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Rinda West, Ph.D.
Rinda West is the author of Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land (University of Virginia Press). West earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Leeds, England. She is Professor Emerita of English at Oakton Community, where she taught for many years. She has also taught at the University of Chicago, and Christ Church University, Canterbury. Dr. West is a landscape designer specializing in native plants for city gardens. She serves on the boards of MELA and LDA. Her website is: http://www.rindawestdesigns.com
Lori Pye, Ph.D.
Lori Pye received her Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in
Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her background consists of nonprofit executive management and academic instruction. As an environmentalist, Dr. Pye worked with international NGO's to co-develop the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape Corridor with the Ministers of the
Environment from Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador. She has led international conferences on diverse issues as Nature and Human Nature, Changing Perspectives, The Mythology of Violence, and The Aesthetic Nature of Change. Dr. Pye teaches Ecopsychology at the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB), Ecology Concepts and Applications for Ecopsychology at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, Human Ecology and Sustainable Global Management at Antioch University and Myth, Literature & Religious Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is on the Editorial Board for Ecopsychology Journal. Dr. Pye is the Director for the Institute for Cultural Change at www.instituteforculturalchange.org
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