Faculty Directory

 

Saybrook University faculty are renowned academics and accomplished practitioners dedicated to advancing human potential to create a humane and sustainable world. Their work crosses boundaries and changes lives.

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Nancy Southern, EdD
Degree Chair

Since 1989, Dr. Southern has worked in the field of organizational development, consulting to public, corporate, and non-profit organizations and executive teams and teaching academic courses to mid-career managers. Dr...View faculty profile
School
Organizational Leadership and Transformation
Richard Sprott, Ph.D.

Richard Sprott received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from UC Berkeley in 1994. As a researcher he has focused on the interconnections of social development and language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and the...View faculty profile
D. Scott Stanley
School
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Julie Staples, PhD

Julie K. Staples, Ph.D., received her doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology at St. Louis University. She is the Research Director at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. Her research focuses on the...View faculty profile
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Tony Stigliano

Anthony Stigliano received his Ph.D. in Philosophy/Education from the University of Virginia.
Dr. Stigliano's areas of expertise include moral and political philosophy, modernity and modernism, postmodernism,...View faculty profile
Gerald Swanson

Dr. Swanson has over 40 years experience working in technical organizations. He is recently retired as a Senior Organization Advisor with The Boeing Company. After a successful twelve-year career as a Nuclear...View faculty profile
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Kathie Swift, MS, RD
MS, RD

Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RD, is a Registered Dietitian and Licensed Nutritionist who earned
her M.S.in Nutrition from Arizona State University. She is the Curriculum Designer for Food
as Medicine, a...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
Simon Tan
School
Clinical Psychology
Yongming Tang

Dr. Tang is an internationally known expert, mentor, coach, trainer and OD consultant in a global context. He is the creator of Synergic Inquiry methodology and Synergic Coaching which has been applied to different...View faculty profile
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Eugene Taylor, PhD

Eugene Taylor received his PhD in the University Professors Program at Boston University. He is a historian and philosopher of psychology, and an internationally recognized scholar on the life and work of William James...View faculty profile
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Ethel Tobach, PhD
Distinguished Consulting Faculty

Ethel Tobach received her Ph.D. Physiological and Comparative Psychology from New York University. Dr. Tobach's research looks at the relationship between evolutionary and developmental processes in behavior; the...View faculty profile
Stephan Tobin

Stephan Tobin received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Tobin has thirty-nine years exeperience as a licensed psychologist. His main interest has been on bridging...View faculty profile
School
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
James Ungvarsky
PhD
James Ungvarsky, PsyD, MPA
PsyD, MPA

James Ungvarsky, PsyD, MPA, is a member of the core faculty at the College for Professional Studies, Regis University, where he teaches research method, community psychology, and human growth and development. He has...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
Patricia Van Kley, PhD

Patricia Ann Van Kley, PhD, is a psychologist and psychotherapist at the Fort Meigs Psychological Service, and a faculty member of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington DC. Dr. Van Kley is the instructor for...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
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Kara Vander Linden, EdD

Kara Vander Linden, Ed.D, has a doctorate in Education with specializations in classical
grounded theory research and community colleges and higher education. She also has
a master’s in special...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
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Alan Vaughan, PhD, JD

Dr. Vaughan holds dual academic credentials in clinical psychology and law. He is a certified Jungian analyst. He received his jurisdoctorate degree from the University of Virginia, and a doctorate of philosophy, in...View faculty profile
School
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
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Selene Vega, Ph.D.

Selene Kumin Vega, PhD, LMFT, has taught Ethics, Mind-Body Medicine Overview, and Advanced Mind-Body Medicine, and serves as a mentor for students in the School of Mind-Body Medicine. She is also a psychotherapist in...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
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Darlene Viggiano, PhD

Darlene Viggiano, Ph.D. (MFT), teaches Basic and Intermediate Hypnosis for the College of Mind-Body medicine, having earned her doctorate in 2010 from Saybrook University. Dr. Viggiano is a California-licensed...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
Russ Volckmann, PhD

Russ Volckmann, PhD, is the co-founder of Integral Publishers, LLC, publisher and editor of the Integral Leadership Review. He is on the Board of ARINA, Inc., an international research and development organization, and...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
Organizational Leadership and Transformation
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John Wagener

Jay Wagener received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Clark University. He graduated from Stanford University with majors in Philosophy and Psychology. He did his internship at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute...View faculty profile
School
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
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Douglas Walton

Doug Walton received his Ph.D. in Organizational Systems from Saybrook Graduate School. Dr. Walton has over 20 years experience as a researcher, manager, and organizational change consultant in the computer industry....View faculty profile
School
Organizational Leadership and Transformation
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato
School
Organizational Leadership and Transformation
Randy Warley, PhD
School
Mind-Body Medicine
Allyson Washburn

Allyson Washburn received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Johns Hopkins University.Dr. Washburn's current research interests include early identification of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, social...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
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Tim Weber, PhD

Dr. Weber has been faculty and the SC specialization lead at Leadership Institute of Seattle for over 17 years. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Bellevue, Washington. Dr. Weber specializes...View faculty profile
Claire Wheeler, MD, PhD

Claire Wheeler, MD, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and former Emergency Medicine physician. She is teaching both Health Psychology and Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview for the College of Mind-Body Medicine. She is...View faculty profile
School
Mind-Body Medicine
Diana Whitney, PhD
Distinguished Consulting Faculty

Dr. Whitney is an internationally recognized consultant, speaker and thought leader. Her work focuses on the use of Appreciative Inquiry for organization culture transformation; merger, alliance building and...View faculty profile
Ian Wickramasekera, II

Dr. Ian Wickramasekera (“Dr. Ian”) enjoys teaching and research and he is well known nationally and internationally for his work in integrative medicine. He was previously on the faculty of the Psychiatry...View faculty profile
School
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
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Willson Williams, PhD
Director, Saybrook Institutional Review Board (SIRB)

I began my association with Saybrook in 2006. Since that time, I have worked with learners as instructor for research coursework, served on essay committees as reader and Chair, and served on and chaired thesis/project...View faculty profile
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Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
David Blake Willis, PhD

David Blake Willis, PhD, is a professor of human and organizational development, anthropology and education for Fielding Graduate School. He is the co-author of Transcultural Japan: Being Others in the Borderlands of...View faculty profile
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Mind-Body Medicine
Eric Willmarth, PhD

Eric Willmarth, PhD, is the Director of Practicum Placements for the College of Mind-Body Medicine and the Co Director of the Consciousness, Spirituality and Integrative Health Specialization in the School of...View faculty profile
School
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Mind-Body Medicine
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Nicola Wolfe, PhD

Biographical Sketch: Nicola Wolfe, Ph.D

Dr. Nicola Wolfe earned her PhD in Clinical Psychopharmacology from Harvard University. She has taught courses in “Contemporary Neuroscience”, “...View faculty profile
Mark Yang
Tobi Zausner, PhD
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Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry