John V. Flowers, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology E-mail: flowers@chapman.edu Phone: (714)997-6837 Office: Smith Hall 110B Curriculum Vitae

Professional Activities:

Present Research and Scholarship Areas:

• Psychology in Cinema
• Group Therapy
• Aupair Assessment
• Film Impact on Viewer's Attitudes toward Psychology
• Normal I.Q. decline in aging
  

Representative Publications:

Flowers, J.V. & Frizler, (2002). P. A Century of Psychotherapy in Cinema, McFarland
          Publishers, New Jersey.

Schwartz, B. & Flowers, J.V. (2006).  How to Fail as a Therapist: 50 ways to lose or
          damage your patients.  Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers.

Flowers, J.V. & Schwartz, B. (in press). Thoughts for Therapists.  Atascadero, CA:
          Impact Publishers.

Representative Presentations:

Flowers, J.V., Schandler, S.L., Ritchie, K.M., Friffiths, A.A., Perez, K.A., McManus,
           M., Laubacher, J., & Babayan, S.  Recolection o and response to psycho-
           therapists in the movies.  Paper presented to the Western Psychological
           Association, Portland, OR April 2004.

Flowers, J.V., Schandler, S.L., Ritchie, K.M., Schoombee, C., & Babayan, S.  Response
           to psychotherapists in the movies:  The good therapist.  A poster preentend to
           the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA April 2006.

Flowers, J.V., Schandler, S.L., Ritchie, K.N., MacKenzie, S. & Bernstein, M.  Response to
           psychotherapists in the movies:  The bad therapist.  A poster presented to the
           American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA august 2007. 

Courses Regularly Offered:

Undergraduate:

• Critical Thinking
• History and Systems
• Senior Project
• Health Psychology

Graduate:

• Advanced Psychopathology

Professional Memberships: