Dr. Lois J. Parker

Lois J. Parker, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, who has been at the university since 1979. For much of her tenure here, she has been the chief administrator and director of the Counseling and Testing Center.

In recent years, she has participated in several humanitarian initiatives with People to People International, and, in 2003, she was the recipient of the university's Thornton Peace Prize.

Her research interest focuses on the mythopoeic process (both narrative and imagistic) resonating between the
literary arts and psychotherapy--its influence on consciousness (individual, historical, and mythological) and its possibilities for transforming the future. She is the author of Mythopoesis and The Crisis Of Postmodernism: Toward Integrating Image And Story.

"I believe the work that Viktoria, the Center's staff, and our Board of Directors are doing is one giant step toward making our world of tomorrow a far better place than it would be without such a program. Past, present, and future are linked, reinforcing lessons of peace and tolerance."

Profession
Director, Counseling & Testing Center