Doctor of Humanities, Author: "Before Conflict, Preventing Aggressive Behavior". Dr. Byrnes was selected by the US Department of Labor to represent the United States at the Violence as a Workplace Risk Conference held in Montreal, Canada. This conference is a joint effort by the United States, Canada and Mexico through the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), the NAFTA labor side agreement.

Dr. Byrnes has conducted seminars and workshops for some of our country’s largest corporations, organizations and schools: United States Post Service, NASA; Disney Development Company, Florida Hospitals, US Army Center for Civilian Human Resource Management, Mississippi Safe Schools Center, numerous school districts across the country, as well as many National Associations: NSC (National Safety Council), NASB (National Association of School Boards), NDPC (National Dropout Prevention Center), TASB (Texas Association of School Boards), ASIS (American Society of Industrial Security), Alliance for American Insurers, ASLET (American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers), AIA (American Insurance Association), AORN (Association of Operating Room Nurses), VPPPA Annual National Conference: (Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association, FWCI (Florida Workers' Compensation Education Conference), Alabama Governor's Safety & Health Conference, The Florida Psychological Association has recommended Aggression Management® Workshops to all its psychologists. Dr. Byrnes is an advisor to the Florida Partnership for Safety and Health.