Mclaughlin, Corinne

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MCLAUGHLIN, Corinne

MCLAUGHLIN, Corinne. American, b. 1947. Genres: Sociology. Career: U.S. Social Security Administration, NYC, claims representative, 1968; Ramparts, San Francisco, CA, editorial assistant, 1970-71; Rolling Stone, San Francisco, editorial assistant, 1972; Marianne Frostig School for the Educationally Handicapped, Los Angeles, CA, educational therapist, 1974; Sirius Inc. (educational center and ecological village), Shutesbury, MA, cofounder, 1978, director of public relations, 1978-90, director of educational programs, publishing, and the book store, 1978-85, and co-founder of Sirius School of Spiritual Science; co-director of New Synthesis Institute, 1986-88. Adjunct professor at Findhorn Foundation (Scotland), 1975-77, Boston College, 1979-80, American University, 1982 and 1991-93, and University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987-95; guest lecturer at more than two hundred colleges and universities; public lecturer on social change. Publications: (with G. Davidson) Builders of the Dawn: Community Lifestyles in a Changing World, 1985, 3rd ed, 1993; The New Synthesis, 1987; (with G. Davidson) Spiritual Politics: Changing the World From the Inside Out, 1994. Contributor to magazines. Address: Sirius Educational Resources, P.O. Box 1101, Greenbelt, MD 20768, U.S.A.

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