Psychology & Buddhism.pdf

About the Editors
C. Peter Bankart, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and director of the Student
Counseling Service at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He is author
of Talking Cures: A History of Western and Eastern Psychotherapies (1997), and
numerous publications that explore the integration of Eastern thought with
Western psychotherapeutics. He has taught on the faculty of the International
Division of Waseda University in Tokyo.
Kathleen H. Dockett, Ed.D., is professor of psychology and former Chairperson
of the Department of Psychology and Counseling at the University of the District
of Columbia. She is author of Resources for Stress Resistance: Parallels in
Psychology and Buddhism (1993). A community psychologist, her research and
numerous presentations focus on Buddhism as a resource for the promotion of
personal and societal well-being, and it’s application to diversity and ethnic
conflict.
G. Rita Dudley-Grant, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist
and director of program development at the Virgin Islands Behavioral Services in
St. Croix. She is an APA Fellow, a member of the Board of Professional Affairs,
past chair of the Committee on International Psychology, and past president of the
Virgin Islands Psychological Association. She has presented on and been instrumental
in a series of American Psychological Association programs examining
the intersection of Buddhism and psychology.
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