RESUME
(Updated September 6, 2016)
Jay R. Feierman, M.D.
2524 Sandia Loop, NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87144
[email protected]
505-379-0814 (cell)
Year of Birth: 1941
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Citizenship: United States
I have been married to Tania (Fox) Feierman since 1963.
I have two adult children and five grandchildren, ages 9 - 19.
As of January 1, 2007 (at age 66), I retired from all my previous
positions. I am currently reading, researching, and writing about religion
from a bio-behavioral perspective as well as enjoying my family and
grandchildren.
Education:
B.S. Pennsylvania State University (Zoology) (1963)
M.D. University of Pennsylvania (1969)
Rotating Internship, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Florida (1969 – 1970)
Resident in Psychiatry, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
(1970 – 1971)
Resident in Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego (1973 –
1974)
Chief Resident in Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
(1974 – 1975)
Licensure:
New Mexico Medical Board (Active license [#75-145] to practice
medicine, June1, 1975 – June 30, 2009. License is on "Inactive"
status as of July 1, 2009.
Previously licensed to practice medicine in Missouri, Florida,
Maryland, and California.
United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) controlled
substance license from 1975 to 2007.
State of New Mexico Pharmacy License from 1975 to 2007.
Certifications:
Board Certified in Psychiatry, National Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology (since 1989)
Certified by Examination, American Society of Addiction Medicine
(since 1994)
Certified as an expert witness in Psychiatry in numerous municipal,
state and federal courts (1969 – 2007)
Certified Instructor, United States Department of Energy, Office of
[Nuclear] Safeguards and Security (2001 – 2006)
Previous Academic Positions:
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico
(1993 – 2006)
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico
(1987 – 1992)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico
(1976 – 1986)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico
(1976 – 1977)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico (1975 –
1976)
Previous Non-Academic Positions:
Moderator, International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE) Yahoo
Discussion Group (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/human-
ethology/info)
Consultant for Personnel Security, United States Department of
Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (1991 – 2007).
For many of these years, my office was in the National Nuclear
Security Administration Complex on Kirtland Air Force Base, New
Mexico.
Adjunct Instructor, Non-Proliferation and National Security Institute
and National Training Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New
Mexico (2001 – 2006)
I held a United States Department of Energy "Q-Clearance" (up to Top
Secret) from 1991 – 1993 and from June 2001 to August of 2007.
Permanent Chairperson, New Mexico Medical Board, Impaired Physician's
Committee (2000 – 2007)
Regional Psychiatric Medical Director, Correctional Medical Services
(4/98 – 7/99)
Psychiatric Medical Director (contracted), New Mexico Department of
Corrections (4/98 – 7/99)
Attending Psychiatrist, Mental Health Treatment Center, Central New
Mexico Correctional Facility (4/98 – 7/99)
Chairperson, Psychiatric Quality Improvement Committee, New Mexico
Department of Corrections (4/98 – 7/99)
Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, New Mexico Department of
Corrections (4/98 – 7/99)
Chief of Staff of Psychiatry, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, New
Mexico (1998)
Vice Chief of Staff, Psychiatry, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, New
Mexico (1995 – 1997)
Member, Executive Committee, Psychiatric Section, Presbyterian
Healthcare Services, New Mexico (1994 – 1998)
Member, Nominating Committee, Psychiatric Medical Association of New
Mexico (1991 – 1996)
Psychiatric Medical Consultant, Servants of the Paraclete Treatment
Facilities in New Mexico (treating Roman Catholic priests for
psychosexual issues) (1977 – 1995)
Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Qual Med HMO, New Mexico,
(1994 – 1996)
Attending Psychiatrist, Mesa Mental Health (1994 – 1997)
Medical Director, Presbyterian Healthcare Services of New Mexico,
Adult Psychiatry Program (1994 – 1997)
Consulting Psychiatrist, Transitional Living Services, Albuquerque NM
(group homes for the chronic mentally ill) (1992 – 1994)
Consulting Psychiatrist, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, NM
(1992 – 1994)
Medical Director, Presbyterian Healthcare Services. Alcohol and Drug
Treatment Program (1989 and 1994)
Member, Executive Committee, Psychiatric Medical Association of New
Mexico (1991 – 1994)
Member, Ethics Committee, Psychiatric Medical Association of New
Mexico (1991 – 1994)
Secretary, Presbyterian Healthcare Services of New Mexico, Psychiatric
Section (1992 – 1994)
President, Psychiatric Medical Association of New Mexico (1991 – 1992)
Attending Psychiatrist, University of New Mexico Mental Health Center
(1991 – 1992)
Membership Chair (founding), International Society for Human Ethology
(1987 – 1992)
Chairperson, Continuing Education Committee, Psychiatric Medical
Association of New Mexico (1987 – 1992)
Medical Director for Behavioral Medicine, Presbyterian Healthcare
Services of New Mexico (1989 – 1991)
Visiting Research Scientist in Residence, The Institute of Human
Ethology, Max-Plank Society, Andechs, Germany (June 1, 1989 to
December 31, 1989)
Director of Research and Education in Behavioral Medicine,
Presbyterian Healthcare Services of New Mexico (1987 – 1988)
Vice-President, Board of Directors, Recreational, Health, and
Occupational Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1987 – 1988)
President, Board of Directors, Recreational, Health, and Occupational
Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1988 – 1989)
Board of Directors, Recreational, Health, and Occupational Center,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (1986 – 1995)
Editor, Psychiatric Medical Association of New Mexico Newsletter (1985
– 1987)
Board of Directors, Servants of the Paraclete, New Mexico (a not-for-
profit, Roman Catholic religious order) (1985 – 1993)
Director of Research and Education, Vista Sandia Hospital,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (1985 – 1987)
Chief of Staff, Vista Sandia Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1978,
1979, 1987)
Director, Schizophrenia Treatment Unit, Vista Sandia Hospital,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (1984 – 1985)
Medical Director, Vista Sandia Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1983
– 1985)
Medical Director, Corrales Mental Health Clinic, Corrales, New Mexico
(1976 – 1978)
Acting Director of Rehabilitation and Continuing Care, University of
New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center (1976)
In-Patient Coordinator, University of New Mexico Mental Health Center
(1975 – 1976)
Acting Ward Chief of Psychiatry, United States Veteran's
Administration Hospital, San Diego, California (1973 – 1975)
Lieutenant Commander, United States Public Health Service (1971 –
1973)
General Medical Officer, United States Public Health Service, Indian
Health Service, Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, Arizona (1972 –
1973)
Clinical Associate, Adult Psychiatry Branch, Schizophrenia Research
Unit, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
(1971)
Research Assistant, Brain Research Laboratory, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1963 – 1965)
Current Memberships
International Society for Human Ethology
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)
European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT)
Teaching Experience:
Numerous courses, seminars, lectures, etc. related to psychiatry and
behavioral biology at Washington University, Saint Louis, University of
California, San Diego, University of New Mexico, University of Florida at
Gainesville, University of Texas, San Antonio, and many other universities,
where I gave dozens of academic lectures at conferences held at these
universities.
Psychoethology. Honors Program course taught to University of New Mexico
undergraduates, Fall Semester, 1976.
Preceptor for 3rd year medical students in psychiatry, University of New
Mexico School of Medicine (1983 – 1995)
Adjunct Instructor, United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear
Security Administration at the Central Training Academy, Non-Proliferation
and National Security Institute, and National Training Center, Kirtland Air
Force Base, New Mexico (2000 – 2006)
I gave three guest lecturers on Psychobiological Issues in Religion in the
Psychology of Religion Course (Psychology 450/Religion 447) at University
of New Mexico, Fall 2014.
Publications:
Chromosome studies in bovine lymphosarcoma. W.C.D. Hare, R.A. McFeely, D.A,
Abt, and J.R. Feierman. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 33:105-
118, 1964.
Intracellular potentials and unit discharge patterns in primary and mirror
epileptogenic foci. E.S Goldensohn, M. Perez, and J.R. Feierman; EEG and
Clinical Neurophysiology 18:519, 1965.
Effects of intracerebral injection of ouabain on the fine structure of the
rat cerebral cortex. J. Cornog, N.K. Gonatas, J.R. Feierman. American
Journal of Pathology. 51:473-590, 1967.
Oral activity cycles in mild chronic schizophrenia. Experimental design
questions. A response to Friedman. J.R. Feierman. American Journal of
Psychiatry 124:1455, 1969.
Hibernation as a biological model of manic-depressive illness. J.R.
Feierman, E.T. Pengelly, A. Mandell, and S. Knapp. Journal of Thermal
Biology 3:100, 1978.
Nocturnalism: An ethological theory of schizophrenia. J.R. Feierman.
Medical Hypotheses 9(5):455-479, 1982.
Anorexia Nervosa: A human female reproductive strategy? J.R. Feierman,
International Journal of Primatology 5:338, 1984.
Disordered Sleep. J. R. Feierman. Emergency Medicine 17(3):162-174, 1985.
The Ethology of Psychiatric Populations, J.R. Feierman, guest editor with a
Foreword by Konrad Lorenz. Ethology and Sociobiology, Elsevier, 1987,
Supplement 3, volume 8.
An Introduction. J.R Feierman. In The Ethology of Psychiatric Populations,
J.R. Feierman, editor. Ethology and Sociobiology, Supplement 3, volume 8,
1987, pp.1-8.
Foreword, Gay Priests: Research and Commentary. J. R. Feierman James G
Wolf, editor. Harper & Row, 1989.
Pedophilia: Biosocial Dimensions. J.R. Feierman, editor. Springer-Verlag,
1990.
Introduction. J.R. Feierman. In Pedophilia: Biosocial Dimensions. J.R.
Feierman, editor. Springer-Verlag, pp. 1- 7.
A biosocial overview of adult human sexual attraction to children and
adolescents. J. R. Feierman. In Pedophilia: Biosocial Dimensions, J.R.
Feierman, editor. Springer-Verlag, 1990, pp 8 – 68.
Human erotic age orientation: A conclusion. J. R. Feierman. In Pedophilia:
Biosocial Dimensions. J.R. Feierman, editor. Springer-Verlag, 1990, pp. 552-
566.
Konrad Lorenz, an Obituary (1903 – 1989). J.R. Feierman. Psychiatric
Medical Association of New Mexico Newsletter. 4(2), 1989.
Human Racial Differences, r/K Theory, and the Moral Responsibility of
Behavioral Scientists. J. R. Feierman. Ethology and Sociobiology 10:386,
1989.
A neuroethological model of human age and sexual orientations. J. R.
Feierman. Ethology and Sociobiology 10:388 - 389, 1989.
When the mind goes awry: Schizophrenia and the emergence of culture. J R.
Feierman. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 14:307 – 308, 1991.
Ethological methods: Improved resolution of videotape images. J. R.
Feierman. Human Ethology Bulletin. 6:506, 1991.
The ethology of variant sexology. J. R. Feierman. Human Nature 3:379-297,
1992.
"Who can least be celibate with whom in a systematically sample of Catholic
priests and brothers" Submitted to Archives of Sexual Behavior, June 3,
1991. After peer review, accepted for publication by Editor Richard Green,
November 21, 1991. Voluntarily withdrawn from publication by the author in
December of 1991 at the request of the new head (Servant General) of the
religious order, Servants of the Paraclete, in New Mexico, USA in which
this work was done because of the controversy over the topic in New Mexico
and the concern that the article might dissuade other priests and brothers
from coming to the New Mexico facility for treatment. Some of the data in
this paper had already been presented in a lecture, "Ethological Predictors
of Sexual Impropriety with Parishioners in Catholic Priests," to 10th Word
Congress of Sexuality, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June, 1991. The full
data set was presented to a closed session of the Society for the
Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) as a plenary lecture "Who Can Least Be
Celibate with Whom?" in Montreal, Canada in November, 1999. The treatment
center in New Mexico closed in 1995. The agreement was that no press was
allowed in the room during the presentation to SSSS in Montreal and none of
the sexuality researchers could quote any material in their publications
that was presented at the lecture.
Ethology and Sexology. J. R. Feierman. In Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia.
V.L. Bullough and B. Bullough, series editors. Garland Publishing Company,
1994.
A specific hypothesis about schizophrenia generated by evolutionary theory.
J.R. Feierman. Ethology and Sociobiology 15:263-282, 1994.
Pedophilia: Paraphilic Attraction to Children. J.R Feierman. In Handbook of
Forensic Sexology. J. Money and J.J. Krivacska, editors. Prometheus Press,
1994, pp. 49-79.
Paraphilias. J.R Feierman and L.A. Feierman (my daughter). In L. Szuchman
and F. Muscarella, editors. Psychological Perspectives on Human Sexuality.
John Wiley & Sons, 2000, pp. 480– 518.
The Ethology of Psychiatric Populations II: Darwinian Neuro-Psychiatry. J.
R Feierman. Clinical Neuropsychiatry. 3(2):87-109, 2006.
The Biology of Religious Behavior: The Evolutionary Origins of Faith and
Religion. J. R Feierman, editor. Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2009.
The Evolutionary History of Religious Behavior, J.R. Feierman. In J. R.
Feierman, editor. The Biology of Religious Behavior: The Evolutionary
Origins of Faith and Religion. Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2009, pp. 71-86.
A Conclusion. J. R. Feierman. In J.R. Feierman, editor. The Biology of
Religious Behavior: The Evolutionary Origins of Faith and Religion.
Praeger/ABC-CIO, pp. 243-264, 2009.
How some components of religion could have evolved by natural selection. J.
R. Feierman. In E. Voland and W. Schiefenhovel, Eds. The Biological
Evolution of Religious Mind and Behavior. Springer, 2009.
Biological anthropology and human ethology. J. R. Feierman. In Anne
Runehov, and Lluis Oviedo, Eds. Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions.
Springer, in press, due 2013.
Sin (Human Vice, Limits, and Negativity). J. R. Feierman. In Anne Runehov,
and Lluis Oviedo, Eds. Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Springer, in
press, 2013.
Death. J. R. Feierman and Lluis Oviedo. In Anne Runehov, and Lluis Oviedo,
Eds. Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Springer, in press, 2013.
Biology and Religion. Jay R. Feierman. In Anne Runehov, and Lluis Oviedo,
Eds. Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Springer, in press, due 2013.
Pedophilia: Its relationship to the homosexualities and the Roman Catholic
Church, Part I. Antonianum LXXXV:351-354, 2010 (Antonianum is the official
journal of the Franciscan Pontifical University in Rome.)
Pedophilia: Its relationship to the homosexualities and the Roman Catholic
Church, Part II. Antonianum LXXXV:617-649, 2010.
"A Natural Science Search for the God to Whom We Pray." In Evers, Dirk,
Antje Jackelen and Taede A. Smedes (eds.). Studies in Science and Theology
13, 2011-2012. Yearbook of the European Society for the Study of Science
and Theology. Marten -Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg Institute for
Systematic Theology, Halle, Germany, 2 012, pp 3-24.
"The Image of the God to Whom We Pray: An Evolutionary Psychobiological
Perspective." In Life, Evolution and Complexity. Pensamiento 67(254), pp.
817-829, 2012 .
Martin Brüne, Jay Belsky, Horacio Fabrega, Jay R. Feierman, Paul Gilbert,
Kalman Glantz, Joseph Polimeni, John S. Price, Julio Sanjuan, Roger
Sullivan, Alfonso Troisi, and Daniel R. Wilson. The Crisis of psychiatry -
insights and prospects from evolutionary theory. World Psychiatry 11(1):55-
57, 2012.
Reconciling Scientific with Sacred Origins: Ours and Theirs. In Evers,
Dirk, Antje Jackelen and Taede A. Smedes (eds.). Studies in Science and
Theology 14, 2013-2014. Yearbook of the European Society for the Study of
Science and Theology. Tübingen, Germany: FORUM SCIENTIARUM, 2014, 122-154.
"The Biology of Religious Belief, Emotion, and Behavior: A Natural Science
Perspective. In Evers, D; Fuller, M.; Ruhehov A.; and Saether, K-W. Studies
in Science and Theology 15, 2015-2016. Yearbook of the European Society for
the Study of Science and Theology. ISBN 978-3-00-051976-5, Printed by
Rosche-Much Druckerei, Bamberg, Germany.
Oviedo, L. and Feierman, J.R. "Does Religious Behavior Render Humans
Special?" Accepted by ESSSAT for publication in Issues in Science and
Theology, 2016.
Feierman, J.R. (2016). Religion's Possible Role in Facilitating Eusocial
Human Societies: A Behavioral Biology (Ethological) Perspecive. Studia
Humana 5(4):5-33. doi 1-.1515/sh-2016-0021. OPEN ACCESS.
Published book reviews:
Reviewed in Psychiatric Medical Association of New Mexico (PMANM)
Newsletter:
Promethean Fire: Reflections on the Origin of Mind. By Charles J.
Lumsdon and Edward O. Wilson. Harvard University Press, 1983. PMANM
Newsletter 1(2):11-12, 1986.
Morality as a Biological Phenomenon. Gunther S. Stent, ed. University
of California Press, 1978. PMANM Newsletter 1(2):12, 1986.
The Evolution of Human Social Behavior. Joan S. Lockard, ed. Elsevier,
1980. In PMANM Newsletter 1(2):12-13 1986.
Social Evolution. Robert Trivers. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
Company, Inc. 1985. In PMANM Newsletter 1(2):12-13, 1986.
The Development of Expressive Behavior: Biology-Environment
Interactions. Gail Zivin, ed. Academic Press, 1986. In PMANM
Newsletter 1(2): 14, 1986.
The Waning of Humaneness. Konrad Lorenz. Little Brown & Co., 1987. In
PMANM Newsletter 1(4):7-8, 1987.
Measuring Behavior: An Introductory Guide. Paul Martin and Patrick
Bateson. Cambridge University Press, 1986. In PMANM Newsletter
1(5):11, 1987.
Variant Sexuality: Research and Theory. G.D. Wilson, ed. The Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1987. In PMANM Newsletter 2(1):10-11, 1988.
Primate Societies. B.B.Smuts et al., eds. The University of Chicago
Press, 1986. In PMANM Newsletter 2(2):9, 1988.
The "Sissy Boy Syndrome" and the Development of Homosexuality. Richard
Green. Yale University Press, 1987. In PMANM Newsletter 2(3):8-9,
1988.
The Destroying Angel. John Money. Prometheus Press, 1985; Venuses
Penuses, John Money, Prometheus Boks, 1986; Gay, Straight, and In-
Between. John Money. Oxford University Press, 1988. All reviewed in
PMANM Newsletter in 1988. (volumes and pages unknown).
Chronobiology and Psychiatric Disorders. Angelos Halaris, ed.
Elsevier, 1987. In PMANM Newsletter 3(1):9, 1989.
Reviewed in The Human Ethology Ethology Bulletin (HEB):
Lying and Deception in Everyday Life. Michael Lewis and Carolyn
Saarni, eds. The Guilford Press, 1993. HEB 13(1):13-15, 1997.
Reinterpreting The Unspeakable: Human Sexuality 2000. John Money. The
Continuum Publishing Company, 1994. HEB 13(1):13-15, 1998.
Being Human: Bridging the Gap between the Sciences of Body and Mind.,
Gerhard Medicus. Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung (VWB),
2015, pp. 212; ISBN 978-3-86135-584-7 (Hdbk.), 2015
Reviewed in Archives of Sexual Behavior (ASB):
Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis. Philip
Jenkins. Oxford University Press, 1996. Archives of Sexual Behavior
29(4):401-405, 2000.
Reviewed in the the European Society for Science and Theology (ESSSAT)
News:
The Neuroscience of Religious Experience. Patrick McNamara.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ESSSAT Bulletin 20(2):18-20,
2010.
Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved. Matt J. Rossano. Oxford
University Press, 2010. In European Society for the Study of Science
and Theology (ESSSAT) News 20(4):18-20, 2010.
In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Ethics and Violence.
John Teehan. Malden, Mass – Oxford England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. In
Press. European Society for the Study of Science and Theology
(ESSSAT) News 21(1):14-16, 2011.
Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain. Antonio Damasio.
New York: Pantheon Books, 2010. In Press. European Society for the
Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) News 21(1):16-17, 2011.
SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to
Succeed. Martin A. Nowak with Roger Highfield. NY: Free Press, 2011.
European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) News,
21(3):18-21, 2011.
Origins of Altruism and Cooperation. Robert W. Sussman and C. Robert
Clonninger, Eds. NY-Heidelberg, Springer 2011. European Society for
the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) News, In Press.
Pathological Altruism. Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, Guruprasad
Madhavan, and David Sloan, Eds. 2012. Oxford/NY: Oxford University
Press. European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT)
News 22(3): 14-17.
Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality. 2011. Harald Walach,
Stefan Schmidt, and Wayne B. Jonas, Eds. Heidelberg - New York:
Springer. European Society for the Study of Science and Theology
(ESSSAT) News 22(3):17-23.
The Social Conquest of the Earth, 2012. Edward O. Wilson. NY-London:
Liveright Publishing Company/W.W. Norton & Co.. European Society for
the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) News 23(1):23-29, 2013
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Apes.
Frans, B.M. de Waal, N.Y. & London: W. W. Norton & Co., 2013, 289 pp.
European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) News
23(2) :40-43, 2013.
Evolution, Games, and God. Martin Nowak and Sarah Coakley (eds.).
Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England. Harvard University
Press, 2013, 400 pp. European Society for the Study of Science and
Theology (ESSSAT) News, 23(3): 19-21, 2013
Reviewed in The European Society for the Study of Science and Theology News
& Reviews ESSSAT News & Reviews
God Revised: How Religion Must Evolve in a Scientific Age. Galen
Guengerich. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. European Society for the
Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) News & Reviews, 24(1):23-25,
2014,
Emergence for Life Not Fall from Grace: Making sense of the Jesus
story in the light of evolution. Kevin Teston, Preston Vic, Australia:
Mosaic Press, 2013, 133 pp. ESSSAT News & Reviews, 24(2):25-28, 2014.
Steffan Klein. Survival of the Nicest: How Altruism Made Us Human and
Why It Pays to Get Along. The Experiment. 2010 [German], 2014
[English]. ISBN 978-61519-220-5 (Pbk). pp. 253. ESSSAT News & Reviews
24(2):30-32, 2014.
Nils J. Nilsson. Understanding Beliefs. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The
MIT Press, 2014, 151 pp; ISBN 978-0-262-52643-2 (pbk.). In press
ESSSAT News and Reviews.
Gregory J. Wightman, The Origins of Religion in the Paleolithic.
Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, pp. 293, ISNB 978-1-4422-
4289-0 (HBK). ESSSAT News and Reviews 25(2): 41-42, 2015.
Gerhard Medicus. Being Human: Bridging the Gap between the Sciences of
Body and Mind. Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung (VWB),
2015, pp. 212; ISBN 978-3-86135-584-7 (Hdbk.). In Press, ESSSAT News
and Reviews.
Graham Ward. Unbelievable: Why We Believe and Why We Don't. London:
I.B. Tauris, 2014, pp. 245, ISBN 978 1 78076 735 2 (Hdbk.). $28.79
(Amazon.com, USA). In Press ESSSAT News & Reviews, 2016.
David Sloan Wilson. Does Altruism Exist: Culture, Genes and the
Welfare of Others. New Haven and London: Yale University Press (in
conjunction with Templeton Press). 2015, 180 pp., ISBN 978-0-300-18949-
0. In Press.
Donovan O. Schaefer. Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution , and
Power. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015, 286 pp. ISBN 978-0-
8223-5990-6 (pbk). ESSSAT News & Reviews 26(3): 34-36, 2016.
Ina Wunn & Davina Grojnowski, Ancestors, Territoriality, and Gods: A
Natural History of Religion. Part of the Frontiers Collection. Berlin,
Heidelberg: Springer, 2016, pp. 290, ISBN 978-3-662-527559 (HBK), doi
10.1007/978-3-662-52757-3,
Reviewed in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
The Neuroscience of Religious Experience. Patrick McNamara. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2009. Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion 50(1):219-220, 2011.
Reviewed in Reviews in Science and Religion:
Mind, Brain and the Elusive Soul: Human Systems of Cognitive Science
and Religion. Mark Graves. Ashgate, 2008. Reviews in Science and Religion
55, May 2010, pp 18- 22.
Reviewed in Catholic Books Review (http://CatholicBooksReview.org), an on-
line journal.
Why Priests are Happy: A Study of Psychological and Spiritual Health
of Priests. Stephen J. Rossetti. Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press,
2011. In Press.
Editorials in Psychiatric Association of New Mexico (PMANM) Newsletter:
Parity of Insurance Coverage for Psychiatric Disorders: The Role of
the Psychiatrist. PMANM Newsletter, Summer Edition, page, 1991, p.1.
Ideological Indoctrination as a New Form of Therapy. PMANM Newsletter,
August, 1991, p. 1.
Value in Psychiatric Care. PMANM Newsletter. October/November, 1991,
p. 1
Guidelines Are Not Standards. PMANM Newsletter, January, 1992, pp. 1-
2.
The Concept of Medically Necessary in Mental Health Care. PMANM
Newsletter, Spring, 1992, p. 1
Op-Ed in United States Department of Energy Newsletter, Albuquerque
Operations Office, Personnel Security Division.
Depression and Understanding Your Mental Health. PSD Newsletter 2(1),
1996.
Lectures Presented at Academic Conferences:
"Chromosome Studies in Bovine Lymphosarcoma I." W.C.D. Hare, R.A.
McFeely, and J.R. Feierman. Paper presented before the Mammalian
Cytogenetics Conference, Basin Harbor, Vermont, September 26-27, 1963.
"Chromosome Studies in Bovine Lymphosarcoma II." W.C. D. Hare, R. A.
McFeely, and J.R. Feierman. Paper presented before the International
Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research. Hanover, Germany, 1963.
"Chromosome Studies in Bovine Lymphosarcoma III." W.C.D. Hare, R.A.
McFeely, and J.R Feierman. Paper presented before the 44th Annual
Meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases,
Chicago, Illinois, December 2-3, 1963.
"The Effect of Phytohemagglutin on the In Vitro Culture of Leukocytes
from Normal and Lymphosarcoma Cattle." R.A. McFeely, W.C. D. Hare, and
J.R. Feierman." Paper presented before the 44th Annual Meeting of the
Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. Chicago, Illinois,
December 2-3, 1963.
"Intracellular Potentials and Unit Discharge Patterns in Primary and
Mirror Epileptogentic Foci." E.S. Goldensohn, M. Perez, and J.R.
Feierman. Paper presented before the 18th Annual Meeting of the
American Electroencephalographic Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
October, 1964.
"Thalamic Influences on Intracellular Recordings from Cortical Neurons
in Epileptogenic Foci Produced by Cold Lesions in the Cat." E.S.
Goldenshon, B.G. Farley, J.R. Feierman, and M. Perez. Paper presented
before the sixth International Congress for Electroencephalography and
Clinical Neurophysiology, Vienna, Austria, 1965.
"Hibernation in the Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel (Citellus
lateralis): A Biological Model for Manic Depressive Illness." J. R.
Feierman. Guest Lecture presented at the University of Florida,
Gainesville and the University of Texas, San Antonio, on my research
on the physiology and neurochemistry of mammalian hibernation.
"The Evolution of Mental Illness." J. R. Feierman, Lecture presented
at the University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Grand Rounds,
1977.
"Multiple Personality: Behavioral Description and Ethological
Conceptualization." J. R. Feierman and K. R. Kaminsky. Paper presented
before the joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and the
International Society for Human Ethology, University of Washington,
Seattle, June, 1978.
"A Videotaped Ethological Study of Multiple Personality." J. R.
Feierman, Guest Lecture, Department of Psychiatry, University of
California, San Diego, November 9, 1978.
"Nocturnalism: An Ethological Theory of Schizophrenia." J. R.
Feierman, Paper presented before a Joint Meeting of the Animal
Behavior Society and the International Society for Human Ethology,
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1979.
"Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Homogzygosity: A functional basis for the
categorization of schizophrenia behavioral variables." J.R Feierman
and E. Hannemann. Paper presented before a joint meeting of the Animal
Behavior Society and the International Society for Human Ethology,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1980.
"A Video-Tape Computer Psychophysiological Interaction System:
Application for Human Ethology Research." J. R. Feierman. Paper
presented before a joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and
the International Society for Human Ethology, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, 1981.
"Anorexia Nervosa: A Human Female Reproductive Strategy?" J. R.
Feierman. Presented at the Xth Congress of the International
Primatological Society, Nairobi, Kenya, July 1984. [Also picked up the
Associated Press and in numerous newspapers around the world.]
"The Ethology of Psychiatric Populations." J. R. Feierman. Lecture
presented at The University of New Mexico, Psychiatry Grand Rounds,
spring, 1985.
"Listening with Your Eyes: The Behavior of Communicating." J. R.
Feierman. Vista Sandia Hospital, Albuquerque New Mexico, Lecture to
the Quarterly Medical Staff Dinner, 1986.
"False Dichotomies and the Infrastructure of Psychiatry." J. R.
Feierman. University of New Mexico Lecture, Department of Psychiatry,
February 20, 1987.
"Evolution, Deception, and Emotion." J. R. Feierman. Lecture presented
at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 1988, at the
Evolutionary Psychology and Psychiatry Conference.
"A Neuroethological Model of Human Age and Sexual Orientations." J.R.
Feierman. Lecture presented at the Xth International Congress of the
International Society for Human Ethology, University of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland, August, 1989.
"Human Racial Differences, r/K Theory, and the Moral Responsibility of
Behavioral Scientists." J. R. Feierman. Invited Lecture, Xth
International Congress, International Society for Human Ethology,
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, August, 1989.
"Behavioral Pathology." J. R. Feierman. Lecture presented at the XXIst
International Congress of the International Ethological Conference,
Utrecht, The Netherlands. August, 1989.
"The Neuroethology of Human Sexual Attraction" J. R. Feierman.
Colloquium presented at Forschungstelle fur Humanethologie in der Max-
Planck Gessellschaft, Andechs,Germany, October, 1989.
"The Evolution of Human Emotions." J. R. Feierman. Lecture Presented
at Forschungstelle fur Humanethologie in der Max-Planck-Gessellschaft,
Andechs, Germany, 1989.
"The Ethology and Chronobiology of Schizophrenia." J. R. Feierman.
Lecture presented at Forschungstelle fur Humanethologie in der Max-
Planck Gessellschaft, Andechs, Germany, December, 1989.
"The Chronobiology of Schizophrenia." J. R. Feierman. Lecture
presented at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Innsbruck,
Innsbruck, Austria, December, 1989.
"Towards a Model of Mammalian Nocturnality: Neuroethological
Mechanisms." J.R. Feierman. Paper presented at the joint meeting of
the Animal Behavior Society and the International Society for Human
Ethology, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, June,
1990.
"Perturbations on an Emerging Theme: The Evolution of Proximate
Mechanisms for Psychosis." J. R Feierman. Lecture presented at the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, August
1990.
"Towards a Biosocial Understanding of Child Sexual Abuse: Variables of
Brain Hormonalization as they Relate to Erotic Gender and Age
Orientations." J.R. Feierman. Lecture presented to the Biosocial
Anthropology Seminar, University of New Mexico, November, 1990.
"Type (Compulsive/Non-compulsive) and Direction (Age and Gender
Orientations) of Male Sexual Expression: An Emerging Biosocial Model."
J. R. Feierman. Lecture Presented at the Conference of Sexual
Compulsivity/Addiction, University of Minnesota, Department of
Continuing Education, San Francisco, CA, May, 1991.
"Ethological Predictors of Sexual Impropriety with Parishioners in
Catholic Priests." J. R. Feierman. Lecture presented at the 10th World
Congress of Sexology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June, 1991.
"Evolution of Proximate Mechanisms of Age and Gender Orientations." J.
R. Feierman. Lecture presented at Human Behavior and Evolution
Society, 3rd Annual Meeting. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada, August 1991.
"A Biosocial Model of Age and Gender Orientations: Practical
Applications to Treating Sex Offenders and Data Collected on 500
Priests." J. R. Feierman. Plenary Lecture to the Second International
Conference on the Treatment of Sex Offenders, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, September, 1991.
"The Treatment of Clergy with Psychosexual Disorders." J. R. Feierman.
Lecture presented at the International Conference of Catholic
Consulting and Residential Centers, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
September, 1991.
"The Roots of Pedophilia: The Biosocial Basis of Child Sexual Abuse."
J. R. Feierman, Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry, University of
New Mexico School of Medicine, September, 1991.
"Mapping the Human Ethogram: Feminine Mannerisms and the Concept of
Gender." J. R. Feierman. Lecture at The Human Behavior and Evolution
Society, University of New Mexico, July 1992.
"Feminine Mannerisms and Proximate Mechanisms of Female Choice." J. R.
Feierman. Lecture presented at The International Society for Human
Ethology Congress, Toronto, Canada, August, 1994.
"The Diagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders." J. R. Feierman. Lecture
given to the Personnel Security Division, United States Department of
Energy, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Fall, 1995.
"The Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression." J. R.
Feierman, Mesa Mental Health, Great Therapies Seminary, Presbyterian
Healthcare Services Continuing Education, Fall, 1995.
"Schizophrenia in the Bush: My Experiences with Schizohrenia in
Various Tribal Societies." J. R. Feierman. Lecture to the Department
of Psychiatry, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, New Mexico, April,
1998.
"The New Neuroleptics: What the Family Physician Needs to Know." J. F.
Feierman. New Mexico Chapter of the American Academy of Family
Physicians. Ruidoso, New Mexico, July 1998.
"The Ethology and Sociobiology of Suicide." J.R. Feierman and L.A.
Feierman (my daugher). Congress of the International Society for Human
Ethology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C, Canada,
August, 1998.
"Evolutionary Psychiatry." J. R. Feierman. Lecture to the Residents
and Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 1998.
"The Psychobiology of Suicide." J. R. Feierman and L.A. Feierman (my
daughter). Lecture to the Annual Conference of the American
Association of Suicidology, Houston, Texas, April, 1999.
"The Risk Factors for Completed Suicide: Applications to Correctional
Settings." J. R. Feierman. Lecture to the Clinical Staff, Mental
Health Treatment Center, Central New Mexico Correctional Facility,
September, 1998.
"The Detection of Deception: Application to Correctional Settings." J.
R. Feierman. Lecture to the Clinical Staff, Mental Health Treatment
Center, Central New Mexico Correctional Facility, November, 1998.
"The Treatment of Sex Offenders within the New Mexico Department of
Corrections." J. R. Feierman. Lecture presented to the Clinical Staff
of the Las Vegas Medical Center (State Hospital), March, 1999.
"An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Suicide: Did the Genetic
Components Evolve by Natural Selection?" Grand Rounds, Department of
Psychiatry, University of New Mexico, January, 2000.
"Gender Ethology, Feminine Mannerisms as Signals of Sexual
Receptivity." J. R. Feierman. The Second International Behavioral
Development Symposium: Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation, Sex
Identify, and Gender-Typical Behavior. University of North Dakota,
Minot, May, 2000.
"Who Can Least Be Celibate With Whom." J. R. Feierman. Plenary Lecture
to the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Montreal,
Canada, November, 1999.
"Feminine Movements and Mannerisms in Adult Women." J. R. Feierman.
Lecture presented at the International Behavioral Development
Symposium. Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, August, 2005.
"An Ethological Study of Feminine Mannerisms: Lecture and Video." J.
R. Feierman. Lecture Presented at the Congress of the International
Society for Human Ethology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan,
Summer, 2006.
"The Ethology of Religious Behavior." J. R. Feierman. Invited Lecture.
The International Conference on Trans-Cultural Universals III:
Biological Evolution of Religiosity. German Institute for Advanced
Studies (HWK), Delmenhorst, Germany, September, 2007.
"The Biology of Religious Behavior: An Ethological Perspective. An
Introduction." Lecture by J. R. Feierman. Part of The Biology of
Religious Behavior Symposium, University of Bologna, Italy, Organized
by Jay R. Feierman. As a part of the XIX Biennial Conference of the
International Society for Human Ethology, July, 2008.
"The Phylogeny of Religious Behavior." Lecture by J. R. Feierman. Part
of The Biology of Religious Behavior Symposium, University of Bologna,
Italy, Organized by Jay R. Feierman. As a part of the XIX Biennial
Conference of the International Society for Human Ethology, July,
2008.
"The Biology of Religious Behavior: An Introduction." J. R. Feierman.
A Session Organized by J. R. Feierman at the Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), meeting, Louisville, Kentucky,
October, 2008.
"The Evolutionary History of Religious Behavior" J. R. Feierman. At
the Session, The Biology of Religious Behavior. Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) meeting, Louisville, Kentucky,
October, 2008.
"How Some Components of Religious Behavior Could Have Evolved by
Natural Selection." J. R. Feierman. At a session organized by J. R.
Feierman on "Biological Aspects of Religion" at the Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) meeting, Denver, Colorado, October
2009.
"Darwin Goes to Church: A Natural Theology." Lecture presented at the
European Conference on Science and Theology. University of Edinburgh,
Scotland. April 7 – 11, 2010.
"A Calling to the Celibate Priesthood: Unraveling a Psycho-Biological
Paradox." Lecture presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion. Baltimore, Maryland, October, 2010.
"What Can We Learn About God from Sensation Theory in Evolutionary
Behavioral Biology." Invited Lecture at the Second Academic Seminar at
Comillas Pontifical University, Life, Evolution and Complexity. Madrid
Spain, December 13-15, 2010.
"Ethological Observations of Psychiatric Populations." Invited
lecture given at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (German Institute of
Advanced Studies), Delmenhorst, Germany, April 14-16, 2011. Part of a
larger series of conferences on transcultural universals put on by
HWK. This was the 5th conference in the series.
"Where, When, and Most Importantly Why People say 'Oh, My God!'".
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, October, 2011.
"Reconciling Scientific with Sacred Origins: Ours and Theirs." Paper
presented at the European Society for the Study of Science and
Theology, University of Tartu, Tartu Estonia, April 2012.
"Copying Infidelity ('Mutability') of Orally Transmitted Creation
Myths." Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Phoenix,
AZ, November 2012.
"The Biology of Religious Beliefs," Society for the Scientific Study
of Religion (SSSR), Boston, Mass, November 2013.
"Religious Beliefs, Emotions and Behaviors: A Natural Science,
Behavioral Biology Perspective on Their Interactions." The European
Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT), Assisi, Italy,
April/May 2014.
"Clerical Celibacy, Successes and Failures: Some Unpublished Data from
the Now-Closed Servants of the Paraclete New Mexico Treatment
Program.". Invited Lecture, Antonianum, the Franciscan Pontifical
University in Rome, June 29, 2014.
"The Biology of Religious Beliefs." Society for the Scientific Study
of Religion, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2014.
"Speech and Religion's Co-Evolutionary Paths." Protolang 4 Conference,
Tre University, Rome, September 24-25, 2015.
Investigational, Psychopharmacological Drug Studies
Jay R. Feierman, M.D., Principle Investigator, Phase III Study, "An
Open-Label Assessment of the Long Term Safety of Sertindole in the
Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic
Disorders. Protocol M93-061, Abbott Laboratories, 1994 – 1995.
Jay R. Feierman, M.D. Principle Investigator, Phase III Study. "An
Open Label Assessment of the Long Term Safety of Sertindole in the
Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia and other Psychotic
Disorders. Protocol M94-222, Sertindole, Abott Laboratories, 1995 -
1997.
Jay R. Feierman, M.D. Principle Investigator, Phase III Study. "A
multi-Center, Double Blind, Randomized Comparison of Seroquel (IC1204,
636) and Haloperidol in the Treatment of Partially Responsive
Schizophrenic Subjects. Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Trial 5077IL/0055,
1997 – 1998.
Jay R. Feierman M.D. Principle Investigator, Phase III Study. "A
Double Blind, Controlled Study of Aripriazole in the Treatment of
Schizophrenia. Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals Protocol 4331-97-201,
1997 – 1998.
Jay R. Feierman, M.D. Principle Investigator, Phase III Study. "An
Open Study of Safety and Efficacy of Aripiprazone in the Treatment of
Schizophrenia. Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals. Protocol 331-97-203,
1997 – 1998.
Educational Films Produced
Multiple Personality. J. R. Feierman and K. R. Kaminsky. Elaine
Stanton Productions. Eighty minutes, color with sound, restricted
viewing. Available through Jay R. Feierman, 1978
International Meetings and Conferences, Organized and Chaired
"The Ethology of Psychiatric Populations." One Day Invited Paper
Symposium held at the Joint Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and
the International Society for Human Ethology, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 1985.
"The Jemez Springs Symposium: Adult Sexual Behavior with Children and
Adolescents." Five day by invitation only, scientific meeting
sponsored by the International Society for Human Ethology and The
Servants of the Paraclete, a Roman Catholic Religious Order, The
Monastery, Jemez Springs, New Mexico, June, 1978. This 5 day meeting
brought together 50 behavioral scientists from 9 countries.
"Behavioral Pathology: The Ethology of Depression." A half-day invited
paper Symposium held at the XXI International Ethological Conference,
Utrecht, The Netherlands, August, 1989.
"The Biology of Religious Behavior: An Ethological Perspective on
Religion." A half-day invited paper symposium held at the University
of Bologna, Italy, as a part of the International Society for Human
Ethology week long conference on human behavioral biology, July 2008.
"The Biology of Religious Behavior." Session organized for the Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Louisville, Kentucky,
October, 2008.
"Biological Perspectives on Religion." Session organized for the
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Denver, Colorado,
October, 2009.
"Biological Aspects of Religion I." Session organized for the Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Baltimore, Maryland,
October, 2010.
"Biological Aspects of Religion II." Session organized for the Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Baltimore, Maryland,
October, 2010.
"Biological Aspects of Religion, I and II. Society for the Scientific
Study of Religion (SSSR), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October, 2011.
"Biological and Evolutionary Aspects of Religion I and II. Society for
the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Phoenix, AZ, November 2012.
"Biological and Evolutionary Aspects of Religion, I, II and III.
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Boston, Mass,
November, 2013
"Biological and Evolutionary Aspects of Religion, I, II, and III..
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Indianapolis,
Indiana, November 2014. Accepted.
"Proto-language and Proto-Religion Co-Evolution." Protolang 4
Conference, Tre University, Rome, Italy, September 24-26, 2015.
The 2nd International Conference on the Evolution of Religion
November 12-15, 2017, Tamaya Hyatt Regency Resort, Santa Ana Pueblo,
New Mexico. Go to theevolutionofreligionii.org
Community Education
Approximately 50 community-education, lay audiences, and professional
education lectures in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1975 – 1999.
Public Appearances and Interviews by the Lay Media
Interviewed by The Albuquerque Journal about my research using hibernating
ground squirrels as a physiological and neurochemical model for manic-
depressive illness. Article, "Study of Squirrels Helps University
Professor." June 24, page B10, 1976.
Interviewed by the University of New Mexico newspaper, New Mexico Daily
Lobo, about my research with ground squirrels. Article, "Doctor Finds
Squirrely Solution." January 26, 1976, page 7.
Interviewed by The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado, about the
treatment program in New Mexico for priests with which I was associated as
a medical consultant. Article called, "In a small town, fallen clergy pray
for spirit's rebirth." July 15, 1987, p. 7. – (multiple pages long).
Guest on the Phil Donahue show (CBS national TV) for one hour in a
discussion of pedophilia among Roman Catholic priests, March 1988.
Interviewed by Time magazine for an article, Sins of the Fathers" August
19, 1991.
Interviewed by The San Francisco Examiner for an article, Gay priests feel
torn between two worlds." Sunday, November 20, 1994, page 1.
Interviewed by Erica Goode for an article in The New York Times, Abusive
Priests are Varied, but Treatable, Center Found. April 26, 2002, page A19.
Numerous quotes attributed to me regarding pedophilia and sexual abuse by
priests in Associated Press and Fox News over the past 20 years.
Forensic Evaluations and Expert Legal Testimony
Between 1991 and 2007, I did approximately 1500 forensic evaluations
for the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security
Administration. Each evaluation report averaged 30 single spaced typed
pages on a particular subject, who either held or was applying to hold
a high level security clearance and/or a special access clearance.
None of this writing is in the public domain.
Between 1991 and 2007 I was determined to be a Subject Matter Expert
witness for the United States of America at approximately 250 Federal,
Administrative Review, Personnel Security Hearings in various states
(New Mexico, California, Texas, Kansas, Maryland) but mostly in New
Mexico, either in the Albuquerque area or at Los Alamos National
Laboratories.
Between 1969 and 1999, I testified as an expert witness in psychiatry
at approximately 1,000 civil commitment hearings in Florida, Missouri,
California, and New Mexico. These were hearings to commit someone to a
psychiatric hospital.
Between 1976 and about 2000, I was an expert witness in psychiatry
approximately 15 times at various state district courts, mainly in New
Mexico but some out of state. I testified somewhat more for the
prosecution than the defense. I testified at a few civil trials. For
several years in the late 1970s I was a consultant to the Attorney
General's Office in New Mexico to assist various Assistant District
Attorneys around the state who were prosecuting violent crimes in
which the defense was insanity.
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (FAPA), starting in 1994
Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(NAMI), 1992
Newsletter Editor of the Year Award, American Psychiatric Association, 1987
Hovies Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1965-
1969
Scholarship from the Educational and Scientific Trust of the University of
Pennsylvania, 1968-1969
Student Research Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1963
Kathryn P. Wade Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University, 1959 – 1963
