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Ed Diener

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Dec 182009

Source: Amazon.com

“Ed Diener is the Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois. He received his doctorate at the University of Washington in 1974, and has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois for the past 34 years. Dr. Diener was the president of both the International Society of Quality of Life Studies and the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Currently he is the president of the International Positive Psychology Association. Dr. Diener was the editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Happiness Studies, and he is the founding editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science. Diener has over 240 publications, with about 190 being in the area of the psychology of well-being, and is listed as one of the most highly cited psychologists by the Institute of Scientific Information with over 12,000 citations to his credit. He won the Distinguished Researcher Award from the International Society of Quality of Life Studies, the first Gallup Academic Leadership Award, and the Jack Block Award for Personality Psychology. Dr. Diener also won several teaching awards, including the Oakley-Kundee Award for Undergraduate Teaching at the University of Illinois.”

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Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
by: Ed Diener

“Happiness is a process, not a place. That’s one of the key concepts that leaps from Happiness: Unlocking The Mysteries Of Psychological Wealth by Ed Diener and Robert Biswas- Diener.” (Diana’s Blog: Quirky Words and Book)

“In their sweeping new book Diener and his son, Robert Biswas-Diener, distill the results of worldwide research into happiness and come up with an explanation, a recipe, for a sustained state of good feeling, psychological wealth, as they call it.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 2008)

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Assessing Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener

The collected works of Ed Diener, in 3 volumes, present the major works of the leading research scientist studying happiness and well-being. Professor Diener has studied subjective well-being, people’s life satisfaction and positive emotions, for over a quarter of a century, and has published 200 works on the topic, many more than any other scholar. He has studied hundreds of thousands of people in over 140 nations of the world, and the collected works present the major findings from those studies. Diener has made many of the major discoveries about well-being, which are outlined in the chapters.

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Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology

The book is highly recommendable for those interested in hedonic psychology especially Subjective Well-Being (a.k.a. Happiness). It covers a wide range of chapters which include definitions, measurement, clarifications/reactions, recent findings and researches. Its probable drawback is that, to a certain degree, it is somewhat very technical in approach. Not too many readers might easily grasp some contents/materials presented. Nonetheless, it is a great reference material.

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Worker Well-Being and Public Policy, Volume 22 (Research in Labor Economics)

In this volume, the authors explain the reasons why subjective indicators of well-being are needed. They describe how these indicators can offer useful input and provide examples of policy uses of well-being measures. The book then delves into objections to the use of subjective well-being indicators for policy purposes and discusses why these objections are not warranted. Finally, the book contains answers pertaining to the measures that are currently in use and describes the types of measures that are most likely to be valuable in the policy domain.

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Culture and Subjective Well-Being (Well Being and Quality of Life)

This book is based on the idea that we can empirically study quality of life and make cross-society comparisons of subjective well-being (SWB). A potential problem in studying SWB across societies is that of cultural relativism: if societies have different values, the members of those societies will use different criteria in evaluating the success of their society. By examining, however, such aspects of SWB as whether people believe they are living correctly, whether they enjoy their lives, and whether others important to them believe they are living well, SWB can represent the degree to which people in a society are achieving the values they hold dear. The contributors analyze SWB in relation to money, age, gender, democracy, and other factors.

Beth J. Jowdy

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Dec 032009

Source: Integral Institute – Scholars

Beth J. Jowdy is currently an Assistant Professor in the Sport Management Department at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire. Her areas of academic concentration include experiential learning, reflection, and Integral Theory with a special interest in grassroots event management.

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Sheehan, Elizabeth

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Dr. Sheehan teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. Her courses include: Introduction to Sport Management, Governance and Management of Sport Organizations, Sport Event Sponsorship, Sport Event Marketing & Management, Leadership and Sport Event Management. Specialty areas: experiential learning, reflection, integral theory, leadership and organizational development, and grassroots sport event management.

The use of experiential activities and reflection as methods to enhance social and emotional learning is commonly accepted in higher education. It is believed that through experience-based courses students deepen and possibly alter presently held assumptions when classroom experiences allow students to practice skills and reflect on behaviors that simulate "real-world" situations. However, how is it that experience-based courses develop the emotional competencies necessary for students to effectively manage themselves and others in the workplace and in life? This study examines the impact of a sport event management course on students’ emotional competency. Specifically, this study answers the question: Can a semester-long experience-based course increase students’ emotional competency when students are not introduced to emotional intelligence theory. The book is addressed to faculty and academic administrators in higher education. Since a popular misconception associated with experiential learning is that the outcomes are subjective and difficult to measure, the results of this study will also be of interest to individuals involved with any form of experiential education.

Mark James Fischler, JD

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Nov 262009

Source: Integral Institute – Scholars

Mark James Fischler, JD, contributed to Integral Law studies and is now a former New Hampshire Public Defender and Guardian Ad Litem who now teaches as a full-time faculty member of the Plymouth State University Criminal Justice Department in Plymouth, NH.

Source: Integral Life Contributors

Mark James Fischler has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at Plymouth State University in Plymouth NH since 2003. His focus is ethics and criminal procedure. Mark has written papers and given presentations on what is integral law from a theoretical and practical perspective, some of which can be found in the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice.

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Political Science University of New Hampshire; J.D., University of Maine

Before becoming a professor Mark worked as a N.H. Public Defender representing poor people accused of a crime for 3.5 years. Mark also did work as a Guardian Ad Litem for a year. In addition to his undergraduate degree in political science and his juris doctor of law he is also graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College of Dubois Wyoming, and the National Criminal Defense College in Macon Georgia. Mark is also trained in divorce mediation. While in Law School Mark won the New England Law School Trial Advocacy Competition with his partner and was awarded the Trial Advocacy award from the University of Maine School of law.

Lynn D. Feldman, MA, JD

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Nov 252009

Source: Integral Institute – Scholars

Lynn D. Feldman, MA, JD, earned her undergraduate degree from Tulane University, her Master’s degree in Public Law and Government from Columbia University’s Graduate Faculties, and her law degree from Pace Law. She has been a public school teacher for 24 years and an attorney specializing in matrimonial and criminal law for 10 years. She began working with Integral Institute in 2003 and has worked toward the creation of Integral University while organizing the Integral Educational model.

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I have been searching for a synthesis of the individual’s need for agency with the community’s need for cooperation as far back as my undergraduate days at Tulane University in New Orleans, and then when facing the 1960’s campus riots during graduate school at Columbia University Graduate Faculties where I earned a Master’s in Public Law and Government.

I became a ghost-writer for the Senior Vice-President and Special Legal Counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then a political speech-writer for a US senatorial candidate from New Jersey, where I came to see that I had an ability to assume multiple perspective-taking.

My political experience left me with a profound disquiet about how little the voters seemed to understand the political and governmental structures. I chose to become a high school teacher and to dedicate myself to creating generations of informed and involved citizens. In 1982 there was a reduction in the teaching force, and I was laid off; I used that opportunity to attend law school at Pace University.

By then I had read Ken Wilber’s Spectrum of Consciousness and had found the grand synthesis that I had been looking for. I began applying Integral theory to everything from arguing cases before the highest court in New Jersey to picking a jury for a death penalty trial where I was for the defense.

Selected review from Amazon.com:
Ken Wilber offers a unique way of looking at reality. Whether or not one agrees with his ideas, the book represents a truly different view of existence which differs dramatically from that of most people. The author shows how the electromagnetic spectrum existed all along, but that we humans only recently understood the nature of this energy. He posits a similar spectrum – albeit for consciousness – that we only now are beginning to comprehend.

Well worth reading – it will challenge your view of the world, especially if you have been raised in a dualistic world.

In 1992 I returned to teaching, which had become necessary as I had assumed primary care for my elderly mother. I began applying the Integral approach daily in my classes.

After 9/11, I used the principles of both Spiral Dynamics and Integral theory in the creation of the Teen Freedom Corps, which brought the group to the attention of the White House, Peter Jennings on ABC News, Dateline, People magazine, and finally a visit from Pres. Bush.

In 2003 I met Ken Wilber and the folks working to create Integral Institute. I was asked to join them that year, and by the next I had been asked to be Vice Chancellor of the emerging Integral University. Unfortunately, those plans died by 2006, but I remained intrigued by the transformative potential of the application of Integral to my classes.

I then began to assemble what became the Center for Integral Education, and I was asked to be the Director. Under a different umbrella organization, we held two international seminars in 2007 and 2008.

I continue to consult and speak on Integral education and will soon publish my first book on the topic.

As part of an Integral consciousness, I returned to the practice of law with a concentration on mediation and collaborative legal divorce practice.

I remain passionate about learning, education, schooling, and the legal profession in both its litigation and mediation aspects.

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Barrett C. Brown

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Nov 222009

Source: Integral Institute – Scholars

Barrett C. Brown contributes to Integral Sustainability studies, which applies Integral Theory to sustainable development issues.

He also represents Kosmos Journal and the Integral framework at the United Nations.

Source: Integral+Life Contributors

Barrett C. Brown. Since 1995, Barrett has worked in nine countries as a consultant and entrepreneur in the areas of leadership, organization development, communications, and sustainability. He has helped launch a dozen organizations, led executive teams through strategic alignment, developed multi-year leadership development programs, delivered leadership initiatives for Fortune 500 executives, and briefed high-level officials at the United Nations Development Programme headquarters and the US State Department. He specializes in the intersection between organization development, leadership development, and global sustainability. A member of Integral Institute since 2002, Barrett is also a senior consultant in the application of the Integral framework. He serves as Co-Director of the Integral Sustainability Center, which leverages the Integral framework to advance sustainable development issues. Barrett represents Kosmos Journal and the Integral framework at the United Nations, holding UN consultative status. He is an advisory board member for: US-based Kosmos Journal, an integrally informed journal on global issues; the Australian-based Shift Foundation, which develops emerging global leaders; and Canadian-based IntegralCity.com, focusing on urban sustainability issues. In addition to consulting, mentoring, and research, he also regularly contributes articles to AQAL: Journal of Integral Theory and Practice. Barrett has presented and trained widely, including at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (side event), US State Department, John F. Kennedy University, the School for International Training, the Bioneers conference, and the Spiral Dynamics Integral Conference on Natural Design. Barrett has also used his fluency in Spanish and Portuguese to translate several business books and lecture on leadership. Barrett’s undergraduate studies include English Literature and Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley. He holds an MA in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, and is currently engaged in doctoral research in Leadership Development for Sustainability through an executive Ph.D. program at Fielding.