Hello, I am an academic psychologist specializing in the descriptive phenomenological method of research as developed by Amedeo Giorgi. My research topic areas of interest are in the emergency services, particularly, the lived-experiences of police, fire, emergency medical and other crisis workers. I am also interested in pursuing some victimological studies using the phenomenological approach. My professional background includes 22 years of emergency work in law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and hazardous materials response. My theoretical approach to emergency management and leadership are based on Existential-Humanistic perspectives of the human person.
Peer Reviewed
An Empathetic Psychological Perspective of Police Deadly Force Training, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology (2011)
Police officers must be able to make an accurate appraisal of a lethal encounter and...
Articles
Collaborative Command, Straight Tip: Utah Fire and Rescue Magazine (2011)
Utah Valley University teaches fire command facilitating a naturalistic and comparative models of decision making...
"Becoming" a Firefighter, Straight Tip: Utah Fire and Rescue Magazine (2011)
Knowledge and Lived-Action are what makes a firefighter an authentic firefighter.
Education - "What's in it for me?" (with Megan Stone), Straight Tip: Utah Fire and Rescue Magazine (2011)
Personal and professional growth through college education for emergency services workers.
Ideas Turned into Inactions, Straight Tip: Utah Fire and Rescue Magazine (2011)
When sociopolitical and economic ideologies drive the decision to withhold services. Subscriptions for fire services...
"We Don't Need No Education!" Really?, Straight Tip: Utah Fire and Rescue Magazine (2011)
Why fire service employees, fire departments, and communities benefit from college educated firefighters.
Unpublished Papers
Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Method: An Example of a Methodology Section from Doctoral Dissertation (2011)
This paper is the methodology section of my doctoral dissertation that outlines the Descriptive Phenomenological...