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Academic DeanGladys M. Sweeney, Ph.D.
Academic Dean/ Part-Time ProfessorPh.D., Pennsylvania State University
M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Sweeney is the founder and Academic Dean of the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington, Virginia. She obtained her Psychologist Degree from Universidad Catolica de Chile, her M.Ed. and Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. She has held a faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Child Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics. She has also lectured at the North American College and at the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum in Rome. She served as the Executive Director of the Catholic Institute for the Psychological Sciences from 1997-1998.
Dr. Sweeney's current research interest is the integration of the psychological sciences with the Catholic view of the human person. Her publications include Human Nature in its Fullness: A Roman Catholic Perspective, CUA Press (2006); Culture and the Individual: Psychological Impact of Globalization in Nationale und Kulturelle Identit‰t im Zeitalter der Globalisierung, Duncker & Humblot (2006); Why Childhood Attachment Matters: Implications for Personal Happiness, Families and Public Policy, The Family in the New Millennium, Praeger Publishers (2007); Psychotherapy and the End of Life in What is Death? A Scientific, Philosophical and Theological Exploration of Life's End, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, (2008).