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The Personality Profile and Leadership Style of U.S. President Joe Biden
Get PDFThis paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality and leadership style of U.S. president Joe Biden, from the conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon.
Psychodiagnostically relevant data about Biden were collected from biographical sources and media reports and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and DSM-5.
The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. Biden’s primary personality pattern was found to be Outgoing/gregarious, complemented by a secondary Accommodating/cooperative pattern and subsidiary Ambitious/confident features.
The prominence of the Outgoing pattern, in conjunction with a distinctive Accommodating pattern in his overall personality configuration, is indicative of the conciliatory extravert subtype. This personality composite provides the personological substrate for a strong affiliation motive. These individuals are driven to seek approval; they want others to like them and view them as a friend or ally. To achieve that motivational goal, they often compliment, praise, or flatter others, presenting an image of goodwill. When disagreements occur, they attempt to smooth things over, sometimes at the cost of conceding.
Leaders with Biden’s personality profile are likely to exhibit an interpersonal leadership style, characterized by flexibility, compromise, and an emphasis on teamwork; they tend to be conflict-averse and risk-avoidant. In terms of Margaret Hermann’s leadership trait analysis framework, Biden is classified as a leader who respects constraints, is open to information, and is motivated primarily by a relationship focus — prompting a collegial, accommodative leadership style with a focus on reconciling differences and consensus building.
Based on his personality profile and associated leadership traits, the general tenor of the Biden presidency will likely be conciliatory, which could render the president vulnerable to manipulation by pressure groups and act as an impediment in negotiations or conflicts with foreign adversaries
The Catholic Peacebuilding Network: Lessons Learned
Get PDFAs one of the world’s largest transnational institutions, the Catholic Church is deeply engaged in a wide variety of peacebuilding activities at all levels through many different types of institutions and organizations. This essay examines one of these entities, the Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN), a network of university institutes, episcopal conferences, development agencies, and independent peace organizations. It considers CPN’s mission, activities, contributions to the Catholic community’s wider work for peace, and the challenges it faces as it seeks to accompany the Catholic community in areas of conflict. By looking at this one actor, this essay offers insights into Catholic peacebuilding more generally, some of which might be relevant for other religious and secular peacebuilders
International Space Station Downlink Q&A with NASA Astronaut & SJU Graduate Mark Vande Hei \u2789
No full textOn Tuesday, September 14 at 3:30pm in Pellegrene auditorium the CSB/SJU physics department hosted an event with astronaut (and SJU alum) Mark Vande Hei. This event featured a live call from the International Space Station to CSB/SJU. Students and other community members from CSB/SJU, and other nearby schools ask Mark questions
A Conversation about Disability, Awareness, Rights, and Activism with Judy Heumann and Dr. Miro Griffiths
No full textDr. Griffiths and Judy Heumann will be tuning in via Zoom at 2 PM CT for the conversation. You may attend the live viewing event at 2 PM in the Founder’s Room at SJU or tune in virtually via Zoom. We will also host a viewing of the recording of the event at 6 PM in the Multicultural Center at CSB. We highly encourage listeners to attend the live viewing event at 2 PM in the Founders Room because there will be opportunities for audiences to engage with Judy Heumann and Dr. Griffiths in addition to fellow community members.
Speaker Bios:
Judith (Judy) Heumann is a lifelong advocate for the rights of disabled people. She contracted polio in 1949 in Brooklyn, New York and began to use a wheelchair for her mobility. She was denied the right to attend school because she was considered a fire hazard at the age of five. Her parents played a strong role in fighting for her rights as a child, but Judy soon determined that she, working in collaboration with other disabled people, had to play an advocacy role due to continuous discrimination. She has been instrumental in the development and implementation of legislation advancing the inclusion of disabled people in the US and around the world and fighting to end discrimination against all those with disabilities. She is now an internationally recognized leader in the disability rights community.
Dr. Miro Griffiths is a Leverhulme Research Fellow in Disability Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. Miro\u27s research explores disabled people\u27s participation and experience of resistance practices, politics, and activist mobilization. Miro lectures on disability theory, research methods, and policy analysis. He is an adviser on disability policy to the UK Government, UK Equality and Human Rights Commission, European Commission, and disabled people\u27s organizations across Europe. Miro identifies as a disabled person
