Gregory John Boyle
| Gregory John Boyle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 20, 1950 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Personality psychology |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne University of Queensland and Bond University |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne University of Delaware, United States |
| Doctoral advisors | Melbourne: Gordon V. Stanley (24th President, Australian Psychological Society); Delaware: Silvia Farnham-Diggory (cognitive development) |
| Known for | Research into personality structure and taxonomy Multidimensional Mood State Inventory |
Gregory John Boyle, PhD, DSc (born February 20, 1950) is an Australian academic psychologist whose psychometric research has contributed to the fields of personality theory and assessment, clinical neuropsychological assessment, clinical-health psychology, and educational psychology.
Boyle holds a higher doctorate (D.Sc.) from the University of Queensland (2006),B.Sc. (Hons), M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Melbourne and separately earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Delaware, USA. At the University of Delaware, Boyle worked closely with his doctoral advisors (Jack J. Pikulski and Sylvia Farnham-Diggory), as well as with Carroll E. Izard from the Department of Psychology who also sat on his Doctoral Dissertation Committee. Previously, at the University of Melbourne, Boyle had completed his Science Honours research in clinical neuropsychological assessment at the University of Melbourne and in situ at the Austin Hospital, Heidelberg (Melbourne) under the supervision of Kevin W. Walsh (Father of Australian Neuropsychology), and his Master's degree in educational psychology under the guidance of Eric Gaudry, and Frank D. Naylor (27th Australian Psychological Society President), and later completed his second Ph.D., working closely with his Melbourne doctoral advisors, K. Brian Start, and Gordon V. Stanley (24th Australian Psychological Society President). In addition, Julian C. Stanley from Johns Hopkins University had played a key mentorship role in guiding Boyle's ongoing academic career development.
Subsequently, Boyle's academic career in teaching and research has been at the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland, and at Bond University on Australia's Gold Coast where he served as Professor of Psychology for over two decades and Associate Dean for Research for several years. Currently, he is an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and until recently, Head of School at the Australian Institute of Psychology (now defunct). In recognition of his sustained contributions to the scientific psychological literature, in 2006, he was honored with conferral of the University of Queensland's prestigious D.Sc. degree. Over the years, Boyle has given invited lectures on factor analytic methodology and psychometric research into personality theory and assessment at many universities around the world, including Oxford University, Princeton University and Stanford University.
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