Michael J. Zborowski
Associate Professor
(716) 878-3011
Campus Address: Classroom Building C307
zborowmj@buffalostate.edu
Welcome to the vibrant world of Buffalo State College, and the department of Psychology in particular. I have been a member of the faculty since 1991. As a licensed Clinical Psychologist, involved in consultative and clinical activities collateral to my academic endeavors, my emphasis in teaching and research reflects this applied, clinical focus. I coordinated our B.S. program in Clinical Psychology, enabling students the opportunity to specialize in applied coursework and scholarly research. I also appreciate the importance of providing students with direct practical experience in fostering their professional growth, and developed our department internship program some years ago.
Dr. Norvilitis and I currently rotate our role as department Internship Coordinator.
Research Interests: Adult psychopathology; clinical service delivery; psychodynamic theory and application; and the empirical investigation of dreams.
Courses Usually Taught:
Abnormal Psychology (PSY 411)
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Procedures (PSY 480)
Psychological Tests and Measurements (PSY 481)
Senior Seminar (PSY 472)
Internship (PSY 488)
Representative Publications:
Zborowski, M.J. & Garske, J.P. (1993). Interpersonal deviance and consequent social impact in hypothetically schizophrenia-prone men. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102 (3), 482-489.
Greenberg, R.P., Bornstein, R.F., Zborowski, M.J., Fisher, S., & Greenberg, M.D. (1994). A meta-analysis of Fluoxetine outcome in the treatment of depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 182, 547-551.
Zborowski, M.J. (1998). A comprehensive investigation of putative correlates of Bulimia among college-aged women: Object relations, dependency, ego defenses, trait anxiety, and depression. Addictive Behaviors, 1, 47-55.
Zborowski, M.J. & McNamara, P. (1998). The attachment hypothesis of REM sleep: Toward an integration of psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology, with implications for psychopathology. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 15, 115-140.
Hartmann, E., Harrison, R., & Zborowski, M. (2001). Boundaries in the mind: Past research and future directions. North American Journal of Psychology, 3, 347-368.
Hartmann, E., Zborowski, M. & Kunzendorf, R. (2001). The emotion pictured by a dream: An examination of emotions contextualized in dreams. Sleep and Hypnosis, 3, 33-43.
Hartmann, E., Zborowski, M., Rosen, R., & Gazells-Grace, N. (2001). Contextualizing images in dreams: More intense after abuse and trauma. Dreaming, 11, 115-125.
Zborowski, M.J., Hartmann, E., Newson, M.A., & Banar, M. (2004). The Hartmann Boundary Questionnaire: Two studies examining personality correlates and interpersonal behavior. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 23, 45-62.
Recent Students Mentored:
Having had the pleasure of working with virtually hundreds of students throughout my tenure in the department, it has been a joy to witness their continued development and professional success. Many have pursued graduate or professional training upon graduation, including: Psychology (Clinical, School), Counseling, Social Work, Law, Student Personnel Administration, and Public Health.