Edward Bruce Bynum, Phd

African Mysticism and the Dreams of Modern Science

Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is a clinical psychologist. A student of Swami Chandrasekharanand Saraswati and a winner of the Abraham H. Maslow award from the American Psychological Association, he is the author of several books, including The Dreamlife of Families, The African Unconscious, and Dark Light Consciousness.

Jeannette Mageo, PhD

Metaphors and the Self in a Zombie Pandemic Dream

Bio: Jeannette Mageo, Ph.D., is Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University.  Her manifold writings on dreams show that cultural models tie personal experience to politics and public culture. Her books include Dreaming and the Self: New Perspectives on Subjectivity, Identity, and Emotion, Dreaming Culture: Meanings, Models, and Power in U.S. AmericanDreams, New Directions in the Anthropology of the Dream, and The Mimetic Nature of Dream Mentation: American Selves in Re-formation.

Rubin Naiman, PhD

The Impact of Dream Loss on Collective Consciousness

Rubin Naiman, Ph.D., is a psychologist, author and sleep and dream specialist at the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Naiman is a pioneer in the development of integrative approaches to sleep and dreams, integrating scientific with depth psychological, transpersonal, and spiritual perspectives.  

Michelle Carr, PhD                      

From Nightmares to Lucid Dreams: How Dreams Impact Our Mental Health

Michelle Carr, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Associate in Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, and Assistant Director of the Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory. She studies the relationship between dreams and mental health, with particular interest in nightmares and lucid dreams. She also studies dream engineering—new techniques and technologies designed to influence dreams to benefit well-being.

Stephen LaBerge, PhD

Anagnostic Oneirony: Dreaming and Awakening

Dr. Stephen LaBerge pioneered Lucid dreaming research at Stanford University. He developed lucid dream induction techniques known as MILD and WBTB and devices such as the DreamLight and NovaDreamer. He is author of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, and Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life. His recent research shows lucid dreaming sheds light on the nature of consciousness.