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CO-CHAIR SPOTLIGHT:
Patrick McNamara, PhD
Patrick McNamara, PhD is Professor of Psychology at Northcentral University, and holds appointments as
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and Research and
Associate Professor of Neurology at Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine in
Minneapolis. His main scholarly interest is in sleep medicine. He is the author of over 60 papers on sleep and
dreams, as well as several single author books and co-edited volumes on sleep and dreams. His most recent
book is "The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams" (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He maintains a blog on
sleep and dreams for Psychology Today Online. He has been awarded grants from the National Institutes of
Health to study the evolutionary biology and functions of sleep and dreams as well as REM and NREM dream
differences. In 2009-2010 he appeared on the PBS (NOVA), program "What Are Dreams?" In 2012-2013 he
appeared in PBS "Closer to Truth" series on sleep and dreams. In 2013 he was named Chief Science Advisor
to Dreamboard.com. He is regularly interviewed on sleep and dreams in international media forums including
online blogs, traditional radio and TV, and traditional print magazines/newspapers such as Time magazine,
Science Weekly, and the Daily Mail in London. His work on nightmares and dreams has been turned into a
theater production and an art installation in Washington DC. His other scholarly interests are in neuropsychology,
health psychology, psychology of religion, and research methods.
The Psychology Bulletin
"The mission of the Northcentral University
Psychological Association (NCUPA) is to assist
psychology students in becoming ethically
informed professionals and scholars."
