Associate Professor
Along with courses in the psychology department, Dr. Tobin has taught Organizational Communication in the Graduate School program in Organizational Leadership. Dr. Tobin is also a member of the Assessment and Planning Office for the University and is responsible for institutional. and co-curricular assessment.
Dr. Tobin is a licensed psychologist. Since coming to ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç in 1998, he has served as the Director of the Counseling Center (1998-2006) and as Vice President for Student Life (2006-2013). In 2013 Dr. Tobin joined the psychology department and assumed responsibility for coordinating and overseeing students’ clinical experiences. His interests are in the areas of counseling psychology and insight oriented practices that can assist college aged students in being their best selves.  His wife, Michelle, is a licensed clinical social worker in the University Counseling Center.
- Conflict resolution workshop for Department of Nursing faculty ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç University, Ash Wednesday  2011
- Invited Reflection to campus community:Â Re-Lenting: Forgiving and Forgetting
- Campus Collaboration: The Success of the Asperger Initiative at ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç University, Christmas Tree Lighting  2010
- Invited Reflection to campus community: It’s in every one of us, to be wise Power of One: Mercy Student Leadership Symposium June2008
- Inaugural Steering Committee: Member Corry Higher Education Commission  July 2006
- Invited half-day seminar: The Educator as Counselor UPMC Hamot Hospital: Hamot Wellness Connection Spring 2004 & 2005
- Finding your life’s meaning, ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç University, Mercy Heritage Foundation January 2002
- Counseling as a spiritual work of mercy Common Boundary / Institute of Noetic Sciences Spring 1999
- Finalist: Tenth Annual Dissertation Award Competition
- Impact of spiritual development on process of meaning making among late adolescents
- Adolescent recapitulation of significant life events in context of religious experience
Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago, 1999, Counseling Psychology
M.A.  Loyola University Chicago, 1983, Philosophy
A.B.   College of the Holy Cross, 1977, Philosphy Selected Presentations
Notre Dame College, Cleveland Ohio 2011
National Association of Student Personnel Admin. Mental Health Conference January 2011
Gannon University - Counseling and Spirituality: History and Horizons September 1999
Northwest Pennsylvania Psychological Association April 1999