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McKelley, R. A. (2022). Loneliness: The Hidden Pandemic. Keynote address at the La Crosse Population Health Annual Health Summit, Virtual, April 22, 2022.

McKelley, R. A. (2021). Mental Health Matters. Keynote address at the Wisconsin Rural Health Promotion Workshop, Virtual, October 6, 2021.

McKelley, R. A. (2021). Measuring Masculinities: The Impact of Social Environment on Self-Report Instruments. Symposium presentation at the 129th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Virtual, August 12 – 15, 2021.

McKelley, R. A. (2021). In Search of Balance: Rediscovering Interaction During Times of Disconnection. Virtual keynote address at the 2021 Adolescent Health Symposium, Madison, WI, February 18 – 19, 2021.

McKelley, R. A. (2021). Deepening Connections in the Lives of Our Adolescents. Virtual demonstration and workshop at the 2021 Adolescent Health Symposium, Madison, WI, February 18 – 19, 2021.

McKelley, R. A. (2021). [Dis]Abilities & Mental Health. Virtual workshop at the Onalaska School District Equity Day, Onalaska, WI, February 12, 2021.

McKelley, R. A. (2020). Un-Masking Masculinity in Medicine: Supporting Mental and Physical Health of Boys and Men. Virtual workshop for the Gundersen Health System Medical Foundation, La Crosse, WI, October 9, 2020.

McKelley, R. A. (2020). Developing a Mutually-Beneficial Mindfulness Approach to Enhancing the Health & Well-Being of Adolescents: Students and Staff Engaged in a Collective Health Assets Strategy. Keynote address at the 2020 Adolescent Health Symposium, Madison, WI, February 6 – 7, 2020.

McKelley, R. A. (2020). Developing the Habit of Self-Awareness through Mindful Self-Compassion. Demonstration and workshop at the 2020 Adolescent Health Symposium, Madison, WI, February 6 – 7, 2020.

McKelley, R. A. (2019). Hoarding Disorder: Digging through the Facts and Fiction. Invited presentation at the Wisconsin Adult Protective Services Conference, Wisconsin Dells, WI, October 10, 2019.

McKelley, R. A., Davidson, M., & Bischmann, A. (2018). Will Boys Really Just Be Boys?. Discussant of symposium presentation at the 126th meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 9 – 12, 2018.

McKelley, R. A., Gilmore, G. D., & Anderson, D. (2017). Identifying Health-Related Psychosocial Stressors Among Compliance Archaeologists in the United States. Symposium presentation at the 125th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August 3 – 6, 2017.

McKelley, R. A., & Sweet, H. B. (2017). Feminism Is for Everyone: Bringing More Men into the Conversation. Co-chair of symposium presentation at the 125th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August 3 – 6, 2017.

Barrera, S. & McKelley, R. A. (2017). The Impact of Social Environment on Masculinity Measures. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Men’s Studies Association, Ann Arbor, MI, March 30 – April 2, 2017.

McKelley, R. A. The Science of Sleep: A to Zzzzzs on Healthy Sleep Habits for Youth. Invited presentation at the 2017 Adolescent Health Symposium, Madison, WI, February 10, 2017.

McKelley, R. A., & Cronan, K. Anglo-Celtic Culture and Male Friendship. Oral presentation at the 124rd meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO, August 4 – 7, 2016.

McKelley, R. A. Counseling Men: Practical Considerations. Invited presentation at the 1st meeting of the Eating Disorders in Men conference, Montreal, Quebec, September 16 – 18, 2016.

McKelley, R. A., & Viegut, A. Placebo Study of Heart-Rate Variability Biofeedback for an Acute Stressor. Poster presentation at the 123rd meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, August 6 – 9, 2015.

Sweet, H. B., Rabinowitz, F. E., McDermott, R. C., McKelley, R. A., et al. Learning from Others: A Workshop on Gender Empathy. Symposium presentation at the 123rd meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, August 6 – 9, 2015.

McKelley, R. A., & Viegut, A. Placebo Study of Heart-Rate Variability Biofeedback for an Acute Stressor. Poster presentation at the 123rd meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, August 6 – 9, 2015.

Svoboda, V., McKelley, R. A., & Bero, C. STR8WCM: Building relationships and community with white heterosexual college men. Research presentation at the 15th annual White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI, March 26-29, 2014.

Kilmartin, C., & McKelley, R. A. Instructors for continuing education workshop on Teaching the Psychology of Men at the 121st meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, July 31 – August 4, 2013.

McKelley, R. A. Discussant, symposium titled Alternative Interventions for Improving Men’s Mental Health: Initial Evidence. Symposium presentation at the 121st meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, July 31 – August 4, 2013.

McKelley, R. A., Fries, J. , & Johnson, M. Minding the Gap: A Qualitative Analysis of Fathers’ Issues in Therapy. In C. Oren & D. Chase-Oren (Co-Chair). Accessing Fathers’ Experiences: Multi-Modal Approaches. Accepted for symposium presentation at the 121st meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, July 31 – August 4, 2013.

McKelley, R. A. Does Masculinity Even Matter?: The Effect of Social Environment on Men’s Expression of Sadness. Poster presentation at the 120th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL, August 2 – 5, 2012.

McKelley, R. A. Catch ‘em in class: Comparing behavioral principles to classroom attendance policies. Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Enhancing the Teaching of Psychology Conference, La Crosse, WI, May 16, 2012.

McKelley, R. A. Facebook & Student Engagement. Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Enhancing the Teaching of Psychology Conference, La Crosse, WI, May 16, 2012.

Lee, E., & McKelley, R. A. Needs Assessment of Service Providers’ Cultural Competency with Hmong Counseling Clients. Paper presentation at the meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Las Vegas, NV, February 22 – 25, 2012.

McKelley, R. A., & Fries, J. Counseling Fathers. In C. Oren & D. Chase-Oren (Co-Chair). Context Matters: Fathers Across Three Settings. Symposium presentation at the 119th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August 4 – 7, 2011.

McKelley, R.A. Re-conceptualizing homophobia as a fear of emotional vulnerability between men. In K. Cronan (Chair). Men and vulnerability. Symposium presentation at the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia, July 11 – 16, 2010.

Rochlen, A. B., & McKelley, R. A. Men in nursing: Gender role conflict and gender-related work barriers. In J. M. O’Neil & G. E. Good (Co-Chair). Gender role conflict studies of football athletes, male nurses, and undergraduate students. Symposium presentation at the 117th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 6 – 8, 2009.

Remer, R., Rabinowitz, F. E., McKelley, R. A., Beer, L. B., Khairallah, T. S., et al.  Men’s retreat: Male-to-male interactions and inviting diversity. Presentation at the 117th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 6 – 8, 2009.

McKelley, R. A., & Rochlen A. B. The Practice of Coaching as an Alternative to Therapeutic Interventions for Men.

Symposium presentation at the 116th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August 14 – 17, 2008.

McKelley, R. A., Schoen, E., & Tiberi, T. An Alternative Approach to Brief Therapy: Training Clinicians in a Single-Session Consultative Model. Presentation at the Big Ten Counseling Centers Conference, Madison, WI, February 20 – 22, 2008.

McKelley, R. A. Men’s and women’s reasons for and against seeking help through executive coaching. Poster presentation at the 16th Annual Mid-Winter Conference of the Society of Consulting Psychology, Austin, TX, February 8 -10, 2008.

Rochlen, A.R., & McKelley, R. A. A Video-Based Demonstration of Conformity to Masculine Role Norms. Symposium

presentation at the 115th meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 17 – 20, 2007.

Rochlen, A.R., McKelley, R. A., Suizzo M., & Scaringi, V. The Present Father: Current Research and Theories. Symposium presentation at the 115th meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 17 – 20, 2007.

Rabinowitz, F.E., & Stevens, M. A. (2006, August). Critical incidents in a men’s therapy group—Demonstration and discussion. Symposium presentation at the 114th meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, August 10-13.

Rochlen, A.R., & McKelley, R.A. Evaluation of the male-type depression criteria: A preliminary investigation. Symposium presentation at the 113th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August 18-21, 2005.

Rochlen, A.B., & McKelley, R.A. Marketing mental health to men: New directions for research and practice. Symposium presentation at the 112th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, July 28-August 1, 2004.

Jester, D. J., Rozek, E., Andel, R., Small, B., McKelley, R. A. (in review) Psychophysiological Effects of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in Older Adults: A Pilot Study. Submitted to Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

McKelley, R. A. (in preparation). Single-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Heart-Rate Variability Biofeedback. To be submitted to Health Psychology in Fall 2020.

McKelley, R. A. (in revision). Malleable Masculinity: The influence of social environment on self-report measures.

McKelley, R. A. (in preparation). The impact of a masculinities course on student attitudes and beliefs. .

Gilmore, G. D., McKelley, R. A., & Anderson, D. (2019). Comprehensive Assessment of the Psychosocial Occupational Health Status of Archaeologists in the United States. Journal of Health, Safety, and Environment, 35(1), 65-84.

Jester, D. J., Rozek, E., & McKelley, R. A. (2019). Heart rate variability biofeedback:  Implications for cognitive and psychiatric effects in older adults. Aging & Mental Health, (0), 1-7.

Hill, V., & McKelley, R. A. (2018). A Calming Effect. The International Parking Institute, 5(34), 26-29.

Schoen, E., & McKelley, R. A. (2012). Clinical assessment at college counseling centers: The consultant-on-duty model. Journal of College Counseling, 15, 274-288.

Rochlen, A. R., McKelley, R. A., & Whitaker, T. (2010) The stay-at-home father experience: Reasons for entering the role, stigma perceptions, and workforce re-entry plans. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 11 (4), 279-285.

McKelley, R. A., & Rochlen, A. B. (2010). Conformity to masculine norms and preferences for therapy or executive coaching. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 11(1), 1-14.

Rochlen, A.R., Suizzo M., McKelley, R.A., & Scaringi, V. (2008). “I’m just providing for my family:” A qualitative study of stay-at-home fathers’ views toward their roles, reactions from others, parenting values, and masculine identities. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 9(4), 193-206.

Rochlen, A. R., McKelley, R. A., Suizzo M., & Scaringi, V. (2008). Predictors of relationship satisfaction, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction among an internet sample of stay-at-home fathers. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 9(1), 17-28.

McKelley, R. A. (2007). Men’s resistance to seeking help: Using Individual Psychology to understand counseling-reluctant men. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 63(1).

McKelley, R. A., & Rochlen, A. B. (2007). The practice of coaching: Exploring alternatives to therapy for counseling-resistant men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 8(1), 53-65.

Rochlen, A. B., McKelley, R. A., & Pituch, K. A. (2006). A preliminary exploration of the Real Men. Real Depression campaign. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 7(1), 1-13.

McKelley, R. A., McNamee, A., & Patton, E. (2005). The CIO: Driving Competitive Advantage One Byte at a Time. Texas Magazine.

Contributed to Lanigan, E. (1999).  Shift happens . . . Making the Connection – On and Off Line.  In Vivo: The Business and Medicine Report, 13(9), 62-70.

McKelley, R. A. (in revision). Fatherhood. In R. Mallo (Ed.). Men’s Health in Primary Care, 1st Edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

McKelley, R. A. (in revision). Stress. In R. Mallo (Ed.). Men’s Health in Primary Care, 1st Edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

McKelley, R. A. (2017). Fathers in Families. In J. Lebow, A. Chambers, & D. Breunlin (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Switzerland: Spring International Publishing.

McKelley, R. A., & Rochlen, A. B. (2015). Furthering Fathering: What We Know and What We Need to Know. In Y. J. Wong & S. F. Wester (Eds.). APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. 

McKelley, R. A. (2013). Cracking the steel ball: Making use of metaphor in therapy with men. In A. B. Rochlen & F. Rabinowitz (Eds.). Breaking Barriers in Counseling Men: Insights and Innovations. New Jersey: Routledge Publishing.

McKelley, R. A. (2012). Mental Illness: Biases in Diagnosis. The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

McKelley, R. A. (2011). Social Construction of Masculinity. The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Rochlen, A. R., & McKelley, R. A. (2009). Working therapeutically with stay-at-home fathers. In C. Z. Oren & D. C. Oren (Eds.). Counseling Fathers: Practical, Theoretical, and Cultural Perspectives. New Jersey: Routledge Publishing.

Reviewed and critiqued, Fatherhood in Flux: Global Perspectives on Fathers and Families, edited by D.W. Schwalb, B.J. Schwalb, and Michael Lamb: Routledge. Published in the International Psychology Bulletin, 17(3), Summer 2013.

Reviewed and critiqued, In the Room With Men: A Casebook of Therapeutic Change, by Matt Englar-Carlson and Mark Stevens: American Psychological Association. Published in the International Journal of Men’s Health, 7(3), Fall 2008.

  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for American Journal of Men’s Health (Spring 2019 – Present)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for Men & Masculinities (Spring 2017 – Present)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for Social Semiotics (Fall 2016)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for The Journal of Men’s Studies (Spring 2016 – Present)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for The Journal of Family Studies (Spring 2015 – Present)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for Gender & Society (Summer 2014 – Present)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for Psychology of Men & Masculinities (Summer 2011 – Present)
  • Item writer for the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology, Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (Summer 2011 – 2012)