Dr. Glenn F. Cartwright is
a psychologist, Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling
Psychology and interim Dean of the Centre for Continuing Education
at McGill University in Montreal.
A pioneer in educational computer applications,
he introduced large-scale computer assisted instruction to Quebec and McGill some 35
years ago. Specializing in computer-assisted instruction, after completing
his doctorate in Educational Psychology at the University
of Alberta, he returned to McGill to develop educational computer applications
in the Faculty of Education and throughout the university. He was
the founding Director of several teaching labs in the Faculty of Education
including the Division of Educational Computer Applications, and the Computer-Based
Instructional Research Lab (CBIRL).
His research interests in computer applications
in education currently centres on consciousness and virtual reality.
As a psychologist, he has written and lectured widely on Parental Alienation
Syndrome and was a founding member of the Professional and Scientific Advisory
Committee of the Parental Alienation Syndrome Research Foundation in Washington,
DC. A noted public speaker, he was for many years a professional
level member of the National Speakers Association.
In addition to technology, he is deeply
interested in in International Education and consults widely in a number
of countries from China to India. He is a Fellow of both the Amercian
and World Associations for Social Psychiatry, a Fellow of the Canadian
College of Teachers, and former Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of
John Abbott College.
In 2006, Dr. Cartwright was on
sabbatic leave from McGill and was elected a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge.