OAKLEY E. GORDON

Department of Psychology
University of Utah

EDUCATION

B.S. Psychology.
University of Utah, 1976
Magna Cum Laude

M.S. Experimental Psychology
University of Utah, 1981

Ph.D. Experimental Psychology
University of Utah, 1984
Emphasis: Human Learning and Thinking
Commendation by supervisory committee.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Southern Utah University

• Assistant Professor of Psychology 1986-1991
• Associate Professor of Psychology 1991-1998
• Professor of Psychology 1998-2001

University of Utah

Adjunct Professor 2001-present

Current Teaching Responsibilities (University of Utah)

• Statistical Methods in Psychology (online, undergraduate course)
• Research Methods in Psychology (undergraduate course)
• Quantitative Methods I and II (graduate courses)

Previous Teaching Responsibilities (Southern Utah University)

• Statistics in Psychology
• Cybernetics, Self, and Society
• Models, Methods, and Professional Issues in Psychology
• Experimental Research Design
• History and Systems of Psychology (capstone course)
• Surviving in a Technological Age (honors course, team-taught)
• Eastern Thought for Western Thinkers (honors course, team-taught).
• Mind, Body, and Health
• Readings in Transpersonal Psychology
• Andean Mysticism
• Introduction to Psychotherapy (sections on Gestalt and Transpersonal Therapies)
• Physiological Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Personality Theory
• Senior Seminar (capstone course)

Additional Responsibilities:

Director: Department of Psychology Computer Lab, Southern Utah University (1986-2001)

HONORS

• Southern Utah University nominee: CASE National Professor of the Year Award, 1990.
• Distinguished Educator, Southern Utah University, 1991-1992.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Andean epistemology. This research project began in 1994 and has involved five trips to Peru to work with indigenous people who live in isolated villages in the high Andes. The focus of the research has been on the epistemology of the Andean people-in particular how it connects them intimately with nature-and the implications of their epistemology to Western culture. It has led to several presentations at regional and international conferences.

Computer-enhanced education. This project has involved 15 years of exploration of the use of computers in education. It has led to the creation of numerous software products and papers on the pedagogical issues that arise in using computers to enhance education. This project has been supported by a $227,000 grant from the State of Utah .

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES (SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY)

Elected Positions

• Faculty Senator (1988-1991; 1993-1996).
• University Leave, Rank, and Tenure Committee (1994-1995).
• Chair of the University Leave, Rank, and Tenure Committee (1995-1996).
• College of Humanities and Social Sciences Rank and Tenure Committee (1998-2001)

Appointed Positions

• Chair of the Faculty Senate Publications Award Committee (1988-1991).
• SUU Ad Hoc Computer Master Plan Committee (1988-1989).
• Academic Computer Users Committee (1989-1995).
• Provost's Ad Hoc Committee on the Growth Model (1993).
• Technology in the Classroom Committee (1994-1995).
• Faculty Honor Lecture Series: Centennial Project. (1995-1996).

Other

• Founded, wrote the policies and procedures for, and served as first chair of the SUU Institutional Review Board for Research on Human Subjects (1994-1995).
• As chair of the University Leave, Rank, and Tenure Committee initiated a major revision of the University's policies and procedures.
• Established a formal 'Community of Discourse' within the SUU psychology department--based upon the ideas of the pedagogist Parker Palmer--to facilitate a sharing of pedagogical ideas and to support excellence in teaching.
• Service on numerous department committees.

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE

Chair of the Research Committee: International Association of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, 1991-1993.

PUBLICATIONS

• Hansen, K. E., Malloy, T. E., Gordon, O. E., Rose, D., & Fleming, J. Nitrous oxide and cognitive set: Implications of an altered state of consciousness for creative problem solving, 1984; Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 4(1), 85-98.
• Malloy, T. E., Mitchell, C., & Gordon, O. E. Training Cognitive Strategies Underlying Intelligent Problem Solving, 1987; Perceptual and Motor Skills, 64, 1039-1046.
• Gordon, O. E. A Review of Gregory Bateson's "Steps to an Ecology of Mind", (July 1989), Anchor Point: The International Journal for Effective NLP Communicators, 7-8.
• Gordon, O. E. Pacing the Medical World. (June 1990), Anchor Point: The International Journal for Effective NLP Communicators, 1-7.
• Gordon, O. E. Proposed Guidelines for Ethical Research in NLP, 1992; NLP Connection: The Journal of the International Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, 7(1), 14.
• Gordon, O. E. Reducing Faculty Burnout, 1993; The Learning Professor, 1(2), 1-2.
• Gordon, O. E. Policies and Procedures: Institutional Review Board for Research on Human Subjects (December, 1994). Southern Utah University Policies and Procedure Manual.
• Gordon, O. E. What is NLP? A Brief History (Part 1), (May 1995); Anchor Point: The International Journal for Effective NLP Communicators.
• Gordon, O. E. What is NLP? A Brief History (Part 2), (July 1995); Anchor Point: The International Journal for Effective NLP Communicators.
• Gordon, O.E. Pedagogical Issues in Internet Education. (Fall, 2000); AABSS Journal.
• Gordon, O.E. A Therapeutic Relationship Between People and Their Geography in the Andes, 2001; Clio's Psyche, 7(4), 184-185.
• Gordon, O.E. & Malloy, T. E. Online Homework/Quiz/Exam Applet: Freely available Java software for evaluating performance online. (in press); Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers
• Gordon, O.E. The Real Heart (in press); Sacred Hoop.

PAPERS AT CONFERENCES

• Gordon, O. E. & Malloy, T. E. (1977, May). Consciousness, Meditation, and Human Information Processing. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
• Malloy, T. E. & Gordon, O. E. (1977, May). An Incorporation of Consciousness Into the Human Information Processing Model. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
• Hansen, K. E., Malloy, T. E., & Gordon, O. E. (1983, April). The Effects of Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen on a Mechanized Cognitive Set. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
• Gordon, O. E. & Malloy, T. E. (1988, March). Emotive Imagery. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
  Winter, M., Jones, L., & Gordon, O. (1994, April). An Orientation Class for Psychology Majors; Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
• Gordon, O. E. (1991, October). The Power of Myth. The International Association of Neuro-Linguistic Programming Mountain States Regional Conference.
• Gordon, O. E. (1993, April). NLP & Research: Going Meta. The International Association of Neuro-Linguistic Programming Annual Conference.
• Gordon, O.E. (1997, April). Therapeutic Metaphors in Andean Mysticism. Utah Academy of Science, Arts & Letters.
• Gordon, O.E. (2000, January). Pedagogical Issues in Internet Education. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
• Gordon, O.E., Mace, B., & Berg, L. Environmental Epistemology of the Andean People. (2000, April). Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
• Gordon, O.E. Building a Bridge from the Andes to Arizona. (2000, April). Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
• Gordon, O.E., Mace, B., & Berg, L., Finding an Epistemology that Supports Loving and Caring About Nature (2000, June). International Symposium on Society and Resource Management.
• Gordon, O.E., An Intimate Connection with Nature: Teaching Andean Epistemology to Westerners (2000, June). International Symposium on Society and Resource Management.
• Gordon, O.E., Andean Epistemology: The Nature of Love, Wisdom, and Environmental Concern (2001, April). Western Social Science Association.
• Gordon, O.E., Applying Andean Epistemology to Our Societal Problems. (2001, April). Western Psychological Association.
• Gordon, O. E. & Malloy, Online Homework/Quiz/Exam Applet: Freely available Java software for evaluating performance online. (2001, November). The Society for Computers in Psychology.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• Introduction to NLP. March, 1989. First Annual Southwest Utah Winter Sunshine Conference; Southwest Utah Mental Health/Alcohol and Drug Center.
• Understanding the Family System. September, 1989. The Governor's Second Annual Strengthening Families Workshop. State of Utah Social Services.
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming Techniques. 1989. A workshop for the State of Utah Social Services, Community Operations--District 5.
• Introduction to Psychology. July, 1990. A workshop for Youth Corrections, Cedar City.
• Applications of NLP. October, 1990. An advanced clinical training seminar for Southwest Utah Mental Health/Alcohol & Drug Center.
• Creating Your Destiny. A one-day workshop for the general public. Zion National Park.
• Reaching Your Goals. March, 1991. Utah Correctional Association Annual Spring Conference: Crime & Ethics.
• Creating Your Own Destiny. (August, 1991). Success Connections for Quality Teaching and Learning Conference, Utah Rural School Association.
• Putting the Wind in Your Sails. (March, 1992). Keynote Address at the Juvenile Court Conference, Zion National Park.
• Snipping the Circle: Understanding Relationships. (July, 1992). Governor's Honors Academy.
• Heart of the Mind--Mind of the Heart. (March, 1995). Iron County Women's Conference.
• La Sabiduría de Gregory Bateson y la PNL (Gregory Bateson's Influence on NLP). (March, 1995). A two-day workshop for NLP trainers in Guadalajara, Mexico. (With a translator).
• Metaphor & Systems. (May 1996) A four-day workshop on therapeutic metaphors and practical applications of the work of Gregory Bateson. For Anchor Point Associates.
• Wisdom in an Interdependent World. (May 1996). Free-to-the-public evening lecture in Salt Lake City, sponsored by Anchor Point Associates.
• La Sabiduría de Gregory Bateson y la PNL (Gregory Bateson's Influence on NLP). (August, 1996). A three-day workshop for NLP trainers in Querétaro, Mexico. (With a translator).
• Metaphors, Ecology, and Aesthetics. (Feb., 1997). A two-day workshop for Anchor Point Associates.
• Shamanism, Science, and Psychology. (Feb., 1997). Free-to-the-public evening lecture in Salt Lake City, sponsored by Anchor Point Associates.
• Practical Andean Therapy. (May, 1997). A workshop for the staff of Horizon House.
• Spiritual Warrior Workshop. (May, 1997). A two-day workshop for the general public. Co-taught with Terri Latterback-Cotts.
• Metaphors, Ecology, and Aesthetics. (Feb., 1998). A two-day workshop for Anchor Point Associates.
• Spiritual Warrior Workshop. (July, 1999). A two-day workshop for the general public. Co-taught with Terri Latterback-Cotts.
• Techniques of Andean Mysticism (1997-present). Numerous 3-hour workshops for the general public on the meditative techniques of Andean Mysticism.

PRESENTATIONS TO THE SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

• Graduate Record Exam Preparation, for students in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
• Psychology of the Nuclear Arms Race, for the 'Progressive Student Union.'
• Basic Counseling Skills, for the student peer counseling program.
• Creating Your Future, for members of Psi Chi.
• Selecting a State of Mind, for members of Psi Chi.
• Introduction to State Control and NeuroLink., for members of Psi Chi.
• Introduction to HyperCard. Workshop for faculty and staff of S.U.U. University, sponsored by the Academic Computer Users Committee.
• Day of Dialog: Middle East Crisis (co-organizer), for the students, faculty, and staff of S.U.U.
• Nonverbal Counseling Techniques, for members of Psi Chi.
• Verbal Counseling Techniques, for members of Psi Chi.
• Report on the Thich Nhat Hanh Workshop, for members of Psi Chi.
• Use of Student Journals in the Classroom, for the 1994 Faculty Development Conference.
• Pacha Cuti--Time of the Great Transformation, for the university community.
• Report on My Research Trip to Peru, for members of the department and Psi Chi.
• Report on My Second Trip to Peru, for members of the department and Psi Chi.
• Andean Magic, for the university community, sponsored by Psi Chi.
• Java and the StatCenter Project, for the SUU Linux club.
• Andean Mysticism, for the SUU faculty, at a 'Sandwiches and Scholarship' workshop.
• Andean Meditative Techniques, a workshop for Psi Cho (a department-sponsored student association).

PRESENTATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH COMMUNITY

• Andean Research, for members of Psi Chi.
• An Andean Way of Knowledge, for members of Mortar Board.

SPECIAL TRANSPERSONAL EXPERIENCES

• Received the 'Five Precepts' in a ceremony performed by Thich Nhat Hanh.
• Participated in an 'Empowerment Ceremony' performed by H.E. Jampa Rinpoche.
• Participated in Karpays (initiation ceremonies) with Mollamarca and Q'ero paq'os in Peru: at Apu Pachatusan, Apu Asungate, and Apu Jaman Lipao.
• Participated in two Zikrs by the Sufi Master: Sheikh Zainul Abedin Kazmi.

COMPUTER LANGUAGES

• FORTRAN
• APL
• Z80 Assembler
• 6502 Assembler
• BASIC
• C
• Hypercard Script
• HTML
• JAVA 1.0, 1.1, 2.0

For additional information, including a photograph, course syllabi, and course materials see the 'Oakley E. Gordon' home page: www.psych.utah.edu/gordon