Faculty Bios

University of Philosophical Research Faculty

Debashish Banerji, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Indian Art History, University of California, Los Angeles; MA Computer Science, University of Louisville

Dr. Banerji is the former president of the East-West Cultural Center and Sri Aurobindo Center, Los Angeles. Teacher of Indian spiritual culture. Education Coordinator for the University of Philosophical Research.

Janelle Barlow, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Education Curriculum, University of California, Berkeley; MA Psychology Sonoma State University; MA Political Science University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Barlow is the program leader for TMI (Time Manager INternational), an interntational human resource development company with offices in 30 countries.

David E. Bresler, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; MA Psychology, Bryn Mawr

Dr. Bresler is the Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, UCLA School of Medicine; and Dean, University of Integral Studies. Executive Director, The Bresler Center, Los Angeles, California. President, Academy for Guided Imagery, Malibu, California. Former White House advisor.

Kelly Bulkeley, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Religion and Psychological Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School; MTS Theology, Harvard Divinity School

Dr. Bulkeley is a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and Director of the Dream Studies Program at JFK University Author of several books on dreams, religion and psychology, including: "The Wilderness of Dreams, An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming," "Visions of the Night" and "Dreams of Healing." Dr. Bulkeley is a former President of the Association for the Study of Dreams, and Secretary-Treasurer fo the Person, Culture and Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion. He is on the editorial boards of the journals "Dreaming," "Religious Studies Review" and "Sleep and Hypnosis."

Lionel Corbett, MD
MD, University of Manchester, England; Diplomate in Psychological Medicine; Diplomate Jungian Analyst, C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago

A British-trained psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, Dr. Corbett is particularly interested in the synthesis of psychoanalytic and Jungian ideas. His primary dedication has been to the religious function of the psyche, especially in the way in which personal religious experience is relevant to individual psychology, and to the development of psychotherapy as a spiritual practice. Author of "The Religious Function of the Psyche" and "Psyche and the Sacred: Spirituality Beyond Religion."

Michele Papen Daniel, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Social & Philosophical Foundation of Education, Arizona State University

A Jungian analyst with a private practice and faculty member of the Analyst-Training Program at the C.G. Jun Institute of Los Angeles, Dr. Daniel is particularly interested in the trajectory of Jung's thinking that began with Gnosticism, led to Eastern religion and finally, to Western Alchemy as a means for understanding the psyche and its processes. She is committed to Jung's idea that the practice of depth psychology is synonymous with the personal development of a spiritual (yoga) discipline in which psychic energy is withdrawn from the world of objects and introverted for the purpose of psychological and spiritual transformation.

Christian de Quincey - Program Dean for Consciousness Studies
Ph.D. Philosophy & Religion, Institute of Integral Studies; MA Interdisciplinary Consciousness Studies, JFK University.

Professor of Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University; Adjunct Faculty, The Union Institute and University. Author or "Radical Nature: Rediscovering the Soul of Matter," and "Radical Knowing: Understanding Consciousness Through Relationship." Appointed the Arthur M. Young Professor of Philosophy at the University of Philosophical Research.

Steven Maurice Droullard, M.A.
M.A. Consciousness Studies, University of Philosophical Research

Author of "The Power of Attention," a look at the operating principles of consciousness. Leader of one of the nation's largest meditation based communes in the early 70's, Steven offers eye opening insights derived from over 30 years of quiet practice illuminating the practical steps toward expanded awareness.

Marcia Emery, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Social Psychology, New School for Social Research; MA Social Psychology, New School for Social Research; MS Clinical Psychology, City College of New York.

President, Intuitive Management Counseling Company. Author, "Dr. Marcia Emery's Intuition Workbook," "The Intuitive Healer" and "PowerHunch! Living an Intuitive Life."

Robert Ellwood, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School; MDiv, Yale Divinity School

Emeritus Professor of Religion, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Author: "Many People, Many Faiths," "The Pilgrim Self," "The Fifties Marketplace" and many others.

Robert Frager, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Keio University, Tokyo; Ph.D. Social Psychology, Harvard University

Professor of Psychology and Chair, Spiritual Guidance Program, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Author of "Personality and Personal Growth" (with James Fadiman), "Who Am I? Personality Types for Self-Discovery," "Heart, Self, and Soul" and other works on psychology, Sufism and Islam.

Amit Goswami, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Physics, University of Calcutta; MCS Physics, University of Calcutta

Professor of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene. Author of "Quantum Mechanics," "The Self-Aware Universe," "Physics of the Soul," "The Visionary Window," "The Quantum Doctor" and "God is Not Dead: What Quantum Physics Tells Us About Our Origins and How We Should Live." Featured in the documentary film "What the Bleep to We Know?"

Judith Green, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Psychology, Union Graduate School; MA Experimental Child Psychology, University of Iowa

Professor Emeritus, Psychology & Biofeedback Training, Aims Community College, Colorado. Co-author of "The Dynamics of Health and Wellness."

Pierre Grimes, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Pacific; MA Comparative Philosophy, University of Pacific; BA Philosophy, San Francisco State College

Professor of Philosophy, Golden West College. President of the Noetic Society, Inc. Director of the Open Mind Academy. Author of "Is It All Relative?" and "Philosophical Midwifery."

Obadiah S. Harris, Ph.D. — President, CEO, Chief Academic Officer of UPR
Ph.D. Education Administration and Supervision, University of Michigan; MA Education, Arizona State University

Former Associate Professor of Education, and Director of Community Education, Arizona State University. Author of "The New Consciousness," "Self-Knowledge and Social Action" and "Unitive Spirituality." President of the Philosophical Research Society, and President of the University of Philosophical Research.

Stephen Karcher, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Comparative Literature and Archetypal Psychology, University of Connecticut; MA, Simon Frazer University

An internationally known scholar, writer and translator, Dr. Karcher was Director of Research at the Eranos Foundation, Ascona, Switzerland from 1988-1996. He has authored many books and articles in the fields of comparative mythology, divination, depth psychology and religious experience; and is a featured speaker at the International Myth and Theatre Festival.

Marjorie R. Lister, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Politics, University of York
MSc (Econ.), International Relations, London School of Economics & Political Science

Honorary Senior Visiting Research Fellow in Political, European and Development Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom. Author, "The European Community and the Developing World," "The European Union and the South: Relations with Developing Countries." Editor, "European Union Development Policy," "New Perspectives on European Union Development Cooperation" and with M. Carbone, "New Pathways in International Development: Gender and Civil Society in EU Policy."

Daniel Matt, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Psychology, Northwestern University; B.Div Divinity, Vanderbilt University

Professor, Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. Author of "The Essential Kabbalah" and "God and the Big Bang."

Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D. — Program Dean for Transformational Psychology
Ph.D. Parapsychology, University of California, Berkeley; MCrim Criminology, University of California, Berkeley

Director, Intuition Network. Author of "The Roots of Consciousness" and "Thinking Allowed," a book based upon his weekly series on National Public Television.

Culver N. Nelson, D. Div.
Doctor Humane Letters, University of Redlands, CA; D.Div., Doane College; D.Div., Pacific School of Religion; MA Religion, University of Southern California

Adjunct Professor, Pacific School of Religion and Arizona State University. Fellow, Jesus Seminar. Editor of "The Fourth R" magazine.

Martin L. Rossman, MD
MD, University of Michigan; BA Pre-Med, University of Michigan

Clinical Associate, Department of Medicine, UC Medical Center, San Francisco. Adjunct Teaching Faculty, California School for Professional Psychology. Founder and Director of the Collaborative Medicine Center, Mill Valley, California. Co-director, Academy of Guided Imagery, Mill Valley, CA. Author, "Healing Yourself - A Step By Step Program for Better Health Through Imagery" and "Guided Imagery for Self-Healing."

Robert Shellenberger, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Phemonenological Studies, Northwestern University; B.Div Divinity, Vanderbilt University

Retired Professor of Psychology and Counseling, Aims Community College, Colorado. Co-author of "The Dynamics of Health and Wellness."

B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Religious Studies, Stanford University; MA Religious Studies, Stanford University

Author, "Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up," "Choosing Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind," "Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and Consciousness," "The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind," "Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge," "Balancing the Mind: A Tibetan Buddhist's Approach ot Refining Attention" and "Buddhism With an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind Training."

Vesna Acimovic Wallace, Ph.D.
Ph.D. South and Southeast Studies, University of California, Berkeley; MA Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington; BA Department of Indology & Comparative Literature, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Faculty, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Author of "The Inner Kalacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual," "and the journal articles: "The Methodological Relevance of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship to the Study of Buddhism," "Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Perspective on the Treatment of Mentally Retarded Children in Latin America" and "The Buddhist Tantric Medicine in the Kalacakratantra."

Jonathan Young, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego

Storyteller and psychologist, Dr. Young assisted Joseph Campbell at seminars and was the founding curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives and Library. His books and articles focus on personal mythology. Creator and former chair of Mythological Studies at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dr. Young is now director of the Center for Story and Symbol in Santa Barbara, California.