Bob Morgan, Ph.D.

I have been given an interesting trail to follow. For over four decades, I have been involved, directly and indirectly, in the development and application of clinical, educational and community development programs related to the health service needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives. It was a path that was laid out for me from birth. I am of Lakota, Latvian, German and Welsh ancestry.

My academic training was in the disciplines of pre-medicine, anthropology, sociology and psychology. This culminated in a Ph.D. degree in psychology from Kent State University in 1970, the year burned into history by the events of that time. This was an interesting event for someone who was expelled as a sophomore from high school in Worcester, Massachusetts as an ‘academic resistor.’

My life training took place in indigenous communities around the world, starting at birth and continuing to this day through ceremony, prayer and intimate contact with tribal leaders, traditional healers, and a wide variety of individuals from the Four Directions who are involved in the effort to encourage the healing of our people.

I have lectured and developed programs at all academic levels in a variety of universities and public schools and have traveled extensively throughout the world attending and presenting at major conferences in a variety of disciplines. I have come to understand the vast amount of wisdom available to us in our efforts to integrate the power of the past with our present and future efforts for healing of the people and our home--Mother Earth.