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Thaxter Dickey
Education
- Physics and Mathematics study, Florida State University, 1965-1969.
- B.A., Psychology, Western Kentucky University, 1976-1978. Minors in Speech and Business.
- M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of South Florida, 1978-1981.
- Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of South Florida, 1981-1986.
Minors in Business Management and Economics.
Professional Experience
- Florida Mental Health Institute, Research Assistant, 1978-1981. Work in research
design, cost accounting, and program evaluation.
- Nothside Mental Health Institute, Program Evaluation Consultant, 1980.
- University of South Florida,
Member of Organization Design Research Group investigating program evaluation for
nursing homes, 1981-1983.
- Merrill-Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Certified Simulation Administrator for the selection
of Account Executives, 1981-1986.
- Florida College, Professor, 1981-present. Courses taught include Introduction to
Business, Principles of Management, Statistics, Principles of Economics, General
Psychology, Sociology, Marriage and Family, Educational Psychology, Growth and Development,
Study Skills Seminar, and Honors Reading.
- Tampa
Electric Company, IMC Fertilizer, and Tomasino and Associates; local consulting
in job analysis, selection, test validation, training, and motivation, 1986-present.
- University of South Florida, Adjunct Professor, 1987-present. Undergraduate courses
taught: Contemporary Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Motivation, and Industrial/Organizational
Psychology. Graduate courses taught: Organizational Behavior and Industrial Psychology.
- University of Tampa, Adjunct Professor, 1989. Courses taught: General Psychology.
- Florida College, Chair of the Steering Committee for the 10 year reaffirmation self
study for SACS, 1995-1996.
Publications
- Thesis: Expectation of Future Success as a Function of Past Performance, Locus of Control, Self-Esteem and Causal
Attribution, 1981.
- Triumph in Christ in Curry, Melvin (ED) Ministering Obedience to Christ.
Temple Terrace, FL: Florida College Bookstore, 1984.
- Capitalism and Profit in Broadwell, Martin (ED) Supervisory Handbook,
New York: Wiley and Sons, 1985.
- Dissertation: An Investigation of the Effects of Some Dispositional, Situational,
and Cognitive Factors on Expectancy Formation, 1985.
- Modern Challenges from Psychology and Sociology in Ferrell Jenkins (ED) In His
Image, Temple Terrace, FL: Florida College Bookstore, 1995.
- Male and Female Created He Them, in Jenkins, Ferrell (ED) A Tribute to Melvin
Curry, Temple Terrace, FL: Florida College Bookstore, 1997.
- Moral Discourse and the Construction of a Presidential Sex Scandal in Perspectives on Social Problems, Vol. 11, pp. 105-125, 1998.
- The Great I Am , in Petty, Daniel (ED) God so loved : studies in the gospel of John:
a tribute to Ferrell Jenkins,
Temple Terrace, FL: Florida College Bookstore, 2001.
- Various articles in Christianity and Truth Magazine.
- Numerous technical reports for local utilities and industries in the areas of job
selection, training, and test validation.
- Numerous internal documents and reports for institutional research at
Florida College.
Presentations
- Some Effects of Corporal Punishment on Children, Florida College Lecture Special
Classes, 1983.
- Measuring Task Importance, Poster Presentation at SIOP Convention, 1990.
- Fear and Trembling in the Book of Revelation, Florida
College Lectures, Special Classes, 1993.
- A History of Gender
Roles, Florida College Lectures, Special Classes,
1994.
Major Interests
- Bible study, the defining interest of my life.
- Reading the classics of Western Civilization.
- Promoting a systematic understanding of the place of marriage and family in culture.
- Investigating gender differences and their importance in culture.
- Understanding the design and management of healthful organizations.
- Using job analysis as a tool for the empirical support of the above.
- Appling the tools of behavioral science to the evaluation of institutional effectiveness.
- Investigating the impact of the social construction of Moral Discourse on modern society.
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