Dr. Thomas Clinton

Duties:

• Conduct workshops on humor and creative thinking
• Develop, promote, and market educational software (Sportschalktalk)
• Direct and coordinate software development teams
• Maintain relationships with high school, collegiate, and professional sports organizations for research and sales

Responsibilities:

• Team presentations on mental preparation, visualization, stress management
• Individual consultations with athletes
• Collaboration with coaching staff
• Production of mental preparation audio/video materials

Accomplishments:

• Reversed multi-year free-throw decline
• Achieved 1–2% improvement initially; later 8–10% improvement over baseline

• Student-centered approaches to humor and creativity
• Classroom applications across curricula (including ELA)
• Humor writing fundamentals, theories of humor, and creative thinking models
• Strategies for redirecting classroom energy
• Psychological and neuroscientific foundations of humor and creativity

Accomplishments:

• Managed the Coors/CWE Business–Industry Helpline
• Achieved high satisfaction in mail and phone inquiry response
• Conducted detailed research and referrals for adult basic skills resources
• Developed and followed up on business leads with CWE Director
• Organized hazardous-materials focus group at Ithaca College
• Facilitated workshops and conference exhibit booths

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated academic support for 150+ tutors and study circle leaders

Accomplishments:

• Designed and evaluated workshops in study skills, time management, test preparation, and test taking
• Delivered workshops across multiple campus populations
• Served as campus advisor for Noel-Levitz Retention Management System
• Designed standardized workshop packets for staff use
• Recruited, hired, trained, evaluated, and supervised tutors
• Established emergency contact protocols to improve student retention
• Conducted tutor training for Syracuse Challenge program
• Advisory committee member, Syracuse Academic Improvement Program
• Contributed to programs receiving national awards for innovation and retention
• Collaborated on computerized Academic Support Access Program
• Worked with Minority Engineering Program on recruitment and motivation

Responsibilities:

• Co-instructor and instructional assistant for Philosophy 200 (Study Skills)
• Coordinated instructors and instructional assistants
• Managed scheduling, communications, payroll, grades
• Supported grant proposals and conferences

Accomplishments:

• Established early-intervention communication channels across colleges
• Initiated and directed Mental Imagery in Education conference
• Collaborated on conferences generating revenue for program sustainability