Jayne Gackenbach, Ph.D.

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Address: #5; 4505 - 102 Ave.; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6A 0M8

Phone: (403) 461-3219

Fax: (403) 462-2414

E-mail: jgackenb@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca

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Course Developer and Instructor; Department of Communication Arts; Athabasca University; Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

Secondary:

I am also currently/recently a part-time instructor at the following institutions teaching psychology and educational psychology courses:

Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, Calif.

Grant MacEwan Community College; Edmonton, Alberta

University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta

Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta

Blue Quills Native College, St. Paul, Alberta

Maskwachees Cultural College, Hobbema, Alberta

Yellowhead Tribal Council, Edmonton, Alberta

1. Have just finished writing (Fall, 1997) and will be instructing both on-line and face-to-face seminar an eight module course entitled "Personal Implications of the Internet" This is a senior level course examining the variety of psychological aspects of the Internet. This is being done for Athabasca University, Department of Communication Arts. Course will be available on-line from the AU site in mid-1998.

2. Wrote (1996) instructed both on-line, traditional distance, and face-to-face seminar (Fall, 1997) a ten module course entitled "Computers and the Human Experience" (http://www.athabascau.ca/html/courses/cmns321/). This is a survey course looking at the many ways in which humans are involved with and impacted by computers. This was done for Athabasca University, Department of Communication Arts. Course will be available on-line from the AU site in early 1998.

3. Wrote (1995) and currently instruct (1996-98) a noncredit, world wide web/Internet course on dreams for Grant MacEwan Community College entitled "Unlocking the Secrets of Your Dreams". Course information is available at http://www.outreach.org/dreams.

4. Created and managed three web sites and bulletin boards for students enrolled in three psychology courses at Augustana University College during the winter term of 1997.

5. Former and founding web master of professional society webpage, Association for the Study of Dreams, http://www.ASDreams.org.

6. Web master of special interest site, Spiritwatch, http://www.sawka.com/spiritwatch.

Lukoff, David; Lu, Francis; Turner, Robert; and Gackenbach, Jayne (1995). Transpersonal psychology research review: Researching religious and spiritual problems on the Internet. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 27(2), 153-170.

Gackenbach, J.I. (Editor) (in preparation). Psychology and the Internet. San Diego: Academic Press.

Gackenbach, J.I. (in preparation). Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychological Aspects of Internet Use. From J.I. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet. San Diego: Academic Press.

Gackenbach, J.I. & Karpen, Jim (in preparation). Transpersonal Implications of the Net and Its Use. . From J.I. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet. San Diego: Academic Press.

Gackenbach, J.I. (1996, July). ASD's home page. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Dreams, Berkeley, Calif.

Gackenbach, J.I. (1996, July). Writing a dream class for the World Wide Web. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Dreams, Berkeley, Calif.

Gackenbach, J.I. (1996, October). Teaching psychological sensitive material on-line. Paper to be presented at WebNet '96 sponsored by the Society for Computers in Education, Toronto, Ontario.

Gackenbach, J.I. (1997, June). Assignment responses as a function of on-line versus classroom presentations of a course on dreams. Paper presented at the annual meeting of ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM sponsored by the Society for Computers in Education, Calgary, Alberta.

Gackenbach, J.I. (1997, August). Internet use: Clinical implications. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago.

Gackenbach, J.I. & King, Storm (1998, August). Clinical Implications of Internet Use. Workshop accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Gackenbach, J.I. (1998, May). The Psychology of Internet Use. Workshop accepted for presentation at the 14th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Distance Education, Banff, Alberta.

(Full curriculum vitae can be found here.)