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Dr. J. Derek McNeil
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Diversity
On Faculty Since 1996

Phone: (630) 752-7051
E-mail: Derek.McNeil@wheaton.edu


Education

Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, Northwestern University, 1996

M.Div. Marriage and Family Therapy, Fuller Theological Seminary

B.S. Psychology, Eastern College

 
Professional and Personal Interests
Dr. McNeil's varied research experience and interests include ethnic and racial socialization, the role of forgiveness in peacemaking, the identity development of African-American males and marital intimacy. He has written chapters in The Black Family: Past, Present, and Future (1991) and Men to Men: Voices of African American Males (1996). and serves as a faculty preceptor.


Courses Taught
  • Clinical Interviewing Skills
  • Marital Therapy
  • Social, Cultural, and Spiritual Foundations of Mental Health
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Group Theory and Therapy
  • Practica Seminar

Membership in Professional Societies
  • American Psychological Association
  • Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations

Research

 

Papers Published and/or Presented
  • McNeil, J. D. & Pozzi, C. F. (2007).  Developing multicultural competencies.  In Robert Priest & Alvaro Nieves (Eds.), This side of Heaven: Race, ethnicity and Christian faith.
  • McNeil, J. D., Workman, G. M., Workman, D.E., & Lee, M. M. (2007, June). Spirituality and clinical psychology graduate students: Follow-up study. Paper presented at the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Madison Wisconsin.
  • McNeil, J. D. (2007, May). Cross-cultural conflict resolution. Presentation at annual meeting of “Ignite,” a racial reconciliation collaboration.
  • McNeil, J. D., & McNeil, B. S. (2006, March). Between Babel and Pentecost: Developing a Christian psychology for the twenty-first century. Presentation at Christian Association for Psychological Study, Cincinnati, OH.
  • McNeil, J. D.  & Stevenson, H., (2006, February). Tending our agonizing seed. Presentation at Fuller Seminary School of Psychology 40th Anniversary, Pasadena, Ca.
  • McNeil, J. D.  (2006, January) “Egg or a nut:” Coping with stress.  Presentation at Covenant Mid-Winter Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • McNeil, J. D. (2006, January). The recruitment and retention of ethnic minority faculty. Presentation at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • McNeil, J. D., (2005). Unequally yoked? The role of culture in the relationship between theology and Psychology. In Al Dueck & Cameron Lee (Editors) Why psychology needs theology, (pp 140-160). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company.
  • McNeil, J. D., Stevenson, H. C., Herrero-Taylor, T., & Davis, G. Y. (2005). Influence of perceived neighborhood diversity and racism experience on the racial Socialization of Black youth. Journal of Black Psychology.
  • McNeil, J. D. (2005, November). Between Babel and Pentecost.  Presentation at the National Christian Multicultural Student Leaders Conference. Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.
  • McNeil, J. D. (2005, June). What we heard you say. Presentation at the Gender, Identity and Sexuality Conference, CCC, Wenham, MA.
  • McNeil, J. D., Johnston-Kruse, S., Driver, E. & Kim, Y. (2005, April). Cultural competencies revisited: Navigating the training matrix. Presentation at the APPIC annual conference, Orlando, FL.
  • McNeil, J. D., (2004, October). The role of culture in psychology.  Presentation at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
  • McNeil, J. D.,  Murray, V., & Meek, K. (2004, August).  Corporate forgiveness. A paper presentation at annual meeting of the American  Psychological Association, Hawaii.
  • McNeil, J. D., (2003). God is active in human affairs: A response to Thom Moore. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 22, 4, 363-365.
  • Canning, S.S., Pozzi, C.F., McNeil, J.D. & McMinn, M.R.(1999). Integration as service: Emerging possibilities for a Christian helping profession. Manuscript under review at Journal of Psychology and Theology.