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| Degrees, Discipline, Year, Institution |
- Ph.D. 1977 University of Georgia; Biopsychology
- M.S. 1969 University of Georgia; Psychology
- M.R.C. 1967 University of Florida; Counseling
- B.S. 1964 Ohio State University; Psychology
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| Current Projects and Professional Activities |
| I am interested in the nature of consciousness, and its relationship to the brain. Currently I am reviewing James’ writings on consciousness and considering them in the context of today’s chaos theory approach to fluid processes. I am also interested in sleep, dreaming, altered states of consciousness, and the history of art. I have published on all of these. |
| Current Publications List |
| Combs, A. (2002). The Radiance of being: Understanding the grand integral vision; Living the integral life. St Paul, MN: Paragon House.
Combs, A., & Holland, M. (1990/2001). Synchronicity: Science, myth and the trickster. New York: Paragon House. (Second edition with forward by Ervin Laszlo; 1995. Third edition with foreword by Robin Robertson; 2001.)
Combs, A., Germine, M, & Goertzel, B. (Eds.). (in press). Mind in time: The dynamics of thought, reality, and consciousness. Hampton, Cresskill, NJ.
Combs, A. (2003). Inner and outer realities: Jean Gebser in a cultural/historical perspective. Integrative Explorations: Journal of Culture and Consciousness. 7&8, 22-34.
Combs, A. (2002). Embodied minds: Second order cybernetic bodies. Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 9 (1), 89-96.
Arnold, C., Bruggerman, E., Kim, H., & Combs, A. (2002). Chi Kung facilitates integral growth: An empirical investigation. Integralis: Journal of Integral Studies. http://www.integralage.org/ .
Combs, A., & Krippner, S. (in press). Process, Structure, and Form:
An Evolutionary Transpersonal Psychology of Consciousness. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies.
Combs, A., & Krippner, S. (2002). The neurophenomenology of shamanism: A review essay. ReVision, 24(2), 46-48.
Kahn, D., Krippner, S., & Combs, A. (2002). Dreaming as a function of chaos-like stochastic processes in the self-organizing brain. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 6(4), 311-322.
Marks-Tarlow, T., Robertson, R., & Combs, A. (2002). Varela and Uroborus: The psychological significance of reentry. Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 9(2), 31–47.
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| Significant Publications |
- Combs, A. (2002). The Radiance of being: Understanding the grand integral vision; Living the integral life. St Paul, MN: Paragon House.
- Combs, A., Germine, M, & Goertzel, B. (in press). (2003). Mind in time: The dynamics of thought, reality, and consciousness. Hampton, Cresskill, NJ.
- Combs, A., & Krippner, S. (in press). Process, Structure, and Form:
- An Evolutionary Transpersonal Psychology of Consciousness. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies.
- Combs, A., & Holland, M. (1990). Synchronicity: Science, myth and the trickster. New York: Paragon House. (Second edition with forward by Ervin Laszlo; 1995. Third edition with foreword by Robin Robertson; 2001.)
- Combs, A., & Goerner, S. (1999). The evolution of consciousness as a self-organizing information system in the society of other such systems. In W. Hofkirchner (Ed.). The quest for a unified theory of information (World Futures general evolution studies, Volume 13). New York & London: Gordon & Breach.
- Combs, A. (Ed.), Laszlo, E., Artigiani, R., & Csányi, V. (1996). Changing visions: Human cognitive maps, past, present and future. London: Adamantine Press; Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Combs, A., & Winkler, M. (1995). The nostril cycle: A study in the methodology of chaos science. In R. Robertson and A. Combs (Eds.), Chaos theory in psychology and the life sciences. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Kahn, D., Krippner, S., & Combs, A. (2002). Dreaming as a function of chaos-like stochastic processes in the self-organizing brain. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 6(4), 311-322.
- Robertson, R., & Combs, A. (Eds.). (1995). Chaos theory in psychology and the life sciences. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Sulis, W., & Combs, A. (Eds.). (1996). Nonlinear dynamics in human behavior. Singapore: World Scientific.
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| Important Conference Presentations |
- Arcari, A., & Combs, A. (1999, August). The colors of consciousness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Systems Sciences, Asilomar, California.
- Combs, A. (2000, October). Jean Gebser: Inner and outer realities. Plenary talk given at The Jean Gebser Symposium 2000 , Dresden, Germany.
- Combs, A. (2001, Oct.). Autopoietic processes in consciousness, the brain, and development. Paper presented at the HDP Dynamic Development Research Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
- Combs, A. (2001, May). An evolutionary view of human consciousness as seen through art and history. Paper presented at the Semi-annual Thematic Conference of The Standing Conference on Educational Research: New England Section, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- Combs, A., & Brier, S. (2001, July). Consciousness, information, and the brain: A Peircian semiotic paradigm; An FIS contribution. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Systems Sciences, Asilomar, California.
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| Chaired Dissertations |
- Ingeborg Glueck: Dimensions of Laughter: A Dynamic, Multivariate-Shared Property Model of the Humor Appreciation Process. (A Theoretical Study)
- Bob McCrthy: A Pioneering Investigation o Paradoxical Temperature Increase During Cognitive Stress in an Abuse Population
- That’s all for now!
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| Expertise Working with Saybrook Students |
| I have been most helpful, perhaps, in helping students design research projects such as dissertations, and helping them explore interests in the areas related to consciousness and the brain. |
| Research Interests |
| As a faculty member and teacher I am interested in a wide range of topics dealing with human nature and the nature of mind and consciousness as well as their relationship to the brain and body. Personally I am currently interested in the history of consciousness in art and literature, and in the nature of the stream of consciousness as seen in James’ writing and in modern chaos theory. |
| Research Expertise |
| I have a wide range of interests and experience. I have supervised over a hundred student research projects in a wide range of areas. I have a good working knowledge of basic research design and of statistical methods up through the analyses of variance, and have supervised a number of studies using qualitative methods as well. I am not an expert on phenomenology or advanced multivariate statistical analyses, or the interview method, though I have worked with students in these areas. |
| Research Expertise - Self Rating |
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studied in a class or have read intensively on my own |
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had special training in the form of a workshop or equivalent |
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have taught a class in, or have supervised research using this method (research practicum, on a dissertation or master’s committee) |
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have used in research myself |
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have published or presented at conferences my research using this method |
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| Quantitative Methods |
| Laboratory Experiments |
5 |
| Field Experiments |
3 |
| Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials |
4 |
| Quasi-experimental Methods |
4 |
| Correlational Methods |
5 |
| Quantitative or Qualitative |
| Action Research |
4 |
| Survey Research |
4 |
| Interview Research |
3 |
| Observational Research |
3 |
| Epidemiological Research |
2 |
| Ethnography |
2 |
| Self-Observational Methods |
5 |
| Narrative Methods |
3 |
| Feminist Methods |
2 |
| Content Analysis |
3 |
| Discovery-Oriented Research (psychotherapy) |
1 |
| Events paradigm (psychotherapy) |
1 |
| rchival Research |
4 |
| Case History Methods |
3 |
| Multiple Case Depth Research |
2 |
| Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design |
2, 3 |
| Longitudinal Research |
5 |
| Cross-sectional Research |
4 |
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| Qualitative Methods |
| Ethnoautobiographical Research |
2 |
| Hermeneutics |
4 |
| Grounded Theory |
4 |
| Phenomenology |
2 |
| Heuristic Research |
4 |
| Types of Analysis |
| Simple Parametric Statistics (t-test, etc.) |
5 |
| Confidence Intervals |
5 |
| Analysis of Variance (including MANOVA) |
5 |
| Analysis of Covariance |
5 |
| Regression (including multiple regression) |
4 |
| Discriminant Function Analysis |
2 |
| Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis |
2 |
| Causal Modeling |
3 |
| Cluster Analysis |
3 |
| Survival Analysis |
1 |
| Nonparametrics |
5 |
| Bayesian Analysis |
3 |
| Meta-analysis and Effect Sizes |
2 |
| Factor Analysis |
5 |
| Time series Analysis |
3 |
| Multidimensional Scaling |
2 |
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