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Jul

23

Great resource for new researchers

July 23, 2010 | posted by Ryan | Leave a Comment

I had the fortune to come across a resource that could be very useful for new research. The book goes through the research process from honing in on a research topic to ethical considerations for researchers when submitting the final proposal to an IRB or ethics committee. Each section has its own worksheet(s) which are clear and seem easy to use. So, for those of you just learning the research process, or for those of you who wish to have a structured process to fall back upon, you might enjoy M. Patten’s (2010) book Proposing Empirical Research: A Guide to the Fundamentals (4th ed.).

[Posted in Research & Resources]


Jun

13

Intersection of Shweder, American Cultural Patterns, and Phenomenology

June 13, 2010 | posted by Ryan | Leave a Comment

I was sitting outside, sipping a caramel late and had a moment where numerous interests collided like 3 drunken ravers in a mosh pit. As some of you may know, Richard Shweder wrote a book called Thinking Through Cultures: Expeditions in Cultural Psychology (1991) wherein he describes three basic ways of thinking of the world: Universalism, Evolutionism (also called Developmentalism), and Relativism. Universalism basically says there is one ground of being underneath it all. Evolutionism agrees, but adds that we (or different cultures) are all at different stages of development toward fully realizing that underlying ground of being. Relativism (or Cultural Relativism) challenges the idea of a single reality, instead proposing multiple realities, each of which may be unique enough to thwart assumptions from transversing between realities. Shweder’s text and concepts More »

[Posted in Random Thoughts & Research]


Jun

9

Recent Publication - June 2010

June 9, 2010 | posted by Ryan | Leave a Comment

I have another article coming out on the emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and potential neurophysiological impact of hearing of an exceptional experience, such as the Near-Death Experience. In this article I compare my own research with that of Kenneth Ring’s study from 1995 wherein he discusses how students changed during a course on NDEs. My article is short and fairly easy to read. If you are interested, I would invite you to contact The Windbridge Institute and ask for their June 2010 newsletter called Winds of Change. You can visit them at http://www.windbridge.org/

[Posted in General Interest & Publications & Research & Shameless Plugs]


Jun

2

Services We Provide

June 2, 2010 | posted by Ryan | Leave a Comment

Did you know that Multiple Angles (Scott, Shani, and Ryan) offer a variety of services? These include:

  • research consulting
  • online research services (including build-out and hosting)
  • creativity coaching
  • NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) work
  • hypnotherapy
  • guided imagery work
  • guided meditations
  • MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) work
  • Angel LMS consulting
  • and much, much more!!

For more information please click on the contact link and send us an email. Service prices vary depending on service.

[Posted in General Interest & Publications & Research & Resources & Shameless Plugs]


May

19

Some updates

May 19, 2009 | posted by Scott | Leave a Comment

And in other news - Multiple Angles for Creative Solutions was incorporated in January. We’ve got some big plans that we’re sure will benefit the academic research community. Can’t say much more than that right now, but stay tuned, we’ll make announcements as we move through the various phases of development of our plans.

I’ve also been hard at work getting an online version of the Projective Differential developed. The first version is just about ready, and will be for coaches, counsellors, consultants, and therapists who do one-on-one work with their clients. This project is actually being run through my other company, Tapintu Inc., and has certainly reminded me that you have to make some choices in development - on time, on budget, to spec… pick two. The next phase of development (which I hope will proceed more quickly given the foundation we’ll have in place) will move towards having a system that can also be used for small group work, or large scale assessment. Once I’ve got everything in place, I will also be making a version available to researchers. Details and agreements haven’t been determined yet, but the researcher version may be offered through what we’re planning for Multiple Angles.

Ryan’s been focused on two fronts: writing articles an the difference in expressive art created by individuals who have had a near-death experience and creating the best darn Angel Learning System user friendly online dissertation process that ever existed. His next project, meditating on humbleness and humility. On the non-academic side, Ryan has started a hiking and meditation group that so far has gone quite well - nobody showed up for the first session and he ended up meditating in the rain, by himself, on a mountaintop, likely surrounded by hungry mountain lions, and rabid squirrels.

[Posted in General Interest]


Apr

29

‘At Home By Myself… With You’ - Shameless plug update

April 29, 2009 | posted by Scott | Leave a Comment

Woah, it’s been quite a while since any of us has posted anything here - sorry about that. We’ve all been pretty busy with the various other things we’re working on. I’ll be posting an ‘updates’ post shortly - in the meantime…

Some time ago I made a shameless plug for the film my brother-in-law is making (actually, he was a fiancé-in-law at the time), and mentioned that they were funding the film with pocket change contributions. Well, they’ve finished filming, and are in post-production now, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to contribute!! They’re still accepting contributions over at Pocket Change Film, and $100 will still get you a ‘funded by’ credit on the film.

Now, here’s some BIG NEWS about that - the film’s star, Kristin Booth, recently won the Genie Award (kinda like Canada’s Oscars) as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in ‘Young People F$#%ing)‘. But that’s not all!! Just announced today - Gordon Pinsent (a multi-award winning Canadian actor) has joined the cast as the Narrator. That’s pretty cool!

[Posted in Shameless Plugs]


Nov

21

NCORE - National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education

November 21, 2008 | posted by Ryan | Leave a Comment

As you may note from an earlier post, a group of students and I (Ryan Rominger) presented at the 2008 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE). We were fortunate enough to travel to Orlando, FL and enjoy the sun while engaging in ever-so-needed dialogue around race and ethnicity in education. Admittedly, conversations also included race and ethnicity in politics, cultural interactions, and other social institutions.

Our presentation focused on the research our group conducted over a year within our own psychology graduate school, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Our cooperative inquiry research focused on six facets of assessing diversity - curricular review (through syllabus analysis), student course evaluations, a brief student survey, faculty interviews, re-analysis of a recent “cultural assessment” which included a section on diversity, and our own reflections both as researchers and as community participants.

We found a number of trends, a couple of which as a faculty I find particularly interesting. One is that More »

[Posted in Publications & Research]


Oct

9

Update

October 9, 2008 | posted by Ryan | Leave a Comment

Just a quick update. It has been quite a busy summer and fall season, for both myself and for Multiple Angles. MA has been involved with a meditation study at Yahoo!, a cystic fibrosis study at Stanford, and a structural reorganization as we move toward incorporation. We are shooting for incorporation by the end of the year - we’ll keep you posted!

Personally I (Ryan Rominger) have moved into a formal Core Executive Faculty within the Global Programs (distance learning program) at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Part of this move was to take on the role of Associate Dissertation Director and help reform our dissertation departments into one unified dissertation department serving the 3 Ph.D. programs at the school. We are currently serving 155 students and will likely be up to 175 by holiday break, and 190 by the end of the academic year. In addition to the organizational change, the Director and I were charged with re-creating the forms, policies, and procedures for the entire dissertation process. Whew!

Besides the teaching and Associate Dissertation Director role, I am acting as the faculty trainer for our new online learning management system - (Angel Learning). It is quite a nice system, similar to eCollege, but the transition from our (ITP’s) old system to this new system has required quite a bit of training on my part so that I could train the Faculty! ;) It has been fun, of course, as it pertains to online education and technology.

Meanwhile, there have been conference presentations (in particular the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education held in Orlando, FL this past year) and papers (1. Diversity Bibliography and Resources published through Division 2 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology - of the American Psychological Association Div. Biblio 2. Exploring the Aftereffects of the Near-Death Experience: A Summative Report to be published by the Journal of Near-Death Studies Exploring Aftereffects). So, yea, busy. However, it has been a good busy and quite a bit of fun amid the chaos. I look forward to getting back into blogging on this site, so stay tuned.

[Posted in General Interest & Shameless Plugs & Technology]


Apr

18

Want a film credit?

April 18, 2008 | posted by Scott | Leave a Comment

Okay, time for some more shameless plugging of stuff for family members. :-)

You may recall, back in January 2007 (was it really that long ago?) - I wrote a post about my sister’s fiancé’s short film “For All the Marbles”. Well, he’s now co-written a screenplay for a feature film which he will co-produce and direct. They’ve started quite a phenomenon with their means of raising the money to get the film made - they’re making the film on pocket change!

People from all over are donating small sums (and some not so small sums) to help get this film made. It all started with a jar, and some change out of someone’s pocket, and it’s become much more.

Anyone who donates $100 or more also gets a “Funded by” credit on the film.

You can learn more at their blog Pocketchange Film, or their Facebook group I’m Making a Feature Film with Pocket Change.

[Posted in General Interest & Random Thoughts & Shameless Plugs & Uncategorized]


Mar

31

Wisdom Therapy™: Reducing Anxiety at Home and at Work

March 31, 2008 | posted by Ryan | Leave a Comment

Here is an upcoming workshop, which will be held at the Stanford School of Medicine. This workshop will be taught by one of our Multiple Angles partners, Shani Robins.

Stanford School of Medicine Health Improvement Program Workshop

Wisdom Therapy™: Reducing Anxiety and Anger
at Home and at Work

Wisdom Therapy has been scientifically established as a comprehensive and effective program for addressing the cognitive, behavioral, physiological, and social components that tend to give rise to and anxiety at work and at home. Wisdom Therapy is an integration of modern cognitive-behavioral techniques, meditation, relaxation practices, and problem-solving perspectives associated with traditions. The goals of this day-long course are to teach the reducing one’s anger and anxiety and consequently improving life satisfaction and health.

The instructor Shani Robins, PhD is a licensed psychologist, author of numerous scientific journal articles and book chapters. has given presentations worldwide. He is an Assistant Professor the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, President of the Wisdom Therapy Institute, and a member of Integrated Healing Arts.

Date: Saturday, 4/19
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Fee: $175
Location: Hoover Pavilion, #400
Instructor: Shani Robins,
Class Code: wt-01
STAP Fund: YES

To Register, please use links below:

http://hip.stanford.edu/classes/register.html
or
http://hip.stanford.edu/ec_hipwebpages/reg_files/any_reg.php

Can also navigate there from: http://hip.stanford.edu/

[Posted in Anxiety & General Interest & Wisdom Therapy™]



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