U.C.L.A. (B.A. 6/57)
Harvard (M.A., Ph.D. 6/61)
George Mason University [Now Antonin Scalia] School of Law
U.C.L.A: B.A. with highest honors; Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard: University Scholarship; Sigma Xi
George Mason Law: Law Review: Associate Editor, 1989-1990; Lead Articles Editor, 1990-1991; Outstanding Student Advocate Award, Virginia State Trial Lawyers’ Association; elected law school class graduation speaker
Outstanding Contribution Award, American Bankruptcy Institute (2001)
Who’s Who in America (2002- )
Harvard Teaching Fellowship
National Institute of Mental Health Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
1961-62
Behavioral Science Research Fund, Cambridge, Mass.: Research Associate, Harvard University: Special auditor (Biology)
1962-64
University of California, Berkeley: Research Fellow, Department of Psychology (with Frank A. Beach)
1964-69
University of California, Davis, Department of Psychology:
Assistant Professor, 64-68
Associate Professor, 68-69
1969-76
Battelle Seattle Research Center, Seattle, WA:
Center Fellow, Behavioral and Social Sciences
1970-76
University of Washington, Department of Psychology:
Affiliate Associate Professor, 70-72
Affiliate Professor, 72-76
1976-1997
Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C.:
Senior Research Psychologist, 76-80
Deputy Director of Research, 80-82
Director of Innovations & Systems Development, 82-86
Senior Research Advisor, 86- 91
Director of Planning & Technology, 92-97
1994-2016
Lecturer, Benjamin Franklin Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania
2008-present
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
2010-2020
Lecturer in Buddhist Psychology, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley California
1997-2023
Consultant in private practice (Partial client list: U.S. Department of Justice; Federal Judicial Center; National Center for State Courts; American Psychological Association; Freddie Mac; National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges)
(not all remain current)
American Academy of Religion
American Bankruptcy Institute (1991-2006)
American Bar Association (1991-2006)
American Psychological Association (Fellow, Divisions 1, 6, 9, 41) (Lifetime Member)
American Psychological Society (Fellow, Charter Member)
International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies
Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience
Virginia (becoming inactive in 2009)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit