Current Professional Licenses and Certifications
1994 Licensed Psychologist, State of Hawaii (#521)
1988 Licensed Psychologist, State of New Mexico (#404)
Scholarship of Discovery
Publications
In progress The Lotus, the Quantum, and the Unicorn. A non-fiction book exploring the interrelationship among 1) myth, story, and archetype; 2) Buddhist philosophy; and 3) quantum theory
In progress Deconstructing Dick: Jane’s Manifesto for the 21st Century Woman, an edited compilation of essays concerning male-female relationships, based on the principles of collaboration and co-creativity
2010 Commentary on “Gestalt Pedagogy – Creativity in Teaching” by Ansel L. Woldt, Gestalt Review, 13(2)
1996 Edited The Psychobiographic Approach to Psychotherapy: A Psychological Study of the Power Structure of Psychotherapy by Herzel Yerushalmi (1998, Psychosocial Press)
1984 Edited The Suicide Syndrome: Origins, Manifestations, and Alleviation of Human Self-Destructiveness by Larry Morton Gernsbacher (1985, Human Sciences Press)
Professional Development
Regularly attend the annual “Creativity and Madness: Psychological Studies of Art and Artists” conferences
2011 “30th International Human Science Research Conference: Intertwining Body-Self-World,” conference held at St. Catherine’s, Oxford University, UK
2010 “Third Annual Conference on Buddhism & Psychology: The Art of Counseling,” conference/retreat
2001 - 2007 “International Conference on Science and Consciousness,” conference on the topic of “Consciousness Exploring Itself”
Interdisciplinary Scholarship
2004 to Present Student of Tibetan Buddhism (Nyingma School), practicing under the guidance of the Dzogchen masters Kunzang Pema Namgyal, the ninth Gangteng Tulku Rinpoche (Bhutan); and Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche, Abbot of Katog Mardo Tashi Choling monastery (Tibet)
2008 “Death and Dying from the Buddhist Perspective,” teaching presented by Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche
2008 “The Lamp of Essential Points of Practice, teaching presented by Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche
2007 “The Prajna Paramita,” teaching presented by Anam Thubten Rinpoche
2007 “Integrating Meditation and Life,” teaching presented by Anam Thubten Rinpoche
2007 Meditation retreat and related teachings and instruction, presented by Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche
2007 P’howa teaching and instructions, presented by Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche
2006 “The Prajna Paramita,” teaching presented by Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche
2006 “Buddha Nature,” teaching retreat with the Venerable Lopon Phurba Dorji
2005 “The Seven Chapters of Supplication to Guru Rinpoche,” teaching on this Terma of Guru Padmasambhava entitled Sol Deb Lui Duen Ma, presented by Kunzang Pema Namgyal
2005 “A Lamp to Dispel Darkness,” teaching on this text by Mipham Jampal Dorje presented by Khenpo Sonam Tobgyal Rinpoche, of the Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple (Toronto)
2005 “The Longchen Nyingthig,” teaching retreat with the Venerable Lopon Phurba Dorji
2005 “Ngundro Teachings,” teaching with the Venerable Lopon Phurba Dorji
2004 “Vajrakilaya: The Razor of Life Force,” teaching on this Terma of Padma Lingpa presented by Kunzang Pema Namgyal
2004 “Atisha’s Seven-Point Mind Training,” teaching with the Venerable Khandro Rinpoche, a teacher in both the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and head of the Samten Tse Retreat Centre of Mindrolling Monastery (Mussoorie, Uttaranchal, India)
2004 “The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva,” teaching with Tibetan Dzogchen master the Venerable Khenpo Sonam Tobgyal Rinpoche of the Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple (Toronto)
2003 Sesshin under the direction of Sensei Musai Walter
2003 Rohatsu under the direction of Abbot Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi
2001 – 2004 Student of Zen Buddhism and a zazen practitioner in the tradition of Taizan Maezuni Roshi, practicing under the guidance of Sensei Musai Walter, the priest at Prajna Zendo in Lamy, New Mexico
1995 Private metal-smithing instruction, Ms. Holly Stultz, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Scholarship of Engagement, Service, and Social Action
Community Service
2011 -- Present Board of Directors, New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts; 2012-2014 Recording Secretary
2005 – 2007 Sangha member, Yeshe Khorlo Nyingma Buddhist Meditation Center (Crestone, Colorado)
2003 – 2005 Member, Advisory Council, “A Room of Her Own” Foundation
2002 – 2004 Sangha member, Prajna Zendo (Lamy, New Mexico)
Recent Consultative Services
2012 Organizational Consultant for the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
2010 Organizational Consultant for the University of Toledo, Office of the President
