Steven F. Bacon
Vita, p. 1
STEVEN F. BACON, Ph.D.
Department of PsychologyE-mail:
CaliforniaStateUniversity, BakersfieldPhone: 661.654.2008
9001 Stockdale HighwayFAX:661.654-6955
Bakersfield, CA93311-1022
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
University of CaliforniaSan Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA1990 -1992
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pain Research
Department of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN1991
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
San DiegoStateUniversity, San Diego, CA1980 -1982
Masters program in Clinical Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles, CA1979
B.A. in Study of Religion (premed)
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors Program
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Chair and Professor, Department of Psychology2007 - present
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Bakersfield
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology 2002 - 2007
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Bakersfield, CA
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology 1998 - 2002
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Bakersfield, CA
Lecturer, Department of Psychology1994 -1998
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Bakersfield, CA
Instructor, Department of Behavioral Sciences 1994 -1995
BakersfieldCollege, Bakersfield, CA (part-time)
COURSES TAUGHT
PSYC 100 / Explorations in Psychology / PSYC 477 / Positive PsychologyPSYC 280 / Seminar in Psyc Research / PSYC 481 / Directed Research in Psychology
PSYC 290 / Psychology as a Profession / PSYC 490 / Senior Seminar
PSYC 300 / Understanding Psyc Research / PSYC 531 / Psyc Assessment of Personality
PSYC 300A / Understanding Psyc Research I / PSYC 577 / Orientation to Intervention
PSYC 310 / Child Psychology / PSYC 577 / Proseminar in Psychology
PSYC 315 / Abnormal Psychology / PSYC 577 / Positive Psychology
PSYC 315L / Abnormal Psychology Lab / PSYC 670 / MFCC Traineeship Practicum
PSYC 316 / Personality / CPSY 500 / Intro to Counseling Psychology
PSYC 377 / Psyc of Consumer Culture / CPSY 512 / Psychological Assessment
PSYC 377 / Psyc of Global Poverty / CPSY 611 / Treatment Planning
PSYC 403 / Health Psychology / CPSY 643 / Cognitive Intervention
PSYC 415 / Developmental Psychopathology / CPSY 691 / MFT Traineeship
PSYC 477 / Prep for Professional Practice
UNIVERSITY SERVICE (all at CSUB)
Chair, Department of Psychology 2007 - present
Department Chairs Leadership Council 2007 - present
Dean’s Advisory Council 2007 - present
Chair, Program Review Committee,
Department of Psychology 2011 - present
Unit Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee,
Member and Chair, Department of Psychology 2002 - present
Graduate Committee, M.S. in Counseling Psychology 1998-present
University Honors Program Committee 2005 - present
Advisor, Department of Psychology 1998-present
Assessment Committee, Department of Psychology 1998 - present
Chair 1998 - 2007
Chair, Search Committee for the Associate Dean, 2010 - 2011
School of Social Sciences and Education
Search Committee for the Chair of Department of 2009 - 2011
Criminal Justice
Participant, Summer Assessment Institute 2010
Chair, Area D General Education Committee 2007 - 2008
Chair, Theme III General Education Committee 2007 - 2008
Department of Psychology Search Committees 2003 - 2007
Participant Pool Coordinator, Department of Psychology2003- 2007
Senator, Academic Senate2006, 2001
Assessment Advisory Council2004
Graduate Coordinator, M.A. in Psychology, Department of Psychology2000-2004
Graduate Committee, M.A. in Psychology, Department of Psychology1999-2004
Committee for the Revision of the Applied Ethics Minor 2002
Faculty Advisor, Psi Chi Honor Society, Department of Psychology2000-2002
Faculty Advisor, Psychology Club, Department of Psychology1998-2000
Committee to Create an Interdisciplinary Counseling 1996-1998
Psychology Program
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Private Practice, Oak ParkCounselingCenter 1998 -1999
Bakersfield,CA
Contractor, CalResources LLC, Bakersfield, CA 1997
Staff Psychologist, HealthSouthRehabilitationHospital 1992 -1995
Bakersfield, CA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Outpatient Pain Management Program 1990 -1992
VeteransAffairsMedicalCenter, San Diego, CA
Contractor, Stress Management Workshops, Northwest Airlines1988
Minneapolis, MN
Clinical Psychology Intern, University of Minnesota Internship 1986 -1987
Consortium, Health Psychology Track, Minneapolis, MN
LICENSURE
California license in Psychology #PSY13397 1993 - present
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Board of Directors, Henrietta Weill Child Guidance Clinic, Bakersfield2005- 2008
Vice President, 2006-2008
Executive, personnel, and audit committees
Kern County Mental Health Advisory Board, Managed 1996-1997
Care Advisory Council, Public Outreach/Community
Involvement Subcommittee.
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association
APA Division 12, Society of Clinical Psychology
KernCounty Psychological Association,
Division of Practicing Psychologists(President-1996)
Western Psychological Association
GRANT SUPPORT
University Research Council Grants, CSUB
“Inpatient, outpatient, and college norms for the Scale of 2004- 2005
Functional Ability Ratings (SOFAR)”
Funded for $4,717
“Reliability and validity of the Scale of Functional Ability2001- 2002
Ratings (SOFAR) in an outpatient sample”
Funded for $3,985
“Influence of symptoms on Global Assessment of1999-2000
Functioning (GAF) scores”
Funded for $2,729
"Development of a functional outcome 1998-1999
measure for psychological disorders"
Funded for $2,644.
"Development of an assessment battery and rating1995-1996
instrument for clinician-assisted self-help"
Funded for $3,144.
KernCounty Economic Opportunity Corporation,
Bakersfield, CA
Community Challenge Grant 1999 -2002
Evaluation subcontract for child abuse prevention program
Funded for $31,500/3 yrs
Healthy Families America Grant 2001-2002
Evaluation subcontract for child abuse prevention program
Funded for $21,147
Doctoral Dissertation Special Grant, GraduateSchool,1988
University of Minnesota
"Effects of stress and attentional focus on pain
perception assessed by evoked potentials"
Funded for $1,040.
PUBLICATIONS
Bacon, S. F. (2009). Balance. In S.J. Lopez (Ed.), The encyclopedia of positive psychology(pp.94-98).
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bacon, S. F. (2005). Positive psychology’s two cultures. Review of General Psychology, 9, 181-192.
Bacon, S. F., Collins, M. J., & Plake, E. V. (2002). Does the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
assess functioning? Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 24, 202-212.
Bacon, S. F., & Jakovich, J. A. (2001). Instructional television versus traditional teaching of an
introductory psychology course. Teaching of Psychology, 28, 88-92.
Bacon, N. M. K., Bacon, S. F., Atkinson, J. H., & Slater, M. A., Patterson, T. P., Grant, I., & Garfin, S. R.
(1995). Somatization symptoms in chronic low back pain patients. Year Book of Pain. Chicago: Mosby.
Bacon, N. M. K., Bacon, S. F., Atkinson, J. H., & Slater, M. A., Patterson, T. P., Grant, I., & Garfin, S. R.
(1994). Somatization symptoms in chronic low back pain patients. Psychosomatic
Medicine, 56, 118-127.
McGue, M., Bacon, S. F., & Lykken, D. T. (1993). Personality stability and change in early adulthood:
A behavior genetic analysis. Developmental Psychology, 29, 96-109.
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Bacon, S. F. (1991). Effects of stress and attentional focus on pain perception assessed by evoked
potentials (Doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1991). Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 1705-B.
Kendall, P. C., & Bacon, S. F. (1988). Cognitive behavior therapy. In D. B. Fishman, F. Rotgers, & C. M.
Franks (Eds.), Paradigms in behavior therapy: Present and promise (pp.141-167). New York: Springer.
Butcher, J. N., Keller, L. S., & Bacon, S. F. (1985). Current developments and future directions in
computerized personality assessment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53, 803-815.
Doherty, L. M., Bacon, S. F., Cowen, M. B., & Rappaport, N. B. (1983). Correctional retraining in the
Navy: Follow-up evaluation (NPRDC Tech. Rep. 83-8). San Diego: Navy Personnel Research and DevelopmentCenter.
Doherty, L. M., & Bacon, S. F. (1982). Correctional retraining in the Navy: An evaluation. (NPRDC
Tech. Rep. 82-35). San Diego: Navy Personnel Research and DevelopmentCenter.
PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
Bacon, S.F. (2012, April). Student involvement in global poverty efforts. Paper presented at the 92nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Acosta, P., Bacon, S.F. (2011, August). Students’ attitudes and involvement in global poverty efforts.
Poster presented at the McNair Scholars Research Conference, Berkeley, CA.
Bacon, S. F., & Sanchez, V. I. (2010, August). Psychological barriers to participation in global poverty
relief efforts. Poster session presented at the 118thAnnual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
Bacon, S. F. (2010, April). Two paths to virtue in academia. Paper presented at the Terman Teaching
Conference of the 90th Annual Convention of the Western Psycholgical Association,
Cancun, Mexico.
Bacon, S. F. (2009, August). Psychological barriers to global poverty involvement. Paper presented at the
90thAnnual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific
Division, San Francisco, CA.
Bacon, S. F. (2009, April). Fighting global poverty: Barriers to student action. Paper presented at the 89th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Bacon, S. F. (2008, April). It’s time to save the world: Finding the will to defeat deadly poverty.
Paper presented at the 88th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association,
Irvine, CA.
Bacon, S. F. (2006, April). Relationship between symptoms and impairment: The disrupt and disable
model. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association,
Palm Springs, CA.
Bacon, S. F. (2005, August). Relationship between symptoms and impairment: The disrupt and disable
model. Poster session presented at the 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, DC.
Scheuerman, R., Bacon, S. F., Bacon, N. M. K., & Lewis, S. (2000, June). Family wellness in Head Start:
The KernCounty model. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Fifth National Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Bacon, S. F., Rojas-Kraft, D., & Stevens, D. L. (1999, May). Functional impairment in mental health: A
survey of important domains. Poster session presented at the 79th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.
Bacon, S. F., & Romanini, J. (1999, May). Instructional television versustraditional teaching in an
introductory psychology course. Poster session presented at the 79th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.
Bacon, S. F., Schimpf, K. J., Gibson, S. R., Horn, C., Fuller, T., & Hall, M. (1999, April). Preliminary inter-rater reliability of a functional outcome scale. Poster session presented at the 79th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.
Bacon, S. F. (1995,October). Genes account for the stability of personality- Should therapists care?
Paper presented at the Chi Sigma Iota Research Conference, Bakersfield, CA.
Bacon, S. F. (1995,February). Psychosocial aspects of pain. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Kern County Nursing Practice Conference, Bakersfield, CA.
Bacon, N. M. K., Bacon, S. F., Atkinson, J. H., & Slater, M. A. (1992, April). Somatization symptoms in
chronic low back pain. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, New York, NY.
Bacon, S. F., Atkinson, J. H., Klapow, J., & Slater, M. A. (1991, November). Characterizing
subsyndromal depression in chronic low back pain. Poster session presented at the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, New Orleans, LA.
Slater, M. A., Bacon, S. F., & Good, A. B. (1991, November). Experimental validation of a clinical pain
measurement instrument. Poster session presented at the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, New Orleans, LA.
Bacon, S. F. (1991, March). Personality factors moderate stress-induced analgesia in humans.
Paper presented at the 12th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C.