1963-1965
Chief Psychologist, Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma, Washington

1966-1972
Child and Family Psychologist, Kennedy Child Study Center, St. John's Hospital Community Mental Health
Center, Santa Monica, California

1971-1982
Private Psychology Practice, Affiliated Psychological Consultants, Downey, California

1981-1986
Program Director, The Open Door Clinics, Inc., Alhambra, California

1985-1988
Consultant: substance abuse prevention program and K-8 curriculum development; teacher, parent, and peer counseling trainer; workshop leader; proposal writer:
School districts: Alhambra School District, CA; Rosemead School District, CA.
San Gabriel Valley Juvenile Diversion Project, Temple City, CA.
California Department of Employment Development.

1988-1999
Senior Research Scientist, Integrated Research Services, Eugene, Oregon

2000-2003
Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Selected Publications

Dresser, J. (2000, May). Comparing statewide alcohol server training systems. 15th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety Abstracts, Stockholm.

Dresser, J. (1998). Comparing statewide alcohol server training systems. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, Vol. 61(1), 150.

Dresser, J. (1998). Safe Passage: Making it through Adolescence in a Risky Society by Joy Dryfoos (Book review). The Prevention Researcher, Vol. 5, Supplement, p.14-15.

Dresser, J. (1996, June). Assessment of year-round and holiday ride service programs. Proceedings of the Global Safety Conference, Bled, Slovenia.

Dresser, J. (1996, June). Legislating server training to prevent DUI. Proceedings of the Global Safety Conference, Bled, Slovenia.

Dresser, J. (1995). DUI countermeasures overviewed. The Prevention Researcher, Vol. 2, No. 1, 8-12.

Dresser, J. (1995, February). Building resilience through teacher/student interaction. Workshop leader, outline included in Proceedings of the Seventh National Health Promotion Conference. Brisbane, Australia.

Dresser, J. & Molof, M. (1995). Assessment of year-round and holiday ride service programs. Traffic Tech, NHTSA Technology Transfer series, No. 88.

Molof, M. & Dresser, J. (1989). Evaluation as an aid to state traffic safety programs. Proceedings of the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Dresser, J. (1985, December). A cross-cultural model of substance dependency. Proceedings of the First World Congress on Drugs and Alcohol, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Lustig, N., Dresser, J., & Spellman, S. (1966). Incest: A family group survival pattern. Archives of General Psychiatry, 14:31.

Lustig, N., Dresser, J., & Spellman, S. (1966). Incest. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 195 (1), p. 155.
Invited Presentations

Dresser, J. (2003, December). Alcohol servers as fas prevention agents. Invited presentation to the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Washington DC.

Dresser, J. (2000, July). Responsible beverage service: Technology tried and true? Mandate or not? Invitational Symposium on Alcoholic Beverage Control: Partners for Prevention. U.S. Dept. of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, San Diego, CA.

Dresser, J. (2000, July). What more do we need to know? Identifying a research agenda. Invitational Symposium on Alcoholic Beverage Control: Partners for Prevention. U.S. Dept. of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, San Diego, CA.

Dresser, J. (2000, May). Alcohol service policies. Presenter and workshop leader, Hospitality Resource Panel Training Institute, San Diego, CA.

Dresser, J. (2000, May). Effects of the Corvallis ordinance prohibiting smoking in bars. Presentation to the Multnomah County Task Force considering a similar local ordinance, Portland, OR.

Dresser, J. (2000, January). Comparing Oregon with other states in responsible alcohol service. Presentation to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Portland, OR.

Dresser, J. (1999, October). Comparing statewide alcohol server training systems. National Alcohol Education Symposium of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, Washington DC.

Dresser, J. (1999, April). Comparing statewide alcohol server training systems. Issue Forum on Hospitality Education & Training of the North American Partnership for Responsible Hospitality, Washington DC.

Dresser, J. (1998, August). Comparing statewide alcohol server training systems. Invited contribution to the NIAAA Miniconvention at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Division 28, San Francisco, CA.

Dresser, J. (1994, October). Breaking the cycle of domestic violence: Teen prevention. Presentation to San Mateo County Prevention Network, San Mateo, CA.

Dresser, J. (1991, April). Prevention program evaluation. Statewide workshop provided for the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Dallas, TX.

Dresser, J. (1987). Some American reflections on drug demand reduction. Concept presenter and committee leader in developing prevention strategy recommendations for Asia-Pacific region. United Nations Workshop on Utilization of Community Resources for the Prevention and Reduction of Drug Abuse, Manila, Philippines.

Other Presentations

Dresser, J. (2001, September). Effectiveness of statewide alcohol server training systems. 45th ICAA International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Dependencies, Heidelberg, Germany.

Hartzler, B. & Dresser, J. (2000). Outcome expectancies for DWI among bar patrons. 34th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Dresser, J. (1998, September). Legislating alcohol server training to reduce DWI. 42nd ICAA International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Dependencies, Malta.

Dresser, J. (1998, September). Assessment of year-round and holiday ride service programs. 42nd ICAA International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Dependencies, Malta.

Dresser, J. (1996). Comparing statewide approaches to alcohol server training. Annual Convention of the APA, Chicago, IL.

Dresser, J. (1996). Legislating server training to prevent DUI. Annual Convention of the APA, Toronto.

Dresser, J. & Molof, M. (1995, April). Evaluation of two ride service programs. Lifesavers 13 Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Dresser, J. & Molof, M. (1995). Ride service programs: A community approach to DUI prevention. Annual Convention of the APA, New York.

Dresser, J. & Molof, M. (1993). Two studies of alcohol server training. Annual Convention of the APA, Toronto, 1993.

Dresser, J., Molof, M. & Ungerleider, S. (1991, August). Empirically Based Parent, Educator, and Community Training. Presented at the Annual Convention of the APA, San Francisco, CA.

Dresser, J., Gutierres, S. & Ungerleider, S. (1990). Comparing early intervention program development in rural and suburban communities. Annual Convention of the APA, Boston, MA.


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