Specialties and Interests

• Cultural Diversity in Groups and Organizations
• Group Dynamics in Organizations
• Group and Human Relations
• Small Group Consultancy
• Large Group Consultation and Interventions
• Experiential Learning – Boundaries, Authority, Role and Tasks

Courses Taught

• Cultural Diversity in Organizations 
• Group Dynamics in Organizations
• Sociocultural Diversity – African American Psychology
• Sociocultural Diversity – Intercultural Awareness Development
• Advance Research – Leadership 
• Coaching and Self Development
• Research Proposal Design

Research: (Recent)Publications and Presentations

• Mack, C. (2006, in press). Surfacing the ecology of public school organizations: The centrality of groups and their dependency container, in L. D. Brunner, A. Nutkevitch, and M. Sher (eds.) Group Relations Conferences: Reviewing and Exploring Theory, Design, Role-Taking and Application. London: Karnac Books.
• Mack, C. (2005). Things happen: Managing crisis in the living history of the Tavistock perspective (Resonances of 9/11). Organisational & Social Dynamics, 5(2), 183-198.
• Mack, C. (March, 2001). The intersection of family life and technology. National Council on Family Relations Report, 46(1), 4-5.
• Mack, C. (1995). Leadership and improving student performance in a public school district: There’s going to be bedlam, if we get’em. In Leigh S. Estabrook (Ed.) Leadership as Legacy: Transformation at the turn of the millennium (pp. 121-135).
• Presentation, March 9, 2006 – Race, Achievement and Social Justice. Video conference, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Professional Activities

• Sacramento OD Network, Sacramento, California
• President, Board of Directors, Youth in Focus
• Advisory Board, Fruge Psychological Associates, Inc.
• Principal Consultant, ABUYA WORKS

Experiential Conferences in the Group Relations Tradition (as Conference Director)

• Individual and Organizational Links: A Tavistock Group Relations Conference, Alliant International University, Alameda, CA 2003 
• Teams at Work: A Tavistock Group Relations Conference, Alliant International University, Alameda, CA 2001
• Authority and Leadership: A Tavistock Group Relations Conference, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, CA 1998
  
  

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• BA, MA, PhD, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley.
• Certificate for Training, Cognitive Coaching, Institute for Intelligent Behavior.
• Executive and Group Relations Director Training, Advance Small Group
• Consultation, Large Group Consultation, Hansom Associates, Berkeley, CA.
• Organization Consulting, Kennert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University.
• Personnel Institute, Kellogg West, California Polytechnic Institute.
• Structure of Intellect, Basic and Advance Training, SOI Intsitute.

Professional and Honorary Memberships

• A. K. Rice Institute
• GREX, Western Regional Center of the A. K. Rice Institute
• Black Child Development Institute
• American Educational Research Association
• Association of California School Administrators
• California Association of Compensatory Education
• California Reading Association
• National Alliance of Black School Educators
• National Association for Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Black Child Development Institute
  

Community Service

• Member, BECA, Blacks for Effective Community Action.

Biography

Carl Mack began his career working with teen groups in the area of recreational leadership. During this time he developed and implemented an extensive tutorial network that matched the skills of university students with the needs of elementary students. He later moved to the corporate sector, serving as the corporate manager for an organization development and consulting firm. For the past 35 years, he has worked at all levels of education, which includes:

• Working with preschool children and their parents
• Teaching elementary school children
• Teaching at the university level
• Chairing two academic departments (Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley and African and African American Studies, University of California, Davis)
• Serving as a public school superintendent

During this time he also conducted parenting workshops and institutes throughout the western region of the United States.

Relying on his experiences in education, Dr. Mack has written and published several articles on matters of child development, families, culture and diversity, and authority and leadership. He is a member of the A. K. Rice Institute, American Sociological Association, Blacks for Effective Community Action, Small School Districts Association and the Association of California School Administrators.

Dr. Mack is a noted consultant in group and human relations in the tradition of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London, England and A. K. Rice Institute, Rainer, WA. Under the auspices of the A. K. Rice Institute, he has worked on the staff of many group relations conferences in the United States. He has also served as the Director of conferences including Teachers College, Columbia, University and the annual conference sponsored by the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University.

Throughout his life, Dr. Mack has been trained in meditation and various forms of martial arts, including Tai Chi Chuan, Ba Qua and Praying Mantis. He is the retired Superintendent of the Del Paso Heights School District, Sacramento, California, a position he held for twenty-two years. He is also the Principal Consultant of Abuya Works, a consulting firm that focuses on organizational change and transformation. He is currently on the faculty of Marshall Goldsmith School of Management and adjunct faculty of California School of Professional Psychology.