William James is one of the grandfathers of modern psychology, and his work is the foundation for the evolution of transpersonal psychology. In this episode of Shrink Rap Radio, David Van Nuys speaks with Mark Ryan about his paper, The Transpersonal William James (The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 2008, Vol. 40, No. 1)

Shrink Rap Radio #388- William James as Progenitor of Transpersonal Psychology with Mark B. Ryan PhD

A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.
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Posted on January 30, 2014



Mark B. Ryan PhD is Associate Dean of the Wisdom School of Graduate Studies of Ubiquity University. Prior to joining the Wisdom School, he was Titular IV Professor at the Universidad de las Américas in Puebla, Mexico, where he also served as Dean of the Colleges, Master of José Gaos College, and Coordinator of the graduate program in United States Studies. For more than twenty years he was Dean of Jonathan Edwards College and a teacher of American Studies and History at Yale University. He holds Ph.D. and M. Phil. degrees from Yale, an M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas. Mark is author of A Collegiate Way of Living (Yale University, 2001), articles in various journals on higher education, and articles in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology and related publications on transpersonal thought. He served for fourteen years on the Board of Trustees of Naropa University, is past chair of the Board of Directors of Wisdom University, and current Chair of the Jonathan Edwards Trust at Yale. He is certified by Grof Transpersonal Training as a practitioner of Holotropic Breathwork, and currently teaches regularly for the Wisdom School and at the C. G. Jung Educational Center of Houston. Click here to go to the article discussed in this interview.

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