Donald A. McCown

Donald A. McCown
  • Professor
  • Department: Public Health Sciences
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: DMcCown@wcupa.edu

Education

  • PhD, Social Science, Tilburg University (Netherlands), 2013
  • MSS, Social Work, Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, 2008
  • MAMS, Applied Meditation Studies , Won Institute of Graduate Studies, 2004
  • BA, English Literature, Eastern University, 1975

Research Interests

pedagogy of mindfulnesshealth care and educationmindfulness trainingautism spectrum disorderempathy and compassioncommunity leadersmedical students

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Dr. McCown spent 30 years in the advertising business as an executive and creative director, before making a shift into human services, obtaining two Masters degrees and a PhD in the past decade, as well as completing the advanced Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) trainings through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and a practicum and one-year internship in MBSR at the Jefferson Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine. Prior to joining WCU, he held positions as Lecturer at Thomas Jefferson University and Director of Mindfulness at Work programs at Jefferson's Mindfulness Institute. He was a full-time instructor at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies, teaching in the Applied Meditation Studies Program and the Won Buddhist Studies program. He continues to teach (summers) in the post graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy at Council for Relationships in Philadelphia, where he maintains a year-round practice of mindfulness-based family therapy there.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2267

List of Publications

  • Effects of an 8-Week Mindfulness Course in People with Voice Disorders, Jun 2023 Community Life-Skills Workshop. Better Living Through Contemplation., Nov 2019 Mindfulness-based interventions de-reify self: DST clarifies a new therapeutic voice., Jan 2019 LIFE SKILLS FOR PEER PRODUCTION: WALKING TOGETHER THROUGH A SPACE OF “NOT-KNOWING”, Mar 2018 Introduction: A New Hope, Oct 2017 Being Is Relational: Considerations for Using Mindfulness in Clinician-Patient Settings, Jan 2016 Stewardship: Deeper Structures of the Co-created Group, Jan 2016 Practices for Teacher Development, Jan 2016 Practices for the Classroom, Jan 2016 Guidance: Refining the Details, Jan 2016 Resources for Teaching Mindfulness: An International Handbook, Jan 2016 East Meets West in the Pedagogy of the Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Mar 2014

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