Psychology/Dream Studies
  

EDUCATION AND TRAININGS: PSYCHOLOGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES

1995 Ph.D. (East-West Psychology). California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, California. Dissertation: Images of the Lucid Mind: A Phenomenology of Lucid Dreaming and Modern Painting. (Qualitative research).

1989 M.A. (East-West Psychology). California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, California. Thesis: Experiencing the Divine in Lucid Dream State. (Quantitative research).

1986-1989 Part of the Team of researchers exploring the science of Lucid dreaming for Lucidity Project with Stephen LaBerge at the Stanford Univeristy Sleep Laboratory.

1986-1990  Independent Study on Somatic Psychology: Reichian Therapy with Ed Jackson, MD., training group.

1985  Graduate studies in Consciousness Studies, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Taught the first course on Psychology of  Sleep and Dreams to undergraduate students. Transferred to CIIS (1986).

1984-2000  Training in Ta’i Chi Ch’uan. Authorized teacher by Fei Academy (1991).

1983  B.Sc., (Major Psychology, Minor Art). University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI. Concentration: Consciousness Studies, Art

Current and Past Professional Affiliations:

2000-Present Adjunct Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. Course: The Art and Practice of Lucid Dreaming. 

1989-2011 Associate Professor, John F Kennedy University, Founding Director of the Dream Studies program. Department of Consciousness Studies and Arts and Consciousness. Graduate courses taught: Psychology of Sleep and Dream; Research Methodology; Lucid Dreaming: Consciousness in Sleep; Dreams and Shamanism; The Art of T‘ai Chi Ch’uan; Dreams, Arts and the Inner Worlds, and Art and Altered States of Consciousness.. 

1988-1992 Lucidity Association, Board member and lecturer. 

1984-Present International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD), Awarded for contribution to Dream Studies. 

teachings:

National and International:
1984-present Lectures and retreats in dream studies, arts and Consciousness nationally (San Francisco Bay Area; New York; Massachusetts; Illinois; Minneapolis; Wisconsin; Virginia; New Mexico; Arizona; California; Big Island of Hawaii). Internationally (Canada; England; Indonesia; Taiwan, R.O.C.; Sweden; Germany; The Netherlands; Denmark; Chile; Italy)