus decisional control	Talk	Smoking Prevention Unit, Cornell University Medical College	1985	New York, New York
93rd Convention: Choice and Rewards in Adolescent Health Behaviors.	Other	American Psychological Association	1985	Los Angeles, California
Adolescent compliance with health care regimens	Talk	Department of Psychology, The University of Connecticut at Storrs	1984	Storrs, Connecticut
55th Convention: Reciprocity of Interpersonal Attraction Within Acquainted Versus Unacquainted Small Groups	Other	Eastern Psychological Association	1984	Baltimore, Maryland
92nd Convention: Work Orientation and perception of choice: Adolescent health behavior	Other	American Psychological Association	1984	Toronto, Canada
Friendship in groups: Dyadic versus personality factors	Talk	Department of Kinesiology, University of California	1982	Los Angeles, California
The self fulfilling prophecy: Implications for health practitioner behavior	Talk	Department of Behavioral Sciences & Community Health, UConn	1982	Farmington, Connecticut
The Effect of Court Ordered Desegregation on Minority Students’ Achievement: There’s No Place Like Home.	Other	American Educational Research Association Convention	1982	Boston, Massachusetts
Non Verbal factors in dyadic communication	Talk	Department of Psychology, Pomona College	1981	Pomona, California
89th Convention: Self Perception and Behavior: Two Stages in Self Fulfilling Prophecy	Other	American Psychological Association	1981	Los Angeles, California
88th Convention: Order Effects in Self Disclosure	Other	American Psychological Association	1980	Montreal, Canada
51st Convention: Behavioral Intimacy and Attraction Toward a Stimulus Person as a Function of Self Disclosure and Self Esteem.	Other	Eastern Psychological Association	1980	Hartford, Connecticut
87th Convention : The Role of Self Perception in Behavioral Confirmation	Other	American Psychological Association	1979	New York, New York
86th Convention: The Effect of Timing and Responsibility of Self Disclosure on Attraction	Other	American Psychological Association	1978	Toronto, Canada