Addresses

Office
Department of Psychology
State University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118
phone: 770-836-6510

Home
35 Camp Court
Carrollton, GA 30117
phone: 770-836-6510

Email
thart@westga.edu
 

EDUCATION
1993 Ph.D.  (Counseling Psychology), University of Massachusetts, Amherst (A.P.A. approved program)
1982 M.Ed.  (Counseling and Human Development), St. Lawrence University.
1981 B.A. (Psychology),  University of Florida.
 

CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor: Psychology Department, State University of West Georgia.
 

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Children's Spiritual Experience. Exploring the spiritual life of children and the impact of early experiences and capacities in later life. Development of a spiritual assessment and treatment protocol for psychotherapy patients that is being field-tested at Tanner Medical Center. With support from Fetzer Institute and the ChildSpirit Institute.

Paradox and Process of Transformation. Examining the nature of paradox and transformation in literature and through in-depth interviews. In collaboration with the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.

Mindscience: Contemplative Practices for Learning and Pedagogy. Conducting a meta-analysis of contemplative practices on physiological and learning and designing classroom relevant classroom practices. In collaboration with Passageways Institute and UWG College of Education.
 

TEACHING, CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2000-present  Chairman, Board of Directors and co-founder, ChildSpirit Institute
A nonprofit organization exploring and nurturing the spiritual life of children. Sponsored the 1st US Conference on Children’s Spirituality, Oct. 2002 • www.childspirit.net
Serve as research and program consultant to a wide variety of institutions and individuals.

2000-present Associate Professor-Psychology State University of West Georgia
1994-2000  Assistant Professor: Psychology Department, State University of West Georgia.  Carrollton.
‘94-present. Teaching undergraduate, graduate, and honors courses including: Transpersonal Psychology; Psychotherapy; Music and the mind; Psychopathology; Developmental Psychology; Consciousness studies; Art, Mind, and Spirit; Literature and Psychology; Postmodernism and Psychotherapy; Pedagogy and Psychology; Family Therapy; Qualitative Research.

1993-95 Associate Faculty, Graduate Psychology. Goddard College
Teaching, research and thesis supervision.

1992-94 Clinical Supervisor/ Outpatient Therapist. Human Resource Center for Rural Areas
Provided clinical leadership, supervision, and psychotherapy.

1989-91 Professor of Psychology (Visiting). Marlboro College.

1988-89 Psychological Counselor. Marlboro College.

1988-93 Instructor. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Foundations of Human Services; Laboratory in Counseling.

1987-91 Director / Academic Dean. Focus at Tufts University.
Taught Adolescent  Psychology and a Psychological Writing

1986-88 Counselor / Faculty. Northfield Mt. Hermon School

1982-86 Associate Head; Director of Counseling and Administration. The Clarkson School, Clarkson University.

1983-1998 Private Practice, Counseling and Psychotherapy

1994-99 Consultant for Education, Research and Organizational Leadership
Consulting to: the Sage Institute; Goddard College Graduate program in Psychology; Marlboro College Child Development Center, Inner Harbor Psychiatric Hospital; New England Upward Bound; etc.

1995-1999 Outside Reader / Contributing Faculty (Doctoral Dissertations and Theses)
Saybrook Institute, University of Missouri, Emory University, Goddard College, Marlboro College.
 

Editorial Boards
The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
The Humanistic Psychologist
Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice
 

Selected Publications

Books:

Hart, T. R. (2002 manuscript accepted for publication). Haley’s Angel: Recognizing and nurturing the spiritual life of children. Red Weil/ Weiser: Boston.

Hart, T. R. (2001). From information to transformation: Education for the evolution of consciousness. New York: Peter Lang.

 Hart, T. R., Nelson, P. L., Puhakka, K. Eds. (2000). Transpersonal Knowing: Exploring the horizon of consciousness. State University of New York Press.

 Hart, T. R., Nelson, P. L., Puhakka, K. L. Eds. (1997). Spiritual knowing: Alternative epistemic perspectives.  State University of West Georgia Studies in the Social Sciences. Carrollton: State University of West Georgia.
 

Refereed Articles/ Chapters:

Hart, T. R. (2002). Truth, values, and decompressing data: Seeing information as living words. Encounter: education for meaning and social justice. 15(1) 4-10.

Hart, T. R. (2002). Little stories of large teachers. Paths to Learning. 4(13).

Hart, T. R. (2002). The trinity of educational practice. Kappa Delta Pi Record 38(4). 174-179.
 
Hart, T. R.  (2002). From mediocrity to mastery: Finding the patterns of knowledge. Educational Horizons. 80 (2), 77-82.

Hart, T. R. (2001). The paradox and process of transformation. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. 32(2), 157-164.

Hart, T. R. (2001). Spiritual art: Evocation and expression of transpersonal Knowing. Journal of the Association for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Arts 6(1-2).

Hart, T. R. (2001). Teaching for wisdom. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice. 24(2),3-16.

Hart, T. R. (2001). The sensitiveness of the soul. Educational Horizons. 79(2).

Hart, T. R. (2000). From information to transformation: What the mystics and sages tell us education can be. Encounter: Education for meaning and Social Justice. 13(3), 14-29.

 Hart, T. R. (2000). Deep empathy. in T. Hart, K. Puhakka, P. Nelson, Eds. Transpersonal Knowing: Exploring the horizon of consciousness. State University of New York Press.

 Hart, T. R. (2000). Inspiration as knowing. in T. Hart, K. Puhakka, P. Nelson, Eds. Transpersonal Knowing: Exploring the horizon of consciousness. State University of New York Press.

Hart, T. R. (1999). Carl Rogers as mystic? The Person-Centered Journal, 6 (1), 81-87.

 Hart, T. R. (1999). The refinement of empathy. The Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 39(4), 111-125.

 Hart, T. R. (1999). Inspiration and well-being. Invitations to Dialogue: The Legacy of Sidney Jourard. A. Richards & T. Schumrum, Eds. Dubuque, IO: Kendall/Hunt. 265-276.

Hart, T. R. (1999). The soul of teaching. The Humanistic Psychologist 29(2)

 Hart, T. R. (1998). A dialectic of knowing: Integrating the intuitive and the analytic. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, 11 (3), 5-16.

 Hart, T. R. (1998). Inspiration: An exploration of the experience and its meaning. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 38 (1), 7-35.

 Hart, T. R. (1997). Transcendental empathy in the therapeutic relationship. The Humanistic Psychologist. 25 (3) 245-270.

 Hart, T. R. (1997). From category to contact: Epistemology and the enlivening and deadening of spirit in education. Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 36 (1), 23-34.
 
 Peterson, T. & Hart, T. (1997). Pedagogy for the soul: Re-visioning of spirit in education. Educational Horizons, 75 (4), 187-191.

 Hart, T. R. (1997). Recovering Meaning at the Edge of Suicide.  A review of: The Choice of a Lifetime: Returning From the Brink of Suicide. A film by Nila Bogue). The Humanistic Psychologist, 25 (1), 108-110.

 Hart, T. R. (1997). Inspiration. In Hart, T. R. Nelson. P. L. Puhakka, K. L. (Eds.) Spiritual knowing: Alternative Epistemic Perspectives. Carrollton: State University of West Georgia. 49-71.

 Hart, T. R. (1996). The self as research instrument. The Humanistic Psychologist, 24 (1), 140-144.

 Hart, T. R. (1995). Cultivating ethical choices in a postmodern world: cognition, consciousness and contact. in Postmodern ethics, Marc LaFountain, ed. Carrollton, GA: West Georgia College Studies in the Social sciences, 131-158.

 Hart, T. R.. (1994). In service of a spiritual path. (A review of: Contemplative Psychology by Han de Wit.) The Humanistic Psychologist, 22 (3), (actual publication and acceptance Fall '95), 379-382.
 

RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED

   Hart, T. R. 2002. The Varieties of Children’s Spiritual Experiences. 1st US Conference on Children’s Spirituality. Atlanta, October.

 Hart, T. R. 2002. Children’s Spiritual Life. American Psychological Association. Annual Convention. Chicago, August.

Hart, T. R. 2001. The Psychospiritual Dimensions of Wisdom. American Psychological Association. Annual Convention. San Francisco, August.

 Hart, T. R. 2001 The Paradox of Transformation. American Psychological Association. Annual Convention. San Francisco, August.

 Hart, T. R. The Nature of Human Transformation. Keynote, The Vedanta Center of Atlanta.

    Hart, T. R. (2000). From information to transformation.  American Educational Studies. Annual Convention. Vancouver, BC November.

    Hart, T. R. (2000). The paradox and process of transformation. Keynote speech. Counseling and Spirituality: Annual Convention. Gannon University, Erie, PA September.

    Hart, T. R. (2000). Spiritual Knowing in Children. American Psychological Association. Annual Convention. Washington, DC August.

    Hart, T. R. (1999). Education as transformation. American Psychological Association. Annual Convention. Boston. August

    Hart, T. R. (1999). What humanistic and transpersonal psychology has to offer public education. American Psychological Association. Annual Convention. Boston. August.

    Hart, T. (1998). Ecstasy and transcendence in art. 13th Annual International Conference in Literature, and the Visual arts. Atlanta. November.

    Hart, T. & Peterson, T. (1998). The enlivening of spirit in education. International Alliance for Invitational Education. Lexington, KT October.

    Hart, T. R. (1998). Revisioning the activity of knowing as a path to educational transformation. Education and Transformation: Religious Pluralism, Spirituality and Higher education. (Wellesley College) September.

    Hart, T. R. (1998). A dialectic of knowing. Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference. (Tampa) April.

    Hart, T. R. (1997). Transcendental Empathy in the Therapeutic Encounter. American Psychological Association, Annual Convention. (Chicago) August.

    Hart, T. R., Peterson, T. (1997). Knowing and transformation: A phenomenological inquiry onto issues in teaching.  Eastern Educational Research Association. (Hilton Head , SC) April.

    Hart, T. R.. (1996). Understanding the experience of inspiration. American Psychological Association, Annual Convention. (Toronto) August

    Hart, T. R., Peterson, T. (1996). Enlivening Spirit in Secular Education. American Educational Studies Association Annual Convention.  Montreal. December.

GRANTS RECEIVED
Fetzer Institute research and planning grant • ChildSpirit conference and research  ‘02 $5000.
Student Research Assistant Grant • Videography on children’s spirituality ‘02  $900.
Learning Resource Center Grant • Neurofeedback equipment ‘02    $1000.
Student Research Assistant Grant • SUWG volunteer program coordinator  ‘01  $1800.
Student Research Assistant Grant • Empirical Investigation of Child Spirituality ‘01 $1800.
Step/ title II Grants • pedagogy and psychology: Mind, method, and meaning ’01  $1000.
Learning Resource Center Grant • heart rhythm entrainment biofeedback ‘00  $650.
College of Education research partnership grant • Research on Teacher renewal  ‘00 $2000.
Student Research Assistant Grant • SUWG volunteer program coordinator ‘00  $1800.
College of education research partnership grant • student-teacher relationship’99  $2000.
Learning Resource Center Grant • Study of Spiritual Art  ‘98    $1900.