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Jayne Gackenbach
AU Communications Studies Tutor
 Jayne Gackenbach received her Ph.D. in 1978 in General Experimental Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Now a Canadian citizen, she is currently a sessional instructor at Grant MacEwan College as well as a tutor for Athabasca University. She also
is an adjunct at a graduate distance education institution in San Francisco, Saybrook and teaches at Yellowhead Tribal Council. This combination
of teaching responsibilities reflects her diverse interests in psychology, especially transpersonal topics and dreams, communications, especially
computers and the internet, and Aboriginals. She has taught at the post-secondary level both in the US and in Canada for almost 30 years.
As well as being a past-president of the Association for the Study of Dreams, she has 70+ professional publications
and 17 book chapters primarily on dreams and higher states of consciousness. Dr. Gackenbach is editor of "Sleep and Dreams: A Sourcebook"
(1986) for Garland Publishers. She co-edited "Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain: Perspectives on Lucid Dreaming" (1988) for Plenum Publishers;
"Dream Imagery: A Call to Mental Arms" (1991) for Baywood Publishers. Her only authored book is "Control Your Dreams" (1989) for
Harper-Collins. This book was featured on the cover of "Psychology Today", excerpted in "OMNI", and was selected for the Behavioral
Science Book Club. She has appeared on the Donahue Show and in Canada the Dede Petti Show, the Shirley Show, and ManAlive.
She was invited in 1992 to present her work on lucid dreaming to the Dalai Lama at a conference on sleeping, dreaming, and dying. Jayne’s
professional interests broadened with her well received book from Academic Press (1998), "Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal,
Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications". Relatedly, she worked on a documentary film about the psychology of Internet use in
conjunction with Athabasca University and Access TV which is being broadcast every semester and offered as part of cmns 421.
On a personal level Jayne is the mother of two grown children, Caterina, 24 who is a recent graduate of UofA’s commerce
program and living in Chicago, and Teace, 19 who is an arts student at GMC. Finally, Jayne is an avid crafter who paints boxes and pots
with elaborate designs. This she claims, brings her out of her head calming her ever restless spirit!
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