Complete Bio
Geoffry D. White, PhD
BA UCLA (Psychology) 1968
PhD University of Oregon 1973
Predoctoral Internship UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute 1972-1973
Postdoctoral Fellow SUNY Stony Brook 1973-74
Prof. of Psychology CSU Fullerton 1974-84.
Adjunct Prof of Psychiatry: UCLA and UCI 1985 - 95
Private Practice Psychology 1975 - present (45 years)
Projects
1993 Los Angeles earthquake: Trauma first aid specialist
1994-95 Trauma training in Bosnia and Croatia
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I have numerous published articles in respected professional journals.
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A photo art project I did with children in Croatia and Bosnia is in the permanent collection of The Smithsonian in Wash DC.
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I did a presentation at Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, and had local children read stories written by Balkan kids. This was written up in LA Times and The Miami Herald.
2001: NYC terrorist attack 10 days as trauma specialist
1997 - 2005 Cervical Cancer early intervention program in
Africa and SE Asia.
2001: Published “Campus Inc: Corporate Power in the Ivory Tower” (including chapters by Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader,
Howard Zinn, etc)
Met my daughter Lauren in NYC to march for climate action with 500,000 people. She was a member of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra (saxophone player) marching band and I marched along with them.
(2007) Hummingbird Project.
I admired Luis Mazariegos hummingbird photos in National Geographic so I contacted him and brought him to US to do a fund raiser for his work in the jungles of Colombia to help the peasant farmers who were being terrorized and run off their land by drug lords.
BADD (Ban All Drunk Driving): 1(990s) I worked with a low income inner city single mom who lost both her kids to a drunk driver on her way home from church. We created an organization similar to MADD, organized a lot of speaking engagements especially at the high school level (her older son was high school age).
League of Women Voters: worked with them and allied groups on campaign finance reform initiative in California.
Board of Directors for CaPA (Calif cut for PNHP) : was the rep in State Senator Kuehl’s office. A bill was passed in State Legislature to turn California into total single payer. The governor (Arnold) vetoed it twice.
Active member of MTA (Move to Amend) 2018 - present.
Paul Kivel as consultant to Laguna Beach racist incident
Political Art Projects:
BADD
Lip Service
He Who Bears Witness and Does Nothing, Abets
Democracy for Sale
Awards:
2 years in a row 1995, 1996Humanitarian Award from EMDR
California Psychological Association Humanitarian Award 1997
Los Angeles County Psychological Association Humanitarian Award 1998
Greatest Achievements:
Lauren and Eric (my kids)
Bodhi (my Labrador non-Retriever)
DOuG (my current Golden Retriever)
Current Interests:
Piano
Staying healthy
Surfing: I learned to surf at age 65 and have surfed in Bali, Hawaii, Central California Coast and Austin wave pool with my daughter Lauren.