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Bruce B. Roberts

Brief Personal History

Brief Vitae

Professor Emeritus of Psycholgy
St Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057

broberts@rconnect.com

Contemporary Projects:

Integrity Web Site
http://www.Integrity-in.com/

New Book: Where in the World Is Integrity?: The Challenge of Doing What is Right.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg
Books, (2005)

Book: I Remember When: Activity
Ideas to Help People Reminisce.
Forest Knolls, CA: Elder Books
(2000)

Born: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Home Town: Berkeley, California

Married; 1957 to Jan Roberts in Portland, Oregon, three adult children, one grandchild

Eagle Scout, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Scabbard and Blade,

Member, Bethel Lutheran Church, Northfield, MN since 1970

With colleagues Craig Rice and Howard Thorsheim, in 1992 created and managed the IECC (Intercultural Email Classroom Connection) enabling 10,000 teachers from 82 countries to link their students to enhance curriculum goals.

Work Experiences:
Cowboy for Bug Ranch, Alcova, Wyoming
Forest Soils Laboratory; Crown Zellerbach, Camas, Washington
USAF Fighter Pilot for 10 years; 1957-1963 (F-102; F-106)
Oregon and California National Guards 1964-1968 (F-86; F-89; F-102)

Academic Career; see Brief Vitae

Claremont Graduate University Ph.D. 1968
Oregon State University B.S. 1957

St. Olaf College
Assistant, Associate, Full Professor 1968-2001.
Chair of Department of Psychology 1980-1990
Dean of Men 1968-1980

University of Bergen, Norway
Guest Professor of Psychology 1975

Pomona College Assistant Dean of Students 1967-1968
Harvey Mudd College, Assistant Dean of the College 1964-1967
Oregon State University Assistant in Dean of Men’s Office 1963-64

Where in the World Is Integrity?: The Challenge of Doing What is Right. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Books, (2005)

I Remember When: Activity Ideas to Help People Reminisce. Forest Knolls, CA: Elder Books (2000)

Reminiscing Together: Ways to Help Us Keep Mentally fit As We Grow Older. Minneapolis, MN: CompCare
Publications. (ISBN 0-89638-221-4)(1990) Reawakening a vision of serving each other. Northfield, Minnesota: Social Ecology Resources, Inc.
(ISBN 0-934597-00-6) (1985). Bethel

Empowerment. Northfield, MN.: Social Ecology Resources, Inc. (ISBN 0-934597-01-4) (1985)

Metaperspectives: The systems approach and its vision. Seaside, Ca.: Intersystems Publications,
(ISBN 0-914105-33-7) (1984

Roberts, B., and Thorsheim, H. (1988-89). News About Booze: Responsible decision-making about alcohol on campus. Minneapolis: Hazelden Foundation. (Approximately 800,000 copies of News About Booze were published by Hazelden Foundation and distributed to freshmen students at NCAA Division I and Division II colleges and universities in 1988 and 1989.)

Roberts, B. and Thorsheim, H. (1985). Empowering Leadership: A Brief Introduction. Social Ecology Resources, Inc.

Roberts, B. and Thorsheim, H. (1984). Mutual Helping: How to Discover Resources in Our Own Backyards to Reduce Distress and Alcohol Abuse. Northfield, Minnesota: Social Ecology Resources, Inc., and St. Olaf College.

Thorsheim, H. and Roberts, B. (1996). Praxis through shared lifestories: A design process for community empowerment through social elaboration of learning. In W. W. Gasparski, M. K. Mlicki, & B. B. Banathy (Eds.), Social agency: Dilemmas and education praxiology. The International Annual of Practical Philosophy and methodology, New Brunswik, NJ: Transactions Publications (Rutgers University).

Thorsheim, H. and Roberts, B. (1995). Reminiscing and Telling one's story: Finding Common Ground and Mutual Social Support. In B. Haight and J. Webster. The art and science of reminiscing: Theory, research, methods, and applications. London: Taylor & Francis, 193-204.

Roberts, B. and Thorsheim, H (1991). Reciprocal ministry: A transforming vision of help and leadership. In R. E. Hess, K. I. Maton and K. I. Pargament (Eds.) Religion and Prevention in Mental Health: Community Intervention, 10(1), New York: Haworth Press, 51-67.

Thorsheim, H., and Roberts, B. (1990). Empowerment through storysharing: Communication and reciprocal social support among older persons. In H. Giles, N. Coupland, and J. Wiemann (Eds.), Communication, Health and the elderly. Fulbright Colloquium Series No. 8, Manchester, England: University of Manchester Press. (ISBN 0-7190-3174-5).

Roberts, B., and Thorsheim, H. (1986). The partnership approach to consultation: The process and results of a major primary prevention field experiment. In J. Kelly and Hess, R. (Eds.), An ecological approach to mental health consultation: Four case examples of prevention services. New York: Haworth Press, 1986, 151-186. (ISBN 0-86656-623-6).

Thorsheim, H., and Roberts, B. Recognition of human boundaries: Hope as an anomalous response. Proceedings of the Conference on Themes in Systems Research: Problems of Levels and Boundaries, University of Amsterdam, 1981, London & Zurich: Princelet Editions, 1983. (ISBN 0-86298-005-4).

Thorsheim, H., and Roberts, B. Working toward quality of life: Primary prevention of drug abuse. In G. E. Lasker (Ed.), Applied Systems and Cybernetics: Vol. I. New York: Pergamon Press, 1981, 208-212. (ISBN 0-08-027198-7).