Dr. Tomes has accumulated a diverse range of work experiences in the field of psychology and education over the last 10 years. He brings a unique perspective of clinical, teaching, research, and administrative experiences to his position at PCOM. Dr. Tomes begun his career as a school psychologist for an urban school district. During this time he brought comprehensive services - psycho-educational assessments, behavioral/educational/psychological consultation, counseling/therapy, and pre-interventions - to two elementary and one high schools. Also, Dr. Tomes conducted numerous district and county-wide in-services, particularly on the topic of dealing with challenging behaviors at school, home, and community.
While pursuing his doctorate, Dr. Tomes worked in the Division of Student Affairs as a Coordinator of Residence Education for the Medical College of Virginia. This further piqued his interest in working in a medical school environment. At the close of his doctoral program, Dr. Tomes assumed the position of the Director of Counseling for Virginia Union University (VUU). As the director, he revamped how psychological services were administered to students and faculty. The time as a teaching fellow at VCU and director at VUU helped to solidify Dr. Tomes interest in working with students on the undergraduate and graduate level. He taught classes ranging from educational psychology (advanced) to human development and learning.
Dr. Tomes final position, prior to joining PCOM, was with Eastern Washington University, at which he was an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational, and Developmental Psychology. As assistant professor, Dr. Tomes created courses that addressed multicultural psychology and assessed students of all races and cultures. Dr. Tomes taught such courses as Professional School Psychology, Advanced Educational Psychology, Multicultural Assessment, Psychological Behavior & Assessment, and Counseling Theory & Techniques. In addition, Dr. Tomes was the internship supervisor for the graduate program in school psychology. He had interns placed throughout the entire southwestern region of the United States. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Tomes served as the departments faculty senator and chair of the educational psychology committee. During his tenure in the state of Washington, he served as the Chair of the Ethics and Professional Practice Committee for Washington State Association of School Psychologists. As Chair, he was responsible for handling the States concerns on all ethical issues facing the profession.
Currently at PCOM Dr. Tomes has revamped the curriculum for the Master of Science in School Psychology program iwth a multicultural emphasis. As director, Dr. Tomes maintains an open door policy with students and faculty, and co-advises Culturally Aware Psychology Students aka CAPS.
Across campus, Dr. Tomes has created PCOM's first Diversity Committee to address and educate faculty, students, and staff on cultural diversity issues. Dr. Tomes has been recognized for his work and in 2007 was the first recipient of the Junior Faculty of the Year awarded by Psychological Coporation and TSP. Other national organizations such as NCATE has recognized his service to the Board of Program Reviwers.
Dr. Tomes' major ares of research and intersts are: cross-cultural psychology, multicultural/psychological/educational assessments, cognitive/learning styles, and issues surrounding sexual minorities. Dr. Tomes' reaserach has appeared in a variety of national journals and throughout a wide range of textbooks. Currently, Dr. Tomes is the Associate Editor of the Trainiers' Forum and is working on an advanced cross-cultural text scheduled for a 2010 release.
Professional Affiliations/Activities
Member, National Association of School Psychologists
Member, American Counseling Association
Member, American Educational Research Association
Member, American Psychological Association
State Research Presentations
Tomes, Y., et. al. (2009). Multicultural Matrix: Diversity, Ethics and Early Career Psychologists. PPA Annual Convention. Harrisburg, PA
Bloomgarden, A., Suzuki, T. & Tomes, Y. (2006). Increasing cultural awareness in a doctoral psychology program. PPA Annual Convention. Harrisburg, PA.
Matthew, S., Dalley, M., & Tomes, Y. (Fall 2003). School Psychologists Involvement in Legal Issues: Follow-up to a 1991 National Survey, Washington State Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Spokane, WA
Wimers, C., Dalley, M., Tomes, Y., & Jefferson, G. (Fall 2003). Teachers Perceptions of Traditional Versus Progressive School Psychologist Roles Using NASP Expanded Principles, Washington State Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Spokane, WA
Rossi, K., Mack, L., Daniel, A., Eubank, B., Tomes, Y., & Kolts, R.L. (April 2005). Effects of stereotype cueing on rape attributions and victim blame?, Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Current Publications
Tomes, Y. et. al. (2009) Confronting inequity in special education. Communique, 38(2), 1
Tomes, Y. (2008). Ethnicity and cognitive styles: Variability within African American students. Multicultural Perspectives, 10(1), 1-7.
Tomes, Y. (2005). Cognitive style, achievement, and ethnicity: A study in higher education. (Doctoral Dissertation, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2004), Dissertation Abstracts.
Forthcoming Publications
Tomes, Y. (2010). The influence matching of cognitive styles has on academic achievement: A look into higher education. American Educational Research Journal.
Tomes, Y. (2010). Educators utility of cbm. School Psychology Review
Textbook Chapters
Tomes, Y. (in press). Psychoeducational assessment: Cognition and achievement. In E. Garcia-Vazquez, T. Crespi, & C. Riccio (ed.), Handbook of education, training, and supervision of school psychologists in school and community, Bethesda, MD: NASP.
Tomes, Y. & Erbacher, T (2009). The other diversity: The cost of being glbtq in Ame
rica's healthcare/mental healthcare. In J.L. Chin (Ed.), Diversity in mind and action. New York: Praeger.
Tomes, Y. (2010). Cultural competence of a school psychologist. In T. Lionetti, E. Snyder, & R.W. Christner (EdS.) (in press). Building Professional Competencies in School Psychology. New York: Springer
Freeman, A. Reinecke, A. & Tomes, Y. (2007). Cultural introdcution. In A. Freeman, and M. Reinecke (Eds.)., Personality Disorders in childhood adolescence. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Grants
Tomes, Y. (Fall, 2006). Creating a cognitive model for academic success in a prehospilization programs. Lindback Foundation. NASP Presentation
NASP Presentations
Tomes, Y. (2009). Multicultural learning modules, NASP Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Tomes, Y. (2008). Teacher's preceptions regarding the utility of curriculum based neasurements, NASP Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Tomes, Y. (2007). Creating a cognitive style module for academic success and resiliency. NASP Annual Convention, New York, NY.
