University of New England

Directors and Co-Founders  

David Livingstone Smith, Director teaches  philosophy at the University of New England. He earned his M.A. from Antioch University and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of London, Kings College, where he worked on topics in the philosophy of mind and psychology.  David's books include Freud's Philosophy of the Unconscious (Kluwer, 1999), Approaching Psychoanalysis: An Introductory Course (Karnac, 1999), Psychoanalysis in Focus (Sage, 2002) and, most recently Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind (St. Martins Press, 2004). His most recent book The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War  was published by St. Martins Press in 2007.

His current research interests include deception and self-deception, the evolutionary psychology of war, incest and incest-avoidance and various aspects of analytical philosophy. He lives in Portland, Maine with his wife, Subrena.

David's Website.

Robert Haskell, Associate Director is professor of psychology and former chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Science, University of New England. He earned his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in psychology and social relations, his M.A., and B.A. from San Francisco State University, and is a charter member of the American Psychological Society. His original contribution continues to be a methodology for the systematic recognition, analysis, and validation of a novel set of unconscious psycholinguistic and cognitive operations leading to the development of a new theoretical neurologically-based formulation of invariance relations involved in analogical/ metaphorical reasoning, transfer of learning and unconscious cognition.

He is the author of seven books and 50 articles and book chapters. His work reflects his interest in philosophy of science and epistemology as they contribute to research methodologies, and, in particular, the integration between laboratory research and processes observed in some psychotherapies and in everyday life. He serves on several editorial review boards, and is an associate editor of The Journal of Mind and Behavior. He co-conceived and developed the NEI.

Robert's Website.

Leslie Marsh, Assistant Director comes to the NEI as someone with a parallel life in the business world (including non-profits) and the academic world. With his managerial hat on he is the point person for communications and marketing in addition to his working on strategy, organizational, and developmental matters for the NEI. Leslie's substantive academic interest is centered at the confluence of neurophilosophy and social theory - sociocognition - with a highly specialized interest in stigmergic cognition.

Leslie's Website.

 

   

 

 

David Livingstone Smith

 

Robert Haskell

 

Leslie Marsh