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Robert Anderson

Professor

Office

808-791-5207
roanderson@argosy.edu

Education

  • B.A. Physics, Ohio State University, 1965
  • Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1972
  • Ph.D. Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1986

Biography

Dr. Anderson joined Argosy in 1994 and is a Full Professor. He holds a B.A. in physics from Ohio State, a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Hawaii. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and at the University of Rochester Medical Center and a summer fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. He received the ASPP Faculty Member of the Year Award from the Hawaii campus in 1998 and Significant Professional Contribution Award from the Hawaii Psychological Association in 2004. Previously he was an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a staff psychologist at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC, and a neuropsychologist at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific in Honolulu, HI.

Expertise

  • Neuropsychology
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Transpersonal Psychology

Selected Publications

  • Anderson, R. M., & Pallozzi, A. (2002). Ethical issues in test construction, selection, and security. In S. S. Bush and M. L. Drexler (Eds.), Ethical issues in clinical neuropsychology. Lisse: The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.
  • Anderson. R. M., & Sheilds, H. (1998). Ethical issues in neuropsychological assessment. In R. M. Anderson, T. L. Needles, & H. V. Hall (Eds.), Avoiding ethical misconduct in psychology specialty areas. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
  • Anderson, R. M., Needels, T. L., & Hall, H. V. (Eds.). (1998). Avoiding ethical misconduct in psychology specialty areas. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
  • Tsushima, W. T., & Anderson, R. M. (1996) Mastering expert testimony: A courtroom handbook for mental health professionals. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Anderson, R. M. (1994). The practitioner's guide to clinical neuropsychology. New York: Plenum Press.
  • Anderson R. M., & Leong, D. C. Q. (1989). A feeling in our bones. In M. L. Maxwell and C. W. Savage (Eds.), Science, mind, and psychology: Essays in honor of Grover Maxwell. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America.
  • Anderson, R. M., & Bremer, D. A. (1987). Sleep duration at home and sleepiness on the job in rotating twelve-hour shift workers. Human Factors, 29, 477-481.
  • Anderson, R. M., & Leong, D. C. Q. (1983). The placement of experience in the brain. In S. Segalowitz (Ed.), Language functions and brain organization.New York: Academic Press.
  • Schumacher, J., & Anderson, R. M. (1979). In defense of mystical science. Philosophy East and West, 29, 73 - 90.
  • Maxwell, G. & Anderson, R. M. (Eds.). (1975). Induction, probability, and confirmation. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Volume VI. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press.

Memberships

  • American Psychological Association, Divisions 24 and 40
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
  • Hawaii Psychological Association
  • International Neuropsychological Society
  • Cognitive Science Society

Presentations

  • Anderson, R. M. (2009). The Future of Clinical Psychology: Near, Far, and Very Distant. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Hawaii Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
  • Anderson, R. M. (2009). Holofeeling: Experiencing the Infinite World Within Us. Poster presented at the first Science and Nonduality Conference, San Rafael, CA.
  • Anderson, R. M. (2005). Music and mind. In R. M. Anderson (Chair), Music, pets, yoga, and dance as adjunctive psychotherapies. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Hawaii Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
  • Lam, I., & Anderson, R. M. (2004). Development of a Cross-Cultural Neurocognitive Screening Test. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
  • Tsushima, W. T., & Anderson, R. M. (1999). A primer on forensic psychology. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Hawaii Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.