Recent Conference Papers and Invited Lectures


David W. Craig, Ph. D. Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456

"Social Norms Approach to Promoting a Healthy School Environment," presentation by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for faculty and staff at the Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN, August 13, 2004.

"Using Social Norms to Promote Health Among College Student-Athletes: Results from the HWS Most Valuable Players Project and the NCAA STARR Project," breakout session by H. Wesley Perkins, David W. Craig and Sarah MacInnis at the National Social Norms Conference, Chicago, IL, July 22, 2004.

"Principles of Social Norms: Applications to Traffic Safety," workshop presentation by David W. Craig to the Maryland State Highway Administration staff in Baltimore, MD, October 30, 2003.

"Principles of Social Norms: An Education Model for Successful Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drug Prevention in Middle and High Schools," workshop presentation by David W. Craig to The Park School administrative staff, teachers, and students in Baltimore, MD on October 30, 2003.

"A Role for Faculty Leadership in ATOD Prevention," workshop presentation by David W. Craig to Goucher College dean staff, health center staff, and faculty in Baltimore, MD on October 30, 2003.

"Strategies for Using Electronic Media in Alcohol Prevention," workshop presentation by David W. Craig to administrative staff, faculty, and ROTC officers at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, ME on October 24, 2003.

"Strategies for Using Electronic Media in Alcohol Prevention," workshop presentation by David W. Craig to dean staff, athletic staff, and health center staff at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor, ME on October 23, 2003.

"Strategies for Using Electronic Media in Alcohol Prevention," workshop presentation by David W. Craig to dean staff and athletic staff a the Univeristy of Southern Maine in Portland, ME on October 22, 2003.

"Most Valuable Players -- Using Social Norms to Target Athletes as a High-Risk Sub-Population," Workshop presentation by H. Wesley Perkins, David W. Craig, and David Diana for the National Meeting on Alcohol, Other Drug, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Austin, TX, October 18, 2003.

“Most Valuable Players – Using Social Norms to Target Student-Athletes as a High-Risk Subpopulation,” workshop presented by H. Wesley Perkins and David Craig at the 6th National Conference on the Social Norms Model sponsored by the BACCHUS & GAMMA Peer Education Network and the National Social Norms Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, July 16-18, 2003.

“Using a Web-Survey Strategy to Expose Actual and Perceived Social Norms among Middle and High School Students,” workshop presented by H. Wesley Perkins and David Craig at the 6th National Conference on the Social Norms Model sponsored by the BACCHUS & GAMMA Peer Education Network and the National Social Norms Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, July 16-18, 2003.

“Year 2 Assessment of NCAA STARR Social Norm Campaign” workshop presentation by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for project staff of Division III colleges and universities selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for a pilot program designed to promote awareness of positive norms and reduce alcohol abuse among college athletes, Rochester, New York, July 11-12, 2003.

"Using Social Norms to Improve the Lives of Student-Athletes" Presentation by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig at the Annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2, 2003.

“Principles of Social Norms and a Model for Faculty Leadership in Prevention” Presentation by David W. Craig to Drug Task Force at Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, New York, March 5, 2003.

"Using Social Norms to Improve the Lives of Student-Athletes" Presentation by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig at the Annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2, 2003.

"Most Valuable Players -- Using Social Norms to Target Athletes as a High-Risk Sub-Population," Workshop presentation by H. Wesley Perkins, David Diana, and David W. Craig for the National Meeting on Alcohol, Other Drug, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Seattle, Washington, November 21-24, 2002.

"Comparing High-Risk Drinking Measures and Estimated BAC Levels as Predictors of Negative consequences in a State-Wide Survey of Young Adults," Paper presented by H. Wesley Perkins, David W.Craig, and Jeff Linkenbach (Montana State University) at the American Public Health Association National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-13, 2002.

"Faculty Leadership in Social Norms: A Workshop on Building a Strong and Healthy Community," Faculty development workshop presented by David W. Craig at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine, August 29, 2002

"Faculty Leadership in Social Norms: A Workshop on Building a Strong and Healthy Community," Faculty development workshop presented by David W. Craig at Unity College, Unity, Maine, August 28, 2002

"The Social Norms Approach to Reducing Substance Abuse and Promoting Positive Student-Athlete Environments," workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for the Athletic Association's Center for Academic & Tutorial Services at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, August 20, 2002.

"Exposing Substance Use Misperceptions Among Middle And High School Students Using A Web-Survey Strategy" workshop by David W. Craig and H. Wesley Perkins at the National Conference on the Social Norms Model: Science-Based Prevention, sponsored by Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 11-12, 2002.

"Using Social Norms To Target Athletes As A High-Risk Subpopulation," workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig at the National Conference on the Social Norms Model: Science-Based Prevention, sponsored by Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 11-12, 2002.

"The Social Norms Approach to Reducing Substance Abuse and Promoting Positive Campus Environments," Workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for faculty, athletic staff, counselors, health educators, and student services administrators, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, July 9, 2002.

"The Social Norms Approach to Reducing Substance Abuse and Promoting Positive Campus Environments," Workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for faculty, counselors, health educators, and student services administrators, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, June 21, 2002.

"The Social Norms Approach to Reducing Substance Abuse and Promoting Positive Campus Environments," Workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for faculty, counselors, health educators, and student services administrators, Nebraska Wesleyan, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 6, 2002.

"Combining Electronic and Print Media with Curriculum Infusion to Deliver Social Norms Prevention in Middle and High School Settings" workshop presentation by David W. Craig to Pioneer School District, Yorkshire, New York, February 19, 2002.

"Combining Electronic and Print Media with Curriculum Infusion to Deliver Social Norms Prevention in Middle and High School Settings" workshop presentation by David W. Craig to Perry School District, Perry, New York, February 9, 2002.

"Using Campus Factoids(TM) in Social Norms Campaigns to Reduce Substance Abuse and Promote Positive Campus Cultures," Presentation by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for faculty, deans and directors of student life, and health service staff of the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizonza, January 24, 2002.

NCAA STARR Social Norm Campaign Workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for Division III colleges and universities selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for a pilot program being developed to promote awareness of positive norms and reduce alcohol abuse among college athletes, Rochester, New York, November 4, 2001.

"Encouraging Faculty Leadership in Prevention," Faculty Curriculum development workshop by David W. Craig for Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, October 11-12, 2001.

NCAA STARR Social Norm Campaign Workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for Division III colleges and universities selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for a pilot program being developed to promote awareness of positive norms and reduce alcohol abuse among college athletes, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 6-7, 2001.

“Promoting Positive Alcohol and Tobacco Norms in a School Environment,” presentation to the Wyoming County Partnership for Substance Abuse Prevention, August 16, 2001 in Warsaw, NY.

"Using a Web-Based Survey to Rapidly Assess Middle School and High School Students' Norms for Substance Use and Other Health and Safety Concerns," workshop by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig at the National Conference on the Social Norms Model: Science-Based Prevention, sponsored by Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network and the California State University System, Anaheim, California, July 19, 2001.

"Using Electronic Media in Social Norms Campaigns to Promote Health," workshop by David W. Craig and H. Wesley Perkins at the National Conference on the Social Norms Model: Science-Based Prevention, sponsored by Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network and the California State University System, Anaheim, California, July 19, 2001.

"Social Norms 101…Science-Based Prevention: The Social Norms Model" and "Social Norms: Applied Examples, Methods & Campaign Strategies," Workshops by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig, Western New York Regional Prevention Education Conference, Amherst, New York, May 24, 2001.

"The Social Norms Approach to Substance Abuse Prevention and Health and Safety Promotion," Presentations by H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig for student life staff and student peer educators of the University of California at San Diego sponsored by Student Health Services and the Student Safety Awareness Program, UCSD, La Jolla, California, May 11-12, 2001.

H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig, "Social Norms ATOD Prevention from Theory to Practice: A Workshop on Building a Strong and Healthy Campus Community," Workshop Presentation, Sponsored by the Student Health & Living Well Centers and The Alcohol Review Board 2000, University Inn & Conference Center, Amherst, New York, April 19, 2000.

David W. Craig, "The Social Norms Approach to Alcohol Abuse Prevention," Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, New York, April 14, 2000.

David Craig and H. Wesley Perkins, "Implementation of Screen Saver Programs for Social Norms Media Campaigns," workshop for New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education, April 6-7, 2000

David W. Craig, "The Social Norms Prevention Model in Theory and Practice," Invited Guest Speaker, In-Service Training Workshop, Erie County Department of Health, Buffalo, New York, February 23, 2000.

David W. Craig, "The HWS Alcohol Education Project," Exhibit, Partnerships for Health in the New Millenium: Launching Healthy People 2010 Conference, Exhibition Hall, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 25-27, 2000.

David W. Craig, "Using Electronic Media in a Social Norms Prevention Program." Invited Guest Speaker, Center Associates Annual Meeting 2000, Tampa, Florida, January 22, 2000.

H. Wesley Perkins and David W. Craig, "The Social Norms Approach to Prevention in Theory and Application," Workshop Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, January 18, 2000.

David W. Craig, "Discovering Biomolecular Structure and Function Using Cooperative Learning Strategies and the Protein Data Bank", 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August, 1996

David W. Craig, "Accessing the Protein and Nucleic Acid Structural Literature in the Undergraduate Curriculum", National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April, 1995

David W. Craig, "A Concept Modeling and Data Analysis Pre-laboratory Workshop for Introductory Chemistry", Gordon Conference on Chemical Education, January 1995

David W. Craig, "A Concept Modeling and Data Analysis Pre-laboratory Workshop for Introductory Chemistry", National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April, 1994

David W. Craig, "Instructional Exercises in Protein Structure for Undergraduate Biochemistry", Fourth Annual National Conference on Problem Solving Across the Curriculum, June, 1993

David W. Craig, "A Concept-Modeling Problem Solving Workshop Project for the First Year Chemistry Laboratory", Fourth Annual National Conference on Problem Solving Across the Curriculum, June, 1993

David W. Craig, "Interactive Protein and Nucleic Acid Modeling in the Undergraduate Curriculum", Gordon Conference on Chemical Education, January 1993

David W. Craig, "Interactive Protein and Nucleic Acid Molecular Modeling in the Undergraduate Curriculum" The Third Keck Symposium on Computational Biology, Houston, Texas, November 1992

David W. Craig, "Prelaboratory Exercises: Building a Concept Model for Precision and Accuracy" Second Annual National Conference on Problem Solving Across the Curriculum, June 13, 1991

David W. Craig, "Instructional Exercises in Protein Structure for Undergraduate Biochemistry", Regional SIG for Computers in Chemical Education, Case Western Reserve University, May 20, 1991