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Dr. Eagle Desert Moon
Full-Time Lecturer
Educational Psychology and Counseling
CaliforniaStateUniversity at Northridge
818-677-4038w – 310-821-8422h
1. Academic Degrees
Degree School Grad Date GPA Major
Ph.D.Harvard 2002 3.95Human Development/Psych
M.A.Harvard 1994 3.90Human Development/Psych M.S./MFT CSUN 1993 4.00 Marriage/Family Therapy
Unfin Ph.D. UT-Austin (1975)4.00Unfinished-ClinPsychology
B.A. CSULB 1974 4.00 Psychology (minors in Anthro
Chem & Bio)
2. Professional Experience
1996-PresentCSUN –Ed Psych & Counseling Dept. Lecturer
1996-2002CSUCI – Ed Psych & Counseling Dept.Lecturer
1968-PresentPublic Speaker (Ethnicity, Gender,Race, etc.)
1985-PresentPrivate Mentor to adults
1993-PresentMFT Intern
1993CSUN – Teaching Fellow/Abnormal Psych
1992-93Valley Trauma Center-Counseling Trainee
1991-93Los Angeles School District-Counseling Trainee
1975-1979Los Angeles Free Clinic –Asst Counselor
1975Austin State Mental Hospital-Clin Psych Intern
1974-75Univ of Texas at Austin-Research Asst/Sexuality
1970-74Long Beach Free Clinic-Asst Counselor/Low Income
1972-73Harbor Foundation-Asst. Psychotherapist/Autism
1972Long Beach Mem. Hospital-Medical Research Asst.
3. Faculty Load– Five Grad Courses per semester (tenth year at CSUN)
Fall 2005
EPC 600 Statistics for Behav Sciences3 semester units
EPC 601Ind & Group Test/Assessment(1)3 semester units
EPC 601Ind & Group Test/Assessment(2)3 semester units
EPC 609Human Lifespan Development3 semester units
EPC 696 Directed Grad Studies 3 semester units
Spring 2005
EPC 600Statistics for Behav Sciences3 semester units
EPC 602Research Methods(1)3 semester units
EPC 602Research Methods(2)3 semester units
EPC 643Cross-Cultural/Racial Counseling 3 semester units
EPC 696 Directed Grad Studies/Theses3 semester units
Other courses taught in ten years at CSUN:
EPC 430Child Development
EPC 606Adult Development
4.Professional and Academic Associations
Harvard Native American Program, alumni member
Harvard Biracial Organization, former member
Harvard Alumni Organization, member
California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists, member
American Association for University Women, guest lecturer
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, member
5. Public Lecturing – Most recent:
2005 Connections/Children“Racism”
2004 Connections/Children“Caretaker Pride”
2003 CSUN“Life and Death”
2002 Harvard“Mortalist Understandings”
2002 Cal Poly Pomona“Mortal Understandings”
2001 Harvard “The Ultimate Discontinuity: Death”
2001 AAUW “Women’s Wisdom on Life & Death”
2001 UCLA“A Human on a Planet: Gender, Race,SES”
1998 UCLA “The Agony of Racism”
6. Publications
Mortalist Understandings of Our Own Mortality, Published Dissertation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard.
The Ultimate Discontinuity: Our Own Personal Mortality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
7.Papers/Lectures Presented
“Mortalist Understandings,” Harvard, 2002
“Mortal Understandings” at Cal Poly Pomona 2002
“The Ultimate Discontinuity: Death” at Harvard 2001
“Women’s Wisdom on Life and Death” at AAUW, 2001
“Being a Human on a Planet” at UCLA, 2001
“The Agony of Racism” at UCLA, 1998
“Death as Educator,” Harvard, 1998
“Death as Educator,” College of the Canyons, 1997
“Doctors, Meditation & Death” at USCMedicalSchool, 1992
“Human Freedom” at UCLA, 1974
“Human Freedom” at CSULB, 1974
“Human Freedom” at USC, 1974
“Women and War” at UCLA, 1973
“Death in War,” CSULB, 1973
“Human Sexuality” at CSULB, 1973
8. Research
Qualitative study of mortality & agnostics for Harvard--dissertation, 2001-2002.
Paraplegic & quadriplegic veterans: How they live, think and feel, 1996
Alternative Sexuality Communities: How different are they?, 1995
Osteoporosis hormone study at Long BeachMemorialHospital, 1973
Echinoderm peliculae hormone study at Cal-State Long Beach, 1974
9. Current Projects:
Writing prospectus to write a statistics text (for Sage)
Writing prospectus to do more agnostic research and write book (for Howard Gardner)
10. Awards/Scholarships
Harvard Dissertation Award - Harvard
Harvard Entering Award - Harvard
James Russell Simpson Merit Scholarship – CSUN
Doctoral Incentive/Forgivable Loan Award – CSUN
Judge Beck Award – CSUN
Belle Dubinoff Lecture Award – CSUN
Student of the Year Award - CSUN
Graduate Equity Fellowship – CSUN
University of Texas-Austin Merit Scholarship – UT Austin
Summa Cum Laude – all university graduations
President’s List – 14 semesters, undergrad at CSULB
Twelve Merit Scholarships/Awards –undergrad at CSULB
Referrals
Dr. Dean Whitla, Professor, Harvard
617-495-1000
Dr. Holly Kreider, Lecturer, Harvard
617-661-1951
Dr. Blenda Wilson, Former President of CSUN
Dr. Carolyn Ellner, Former Dean of Ed School, CSUN
626-683-3447
Dr. Rie Mitchell, Chair of Ed Psych & Counseling - CSUN
818-677-4976