Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD
Number of books: 1
Carlos S. Alvarado has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Edinburgh, and holds masters degrees in parapsychology (MS, John F. Kennedy University), and in history (MA, Duke University). His work has centered on studies about the history of psychical research, and on survey research (on out-of-body experiences and other psychic experiences).
Alvarado is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation, and Adjunct Research Faculty at Sofia University (formerly Institute of Transpersonal Psychology). He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Near-Death Studies and the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.
He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Scientific Exploration, and the Book Review Editor of the Journal of Parapsychology. Alvarado is also the recipient of the 2010 Parapsychological Association’s Outstanding Contribution Award, the 2017 Parapsychological Association’s Outstanding Career Award, and of the 2010 Harold and Sherry Crasilneck Award for Best First Paper on Hypnosis published in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis.
Regarding publications, Alvarado is one of the editors of Research in Parapsychology 1993 (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998), and the author of booklets for introducing parapsychology to the general public (Getting Started in Parapsychology. New York: Parapsychology Foundation, 2002; Apuntes para una Introducción a la Parapsicología. New York: Parapsychology Foundation, 1999). He has published over 340 articles in publications such as: Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, History of Psychiatry, Journal of Psychology, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal of Parapsychology, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, Journal of Scientific Exploration, and the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.
His articles about historical topics include: (2019). Musings on materializations: Eric J. Dingwall on “The Plasma Theory.” Journal of Scientific Exploration, 33, 73–113; (2019). Classic text No.119: Jules Bernard Luys on magnetic pathology. History of Psychiatry, 30, 359–374; (2019). Eight decades of psi research: Highlights in the Journal of Parapsychology. Journal of Parapsychology, 82, 24-35; (2017). Telepathy, mediumship and psychology: Psychical research at the international congresses of psychology, 1889–1905. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 31, 255-292; (2015). (with N.L. Zingrone). Note on the reception of Théodore Flournoy’s Des Indes à le Planète Mars. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 79, 156-164; (2014). Mediumship, psychical research, dissociation, and the powers of the subconscious mind. Journal of Parapsychology, 78, 98–114. (2012). Psychic phenomena and the mind-body problem: Historical notes on a neglected conceptual tradition. In A. Moreira-Almeida and F.S. Santos (Eds.), Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship (pp. 35-51). New York: Springer Science + Business Media; (2012). (First author, with R. Evrard). The psychic sciences in France: Historical notes on the Annales des Sciences Psychiques. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 26, 117–140; (2011). Eusapia Palladino: An autobiographical essay. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 25, 77-101; (2010). Classic text No. 84: ‘Divisions of personality and spiritism’ by Alfred Binet (1896). History of Psychiatry, 21, 487-500; (2009). Late nineteenth and early twentieth century discussions of animal magnetism. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 57, 366-381; (2002) Dissociation in Britain during the late nineteenth century: The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1900. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 3, 9-33.
Carlos’ blog can be found at www.carlossalvarado.wordpress.com
