Background
Kovach, Joseph William was born on October 4, 1946 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Son of William Charles and Florence Kovach.
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Joseph William Kovach
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Education
Bachelor in Speech, St. Joseph College, Whiting, Indiana, 1969; Master of Arts in Psychology, Roosevelt U., 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute Technology, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, Chicago School Professional Psychology, 1986.
Career
Assistant corporation merchandising manager, Kroch's & Brentano's, Chicago, 1965-1970;
regional operations manager, Interstate Department Stores, Inc., Highland, Indiana, 1971-1973;
professor and chairman division social and behavioral science, Calumet College St. Joseph, Whiting, Indiana, since 1984;
director, Ednl. Research Exch., Calumet City, Illinois, since 1988;
president, Joseph W. Kovach and Associations, Ltd., Calumet City, since 1969;
director, Buzan Centre Ltd. of Chicago, since 1992. Senior consultant Calumet City Youth Svc.
Bureau, 1973-1975; supervisor Loyola University Med.Ctr., Maywood, Illinois, 1980-1983, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 1973-1983, research associate, 1979-1981. Pre-doctoral intern Chicago Read Mental Health Center, 1983-1984, assistant program director, 1988-1989. School psychologist intern Sch.Dist.
163, Park Forest, Illinois, 1986. Graduate assistant Roosevelt University, Chicago,1970-1971. Research associate Northwestern University Medical School, 1974-1976, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, 1976-1978.
Adjunct member of faculty Thornton Community College (name now South Suburban College), South Holland, Illinois, 1976, 97-, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, 1976-1989. Presenter International Conference of The Role of Social Science in the Development of Education, Business and GovernmentEntering the 21st Century, Kaunas, (Lith.), 1998, 24th International Congress on Arts and Comm., Oxford, England. Organizer First United States of America Mind Sports Championships.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Milton H. Erickson Institute Northern Illinois. Co-founder, board directors International Academy for Study of Virtual Reality. Trustee Calumet College St.Joseph.
Member APA, Midwest Psychological Association, Illinois School Psychologists Association.
