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B.A.,
Motion Picture and Television Production, University of Southern
California, School of Cinema and Television, Los
Angeles (1981).
M.F.A., Motion Picture Directing,
The American Film
Institute, Los Angeles, California (1984).
M.A., Transpersonal Psychology,
Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology, Palo Alto, California (1995).
Ph.D., Transpersonal Psychology, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California (2005).
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Spiritual Guidance
Certification, Doctoral Level, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Palo Alto, California, 2005.
Creative Expression
Certification, Doctoral Level, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Palo Alto, California, 2005.
Creative Expression
Certification, Masters Level, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Palo Alto, California, 2005.
Rabbinical Training,
Rabbinical Seminary
International, New
York, New York, 1998-present.
Mentor Teacher Training, Global Program, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Palo Alto,
California, 1998.
Hypnotherapy
Certification and Licensure,
National Guild of Hypnotists, Merrimack, New Hampshire, 1995-present.
Hypnotherapy Training, Arthur Hastings, Ph.D.,
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto,
California, 1994-95.
Spiritual Guidance Training, Spiritual Guidance Certificate
Program, Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 1994-2005.
Spiritual Guidance Clinical Internship, Transpersonal
Counseling Center, Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 1994-1995.
Spiritual Guidance and Religious
Counselor Licensure, American Association of Religious Counselors, Gladstone,
Missouri, 1994-present.
Interfaith
Ministerial Ordination,
Universal
Life Church, Modesto, California, 1994-present.
Creative Expression Training, Creative Expression Certificate
Program, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California,
1992-2005.
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Independent Research, Integral Institute,
Boulder, Colorado, 2007. Research on potential models for integral cinematic
design and practice.
Independent Post-Doctoral Research, Transpersonal Institute, Palo Alto,
California, 2005. Research on the transpersonal dimensions of the cinema
including: Transpersonal elements inherent in the nature of the cinematic medium; transpersonal influences on cinematic content, structure, and style; and potential transpersonal effects of the cinematic experience.
Doctoral Dissertation Research, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto,
California, 1996-2005. Dissertation:
The Experience of Divine Guidance: A Qualitative Study of the Human Endeavor to Seek, Receive, and Follow Guidance from a Perceived Divine
Source. Dissertation Committee: Arthur Hastings, Ph.D., William Braud, Ph.D., and Genie Palmer, Ph.D.
Independent Graduate Research, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California; and
Rabbinical Seminary International, New York, 1999-2003.
Exegetical research on the mystical interpretation of the book of
Genesis, Judaic daily prayers, and
Judaic Passover rituals. Advisors: Arthur Hastings, Ph.D., and Rabbi Roger Ross.
Research Consultant, Interval Research
Corporation, Palo Alto, California, 1998. Research on initiating shifts in human consciousness and psycho-spiritual development through human/multimedia interaction.
Co-Researchers: Russell Targ, Ph.D. and Dean Radin, Ph.D.
Independent Graduate Research, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto,
California, 1995-1996. Research on
the effect of human and natural environments on the human body, mind, and
spirit.
Supervisor: Arthur Hastings, Ph.D.
Masters Thesis Research, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto,
California, 1994-1995. Masters Thesis:
The Ark of Consciousness: Transpersonal approaches to architectural and environmental
design. Thesis Advisor: Arthur Hastings, Ph.D.
Masters Thesis Research, The American Film Institute, Los Angeles,
California, 1982-1984. Masters Thesis:
Voice in Exile: Using the Expressive Elements of Motion Pictures to Dramatically Convey the Emotional and Perceptual States within the Experience of
Stuttering. Thesis Advisors: Antonio Vellani,
Robert
Wise, Daniel Petrie, Robert
Boyle, and Edward K. Milkis.
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Faculty Mentor,
Global
(Distance Learning) Program, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 1998-2006. Instructor and advisor for distance learning students working towards degrees and certificates in
Transpersonal Psychology,
Transpersonal Studies,
Spiritual
Psychology, and
Creative Expression.
Responsibilities include: Program advisement, academic mentoring, course facilitation, and student evaluation.
Graduate Instructor, Creative
Expression Program, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto,
California, 1997-1998. Developed and taught creative expression independent study courses in:
Transformational Media
Production and Design; and
Media Technologies in Academic
Research. Responsibilities included: Course development, course
facilitation, and student evaluation. Supervisor: Jill Mellick, Ph.D.
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Residential Masters
Program, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 1995-97. Instructor and group facilitator for courses in
Community Practicum and
Community Building. Responsibilities included: Course planning, course facilitation, and student evaluation and advisement.
Supervisor: Kathleen Wall, Ph.D.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 1994-96. Graduate Teaching Assistant for Arthur Hastings, Ph.D. and Robert Schmitt, Ph.D.
Courses: Community Practicum;
Communication Skills; and
Psychology of Spiritual
Guidance. Responsibilities included: Assisting instructors with class preparation, facilitation, documentation, student evaluation, and advisement.
Student Instructor,
Joint Educational Project
(JEP), University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1978. Community outreach instructor for an
Introduction to Filmmaking course at Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles,
California.
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Presentation Speaker,
The Experience of Divine Guidance: A Qualitative Study of the Human Endeavor to Seek, Receive, and Follow Guidance from a Perceived Divine
Source (PowerPoint
Presentation) Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California,
2005.
Blog (Web Log) Moderator,
KabbalahBlog,
Enlightenment.com,
2003-2007.
Workshop
Leader,
The Art of
Filmic and Visual Expression,
Association
for Transformative Media, San Rafael, California, 2000.
Forum Moderator, Transpersonal Media Arts Forum: A cyber forum on the
transpersonal nature of media,
Association of Transpersonal Psychology, Global Cyber-Conference, 1999.
Forum Moderator,
Transpersonal Film Forum: A cyber forum
on the transpersonal nature of
film
and cinema,
Association of Transpersonal Psychology,
Global
Cyber-Conference, 1999.
Presenter,
Beyond the personal: Explorations of the Transpersonal, a transpersonal cinema
presentation for the
Association of Transpersonal Psychology, National
Conference, San Francisco, California, 1998.
Presentation Speaker,
The
Tao of leadership and team building,
Hewlett Packard Corporation,
Palo Alto, California, 1995.
Guest Lecturer, Voice in Exile: Using the Expressive Elements of Motion Pictures to Dramatically Convey the Emotional and Perceptual States within the Experience of
Stuttering, Cal State University at
Los Angeles, California, 1990.
Guest Speaker
and Presenter,
Voice in Exile: Using the Expressive Elements of Motion Pictures to Dramatically Convey the Emotional and Perceptual States within the Experience of
Stuttering,
National
Stuttering Association, National Convention, San Francisco, California,
1985.
Guest Speaker and Presenter,
The Making of Voice in Exile, American Film Institute Board of
Trustees Meeting, Beverly Hills, California, 1985.
Guest Speaker and Presenter with Composer James Horner, Scoring the Short Film,
American
Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies, Los Angeles, California,
1984.
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Transpersonal dimensions of the
cinema. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 37(1),
9-22 (2005).
Resources for further inquiry into transpersonal dimensions of the
cinema. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 37(1),
78-81 (2005).
The
experience of Divine guidance: A qualitative study of the human endeavor
to seek, receive, and follow guidance from a perceived divine source.
Dissertation Abstracts International, 66 (05), 2855 (2005). (UMI No. 3174544)
Prayer for the Festivals of
Light. In M. T. Beben, New Wine: More Eucharistic Liturgies for 21st Century Small Faith
Communities. Boulder, Colorado: Woven Word Press, p. 77 (2002).
Answering the call of stuttering: The story of the making of “Voice in Exile.”
Letting Go: The Monthly Publication of the National Stuttering
Association, May/June, 1-10 (2002).
Living circles and empty hands: The story of a methodological
revelation. The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology’s Dissertation Express
Newsletter, 5(1), 6-7 (1997).
The
castle of wonders: Spatial influences on the human body,
mind, and spirit, a doctoral scholarly research
paper, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California
(1996).
The
ark of consciousness: A Creative inquiry into spatial meta-design, a Masters Thesis integration paper,
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California (1994).
Meditations on media: Seeking the heart of
darkness.
Focus: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology, Winter, 2-3 (1994).
Meditations on media: The medium is the
transpersonal. Focus: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology, Fall, 1-2 (1993).
A tear. In J. Campbell (Ed.),
Our Western World’s Greatest Poems. Sacramento, California: World of Poetry
Press (1983).
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On divine
guidance, Digital
Video – Documentary Series (2007). Pacific Grove, California: Original Gravity Productions.
Transpersonal movie leader, Digital
Video – Experimental (2006). Pacific Grove, California: Original Gravity Productions.
Sacred moments, Digital
Video – Experimental (2005). Pacific Grove, California: Original Gravity Productions.
The pond, Digital
Video – Experimental (2002). Pacific Grove, California: Original Gravity Productions.
Beyond the personal: Explorations of the
transpersonal, Video
– Documentary (1997). Palo Alto, California: Association for Transpersonal Psychology.
Communicable diseases,
Motion Picture – Educational (1990). Los Angeles, California: Churchill Films. Distributed by
Clearview & SVE Media
(Chicago).
Non-communicable diseases,
Motion Picture – Educational (1990). Los Angeles, California: Churchill Films. Distributed by
Clearview & SVE Media
(Chicago).
Dropout blues, Motion Picture – Educational
(1987). Los Angeles, California: Churchill Films. Aired on: Channel 4, England.
Distributed by Clearview & SVE Media
(Chicago).
Voice in exile, Motion Picture – Drama
(1984). Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Aired on: Cinemax/HBO, 1986; A&E Network, 1989. Distributed by the
Original Gravity (Pacific
Grove, California).
Write this down, Video – Drama
(1982). Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute.
Starbright, Video –
Avant-Garde Drama (1981). Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute.
The tree, Motion Picture – Drama
(1981). Los Angeles, California: University of Southern California. Aired on: Cinemax/HBO and Z Channel.
Gun, Motion Picture – Drama
(1980). Los Angeles, California: University of Southern California. Aired on: Z Channel.
A door ajar, Motion Picture – Public Service Commercial
(1979). Los Angeles, California: University of Southern California, Office of Student Affairs.
Only the image remains, Motion Picture –
Documentary (1975). Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Board of Education.
Progress, Motion Picture – Experimental
(1974). Chicago, Illinois. Aired on:
PBS.
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Owner/Proprietor, a transformative art,
photography, media, and publication production and distribution company. Pacific Grove,
California: Original Gravity,
2006-present.
Spiritual Director,
spiritual direction, research and education. Pacific Grove,
California: The Divine Guidance
Project, 2005-present.
Media Arts Consultant and Educator, Individual and project development, production, and post-production consultant
and trainer for film, video and multimedia. Pacific Grove, California: Freelance, 1997-present.
Production Advisor and Consultant,
The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology [Video and Multimedia –
Promotional]. Palo Alto, California: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology; and
San Jose, California: Content
Creators, 2000-2001.
Media Research Consultant,
The Hildegard Project [Interactive Multimedia – Research].
Palo Alto, California:
Interval
Research Corporation, 1998-1999.
Production Advisor, Esalen 30th Anniversary
Concert, [Multi-Camera Live Video Concert Recording]. Big Sur, California:
Esalen
Institute, 1992.
Editor
(Additional Editing),
Chain of Desire
[Motion Picture – Feature]. New York:
Distant Horizon, 1991.
Writer/Researcher, Memorial Day [Motion Picture – Educational Documentary]. Los Angeles, California: AIMS Media, 1991.
Writer, Mediation [Television Series – Educational]. Los Angeles, California: FOX Television Network and Churchill Entertainment, 1990.
Editor,
Delusion [Motion Picture – Feature]. Los Angeles, California: RCA/Columbia, 1989-90.
Writer, Swan Song [Feature Screenplay]. Los Angeles, California: Trans World Entertainment, 1989.
Editor, Normality [Motion Picture – Short]. Los Angeles, California: Tango Productions, 1988.
Writer, California Roll [Feature Screenplay]. Los Angeles, California: El Dorado Pictures, 1988.
Writer, A Home Alone [Television Series – Drama]. Toronto, Canada:
TV Ontario, 1988.
Assistant Producer, Danbury Secrets [Motion Picture Trilogy – Industrial]. New York and Los Angeles: The Glynn Group, 1981.
Assistant-to-the-Producer,
Speaking [Motion Picture – Educational]. Los Angeles, California: Churchill Films, 1981.
Assistant-to-the-Producer,
Listening [Motion Picture – Educational]. Los Angeles, California: Churchill Films, 1981.
Assistant-to-the-Producer,
The Eye of the Child [Public Television – Documentary]. Los Angeles, California: Rogers Productions and PBS Television, 1979.
Still Photographer, Yearbook and sports
(Trojan's
Football) photographer. Los Angeles,
California: University of Southern California, 1978.
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Contributing Editor,
Journal
of Transpersonal Psychology, 2005.
Book Reviewer, Enlightenment.com,
2004
Advisory Board Member, Transformative Film
Festival, Association
of Transformative Media Arts, San Rafael, California, 1999-2000.
Media Lab Development Advisor and Coordinator,
William James
Center for Consciousness Studies, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Palo Alto, California, 1998-2001.
Founding
Member, Association
of Transformative Media Arts, San Rafael, California, 1998-Present.
Curriculum
Development Advisor and
Committee Member, Residential Masters Program Curriculum Development Group,
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 1997.
Strategic Planning Committee Member,
Board of Trustees Strategic Planning Committee, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Palo Alto, California, 1993-94.
Media
and Technology Coordinator, Library, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Palo Alto, California, 1992-97. Responsibilities included:
Audio-visual-information system management, media archive management, and conference
and seminar recording.
Board Member,
Birmingham International Film Festival, Birmingham, Alabama, 1987.
Admissions Advisor, The American Film Institute,
Los Angeles, California, 1986.
Founding Member, Future Filmworks Film
Cooperative, Los Angeles, California, 1979-81.
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The
International Film and Television Festival of New York, Winner, USA, 1990.
Sundance
Institute Screenwriters Lab, Feature Screenplay Finalist, USA, 1988.
American
Film Festival, 1st Place-Blue Ribbon, USA, 1988.
Chicago
Educational Film Festival, Golden Babe Award, USA, 1988.
Birmingham
Int. Film Festival, Grand Prize-Blue Electra, USA, 1987.
American
Film Festival, First Place-Blue Ribbon, USA, 1986.
San
Francisco International Film Festival, 1st Place-Narrative, USA, 1985.
Sinking
Creek International Film Festival, Judges Award, USA, 1985.
Chicago
International Film Festival, Silver Medal, USA, 1985.
Marin
County Film Festival, 1st Place-Student, USA, 1985.
National
Educational Film Festival, 3rd Place, USA, 1985.
CINE
Awards, CINE Golden Eagle Award, USA, 1985.
World
of Poetry Press, Silver Poets Award, USA, 1983.
Melbourne
Victorian Int. Film Festival, 2nd Place, AUSTRALIA, 1982.
Marburg
International Film Festival, 3rth Place, GERMANY, 1982.
Humbolt
County Film Festival, Judges Award, USA, 1982.
Wattrelos
International Film Festival, Grand Prize, FRANCE, 1981.
Coimbra
Int. Film Festival, 1st Place-Gold Rose Award, PORTUGAL, 1981.
Huy
World Film Festival, Silver Medal, BELGIUM, 1981.
CINE
Awards, CINE Eagle Award, USA, 1981.
PBS
Young Filmmakers Festival, First Place, USA, 1975.
Eastman
Kodak Company, Kodak Teenage Movie Award, USA, 1974.
Illinois
Institute of Technology, Award in Architectural Design, 1974
Scholastic
Magazine, Three Awards in Photographic Art and Achievement, 1972
Boy’s
Clubs of America, First Place, National Photo Award, 1972
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American Film Archives of North
America, San Jose, California, 2004.
Association
of Transpersonal Psychology National Convention, USA, 1998.
The
International Film and Television Festival of New York, USA, 1990.
American
Film Festival, USA, 1988.
Chicago
Educational Film Festival, USA, 1988.
Birmingham
International Film Festival, USA, 1987.
American
Film Festival, USA, 1986.
San
Francisco International Film Festival, USA, 1985.
Sinking
Creek International Film Festival, USA, 1985.
Chicago
International Film Festival, USA, 1985.
Marin
County Film Festival, USA, 1985.
National
Educational Film Festival, USA, 1985.
Mill
Valley International Film Festival, USA, 1985.
Deauville
Festival of American Film, FRANCE, 1985.
Los
Angeles International Film Exposition, USA, 1985.
Independent
Feature Project West, USA, 1985
Berkeley
Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, USA, 1985.
Minnesota
University Film Society Exhibition, USA, 1985.
National
Stuttering Association National Convention, USA, 1985.
American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, USA, 1985
British Stammering
Association, ENGLAND, 1985.
Speech
Pathology Foundation, USA, 1985.
Melbourne
Victorian International Film Festival, AUSTRALIA, 1982.
Marburg
International Film Festival, GERMANY, 1982.
Humbolt
County Film Festival, USA, 1982.
Wattrelos
International Film Festival, FRANCE, 1981.
Coimbra
International Film Festival, PORTUGAL, 1981.
Huy
World Film Festival, BELGIUM, 1981.
Future
Filmworks Showcase, Nuart Theater, USA, 1981
Los
Angeles International Film Exposition, USA, 1980
Kodak
Teenage Movie Award Festival, Eastman Kodak Company, USA, 1974
Illinois
Institute of Technology, Architectural Design Exhibition, USA, 1974.
Scholastic
Magazine Photo Exhibition, USA, 1972.
Chicago
Civic Center Photo Exhibition, USA, 1972.
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Enlightenment.com,
USA, 1998 – Present.
Arts
& Entertainment Cable Network, USA, 1989.
TV
Ontario, CANADA, 1989.
Channel
Four Television, ENGLAND, 1987.
Cinemax/HBO
Cable Networks, USA, 1986.
Cinemax/HBO
Cable Network, USA, 1982.
Z
Channel Cable Network, USA, 1982.
Z
Channel Cable Network, USA, 1981.
PBS
Young Filmmakers Showcase, USA, 1974.
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American Association of
Religious Counselors, Gladstone, Missouri.
Association of Transformative Media Arts, San
Rafael, California.
Association for
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California.
Film Arts
Foundation, San Francisco, California.
Institute of Noetic
Sciences, Sausalito, California.
Integral Institute,
Boulder, Colorado.
National Guild of Hypnotists, Merrimack, New
Hampshire.
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