East Bay Mediation Services

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

• Ph.D. in Psychology from the Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, Ca., l978
  Landmark dissertation analyzing mind-body personality
• Masters Degrees in both Psychology and English, 1972 & 1969 respectively
• Community College Credentials in Psychology and English
• B.A. in History, Rollins College, 1966 ( G.E. College Bowl participant)
• Certification in Family Law, Conflict Resolution,and Divorce Mediation: The Northern California Mediation Center 1996 & 1997

Experience

Mediator
Director of East Bay Mediation Services. Conducted sessions involving iissues in family law and divorce mediation - 1997 to present

Teaching Career

Adjunct professor of psychology for thirty years:

• Las Positas College
• Diablo Valley College
• Chabot College
• Columbia College (upper division adult learners)
• Doctoral mentor with Sierra University
• supervisor of student doctoral writings for the Saybrook Review, APA honored in-house journal

College courses taught for 30 years:

• Child and Developmental Psychology
• Research Design
• Physiological Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Counseling and Clinical Psychology
• Group Process
• Social Psychology
• Psychology of Adjustment
• Psychology of Gender
• Personality Theory

U.S. Bureau of Prisons: Helped establish college program to reduce recidivism at Dublin, California Federal Prison facility, 1996-2000

Specializations

• Personality and Performance
• Biological Theories
• Graduate Research Design
• Human Sexuality
• Critical Thinking in Research Design

Clinical Experience

• Berkeley Family Services
• Director of Alameda Biofeedback Center (1977-1997)
• Family Services Mediator 2000-2009

Other Experience

• Created Computer-Assisted Learning Program and On-Line Instruction for Psychology students
• Director of Alameda Mediation Services, 1998 to present
• Independent Consultant to governmental agencies, l980 to present
• Peace Corps Volunteer, Nepal l966-68
• Art Consultant to UPOLI University, Managua, Nicaragua 2002 to present
• Studio Artist: works seen internationally in solo and group shows

Research Interests

• Phenomenological issues in cross-cultural experience
• mind-body problems and bibliotherapy
• Neurological investigation into the nature of thought
• Personality Issues: Optimal Performance in Random Change
• The Creative Process in the Plastic Arts
• Diverse meaning in the Dream Experience
• The nature of coming to an agreement in mediation

Publications

• "The Peace Corps Experience," l98l Humanistic Psychology Review
• "Variables of Optimal Performance", Federal Employees Conference, l990 Paper delivered at International Conference on Practical Philosophy, 1985
• Shamanic View of Mind-Body Ethics: Phenomenology of the Warrior Spirit
• The Twelve INGs: The Optimal Stance in an Unpredictable World

Unpublished papers

Honors

• Inducted into Who's Who in American Teachers and Who's Who in American Educators
• Listed in several other Who's Who publications the past ten years
• Columbia College Academic Award
• Peralta Teacher of the Year Nominee
• Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary
• Algernon Sullivan Academic Service Award
• Pi Gamma Mu, Social Science Honorary

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