like to consider myself a generalist and educator, though I've
mainly focused on field investigation and have been consistently
pegged by the media as a "ghost" guy. I started a group/network of
field investigators in 1989 (the Office of Paranormal
Investigations), essentially to take up the slack from the JFK
University Graduate Parapsychology Program.
Education in Parapsychology is of tantamount importance to me.
I hold an MS in Parapsychology from John F. Kennedy University
(1981), was on the Core Faculty of that program from 1983 until its
demise in the late 80s, and still currently teach there as an
adjunct professor (Media and Publishing). Over the years at JFKU,
besides Parapsychology I've also taught Public Speaking,
Anthropology, Science Fiction and the Philosophy of Time. I was
appointed to the faculty of Atlantic University in 2010, and have
been teaching an online Parapsychology graduate course since
then.
I have been teaching online Parapsychology courses for the Rhine
Education Center since 2014, building several of them for the
online classroom. The courses are offered either for a grade or for
audit.
I have been teaching a local and distance non-academic
Parapsychological Studies program through HCH Institute in
Lafayette, CA since 2005.
In January 2012, I was appointed to the Board of Directors of the
Rhine Research Center.
I am in my second term as President of the Forever Family
Foundation (2013-2014 and 2015-2016).
I have been on the advisory boards of the Windbridge Institute and
the Forever Family Foundation.
I've had 9 psi-related books published as of the end of 2015, the
most recent of which isESP WARS: EAST AND WEST:An Account of the
Military Use of Psychic Espionage as Narrated by the Key Russian
and American Players,co-authored by Edwin C. May and Victor Rubel.
In late 2015, I releasedSELF-PUBLISHING: IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE,
co-authored by mystery writer Richard Wren. I was a columnist for
FATE magazine from 1991 to 2004.
In the early 80s, I worked as the Public Information and Media
Consultant to the ASPR. I've been involved in media coverage and TV
series and specials over the years, trying to reign in some of the
poor (and downright false) information presented about our
field.
Lately, I have been working with others across the country to try
to bring some sense of connection between the amateur “paranormal
community” and those in the scientific field of parapsychology –
which I hope will lead to greater support for the field.
Encouraged heartily by the late Chuck Honorton, I was a
professional magician from the early 80s through the early 90s,
when I switched over to mentalism and psychic entertainment (after
being pushed to do so by the late Marcello Truzzi) I joined the
Psychic Entertainers Association in 1997, and was elected President
in 2001 (through 2005), and served on the Board for several more
years. I serve as the annual meeting planner. I have occasionally
consulted with others in Parapsychology from my perspective as a
magician/mentalist (since 1982) and am always open to working with
my colleagues in that capacity.
I did have a "day job" working as a corporate trainer/presenter for
online information provider LexisNexis (1984-2006), have worked
managing an electronic journals collection for Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, as well as a temp law firm librarian.
These days, besides teaching Parapsychology, I offer seminars and
coaching on public speaking (www.speakasyourself.com) and social
media, as well as work with authors as a book publicity coach.
In 2009, while continuing to research a book on Chocolate (which
I'll get done one of these days), I completed a Professional
Chocolatier course (Ecole Chocolat, Vancouver, BC) and in 2010
began making and selling my first chocolate products
(www.hauntedbychocolate.com) and continuing to offer guided
chocolate tasting presentations.
Finally, I hold a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Northwestern
University, where I focused much of my coursework on supernatural /
magic folklore and beliefs.
My Twitter handles are @profparanormal and @speakasyourself
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