Curriculum Vitae - Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D.

Schaler CV10/25/2008• (1989). Truth, Traynor and McKelvey: Politics and the alcoholismcontroversy. In A. Trebach & K. Zeese (Eds.) Drug policy 1989-1990: Areformer's catalogue. Drug Policy Foundation: Washington, D.C. pps.249- 261• (1988). An argument in favor of drug legalization. (Invited writtentestimony for the drug legalization hearings, Select Committee onNarcotics Abuse and Control, U.S. Congress, September 29, HearingRecord)SELECTED PRESENTATIONS• (2008). Addiction is a choice. Inner Circle Seminar No. 131, Sunday,October 12, Herringham Hall, Regent’s College, Inner Circle, LondonNW1. Introduced by Anthony Stadlen. Lecture.• (2008). Invited feature speaker at “Conundrums and Controversies inMental Health and Illness,” The Fifteenth Annual Thomas A. PittsMemorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics at the Medical University ofSouth Carolina, Charleston. Paper presented on addiction as abehavioral choice and participated on a panel debating issues concerningmental illness, the nature of disease, and the constitutional rights ofpeople labeled “mentally ill.” September 7-8. Speech, Panelist.• (2006). Debate. “Tobacco Use as a Factor in Case Decision-Making.”Striking the “Rights” Balance: Respecting Parents While ProtectingChildren, The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at CapitalUniversity Law School, with the Ohio Department of Job & FamilyServices, Seventh National Symposium, Greater Columbus ConventionCenter, Columbus, Ohio, October 6,http://www.law.capital.edu/adoption/symposium.htm Speech.• (2006). “What difference does it make if we view mental illness andaddiction as behavior or disease? Some scientific and clinicalconsiderations." The Langton Centre, Sydney, Australia, January 10.http://www.schaler.net/mom.doc Lecture.• (2005). Keynote speaker. Opening of “Psychiatry: Industry of Death”museum, Citizens Commission for Human Rights, Los Angeles,California, December 17, 2005. Speech.• (2003). “Tribute Honoring Dr. Thomas S. Szasz.” 41 st Annual GeorgeWashington Awards Dinner. American Hungarian Foundation. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, November 11, 2003.Speech.http://www.szasz.com/ahfgwaward.html Speech.• (2003). Invited lecture. “Devils, drugs, and God.” University ofColorado at Boulder. Hale 270, September 25, 2003. Lecture.• (2003). Panelist. Roundtable discussion on euthanasia. Sponsored byAmerica’s Future Foundation, Fund for American Studies, Washington,DC, May 21 http://www.americasfuture.org/affpics/euthanasiart.cfmPage 7 of 35 pages