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General Introduction:
Tom Lombardo has been an award-winning professional educator for over thirty years. He has supervised college faculty, designed innumerable college courses, as well as complete undergraduate and graduate programs, and chaired various academic departments. Aside from in-person teaching experience, Dr. Lombardo has designed several Internet college courses, and taught Internet courses for the last ten years. He has developed various programs of college competencies and commensurate systems of assessment. He has also done academic and career counseling with both undergraduate and graduate students. Overall, Dr. Lombardo has considerable expertise and experience in curriculum design and faculty supervision.
Dr. Lombardo’s disciplinary background is very broad, well balanced between the humanities and the sciences, and highly integrative. He holds degrees in both psychology and philosophy, and has also studied extensively intellectual history, evolutionary theory, cosmology, the philosophy of time, science fiction and, most recently, futurist literature ranging from the future of science and technology to the future of human society, culture, and religion. Dr. Lombardo has taught courses and given numerous professional presentations in all of these areas. He has also worked in academic, clinical training, and mental health settings, and is well versed in theories and practices of human growth, personal development, and self-fulfillment.
Dr. Lombardo began designing courses on the future and teaching the future in 1993. Since that time, he has also supervised college faculty in the teaching of futures education. He was awarded a grant to develop a Futures Institute at Maricopa Community Colleges in 1996 and developed a website in the following year. He is a member of several futurist professional organizations and has numerous publications in the study of the future. (See below). In 2003 he created his own futurist website which contains a wealth of information and readings on the future.
With his wife, Jeanne Belisle Lombardo, Dr. Lombardo created the Center For Future Consciousness in 2008, an educational organization dedicated to the enlightened evolution of humanity through the enhancement of future consciousness. The Center For Future Consciousness applies a unique and powerful synthesis of contemporary psychology, philosophy, and science to educational programs designed to help individuals and organizations increase their understanding of the future and constructively approach its challenges and possibilities. Collaborating on presentations, workshops, and educational events nationally and internationally, Tom and Jeanne serve the Center’s mission of guiding and facilitating the growth of future consciousness.
Education:
| B.A.
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University of Connecticut |
Psychology/Philosophy |
1969 |
| Ph.D. |
University of Minnesota |
Psychology/Phil. of Science |
1973 |
|
Fellowship |
Cornell University |
Ecological Psychology |
1973 |
|
Fellowship |
University of Connecticut |
Evolutionary/Ecological Science |
1979 |
Professional Employment:
| Executive Director |
Center for Future Consciousness |
2008 |
| Resident Futurist
Faculty |
Rio Salado
College |
2006-2007 |
| Chair
– Futures Institute |
Rio Salado
College |
1996-2000 |
| Chair
– Psychology Instructional Council |
Maricopa Community Colleges |
1993-1995 |
| Faculty Chair-Psychology – Philosophy - Integrated
Studies |
Rio Salado
College |
1991-2007 |
| Dean/Professor |
Forest Institute of Professional
Psychology |
1988-1991 |
| Director Staff Development – Psychology-Quality Assurance |
Madden Mental Health Center |
1984-1988 |
| Alcohol-Drug Therapist |
Tri-City Mental Health |
1981-1982 |
| Visiting Faculty Psychology |
Univ.
of Connecticut |
1979-1980 |
| Assistant Professor Psychology |
Indiana University NW |
1973-1978 |
Awards:
|
Outstanding Psychology Graduate |
University of Connecticut |
1969 |
|
Research Fellowships |
University of Minnesota |
1970-71-72 |
|
Outstanding Faculty Member |
Forest Institute |
1988 |
|
Outstanding Faculty Member |
Forest Institute |
1991 |
|
Outstanding Faculty Member |
Rio Salado
College |
1995 |
| Homer Sarrason
Meritorious Service Award |
Rio Salado
College |
1995 |
|
Teaching
Excellence Award |
NISOD
International Conference |
1996 |
|
Futures Institute Grant |
Maricopa Community Colleges |
1996 |
Professional Memberships:
Professional Member of the
World Future Society
Professional Member of the
World Futures Study Federation
Affiliate Member of Evolve
– Foundation for Conscious Evolution
Advisory Board Member of
Communities of the Future
Member – Contact
Educational Advisory Board
Member – Acceleration Studies Foundation
Member of the Editorial Board – Journal of Futures Studies
References:
Wendell Bell
Professor Emeritus in
Sociology
Yale University
Rick Smyre
Director of Communities of
the Future
Jonathon Richter
The University of Oregon
Howard Didsbury
World Future Society
Richard Slaughter
Former
President – World Future Study
Federation
Reed Riner
Professor of Anthropology
Northern Arizona State
University
Timothy Mack
President of the World Future Society
Ed Cornish
Former President of the World Future Society and Editor of The Futurist
Selected
Presentations - Publications:
“The Wisdom of Future Consciousness” in Innovation and Creativity in a Complex World (Ed. Cynthia Wagner). Bethesda, Maryland: World Future Society, 2009.
“Creativity, Innovation, Evolution, and the Future” (with Jeanne Belisle Lombardo and Linda Groff) World Future Society Annual Convention, Chicago, July, 2009.
“The Ethics of the Future” World Future Society Annual Convention, Chicago, July, 2009.
“Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Future” (with Jeanne Belisle Lombardo) Conference on Wisdom, Science, and the Future, San Luis Obispo, CA, June, 2009.
“The Future Evolution of the Human Mind” Conference on Wisdom, Science, and the Future, San Luis Obispo, CA, June, 2009.
“Understanding and Teaching Future Consciousness” On the Horizon, May, 2009.
“The Future Evolution of the Ecology of Mind” World Future Review, Volume One, Number One, Feb., 2009.
“The History of Future Consciousness” The Encyclopedia of the Future, Forthcoming, 2009.
“Evolving Future Consciousness” World Future Society Annual Convention, 2007, 2008, 2009.
(with Jeanne Belisle Lombardo) “Utopian Visions and Values for the Future” World Future Society Convention, Washington, D.C., July, 2008.
“Consciousness of the Future and the Future of Consciousness” Institute of Applied Neuro-Linguistics, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July, 2008.
“Futures Education and the Ideal Future Self-Narrative” Future Times: Learning for Tomorrow, Spring, 2008.
(with Jeanne Belisle Lombardo) “The Evolution and Future Direction of Marriage” in WorldFuture 2008: Seeing the Future Through New Eyes (Ed. Cynthia Wagner). Bethesda, Maryland: World Future Society, 2008.
“Ethical Character Development and Personal and Academic Excellence” The Wisdom Page, "http://www.wisdompage.com/", April, 2008.
“Ethical Character Development and Personal and Academic Excellence” Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, North Carolina, February, 2008.
“Philosophy, Wisdom, and the Future” Future Times: Learning for Tomorrow, Winter, 2008.
“The Time of Your Life: Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Future” The Wisdom Page, "http://www.wisdompage.com/", Winter, 2008.
“The Future of Psychology and the Psychology of the Future” Keynote Address, New Mexico Psychological Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November, 2007.
“The Psychology and Evolution of Future Consciousness” Journal of Future
Studies, Fall, 2007.
(with Jonathon Richter) “Enhancing Future Consciousness” World Future
Society Convention, Minneapolis, July, 2007.
(with Jeanne Belisle Lombardo) “The Evolution and Future Direction of
Marriage” World Future Society Convention, Minneapolis, July, 2007.
“Time, Future Consciousness, and Personal Responsibility” The Personal
Responsibility Handbook, Free Market News Network, Summer, 2007.
“Wisdom and the Second Enlightenment” in World Futures Study Federation Futures Bulletin, Volume 32, No. 3, Summer, 2007.
“Developing Constructive and Creative Attitudes and Behaviors about the
Future: Part IV – Wisdom, Virtues, and the Ideal Future Self-Narrative” in
World Futures Study Federation Futures Bulletin, Volume 32, No. 3,
Summer, 2007.
“Cosmic Visions of the Future: The Science Fiction of Stephen Baxter” Future Times: Learning for Tomorrow, Vol. 1, No.4, May, 2007.
“The Second Enlightenment: Wisdom and Heightened Future Consciousness” Second Enlightenment Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, March, 2007.
“Developing Constructive and Creative Attitudes and Behaviors about the
Future: Part III – The Self-Narrative, Optimism and Self-Efficacy, and the
Evolving Future Self” in World Futures Study Federation Futures Bulletin,
Volume 32, No. 2, March, 2007.
(with Jeanne Belisle Lombardo) “Reflections on Human Civilization:
Alternative Realities in Robert Sawyer’s The Neanderthal Parallax”
Learning Tomorrow, Vol. 1, No. 3, January, 2007.
“Developing Constructive and
Creative Attitudes and Behaviors about the Future: Part Two – Thinking and
Imagination” in World Futures Study Federation Futures Bulletin,
Volume 32, No. 1, January, 2007.
“Developing
Constructive and Creative Attitudes and Behaviors about the Future: Part One
– Deep Learning, Emotion, and Motivation” in World Futures Study Federation Futures Bulletin, Volume 31, No. 6, November, 2006.
“Futurist
Faculty Appointment” in World Futures Study Federation Futures Bulletin,
Volume 31, No. 5, September, 2006.
“The Future
Worlds of Science Fiction: Simmons’ Hyperion Epic” in Learning
Tomorrow, Vol. 1, No. 2, June, 2006.
Contemporary Futurist Thought.
Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2006.
The Evolution of Future
Consciousness.
Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2006.
“The Future of Science and Religion” World
Future Society Convention, Toronto, 2006.
“The Pursuit of Wisdom and the Future of
Education” Creating Global Strategies for Humanity's Future. Mack,
Timothy C. (Ed.) World Future Society, Bethesda, Maryland, 2006.
“Evolving Future Consciousness” American
Association of Community Colleges Convention, Long Beach, April, 2006.
“Science Fiction
and the Future: Accelerating into the Future” Learning Tomorrow, Vol. 1,
No. 1, Spring, 2006.
“Thinking Ahead: The Value of Future
Consciousness”, The Futurist, January-February, 2006.
“The Pursuit of Wisdom
and the Future of Education” MCLI Forum, January 2006.
“Science Fiction as the Mythology of the Future” World Future Society Annual Convention, Chicago,
2005.
“Evolving the Mind: The Future of Psychology” Los Angeles Future Salon, UCLA,
2005.
“The
Value of Future Consciousness” in Foresight, Innovation, and Strategy Wagner, C. (Ed.) World Future Society,
Bethesda, Maryland, 2005.
“Ethics and Values in Higher Education” MAT Annual Conference, Maricopa
Community Colleges, 2005.
“The
Pursuit of Wisdom and the Future of Education” The School for the Future, King
William College, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, 2005.
“Conscious Consumerism” Maricopa Wellness Program, Rio Salado College, 2005.
“Science Fiction as the Mythology of the Future” Contact Conference, NASA, Ames,
California, 2005.
“Science Fiction and the Study of the Future” World Future Society Annual
Convention, Washington, D.C., 2004.
“Developing Future Consciousness” World Future Society Annual Convention,
Washington, D.C., 2004.
"Evolving Future Consciousness through the
Pursuit of Virtue" (with Jonathon Richter) in Thinking Creatively in
Turbulent Times. Didsbury, Howard (Ed.) World Future Society, Bethesda,
Maryland, 2004.
“Evolving Future Consciousness” World Future Society Annual Convention,
San Francisco, 2003.
Doorways to the Future: Theories, Themes, and Principles.
Bloomington, IN: 1st Books, 2001.
“Integrative and Holistic Education within a Futures Framework” World Future
Society Annual Convention, Houston, Texas, 2000.
“The
Future Evolution of Mind and Self” World Future Society Annual Convention,
Houston, Texas, 2000.
“2000
Outlook: Philosophy” Ed Cetera, Winter, 2000.
“Futures Education and the Future of Education” COTF Conferences on Futures
Education, Rock Hill, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina, September
and November, 1999.
“Creating the Future” Phoenix Leadership Development Council, September,
1999.
“Futures Education" World Future Society Annual Convention, Washington,
D.C., 1999.
“Purpose and Value of Thinking About the Future” The ABN Report: On Learning,
Leadership, and the Future, Volume 7, No. 5, June, 1999.
"The
Human-Techno Mix: The Future of Education" Sedona Conference on Media,
Education, and the Future II, 1999.
“Religion, Spirituality, and the Metaphysics of the Future” Sedona Conference
on Media, Education, and the Future, 1998.
“Unity, Diversity, and the Evolution of a Global Society” Sedona Conference
on Media, Education, and the Future, 1998.
“Introduction to the Odyssey of the Future” Opening Address - Sedona
Conference on Media, Education, and the Future, 1998.
The Odyssey of the Future, Integrated
Studies Textbook, Rio Salado College, 1996-2000.
“The
Impact of Information Technology: Learning, Living, and Loving in the Future” Visions, Spring, 1996.
“Integrative Education for the Contemporary and Future World: The PASS Program
at Rio Salado Community College” International Conference on Teaching and
Leadership Excellence, Austin, Texas, 1996.
Student Handbook for Activated Learning (with J. Arle, P. Case, and V. Smith) Rio Salado Community College, 1994.
“General Systems Theory and Clinical Psychology” NCSPP Newsletter,
Summer, 1990.
The Reciprocity of Perceiver and Environment.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 1987. Translated into Japanese,
2000.
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