Mark L. McCaslin, Ph.D.
- M.A., Transpersonal Studies, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2004
- Ph.D., Community and Human Resource Development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1993
- M.S., Vocational Education, University of Wyoming, 1989
- B.S., Animal Science, University of Wyoming, 1983
- B.S., Wildlife Conservation and Management, University of Wyoming, 1982
Mark is an Associate Professor. As a career educator, he has a rich history of teaching, educational programming, and administration. His personal and professional interests flow around the development of philosophies, principles, and practices dedicated to the full actualization of human potential. The focus of his research has centered upon organizational leadership and educational approaches that foster a more holistic approach towards the actualization of that potential. At the apex of his current teaching, writing, and research is the emergence of transpersonal leadership. He has developed a set of practices called the potentiating arts aimed a the full actualization of human potential.
The potentiating arts reveal a deeper purpose for leading, teaching and parenting (potentiating) that engenders an ethical approach towards the full actualization of human potential. The potentiating arts form a moral imperative that is directly supported and informed by creativity, spirituality, and empowerment. The potentiating arts engage the potentiator in relationships of human potential as they collectively seek the wisdom of a synergistic society. Mark is currently engaging these practices through speaking and teaching in community and organizational training venues.
As a research methodologist Mark has taught quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches to research. He has published several articles on research techniques and approaches. In direct connection to his interest in full actualization of human potential he is developing an ontologically centered approach to research called transformative inquiry. Transformative inquiry applies itself at the intersection of disciplines, namely; eudaimonistic philosophy (the philosophy of human potential), transpersonal psychology (the psychology of human potential), and transformative teaching and learning (the learning of and about human potential). Transformative inquiry is co-situated as the inquiry into the natures of human potential and into the characteristics of human goodness.
