Michael Arfken, PhD
 
Department of Psychology
University of Prince Edward Island

 

Research Interests

Social, Cultural, and Political Theory, Qualitative Research Methods, Phenomenology, Cultural Psychology, Community Psychology, Ecopsychology, Social Cognition, Critical Psychology, Political Psychology, Social Constructionism, Situated/Embodied Cognition, Discursive Social Psychology, Ethnomethodology, Feminism.
 
 
Publications
 
Arfken, M. (in press). The boundaries of embodiment: Review of Embodied  Grounding: Social, Cognitive, Affective, and Neuroscientific Approaches by G. Semin and E. Smith. Mind, Culture and Activity.
 
Arfken, M. (in press). Resisting cognitive science: Review of Brain, Mind, and Human Behavior in Contemporary Cognitive Science: Critical Assessments of the Philosophy of Psychology by J. Coulter & W. Sharrock. Theory & Psychology.
 
Arfken, M. (2008). Review of Unfolding Social Constructionism by F. Hibberd. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 44, 83-84.
 
Arfken, M. (2007). Critical psychology, mental representation and practice. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 19, 47-54.
 
Arfken, M. (2006). Political practice: A hermeneutic-phenomenological inquiry. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. [PDF] 
 
Pollio, H., Graves, T. R., & Arfken, M. (2006). Qualitative methods. In F. T. L. Leong & J. T. Austin (Eds.), The psychology research handbook (2nd ed., pp. 254-274). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
 
Arfken, M. (2004). The final analysis. In T. Hulsey & C. Frost (Eds.), Moral cruelty: Ameaning and the justification of harm (pp. 117-137). Lanham: University Press of America.
 
Frost C., Arfken M., & Brock, W. D. (2001). The psychology of self-deception as illustrated in literary characters. Janus Head, 4, 331-357.
 

 

Conference Presentations

 
Arfken, M. (2009). Minding the gap: Modernism, bureaucracy, and psychological theory. Modernist Studies Association 11th Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
 
Arfken, M. (2009). Possessive individualism: Economics, democracy, and psychology. Canadian Psychological Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
 
Arfken, M. (2009). Political psychology, hegemony, and globalization. International Society of Political Psychology 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Trinity College, Dublin.
 
Arfken, M. (2009). Political psychology and possessive individualism. International Society of Political Psychology 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Trinity College, Dublin.
 
Arfken, M. (2009). The environmental crisis, possessive individualism, and modern psychology. Global Conference on Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship, Mansfield College, Oxford, UK
 
Arfken, M. (2008). Psychology and the unencumbered self. International Society of Political Psychology 31st Annual Scientific Meeting, Sciences Po, Paris.
 
Arfken, M. (2008). Liberalism and the concept of the person: Implications for critical phenomenological inquiry. Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University.
 
Arfken, M. (2008). Intersubjectivity and justice: Towards a communitarian psychology. International Conference in Critical Psychology, Cultural Studies, and Social Theory, Cardiff University.
 
Arfken, M. (2007). Political experience: From perception to social practice. Canadian International Qualitative and Ethnographic Research Conference, St. Thomas University.
 
Arfken, M. (2006). Politics, practice, and phenomenology: Towards a critical phenomenological psychology. Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousness, The University of Prince Edward Island.
 
Arfken, M. (2005). Critical phenomenological psychology: Tensions and contradictions. International Human Science Research Conference, Bournemouth University.
 
Arfken, M. (2005). Psychological knowledge and modern society: Implications of the Hirsch-Gadamer debate. Duquesne University Critical Psychology Graduate Conference, Duquesne University.
 
Ginsburg, H.J., Boyce A.S., and Arfken, M. (2001). Psychologists' usage of 'compassion': Implications for child development research. Southwestern Society for Research in Human Development, Eureka Springs, AR.
 
 
Invited Presentations
 
Arfken, M. (2008). Ideology, community, and political experience: Interrogating the boundaries of modern psychology. Department of Psychology Colloquia Series, The University of Prince Edward Island.
 
Arfken, M. (2006). Pragmatism and social psychology: An alternative conception of social reality. Faculty of Arts Research Seminar, The University of Prince Edward Island.
 
Arfken, M. (2005). The concept of ‘practice’ as an alternative to social cognition: The case of political discourse. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Alienation Research Group, The University of Tennessee.
 
Arfken, M. (2005). Phenomenology and political psychology. The Center For Applied Phenomenological Research, The University of Tennessee.
 
Arfken M. & Williamson, H. (2000). First person versus observer perspective in autobiographical memory. Student Research Symposium, Texas State University.
 
Arfken, M. (1999). Perspectives on self-deception. Honors Thesis Forum, Texas State University.
 
 
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