Bristol Community College

Bristol Community College
http://bristolcc.edu/

Mary Zahm, Ph.D.
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Professor of Psychology
Director, Civic Engagement

     Office: E113
     Extension: x2579

Education:
Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
M.A, Rhode Island College
B.A., B.S., Roger Williams University

Philosophy:
My passion is to help students reach their full potential by offering them challenging, intellectually stimulating and personally meaningful courses and by teaching them the academic skills they need to succeed in college and life.

Courses Taught:
HON 95 Honors Seminar in Community Leadership
PSY 51 General Psychology
PSY 52 Child Development
PSY 59 Psychology of Personal Adjustment
PSY 63 Empowering Women in Transition Honors Seminar
PSY 65 Psychology of Learning, Motivation, and Achievement

Affiliations:
1980 - Present: Association for Women in Psychology, National and Rhode Island Member.
Î Leadership Coordinator of Rhode Island Group from 1992 to 1999.
Î Member of National Conference Planning Committee for 1981, 1989, and 1999.
1993 - Present: American Psychological Association.
1995 - Present: Eastern Psychological Association.
1995 - Present: New England Psychological Association.
Newsletter Editor from 1999 - 2003
Conference Coordinator from 2003 - 2004
President from 2004-2005
1996 - Present: International Council of Psychologists.
1996 - Present: Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology.
2006 - Preset: International Association of Applied Psychologists.

Publications:

Books

  • (1996). Create your ideal life: Applied psychology of personal adjustment and growth. Dubuque, IA: WCB/McGraw-Hill
  • (2007). 110 Strategies for success in college and life. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse

    • Journal Articles

  • (1989). Continuing Education. Teaching a Psychology of People, 200-208.
  • (1998). Creating a feminist mentoring network. Career strategies for women in academe: Arming Athena, 239-241.
  • (2002). Development of the Student Success Scale to predict non-intellectual factors related to student retention and achievement. Issues in Teaching and Learning, 1(1),
  • (3). Continuing Education. Teaching Gender and Multicultural Awareness, 325-338.

    • Presentations:

    Posters

  • "Psychology of Personal Adjustment: A Holistic, Life Planning Approach" Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. St. Petersberg, FL (January, 2000)

    • Presentations

  • "Victimization and women: An advanced undergraduate level course" with Quina-Holland, K.. Annual convention of The Association for Women in Psychology. Boston, MA (March, 1981)
  • "Attributions about rape: Effects of situational determinants across dependent measures, sex of respondent and attitudes toward women" with Quina-Holland, K. . Annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. New York, NY (April, 1981)
  • "Value of gender-related balance in continuing education instruction" with Quina-Holland, K., & Rohrbaugh, J. B.. Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Los Angeles, CA (August, 1981)
  • "Stress and role conflict in the BMOC (i.e., Busy Mom On Campus)" with Quina, K., & Stang, D.. Annual convention of the Association for Women in Psychology. Seattle, WA (March, 1982)
  • "The older woman in school: Research and intervention models" with Quina, K., Stang, D., Buttenbaum, M., Marceau, M., &, Angell, J.. New England Association for Women in Psychology conference on the Psychology of Women. Boston, MA (March, 1982)
  • "From personal experience to personalized research: A cooperative project" with Quina-Holland, K.. New England Association for Women in Psychology spring regional conference. Boston, MA (May, 1982)
  • "Integrating gender balanced courses into the psychology curriculum" with Quina-Holland, K.. New England Psychological Association annual meeting. Worcester, MA (October, 1982)
  • "Attributions about informal leaders: Does sex make a difference?" with Rollins, J., Hennen, F., Scorpio, E., Marzulo, B., & Morand, L.. Annual meetings of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC (August, 1983)
  • "Media constructions of women: From mythology to mindset" Annual convention of the Association for Women in Psychology. New York, NY (March, 1985)
  • "Participating in the seminar on strategies for equality in the 80's: A personal experience" Annual convention of the Association for Women in Psychology. Denver, CO (March, 1987)
  • "Teaching a psychology of people" with Quina, K. . Annual convention of The Association for Women in Psychology. Newport, RI (March, 1989)
  • "Continuing Education: Integrating Feminist Theories into the Personal Adjustment Course" Annual convention of The Association for Women in Psychology. Pittsburg, PA (March, 1997)
  • "Teaching via e-mail: Courses by wire" with Quina, K. . Annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. Washington, DC (April, 1997)
  • "Teaching Personal Adjustment to Students in Transition" Annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. Washington, DC (April, 1997)
  • "Logic, emotion, and the paradigm of persuasion revisited using argument about smoking among college students" with Brown, J. L.. New England Psychological Association meeting. Stonehill College Easton, MA (October, 1997)
  • "The Examined Life" with Grandchamp, J., & Winstanley, V.. Annual convention of the Association for Women. Providence, RI (March, 1999)
  • "Psychological and social barriers facing women in transition" Annual convention of the International Council of Psychologists. Salem, MA (August, 1999)
  • "Development of the Proactivity Scale to predict non-intellectual factors related to student retention and achievement" with Rollins, J., Merenda, P. F., & Burkholder, G.. 58th International Council of Psychologists Conference. Padua, Italy (July, 2000)
  • "Community education to stop the violence, break the cycleóLocally and globally" 58th International Council of Psychologists Conference. Padua, Italy (July, 2000)
  • "Designing and Teaching Effective Web-Based Courses" with Sowa, M.. 5th Annual Massachusetts Community Colleges' Conference on Teaching & Learning. Mass Bay Community College Wellesley Hills, MA (March, 2001)
  • "Empowering women through multi-cultural distance learning" International Council of Psychologists Convention. Winchester, England (July, 2001)
  • "When You Get to a Fork in the Road, Take Them Both: Creating and Designing Effective Web Courses" with Sowa, M.. League for Innovation in the Community College Conference on Information Technology. Minneapolis, MN (November, 2001)
  • "Strategies for Empowering Girls and Women" 7th Northeast Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT (October, 2001)
  • "Critical Thinking in Your CAR" with Swidey, M.. Massachusetts Community College Conference on Teaching and Learning. Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA (April, 2002)
  • "Teaching Gender and Multicultural Awareness in Continuing Education Courses" with Quina, K. . Annual Convention of the Association for Women in Psychology. Jersey City, NJ (March, 2003)
  • "Psychological Factors Related to Success in College" Rhode Island Teaching of Psychology Conference. Johnson & Wales University Providence, RI (April, 2003)
  • "Using WebCT to Teach the General Psychology Course in both Distance Learning and Traditional Classrooms" 10th Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology (NECTOP). Rhode Island College Providence, RI (October, 2004)
  • "Incorporating Service-Learning into an Online Psychology of Women Course" Annual Convention of the Association for Women in Psychology. Tampa, FL (March, 2005)
  • "Innovative Ideas for Online Courses" Association of Women in Psychology National Conference. Ypsilanti, MI (March, 2006)
  • "Helping women bridge the gap between college and professional careers through service-learning" International Council of Psychology Conference. Kos, Greece (July, 2006)
  • "Benefits of Incorporating Service-Learning into Psychology Courses" International Council of Psychology Conference. Kos, Greece (July, 2006)
  • "Helping poor women bridge the gap between college and professional careers through service-learning" Association of Women in Psychology Conference. San Francisco, CA (March, 2007)
  • "Online Strategies for Student Success and Retention" with Sowa, M.. Annual Conference of Massachusetts Colleges Online (MCO). Middlesex Community College Lowell, MA (May, 2007)

    • Professional Workshops

  • "Helping girls gain requisite skills for achieving in mathematics" The Newport Association for Women in Business. Newport, RI (October, 1984)
  • "Women and achievement in science and technology" The Womenís Connection Conference. Salve Regina University Newport, RI (March, 1987)
  • "Life planning strategies and tools" Woman to Woman Conference. Community College of Rhode Island Lincoln, RI (October, 1990)
  • "Sex-related differences in math: Aptitude or attitude?" Expanding Girlsí Horizons in Math/Science Conference. Naval Underwater Sea Command Newport, RI (October, 1992)
  • "Strategies for empowering women students in math" Professional Development Day. Bristol Community College Fall River, MA (March, 1994)
  • "Sex-related differences in attitudes toward math" Professional Development Day. Bristol Community College Fall River, MA (October, 1994)
  • "Gender equity in college teaching" Orientation, Division of Continuing Education. Bristol Community College Fall River, MA (September, 1995)
  • "Biased information on inter-racial differences in cognitive abilities in The Bell Curve" Cultural Diversity Committee Meeting. Bristol Community College Fall River, MA (February, 1995)
  • "Strategies for increasing student participation in class discussions" with Gilbert, C., Olmstead, E., & Lawton, D.. Professional Development Day. Bristol Community College Fall River, MA (March, 1996)
  • "Empowering Women in Transition" with Rollins, J.H.. Annual convention of the Association for Women in Psychology. Pittsburg, PA (March, 1997)
  • "Create your ideal life: Ten steps for turning your ideal future life movie into your real life" Professional Development Day. Bristol Community College Fall River, MA (March, 1997)
  • "Empowering people in transition" with Rollins, J.H.. Training workshop for Rhode Island State Employees. Providence, RI (September, 1997)
  • "Empowering women in transition from domestic violence" with Rollins, J.H.. Annual state convention of the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.. Indianapolis, IA (October, 1997)
  • "Breaking the chains: Proactively ending abuse" with Rollins, J.H.. Annual convention of the Association for Women in Psychology. Baltimore, MD (March, 1998)
  • "The Examined Life Course Cluster" with Grandchamp, J., & Winstanley, V.. Second Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Community Colleges. Bristol Community College Fall River, MA (April, 1998)
  • "Teaching Personal Empowerment Strategies in Psychology Courses" with Rollins, J. H.. Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. St. Petersberg, FL (January, 1999)
  • "Designing and Teaching Effective Distance Learning Courses" with Sowa, M.. New England Psychological Association Annual Conference. River College Nashua, NH (October, 2002)
  • "How can a Sense of Community be Created in Web Based Distance Learning Courses?" with Sowa, M.. New England Faculty Development Consortium. The College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA (November, 2002)
  • "Create Your Ideal Life: Turn the Movie of Your Life Into the Life of Your Dreams" ASFCCE Brown Bag Lunch Series. University of Rhode Island Providence, RI (April, 2003)

    • Web Demonstrations

  • "Community Education Program to Stop the violence, Break the Cycle ñ Locally and Globally" University of Rhode Island, College of Continuing Education. Providence, RI (January, 2000)

    • Awards:
    2007 Professor of the Year from the University of Rhode Island, Alan Shawn Feinstein
    College of Continuing Education, Providence, RI.
    2007 Nominated for CASE U.S. Professor of the Year Award by Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
    2002 Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), Community College Leadership Program, University of Texas at Austin, Texas.
    2002 Class of Distinction (COD) Award from Massachusetts College Online.
    2001 Inducted into Sceptre and Scroll Society. Awarded for Excellence in Teaching and Community Service. Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts.
    1997 Silver Shield Award for Excellence in Teaching and Community Service. Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts.

    Interests:
    Service-Learning, Student Retention and Success, Adult Development, Psychology of Women

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