CURRICULUM VITAE DOUGLAS A. VAKOCH Center for SETI Research Department of Clinical Psychology SETI Institute California Institute of Integral Studies 189 N. Bernardo Ave., Suite 100 1453 Mission Street Mountain View, CA 94043, USA San Francisco, CA 94103, USA Office Phone: +1-650-960-4514 Office Phone: +1-415-575-6244 Office Fax: +1-650-968-5830 Office Fax: +1-415-575-1266 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Residence 943 Cherry Way Hayward, CA 94541 Home Phone: 510-481-5719 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2011-present Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2008-2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2005-2008 Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute, 2001-present Social Scientist, SETI Institute, 1999-present Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, 1999- 2001, 2005-2007 National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 1996-1998 Predoctoral Clinical Intern, Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital and Clinics, 1995-1996 EDUCATION Ph.D., Clinical Psychology with Quantitative Minor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1996. Dissertation: Predictors of prognosis for patients with interpersonal problems: The role of therapists’ epistemology, experience, optimism, and theoretical orientation. M.A., Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1994. M.A., History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame, 1991. B.A., Religion, Carleton College, 1983. Senior Thesis: Psychological analyses of the mystic path in Christianity and Buddhism. Vakoch C.V. Page 2 of 22 BOOKS Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2011). Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CETI). Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2011). Ecofeminism and Rhetoric: Critical Perspectives on Sex, Technology, and Discourse. New York: Berghahn Books. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2011). Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective. Washington, DC: NASA. Vakoch, D. A., and Harrison, A. H., eds. (2011). Civilizations beyond Earth: Extraterrestrial Life and Society. New York: Berghahn Books. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2012). Feminist Ecocriticism: Environment, Women, and Literature. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. FORTHCOMING BOOKS Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2013). Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective. New York: Springer. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2013). Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication. Washington, DC: NASA. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2013). Astrobiology, History, and Society: Life Beyond Earth and the Impact of Discovery. Heidelberg and New York: Springer. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2013). Extraterrestrial Altruism. Heidelberg and New York: Springer. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2013). On Orbit and Beyond: Psychological Perspectives on Human Spaceflight. Heidelberg and New York: Springer. Vakoch, D. A., ed. (2014). Between Worlds: The Art and Science of Interstellar Message Composition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Vakoch, D. A., and Castrillon, F., eds. (2014). The Experience of Nature: Phenomenologies of the Earth. Heidelberg and New York: Springer. EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE General Editor. Ecofeminist Theory and Practice. Book series to be published by Berghahn Books. Editorial Board. Ecopsychology. Peer-reviewed journal published by The Mary Ann Liebert Companies. Editor (with Co-Editor Fernando Castrillon). ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation. Special double issue on environmental issues. 2010. 31 (3-4). Vakoch C.V. Page 3 of 22 JOURNAL ARTICLES Vakoch, D. A. (2011). The art and science of interstellar message composition: A report on international workshops to encourage multidisciplinary discussion, Acta Astronautica, 68, 451-458. Vakoch, D. A. (2011). Asymmetry in Active SETI: A case for transmissions from Earth, Acta Astronautica, 68, 476-488. Vakoch, D. A. (2011). A narratological approach to interpreting and designing interstellar messages, Acta Astronautica, , 68, 520-534. Vakoch, D. A. (2011). Responsibility, capability, and Active SETI: Policy, law, ethics, and communication with extraterrestrial intelligence, Acta Astronautica, 68, 512- 519. Vakoch, D. A. (2011). A taxonomic approach to communicating maxims in interstellar messages, Acta Astronautica, , 68, 500-511. Vakoch, D. A. (2011). What does it mean to be human?: Reflections on the portrayal of pain in interstellar messages, Acta Astronautica, 68, 445-450. Vakoch, D. A., & Matessa, M. (2011). An algorithmic approach to communicating reciprocal altruism in interstellar messages: Drawing analogies between social and astrophysical phenomena, Acta Astronautica, 68, 459-475. Ollongren, A., & Vakoch, D. A. (2011). Typing logic contents using Lingua Cosmica, Acta Astronautica, 68, 535-538. Vakoch, D. A. (2010). An iconic approach to communicating musical concepts in interstellar messages, Acta Astronautica, 67, 1406-1409. Vakoch, D. A. (2008). Representing culture in interstellar messages. Acta Astronautica, 63, 657-664. Vakoch, D. A. (2007). Metalaw as a foundation for Active SETI. Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 49, 537-541. Vakoch, D. A. (2006). Expanding human presence beyond the solar system through active SETI: On the prerequisites for legal relations with extraterrestrial intelligence. Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 48, 149- 155. Vakoch, D. A. (2005). Interstellar altruism: Science, art, and communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. [Abstract.] Leonardo Electronic Almanac, 13 (9). Vakoch, D. A. (2004). The art and science of interstellar message composition. Leonardo, 37: 33-34. Vakoch, D. A. (2004). To the stars, silently. Leonardo, 37, 265. Wurm, L. H., Vakoch, D. A., & Seaman, S. R. (2004). Recognition of spoken words: Semantic effects in lexical access. Language and Speech, 47, 175-204. Wurm, L. H., Vakoch, D. A., Seaman, S. R., & Buchanan, L. (2004). Semantic effects in auditory word recognition. Mental Lexicon Working Papers, 1, 47-62. Vakoch, D. A. (2003). Celestial altruism: Science, religion, and design of interstellar messages. Covjek i Svemir [Humanity and Space], 45 (4), 4-11. Vakoch, D. A. (2003). Intention, interaction, and communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Leonardo Electronic Almanac, 11 (7). Vakoch, D. A. (2003). Language, art, and science in interstellar communication. Leonardo Electronic Almanac, 11 (4). Vakoch C.V. Page 4 of 22 JOURNAL ARTICLES (CONT.) Vakoch, D. A. (2003). Le sacrifice de soi: Une composition interstellaire. Anomalie Digital_Arts, 4: 201-202. Vakoch, D. A. (2003). Theology and extraterrestrial intelligence. Covjek i Svemir [Humanity and Space], 45 (4), 17, 25-29. Wurm, L. H., Vakoch, D. A., Aycock, J., & Childers, R. R. (2003). Semantic effects in lexical access: Evidence from single-word naming. Cognition and Emotion, 17, 547- 565. Vakoch, D. A. (2002). Encoding altruism. Galileo, No. 52, 30-36. Vakoch, D. A. (2001). Altruism: A scientific perspective. Science & Spirit, 12 (5), 21- 22, 27. Vakoch, D. A. (2001). Altruism as the key to interstellar communication. Research News & Opportunities in Science and Theology, 2 (3), 2, 16. Wurm, L. H., Vakoch, D. A., Strasser, M. R., Calin-Jageman, R., & Ross, S. E. (2001). Speech perception and vocal expression of emotion. Cognition and Emotion, 15, 831-852. Vakoch, D. A. (2000). The conventionality of pictorial representation in interstellar messages. Acta Astronautica, 46, 733-736. Vakoch, D. A. (2000). Trees of knowledge: Psychology and the uncovering of spiritual beliefs. Science & Spirit, 11 (1), 30-31, 49. Vakoch, D. A., & Lee, Y-S. (2000). Reactions to receipt of a message from extraterrestrial intelligence: A cross-cultural empirical study. Acta Astronautica, 46, 737-744. Vakoch, D. A., & Strupp, H. H. (2000). The evolution of psychotherapy training: Reflections on manual-based learning and future alternatives. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56, 309-318. Wurm, L. H., & Vakoch, D. A. (2000). The adaptive value of lexical connotation in speech perception. Cognition and Emotion, 14, 177-191. Vakoch, D. A. (1999). Framing spiritual principles for interstellar communication: Celestial waves. Science & Spirit, 10 (4), 20-21. Vakoch, D. A. (1999). The view from a distant star: Challenges of interstellar message-making. Mercury, 28 (2), 26-32. Pollina, D. A., Vakoch, D. A., & Wurm, L. H. (1998). Formant structure of vowels spoken during attempted deception. Polygraph, 27, 96-107. Vakoch, D. A. (1998). Constructing messages to extraterrestrials: An exosemiotic perspective. Acta Astronautica, 42, 697-704. Vakoch, D. A. (1998). The dialogic model: Representing human diversity in messages to extraterrestrials. Acta Astronautica, 42, 705-710. Vakoch, D. A. (1998). The music of the spheres. Sky & Space, 11 (3), 24. Vakoch, D. A. (1998). Pictorial messages to extraterrestrials, part 1. SETIQuest, 4 (1), 8-10. Vakoch, D. A. (1998). Pictorial messages to extraterrestrials, part 2. SETIQuest, 4 (2), 15-17. Vakoch, D. A. (1998). Report from Turin: The IAA SETI sessions. SETIQuest, 4 (1), 7. Vakoch C.V. Page 5 of 22 JOURNAL ARTICLES (CONT.) Vakoch, D. A. (1998). Signs of life beyond Earth: A semiotic analysis of interstellar messages. Leonardo, 31, 313-319. Vakoch, D. A. (1998). The therapeutic space of psychoanalysis.