Ian D. McMahan

Background

Ian McMahan was born in the United States.

Education

Ian McMahan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics from Princeton University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Developmental and Child Psychology from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Career

Ian McMahan began his career at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York as an associate professor of psychology. Presently he is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

As a developmental psychologist, McMahan has written in major academic journals about his research on children's achievement. As an author, he has written fiction and nonfiction for both adults and children. His books range from children's mysteries to historical novels and include “Highlights of American History” that was written in 1968, “The Fox's Lair” in 1983, “ESP McGee and the Ghost Ship” in 1984, “Lake Fear” in 1985, “The Lost Forest” in 1985.

McMahan was an editor of “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: One of the Most Powerful Self-Help Guides Ever Written” that came out in 2000, “The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power” and “Think Yourself Rich: Use the Power of Your Subconscious Mind to Find True Wealth” in 2001.

Among Ian McMahan’s other writings are “Footwork” that was published in 1986, “Get It Done! A Guide to Motivation, Determination, and Achievement” in 1996, “Secrets of the Pharaohs”, “From the Shamrock Store”, “Adolescence” in 2008, “Chronotherapy: Resetting Your Inner Clock to Boost Mood, Alertness, and Quality Sleep” in 2012 and he is a contributor to periodicals.

Achievements

• Ian McMahan's doctoral dissertation won the James McKeen Cattell Prize, which was awarded by the New York Academy of Sciences and his research papers have appeared in prestigious journals.

Works

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  • Get It Done! A Guide to Motivation, Determination, and Achievement

    (A guide to overcoming self-defeating habits and fulfillin...)

    1996
  • Adolescence

    (Adolescence, by Ian McMahan, combines rigorous, scientifi...)

    2008
  • Lake Fear

    (While investigating the source of a strange disease, Rick...)

    1985
  • The Lost Forest

    (Alec, a disembodied personality inside the circuits of a ...)

    1985
  • Chronotherapy: Resetting Your Inner Clock to Boost Mood, Alertness, and Quality Sleep

    (Beginning with a questionnaire that pinpoints the problem...)

    2012
  • ESP McGee and the Ghost Ship

    (ESP McGee uses his powers of extrasensory perception to i...)

    1984
  • Footwork

    (At thirty, Jennifer Helson runs her own very successful i...)

    1986
  • Secrets of the Pharaohs

    (Mankind's fascination with Ancient Egypt has never waned ...)

    1998
  • The Fox's Lair 1983
  • Highlights of American history 1968

Membership

Ian McMahan is a member of the PEN American Center and the PEN Freedom to Write Committee.

Interests

• Exploring the back roads and country lanes of Southern France.

Connections

Ian McMahan is married.