Background
Vakoch, Douglas Allen was born on June 16, 1961 in Ada, Minnesota, United States. Son of Alvin Harris and Stella Mae Vakoch.
Vakoch, Douglas Allen was born on June 16, 1961 in Ada, Minnesota, United States. Son of Alvin Harris and Stella Mae Vakoch.
Bachelor in Religion, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1983. Master of Arts in History and Philosophy of Science, University Notre Dame, Indiana, 1991. Master of Arts, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1994.
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1996.
Clinical intern University Wisconsin-Madison Hospital and Clinics, 1995-1996. Postdoctoral fellow Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1996-1998. Research associate department psychology University California, Davis, since 1999.
Columnist SPACE.com, since 2000. Social scientist Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, California, since 1999, director interstellar message composition, since 2001. Core faculty member clinical psychology doctoral program California Institute Integral Studies, since 2005, faculty chairman, since 2007.
Presenter, lecturer in field. Chairman study group examining the plausibilityof extraterrestrial altruism International Academy Astronautics.
Vice president Minnesota Junior Academy of Sciences, St. Paul, 1978. Vice chair International Academy Astronautics Interstellar Message Construction Group. Chair International Academy Astronatuics Study Group Examining the Plausibility of Extraterrestrial Altruism.
Member International Society for Arts, Sciences and Technology (member space and arts advisory committee 2001^), International Academy Astronautics (search for extraterrestrial intelligence committee), International Institute Space Law, Society for Cross Cultural Research (exec.com.).
Married Julie Gnarl Bayless, September 2, 2000.