Mental Health High School
Resume:
VITAE
JOSHUA W. MURFREE, JR., PHD.
Present Address: (Home) Employment Address:
**** ******* ****** ***** *** College Drive
Albany, Georgia 31721 Albany State University
Telephone: 229-***-**** Albany, Georgia 31705
abp4p5@r.postjobfree.com Telephone: 229. 430.4896
POSITION OBJECTIVES: A position of responsibility in the area of
education and administration, pertaining to
Vice-President of Academic Affairs.
EDUCATION: 1987: Received a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
Degree in Counseling Psychology, Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, Howard University,
Washington, D.C.
1980: Received a Master=s of Science Degree in
Clinical-Counseling Psychology from Valdosta
State College, Valdosta, Georgia
1978: Received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Psychology from Fort Valley State College, Fort
Valley, Georgia.
LICENCES/CERTIFICATES
License Eligible - Board of Examiners - Georgia
Board
Diplomate American Board of Forensic Examiners - #956
Certified Diplomate in Psychotherapy - August 1, 1997
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Certificates
Certified Criminal Justice Specialist
Certified Master=s Addiction Counselor
Certificate of Recognition - Georgia School of Professional Psychology - Clinical
Field Training of Doctoral Clinical Psychology Students.
WORK EXPERIENCE
March, 2006 Present Presently serve as a member of the President s
Cabinet at Albany State University.
March, 2006 - Present Interim Athletics Director where my duties and
responsibilities involve the administration of 11
sports, a budget of approximately 1.5 million
dollars, 18 coaches, 1 trainer, an Assistant
Athletic Director and Secretary. As Interim
Athletic I also serve on the Regional NCAA
championship selection committee for football
as the SIAC representative.
May 1999 - Present Chairman, Department of Psychology,
Sociology and Social Work at Albany State
University where my duties and responsibilities
include supervising ten faculty members and
one staff member, advising psychology,
sociology and social work students, counseling,
administering meetings, completing graduation
audits on all seniors, presenting workshops,
papers and seminars, teaching undergraduate
courses, serving on several committees and
conducting research for proposals for external
funding. I am also the Director of the Center
for The African-American Male where I provide
mentors for the Elementary and High School
students in Dougherty County. I am also
responsible for the solicitation of
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grants/scholarships and marketing of the
Center activities. My responsibilities also
involve working with collaborative partners to
provide a comprehensive program throughout
a 24 county area. My duties further involve
working with ASU students to provide them
with leadership skills, academic skills, and
mentorship training. I also serve as the
Director of the Honors Program providing
guidance, instruction and day-to-day planning
for the Presidential Scholars, James Porter
Scholars, the Thurgood Marshall Scholars, the
Foundation Scholars and the Aaron Brown
Scholars.
March 1988-July 31, 1998 Worked as a Staff Psychologist for the
Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital at Rome,
Georgia. My duties and responsibilities
included conducting individual and group
therapy sessions weekly for a population of
male adolescents in a state hospital facility.
Also, I had the responsibility of performing
psychological and psychoeducational
evaluations on all new admissions and all
residents with admission dates over 12 months
old. I also conducted monthly meetings with
the direct care staff on positive techniques as
therapeutic intervention in a hospital setting.
Designed a sexual offenders= program for a
group of adolescents for sexual offenders and
sexual victims placed in the Adolescent
Specialty Treatment Program. The program
provided an assessment, treatment and follow-
up phase. I designed a Program Manual for the
Sexual Perpetrators Program. Also, I managed
the Continuous Quality Improvement
component for the Sexual Perpetrators
Program, and for Treatment Planning at
Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital at Rome.
I worked with adjudicated youth for
approximately 10 years.
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September, 1995 -
July, 1997 Provided parenting classes for parents whose
children were incarcerated due to some crime,
burglary, probation violation, drug situation,
etc. The parenting classes were an avenue for
parents to strengthen their parenting skills
about their children, and how to handle the
demands of the teenage years. The parenting
classes provided the family with information on
clinical disorders most prevalent in infancy,
childhood and adolescents.
October, 1994 - July
1, 1998 Worked as a consultant to a wilderness camp
for adjudicated youth in Armuchee, Georgia. I
provided an initial assessment for all new
campers, and individual therapy sessions for
specialized cases which were usually substance
abuse as well as sexually related.
January, 1992 -
August, 1998 Worked as a professional consultant to the
Drug Elimination Program for the Rome
Housing Authority. My services involved
counseling parents to stay off drugs, and to
provide consistent care for the children. I also
counseled children and youth to encourage
them to stay drug free and to remain in school.
I counseled youth to complete the G.E.D.
program if they could not return to the
formalized learning setting.
March, 1993-August, 1995 Worked as a consultant to the Hays
Correctional Institution in the Counseling
Department. The focus of the program is to
provide psychoeducational groups for sex
offenders. I trained staff in providing training
in group therapy, conducting mental status
examinations and writing progress notes.
June, 1990-June, 1994 Formerly employed as a Mental Health
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Evaluator for the Floyd County Mental Health
Center in Rome, Georgia. My duties involve the
evaluation of suicidal, homicidal, substance
abuse and mental health patients for
treatment, and referral to psychiatric and crisis
intervention care. MPS Consultants,
Incorporated formerly handled this contract.
September, 1988 - July
31, 1998 Adjunct Professor at Berry College in the
Department of Education and Psychology.
Taught introductory Psychology, Industrial
Psychology, Motivation, Abnormal Psychology,
Personality and Psychological Test and
Measurements.
September 1990-
July 31, 1998 Served as Adjunct Professor in the Department
of Psychology at Shorter College. I taught
research, design, and analysis/statistics.
January, 1988-March, 1988 Worked as a Counseling Psychologists for the
District of Columbia Public Schools. My duties
involved conducting psychological evaluations
on children and adolescents for determining
their level of functioning and to make
recommendations to the multi-disciplinary
team about special education placements.
September, 1986-July 31,
1988 Counseling Psychologist with the United States
General Accounting Office January, 1988
Responsibilities and duties included counseling
federal government employees on career,
personal, and/or psychological problems that
possibly resulted from alcohol and drug use
and abuse. Also, I taught psychoeducational
workshops, such as Individual Stress
Management, Positive Communication Skills,
Career Development, Managerial role in
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Employee Department, Conflict Resolution, and
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
September, 1986-
January, 1987 Worked as a Consulting Psychologist for the
Bureau of Rehabilitation. Duties involved
administering psychological and
psychoeducation testing of substance abuse
clients and making recommendations to staff
abuse counselors concerning appropriate
intervention for the clients.
August, 1985-August 1986 Did an internship with the United States
General Accounting Office of Organization and
Human Development in the Career Counseling
and Development Division. My duties involved
performing personal counseling, career
counseling and teaching mental health related
workshops (e.g. Positive Communication Skills,
Individual Stress Management, Career
Planning for Employees, Conflict Resolution,
Myers-Briggs type Indicator, and CELT).
Moreover, I devised a Management
Information System to handle client contact
information as well as analyze employee exit
data using SPSS-X, and writing the report for
distribution throughout the United States
General Accounting Office.
August, 1985-August, 1986 Did an internship under the auspices of Dr.
Suzanne Randolph in the Department of
Pediatrics, and Child Development, Howard
University. My duties involved doing research
related to the Development of Black Children.
Furthermore, this internship was concluded at
the National Headquarters of the American Red
Cross. There as an intern I was a research
associate on the Black Elderly Caregivers
Project.
June, 1984-September,
1984 Did psychological testing for the Montgomery
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county School System. The testing involved
the administration of the Wechsler Intelligence
Scale for Children-Revised and the Kaufman
Assessment Battery for Children to second
grade students.
August, 1983-May, 1986 Worked as a graduate assistant at the Sutton
Plaza Dormitory. This assistantship involved
the planning and implementation of programs
within the dormitory. The assistantship also
involves personal counseling with
undergraduate students ranging in
classifications from Freshman to Senior.
November, 1984 -
June, 1985 Did psychological testing for the Satellite
Program (Gifted Children) under the auspices
of Dr. James Williams, Howard University,
Washington, D.C.
January 1983-May, 1983 Worked as a graduate assistant in the graduate
Reading Room, School of Education, Howard
University. This assistantship involved
checking out and checking out and checking in
materials for students and professors in the
School of Education.
December, 1980-
July, 1982 Worked as a consultant for nursing homes in
Montgomery, Bibb, Pulaski, Johnson and Jones
counties. This position involved annual
psychological testing on mentally retarded
patients residing in the nursing homes. The
position also involved individual and group
psychotherapy with patients. Furthermore, the
position involved doing in-service workshops
for staff members working in the nursing
homes.
August, 1980-
January, 1983 Worked as a Behavior Specialist for the
Community Mental Health Center of Middle
Georgia, Dublin, Georgia. The job involved
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psychological assessment in terms of
intellectual ability as well as personality
related information. My duties also included
counseling children and adolescents in
Bleckley, Pulaski, Dodge, Laurens,
Montgomery, Wheeler, Telfair, and Wilcox
counties. Duties further involved the training
and teaching of counselors in the
administration, scoring, and interpretation of
intelligence and personality instruments.
June, 1980-August, 1980 Worked as a Resident Counselor for the
Department of Mental Retardation, Valdosta,
Georgia. The position was basically concerned
with training clients in basic self-help skills,
and supervising staff members.
February, 1980-June, 1980 Worked for the Migrants and Seasonal Farm
workers Association as a Professional Tutor.
My duties involved the tutoring of junior high
and high school student in the areas of
spelling, reading, vocabulary, mathematics,
social studies and English.
September, 1979-
June, 1980 Worked as a graduate assistant for the
Department of Psychology at Valdosta State
College, Valdosta, Georgia. My duties were to
train the lab animals to perform certain tasks
for classroom demonstrations, monitor exams,
and lecture when necessary. My duties also
included tutoring freshman students in
Introductory Psychology classes.
March, 1980-June, 1980 Worked as practicum student at the
Department of Mental Retardation in Valdosta,
Georgia. The Practicum was done at a male
group home for mentally retarded clients.
Duties were to train the clients how to write
their names, answer the telephone, make
emergency telephone calls, dress themselves,
prepare meals, etc. During this time, I also
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worked with Dr. Marcia Bauer in evaluating
HEAD START children in Lanier, Lowndes, and
Irwin counties.
September, 1979-
January, 1980 Worked as a practicum student in the Student
Development Center at Valdosta State College,
Valdosta, Georgia. Duties involved the
administration, scoring and interpretation of
interest tests to undergraduate students.
Duties further involved individual counseling to
students having problems about career
decisions and about choosing a college major.
Also during this quarter I helped devise and
served as co-leader of a communications skills
group.
March, 1980-June, 1980 Worked as a student assistant for Dr. Daniel J.
Kaeck in the Department of Psychology.
August, 1979 Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia.
Duties were to prepare, administer and score
classroom examinations.
June, 1978-September,
1978 Worked as a Longshoreman for the
International Longshoreman=s Association in
Savannah, Georgia. Duties included unloading
and loading of freight.
March, 1978-June, 1978 Worked as a Correctional Psychologist Intern
for the Macon Probation Office, Macon,
Georgia. This position was affiliated and
funded through the Governor=s Intern Program
in Atlanta, Georgia. My duties included jail,
and home visits, attending court, performing
case histories, and up-dating state and local
case loads of probationers.
June, 1977-September,
1977 Did a psychology internship at the
Comprehensive Mental Health Center (Open
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Door) Savannah, Georgia. Duties were to keep
daily logs on each client. Duties also involved
writing progress notes and filling out Medicaid
cards on each client on a day-to-day basis.
Duties further involved developing programs
and projects as well as participating in
recreational play with the clients, and
performing counseling.
June, 1976-September,
1976 Employed by the Savannah Electric and Power
Company as a Sub-Station Inspector.
June, 1975-
September, 1975 Worked as a manpower student at the
Comprehensive Mental Health Center
(Parkside) Savannah, Georgia. Duties were to
make sure that the clients performed their
daily chores. Also, duties involved the
supervision of other manpower students.
June, 1974-
September, 1974 Worked for the Savannah Ice Delivery
Company, Savannah, Georgia. Duties were to
sell, deliver and crush ice.
OTHER WORK RELATED EXPERIENCES (TRAINING)
June 14, 1990 Attended a workshop on the Treatment of Aggressive
Behavior at the Krannert Center at Berry College.
The presenter was Dr. Wong from Devereaux in
Florida.
October, 1988-
February, 1989 Completed a course in the administration, scoring,
and interpretation of the Rorschach at the Northwest
Georgia Regional Hospital at Rome under the
auspices of Tim Chomyn, Ed.D., Psychologist. Fifteen
Continuing Education Units through Floyd College.
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January, 1987 Completed a course in Statistical Package for the
Social Sciences-X at the United States General
Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. 3.2 Continuing
Education Units.
September, 1986 Completed a course in dBASE III at the United States
General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. 1.2
Continuing Education Units.
November, 1986 Completed a course in Instructional and
Communication skills at the United States General
Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
January, 1985-
May, 1985 Did a practicum in Developmental Psychology at the
Child Development Center under the auspices of Dr.
Suzanne Randolph, Howard University. Duties
involved coding and keypunching data on normal
developing children being reared in Black families.
Duties also involved statistical analysis on the data
from the study using SPSS-X.
August, 1993-
December 1983 Did an internship at the North Community Mental
Health Center in the Child and Adolescent Outpatient
Unit, Washington, D.C. This internship involved
training in individual therapy with emphasis on
family therapy. Duties also involved interviewing,
case presentations and psychological testing.
Did a site visitation in the department of Vocational
Rehabilitation at the North community Health Center,
Washington, D.C. Duties were to report on the type
of intervention that goes on in such a setting and
present it during a class presentation. During this
semester I was also involved in a site visitation at
the Washington Halfway Home for Women. Here I
was involved in group counseling with women, as a
co-leader with my supervisor, Mrs. Karla Taylor-
Temple.
January, 1983-
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May, 1983 Did an observation of the children in the Child
Development Program at North Community Mental
Health Center, Washington, D.C. under the auspices
of Dr. Vallis. This observation was done to better
understand the development of preschool children.
July, 1981-
December, 1982 Trained under Dr. Henry Reymaker, licensed Clinical
Psychologist, in interviewing, psychological testing,
therapy, and mental health consulting.
September, 1982-
November, 1982 Participated in a seven week training course to
become certified in Alcohol and Drug. The training
program placed emphasis on the treatment of alcohol
and drug clients.
February, 1981 DSM III, Level I Training. This training orientated
mental health employees to the DSM III as a method
of enabling one to make accurate diagnosis of
clientele. This training session was held at the
Community Mental Health Center of Middle Georgia,
Dublin, Georgia.
November, 1980 Attended a workshop on learning disability and
clinical psychology--@A Merging of Two
Perspectives.@ This workshop was held at the
Georgia Mental Health Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
The workshop emphasized the importance of being
able to adequately assess the learning disabled child
and look at the types of intervention that may prove
to be beneficial.
December, 1980 Attended a workshop on suicide prevention. The
workshop was held at the Georgia Mental Health
Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
November, 1980 Attended a workshop on family therapy. The
workshop was held at the Georgia Mental Health
Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
October, 1980 Day Treatment Training Program. This training
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involved the familiarization of the Day Treatment
Program and the type of services that would be
rendered as well as the type of clientele to be served.
October, 1980 Attended a workshop on suicide prevention. This
workshop was the beginning of a two-part series
held at the Community Mental Health Center of
Middle Georgia, Dublin, Georgia
October, 1980 Orientation Programs. This was a workshop
designed to provide information concerning the
interworking of all the different programs that serve
under Mental Health and Mental Retardation. This
workshop was held at the Community Mental Health
Center of Middle Georgia, Dublin, Georgia.
September, 1980 Orientation--child and Adolescent Program. This
involved the familiarization of the services that the
program renders and how these services are carried
out daily in meeting the needs of the client. The
training lasted for approximately three weeks.
August, 1980 Attended a workshop on Quality Assurance. This
workshop familiarized staff members in the different
programs of mental health and mental retardation of
the necessary paper work that needed to be done on
the clients that the center served.
August, 1980 Attended a workshop on Confidentiality. This
workshop stressed the rights of clients, and our
responsibility to address such rights when delivering
services to a client population. This workshop was
held at the Community Mental Health Center of
Middle Georgia, Dublin, Georgia.
August, 1980 Trained under Dr. Marvin Long, Licensed Counseling
Psychologist in the Consultation and Education
Program. This training involved the administration,
scoring and interpretation of psychological tests on
preschool children in Laurens and Telfair counties
(Georgia).
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July, 1980-
August, 1980 Training in Mental Retardation. This training
involved working closely with mentally retarded
males in a group home setting. The clients were
taught basic self-help skills such as dressing
themselves, making beds, cooking, making
emergency telephone calls, shaving, grooming
procedures, etc. I was employed as the live-in
resident counselor. This position involved the
supervision of other staff member that worked on a
day to day basis with the clients.
June, 1980-
August, 1980 Did additional training with Dr. Daniel J. Kaeck in
psychological testing at Valdosta State College,
Valdosta, Georgia. This administration, scoring and
interpretation of such assessment instruments as the
Key Math Diagnostic Arithmetic Test, The woodcock
Reading Master Tests, the Watson-Glasser Test of
Critical Thinking, the Peabody Individual
Achievement Test, the School Behavior Checklist, the
McCarthy Scales of Children=s Abilities and the
System of Multi cultural Pluralistic Assessment
(SOMPA).
PRESENT AWARDS
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1987 - 1989.
Alumnus of the Year in the Area of Psychology - Fort Valley State College-
April, 1991.
Who=s Who in America - Who=s Who in the South, and Southwest 1992.
Who=s Who in America - 1993.
Who=s Who in the World - 1995.
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Who=s Who Among American Teachers, 2004.
Bill Wimberly Award (2001). 100 Black Men of America, Inc. National
Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Division of Student Affairs 2001-2002 faculty fan Award. Albany State
University, August 8, 2002.
Joshua W. Murfree, Jr. Day Cleveland, Tennessee, March 8, 2003.
Proclamation Presented by the Office of the Mayor.
COLLEGE AWARDS
Selected to Outstanding Young Men of America - 1986
Selected to the National Dean=s List - 1985
Member of the Graduate Student Council, Howard University - 1983-Present
Inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Society, Howard University - 1985
President of the Young Men=s Council, Fort Valley State College - 1977-1978
Received the AMan of the Year Award,@ - 1977-1978, Fort Valley State
College
Voted AMr. Senior,@ - 1977-1978, Fort Valley State College.
Senior Superlative-Most Versatile, Fort Valley State College, 1977-1978.
Inducted into the Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honorary Society, Fort Valley
State College 1977 - 1978.
Honors Convocation Recipient, Fort Valley State College 1976-1978.
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HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS
Patterson High School, Paterson, Georgia Member of the Student Council
1971-1972
Senior Superlative - Best Personality 1973-1974
Voted ASpirit King@ of the school, 1973-1974
Honor Roll 1972-1974
Received a Merit Scholarship for Scholastic Achievement, 1974
BASKETBALL
Received a basketball scholarship from Fort Valley State College, 1974
High School All-American Basketball player, 1973-1974
Selected to play in the All-American Basketball Game, Atlanta, Georgia 1973-
1974
Received the Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player Trophies, 1973-
1974
Selected to the State All-Tournament Basketball Team, Macon, Georgia,
1972-1973
Received the Best Offensive Player Trophy.
SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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!Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated
!Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society
! Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Society in Education
!National Association of Personnel Workers
!Graduate Student Council
!American Psychological Association
!Association of Black Psychologist
!American Association of Counseling and Development
!American Education Research Association
!Board of Directors-Mercy Senior Care
!Board of Directors-American Red Cross
!Board of Directors-Ethnic minority Success Committee, Floyd College,
!Chairman-Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee
! Member-American Board of Forensic Examiners
!Chairman - National Mentoring Committee of the 100 Black Men of
America, Inc., and the Immediate Past President of the 100 Black Men of
Rome, Inc.
!Vice Chair of Programs. 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
!Served on the Specialist Review Panel in Psychology: Clinical/Experimental
for the Fulbright Scholar s Program (Council for International Exchange of
Scholars).
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
Baines, Strehle, Bell and Murfree (1999). Mucic and Musicians Effects on
Adolescents. In the book entitled, Using Literature to Help Troubled
Teenagers Cope With Societal Pressures.
Murfree, J.W., Amankwaa, A. (2004). Predicting Recidivism Using Split
Lognormal Model: The Case of Florida Prison System. Journal of Public
Affairs. Volume VIII (October).
Murfree, J.W., Kelly, J. (2002). Mentoring in the Face of Terrorism. 100
magazine. Fall Edition.
Johnson, Howard N. & Murfree, Joshua W. (1987). Employee Assistant
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Programs in the Federal Government. (Paper Presented at the
American Educational Research Association Conference, Washington,
D.C.)
Murfree, J.W. (1995), The Misdiagnosis of African American Males in
Psychiatric Hospital Settings. Georgia Psychological Association
Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (1990). Behavior Management With Adolescents, (Paper
presented at the Professional Symposium, November 6, 1990 at
Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital).
Murfree, J.W., (1989) How to be an Academic Success. Paper presented at
the Minority Student Conference at Berry College.
Murfree, Joshua W. (1988) Adolescent Suicide, Paper presented at the
Mental Health Association Conference in Rome, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W (1987). The use of Behavior Therapy to Decrease Self-Injurious
Behavior in Severely Mentally Retarded Individuals. (Dissertation),
Washington, D.C.
GRANTS
Murfree, J. W. & Orok, T. M. (2004). USG Grant on AAMI. $27,000.00
Murfree, J. W. & Orok, T. M. (2003). USG Grant on AAMI. $10,000.00
Murfree, J. W. & Orok, T. M. (2003). FIPSE Grant in Collaboration with
Darton College=s Black Male Initiative Program. $400,000.00
Murfree, J.W., & Wilson, S. S. (2002) Miller: Responsible Choice Grant,
$15,000.00.
Murfree, J.W., & Wilson, S. S. (2003). Miller: Responsible Choice Grant,
$5,000.00
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Murfree, J. W., & Davis, A. (2001-2004). Americorps Grant for mentoring.
$198,000.00
PRESENTATIONS/SPEECHES/ WORKSHOPS
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. (1988)
Adolescent Suicide: Mental Health Association of Georgia (October, 1988).
Summersville Church of Christ. (1988)
Rome City Public School Officials: Adolescent Suicide
Career Week: Anna Kay Davie Elementary School.
East Rome High School: Self-Esteem
Thankful Baptist Church: AThe Strengths and Weaknesses of the Black
Family.@
Presently Serving as member of the Rome City Public School Crisis
Intervention Task Force under the auspices of Mrs. Helen Smith.
Task Force Meeting on the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Black Family
Thankful Baptist Church, Rome, Georgia
Rome Civic Center: Teen Suicide, April 10, 1989.
ABridging The Gap: Moving Toward A Drug Free Community@, Floyd County
Health Department: April 22, 1989
New Life Baptist Church: April 30, 1989.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church: A Panel on The Black Family, May 22, 1989.
Berry College: Minority Student Conference: August 7-9, 1989: AHow To Be
An Academic Success.@
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Thankful Baptist Church: Men=s Day, 1989, October 1989.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church: The Issue of Substance Abuse, and Teenage
America, November, 1989.
Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, First Annual Men and Women=s Day
Dinner, Rome, Georgia, May 4, 1990, AParenting Skills.@
Rome Girls Club, May 18, 1990, Theme: AGirls Peer Suade America To Be
Drug Free: AA Drug Free Community: What Does Saying No To Drugs
Really Mean?@
Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Annual Youth Program, October, 1990.
Model High School, Black History Month: Model High Salutes Dr. Joshua W.
Murfree, Jr, February, 1991.
Personality Disorders: Everything You Wanted To Know. Coosa Valley Mental
Health Center, July 12, 1991.
Metropolitan United Methodist Church, Men=s Day, 1991, August 18, 1991.
May, 1992 - Commencement at Goodyear Elementary School-Rockmart,
Georgia.
May, 1992- ABuilding Upon Our Heritage@-Saint Paul Episcopalian, Rome,
Georgia.
July 1-4, 1992-Waycross, Georgia- ARecapturing, and Building Upon Our
Heritage.@
October, 1992 - AAn Official Welcome to Society@-Alpha Kappa Alpha
Debutante Ball - Lords and Ladies-Holiday Inn Skytop, Rome, Georgia
January, 1993 - Martin Luther King, Jr Celebration- ASaving our Children
Through the Family: A 24 -7 Mission.@ - City Auditorium-Rome,
Georgia.
February, 1993 - ABlack History Month@ - Alto Park Elementary School -
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Rome, Georgia.
February, 1993- ABlack History Month@ - Graham Homes - Drug Elimination
Program - Rome, Georgia.
March, 1993 - ACharacter not Color.@ - Cosmopolitan United Methodist
Church - Cave Spring, Georgia.
May 16, 1993 - AIt=s as Plain as Black and White@ - Introduction of the 100
Black Men to Rome, Georgia - Holiday Inn Skytop - Rome, Georgia.
May 23, 1993 - AStrengthening the Black Family@ - Introducing the Lords,
and Ladies for the 1993 Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated Annual
Ball. Marietta Street Church - Cedartown, Georgia.
May 30, 1993 - ALife is Real@- Commencement address for graduating
seniors - Sarah Hightower Library - Rome, Georgia.
Father=s Day Address - AThe Unchanging Love of a Father@ Marietta Street
Church-Cedartown, Georgia, June 20, 1993.
Youth Camp - Multiple Topics Rap Session Rap Session - ATeen Violence@ -
ABecoming a Good Citizen@ - ABeing the Best that You Can be@ -
Metropolitan Church, Rome, Georgia. July 27, 1993.
Darlington High School - Black History Month Presentation - January 13,
1994.
Dublin, Georgia - Guest Speaker for the MLK, Jr., Celebration -
AEmpowerment not Imprisonment.@ January 17, 1994.
West End Elementary School - Black History Month Presentation - February 9,
1994.
Southeast Elementary School - Teaching Parents how to set goals with their
children - Mini Workshop Series.
AConflict Resolution@ - Rome Middle School - 100 Black Men, Godfather
Ministry- August, 1994.
AChildren and Violence@ - Congressional Black Caucus Washington, D.C. -
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September, 1994.
AThe Misdiagnosis of African-American Males in Psychiatric Hospital
Settings.@ Georgia Psychological Association Annual Conference-
Swissotel, Atlanta, Georgia - April 20-23, 1995.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, January 14, 1995, Rome, ALiving the
Dream.@
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration January 14, 1995, Calhoun, Georgia
ALiving the Dream@
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, January 15, 1995, Rome, Georgia
AMoving Beyond the Dream.@
Mentoring the A100 Way@ Student Leadership Conference - Voorhees College
- Denmark, South Carolina, May, 1996.
National Convention - 100 Black Men of America, Inc. - Violence Prevention
Programs. (Panel) Miami, Florida, June, 1996.
Mentoring the A100 Way@ a contingency based mentoring program. Fort
Valley State College, Fort Valley, Georgia, 30130, August, 1996.
Congressional Black Caucus - Preventing Violence through community based
mentoring efforts. Sponsored by Congressman - John Lewis,
September 1996, Washington, D.C. - Washington Convention Center.
Parenting and Parenting training for young African-American parents.-
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Annual conference, Atlanta,
Georgia, September, 1996.
Alliance 2000 Project - Research Triangle, North Carolina - September, 1996.
Keynote Speaker for Annual Pardon and Paroles Conference - Savannah,
Georgia. October 29-30, 1996.
Student Leadership Conference - ATraining Trainers for Mentoring the 100
Way.@ Baltimore, Maryland - November 16-19, 1996.
President=s Summit - Philadelphia, PA. AMentoring in the New Millennium.@ -
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1997.
Points of Light Foundation National Conference - Manhattan, New York. AThe
Impact of Mentoring in the New Millennium.@-1997.
Student Leadership conference - ATraining Mentors as Future Leaders.@ New
Orleans, Louisiana - October, 1997.
Guest Speaker - Founder=s Day Program Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc. January, 2000 - Eureka Baptist Church -
Albany, Georgia.
Guest Speaker: Fatherhood Summit - 2000 Albany Technical Institute - June,
2000 - Albany, Georgia.
Guest Speaker: Utilis Matronae Club 68th Anniversary
September 20, 2001. Albany, Georgia.
Guest Speaker: Annual Gala 100 Black Men of Cleveland,
Tennessee March 8, 2003.
Guest Speaker: Georgia Adult Technical Education Conference
June, 2003 - Macon, Georgia .
Murfree, J.W. (2003, 12/2). West Town Elementary School. What we are
doing is important: Being the Greatest Parent all The Time.@ Albany,
Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2003, 12/17). West Town Elementary School. Parenting
during the Holidays: What our Children Really Want.@
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/14). Albany State University. AMentoring The Whole
Perspective: Investing in Our Future.@ Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004,1/16). Psychoeducational Center. Black History
Message: ALet Freedom Ring.@ Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/19). Milledgeville, Georgia Keynote Speaker: AOne
Nation, One Dream: It is In Our Hand.@
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/21). Albany State University. AMentoring The Whole
Perspective: Investing in Our Future.@ College of Nursing faculty and
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Staff. Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/23). Albany State University. Workshop on ACreating
and Credentialing High Quality Learning.@ Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/24). Terrell Academy. ABlack Male Initiative: The
Next Level.@ Dawson, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/27). Albany State University. AMentoring The Whole
Perspective: Investing in Our Future.@ Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/28). Mock Road Elementary School. Parenting: Are
we Really Ready for This.@ Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 1/29). Atlanta, Georgia. AGABSU Conference: Updates
on the Black Male Initiative.@
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 2/5). Merry Acres Middle School. AParenting: A Life
Long Journey.@ Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J. W. (2004, 2/18). United States Marine Logistic=s Command. Black
History Month Guest Speaker. Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2004, 2/21). Mentoring the 100 Way. Los Angeles, CA:
Regional Training.
Murfree, J. W. (2004, 2/23). Curriculum discussion on mentoring children
and youth. West Town Elementary School. Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J. W. ( 2004, 2/23). Parenting: Alternative Methods for Disciplining
Children. West Town Elementary School. School Council Meeting.
Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J. W. (2004, 2/24). Black History Program Guest Speaker,
Dougherty Middle School, Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J. W. (2004, 2/26). Black History Program Guest Speaker,
Morningside Elementary School, Albany, Georgia.
Murfree, J.W. (2005, 8/22). Appeared on Profiles of Success at Darton
College Channel 19 with host Wendy Wilson.
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Special Meetings/Briefings/Panels
Met with Assistant Secretary Dr. Henry Johnson in Miami, Florida along with
other members of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. during the
annual Leadership Summit as a means to follow up on an early meeting
in Washington concerning education in this country and the impact on
African-Americans and minorities.
Met with members Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, Assistant
Secretary of Education Dr. Henry Johnson and member s of the 100
Black Men of America of the 100 Black Men in September, 2006
discussing salient issues impacting African-Americans and minorities in
this country on such issues as standardized testing, Access to
Supplemental Education Services (SES), Placement of students in
Special Education, Qualified Teachers, etc. (Washington, D.C.).
Presented on a Panel with Dr. Cosby, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes, etc.
which was sponsored by The Kaiser Family Foundation, The
Washington Post and Harvard University, which has aired on C-Span
since July 2006 discussing the state of African-American males
(Washington, D.C.).
Presented during a Press Conference in New Orleans, LA with Albert Dotson,
Dr. David Satcher, and Dwayne Crawford concerning the programmatic
structure and leaving best practices models on Mentoring, Education,
Economic Development Health and Wellness and Leadership in the
communities where we meet nationally as an organization, June 2005.
White House Briefing: September 21, 2005 on Health and Wellness,
Education, Mentoring and Economic Development.
Served on a Panel for the University of Missouri-St. Louis with Dick Gregory,
Al Dotson., Omar Tyree on the State of Black America, August 22,
2005.
Invited to the White House By former 1st Lady Hillary Clinton to hear the
announcement of Mentoring Grants, March 1999.
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Dr. Portia Shields, Former
Dr. Charles Ochie, Chairman President, Albany State University
Department of Criminal Justice and abp4p5@r.postjobfree.com
Forensic Science
504 College Drive
Albany State University Dr. Everette J. Freeman, President
Albany, Georgia 31705 504 College Drive
229-***-**** Albany State University
abp4p5@r.postjobfree.com Albany, Georgia 31705
Dr. James L. Hill Dr. Arthur Thomas
Professor, Department of English NAFEO
504 College Drive Silver Spring, MD
Albany State University abp4p5@r.postjobfree.com
Albany, Georgia 31705 937-***-****
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Dr. Claude Perkins
Associate Vice President of
Academic Affairs
504 College Drive
Albany State University
Albany, Georgia 31705
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William Murfree, Jr., Ph.D. has participated in the positions outlined in this
Vitae, and have earned all the degrees stated from Colleges, and Universities,
and have been involved in all training outlined in this document as indicated.
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