United States
Opportunities to study parapsychological topics at colleges and universities in California, Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia.
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Parapsychological Association
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2019
California: A University of California, Santa Barbara research center, the Theoretical and Applied NeuroCausality Laboratory (TANC Lab), conducts psi research, primarily into presentiment using EEG but sometimes other fields as well. UCSB undergraduates can become research assistants at TANC Lab for either pay or for credit. Research assistants are expected to collect data on human subjects, complete some programming and/or analysis tasks, and often present results at conferences, including at the PA. Financial support for research is available. UCSB students may apply for positions via the affiliated META Lab. At this time TANC Lab cannot provide support for graduate studies to research parapsychology.
California: Saybrook University offers nonāresidential, accredited Masters and PhD programs allowing students to design their own degree in psychology with an emphasis on parapsychology. Stanley Krippner and Dean Radin can supervise research in parapsychological topics. For more information: www.saybrook.edu
Colorado: The Psibotics Lab at the University of Colorado conducts research in applied psi under that direction of Professor Garret Moddel. An undergraduate course on psi, Edges of Science, provides a deep dive into the subject in the context of scientific philosophy and skepticism, and includes a major research project.
Georgia: Dr. Christine Simmonds-Moore recently joined the psychology faculty at the University of West Georgia as an Assistant Professor of Psychology. Parapsychology first came to UWG when Dr. Bill Roll was based there. As a result, the university has a long history with regard to this topic, which is supported by an excellent collection of journals and books. It is now possible to study parapsychology at UWG alongside a number of other interesting topics related to humanistic and transpersonal psychology. Courses exploring parapsychology are offered at the undergraduate and graduate (masters levels). The master’s program at West Georgia focusses on humanistic and transpersonal psychology. The psychology department also offer an Integrative Health Studies Certificate Program and a PhD program (on Consciousness and Society ) at West Georgia, and as such, it is possible for students to focus on a parapsychology related topic for masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Virginia: Atlantic University offers an online and distance education accredited Masters Degree Program in Transpersonal Studies that includes a number of courses relevant to parapsychology including “Principles of Parapsychology” currently taught by Loyd Auerbach. Faculty members Doug Richards and Loyd Auerbach are available to mentor a parapsychology-focused Directed Study course or Culminating Project. For more information: www.atlanticuniv.edu.