Alexander Douglas Varn, Dipl.-Psych.

email: alexander.varn@absolventum.uni-mannheim.de

Diplom in Psychology  from the University of Mannheim, Germany

            February, 2003

            The completion of Diplom in Psychology equates to the U.S.A. Bachelor of

            Science and Master of Science degrees in Psychology.

            Grade Point Average: 4.00.

Additional subject: Forensic document examination Grade: 1.0*

            Thesis: Approaches to offender profiling with a detailed examination of possible
            statistical approaches

           Vordiplom in Psychology from the University of Mannheim, Germany,

                        November, 1997

Grade Point Average: 3.80

           Studies in Business Administration with an Intercultural Qualification, University of

                        Mannheim, Germany, 1994 and 1995

           Abitur from the Helene Lange Gymnasium, Mannheim, Germany,

                        June, 1997

Grade Point Average: 4.00

Training in forensic document examination, Institut für Schriftvergleichung, University of Mannheim, Germany, 1998 and 1999

Traumatic Incident Reduction Workshop, San Antonio, Texas/USA, 2000

Dive instructor and course director (Moniteur ***), International Committee of Marine Conservation, Member of CMAS, Germany

Neurology Ward, Klinikum Mannheim, Germany

            May 2000 - June 2000

-                 - Clinical internship in neuro-psychology, responsible for testing and assessing the

                    cognitive capabilities of neurological patients.

School of Business Administration, University of Mannheim, Germany

            August 1997 - December 1998

                  -  Evaluation of the course of studies “Business Administration with an

                     Intercultural Qualification” for the Dean of Studies. Responsible for data

                     collection, data interpretation and generating the final report.

Family Therapy and Trauma Center, Greenville, South Carolina/USA

            November 1999 - March 2000

                  - Clinical internship with a concentration in the treatment of persons with PTSD

Prison Psychologist in the  Justice Department, State Prison of  Saxony, Torgau, Germany

            September 2003 - to current

EC Resource Teacher at James Martin Middle School, Charlotte, NC

            February 2003 - July 2003

            - teaching of children with learning disabilities, behavioral and emotional impairment

              and mental disabilities.

Junior consultant at MSE-Group, Ludwigshafen, Germany

            August 2001 - April 2002

                  - responsible for the preparation and launch of the Global Panel web site

                  - event-management

Research assistant at the Dean’s Office, School of Business Administration, University of

            Mannheim, Germany

            1994 – 2001

                  - work in the school’s Department of International Relations, counseling students

                    wishing to study abroad as well as foreign students at the University of

                    Mannheim

Research assistant at the office for Public Relations (Pressestelle), at the Akademie für 

            Weiterbildung and at the Studium Generale at the University of Mannheim,

            Germany

            1993 – 2000

                  - responsible for the programming of their homepages

Research assistant at the Dezernat I (Planning, Elections, Statistics) at the University of

            Mannheim, Germany

            1998 – 2000

                  - statistical work for the annual report of the University of Mannheim

Work as a freelance translator for BASF AG, Loher AG and Mania AG

            1996 – 2000

                  - translation of their annual reports, seminars and guide lines from German to

                    English and English to German

Volunteer work at the Kibutz Kfar Menachem, Israel

            1988 and 1989

English (mother tongue), German (mother tongue), working knowledge in Spanish and FrenchEnglisch (Muttersprache)

Microsoft Office programs, SPSS, Systat, HTML and Java Script Programing

Queva, C., Varn, A. (1999). Bericht zur Evaluation des Studienganges Kultur-BWL (Engl.; Evaluation report of the course of studies “Business Administration with an Intercultural Qualification”). Administrative Publikation, Universität Mannheim.

Varn, A. (2002). Konzeptentwicklungen und klinische Erfahrungen zu Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen auf dem Hintergrund der Vietnam-Veteranen (Engl.; Concepts and clinical experience in PTSD gained through the work with Vietnam veterans). Praxis: Klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation, 15(57).

Varn, A. (2003). Konzeptentwicklungen und klinische Erfahrungen zu Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen auf dem Hintergrund der Vietnam-Veteranen (Engl.; Concepts and clinical experience in PTSD gained through the work with Vietnam veterans). In Zielke, M., Meermann, R., Hackhausen, W. (Hrsg.). Das Ende der Geborgenheit? Die Bedeutung von traumatischen Erfahrungen in verschiedenen Lebens- und Ereignisbereichen: Epidemiologie, Prävention, Behandlungskonzepte und klinische Erfahrungen. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.