Thomas J. Balistrieri

Professor Balistrieri has served as a vice-president of student personnel, a dean of students at two universities, a director of counseling at four universities, has served as an NCAA 1 track and cross country coach, has served as a graduate and undergraduate professor at five different universities and has served as a management development consultant for seven years at a corporation of 5,000 employees. Professor Balistrieri has studied male initiation for 30 years, has had multiple doctoral dissertations completed on his work, has lived and studied with Indigenous elders around the world for 30 plus years and has been accepted by a number of nations as a family member. Having performed 50 keynote and other presentations at conferences and universities on topics such as acedia and the climate crisis around the country and Europe professor Balistrieri is well known and respected in his field.