Toward a Science of Consciousness 2009

Jayne Gackenbach

Jayne Gackenbach is currently a professor at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. She has taught at the post-secondary level both in the US and in Canada for over 30 years. As well as being a past-president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, she has 7 books, 22 book chapters, and 70+ professional publications primarily on dreams and higher states of consciousness. In recent years her interests have shifted to computer-mediated communications. In this regard she has edited a book from Academic Press (1998; 2007), “Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications” and co-wrote a book called “cyber.rules” for Norton (2007) publishers with examines healthy and unhealthy internet use. Dr. Gackenbach’s research focus combines her dream and technology interests examining the dreams and consciousness of video game players.