By Emma Meyer and Kristin Leaman
Title: Marlene Dobkin de Rios papers, 1968-2008
Predominant Dates:1968-2008
Extent: 0.5 Cubic feet. More info below.
Date Acquired: 10/06/2009
Subjects: Psychoactive Substances Research Collection at Purdue University., Psychology, Psychotropic drugs
Forms of Material: Clippings (Information artifacts), Correspondence, Ephemera, Manuscripts (document genre), Programs
Languages: English, German, Spanish;Castilian
Marlene Dobkin de Rios was born on April 12, 1939 in New York to Bernard and Anne Dobkin. Dobkin de Rios received her BA in Psychology from Queens College in 1959, her MA in Anthropology from New York University in 1963, and her PhD from the University of California, Riverside in 1972. She is a fellow of the American Anthropological Association and the Royal Anthropological Institute and served as president for the Ethnopharmacology Society (1979-1981) and the Southwestern Anthropological Association (1979-1980). She taught cultural anthropology at California State University-Fullerton (1969-2000), where she is now Professor Emerita of Anthropology. Dobkin de Rios is a medical anthropologist and psychotherapist who works as an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the University of California-Irvine. She also works as a transcultural specialist helping those from other cultures and has developed a technique called “Visualization Strategies for Success,” which is used to help individuals improve their professional testtaking abilities. Dobkin de Rios’ anthropological fieldwork is extensive, as she has conducted research on ayahuasca in Peru and Brazil, which resulted in several publications. Dobkin de Rios’ impressive and diverse accomplishments range from her work as a cultural anthropologist, medical anthropologist, and psychotherapist. Among her most recent publications are Brief Psychotherapy with the Latino Immigrant Client (2000), LSD Spirituality and the Creative Process with Oscar Janiger (2003), “Anthropologist as Fortuneteller” in Skeptic Magazine (2006), A Hallucinogenic Tea, Laced with Controversy (2008), and The Psychedelic Journey of Marlene Dobkin de Rios: 45 Years with Shamans, Ayahuasqueros and Ethnobotanists (2011).
Sources:
Dobkin de Rios, Marlene. “Contemporary Authors Online.” Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Web. 7 Jan. 2011. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGrou pName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=norm al&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000025907&mode=view&userGroupName=purdue_ main&jsid=e77a7ffbd94c4d22d1a621fcf713743c
Dobkin de Rios, Marlene. “Marlene Dobkin de Rios Ph.D., L.M.F.C.” Marlene Dobkin de Rios. 2008. www.marlenedobkinderios.com
“Marlene Dobkin de Rios.” The Vaults of Erowid. Last modified March 18, 2009. http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/dobkin_derios_marlene/dobkin_derios_marlene.sht ml
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Alternate Extent Statement: 1 box
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Acquisition Source: Marlene Dobkin de Rios
Preferred Citation: MSP 72, Marlene Dobkin de Rios papers, Karnes Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Processing Information: All materials have been placed in archival housing.
Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/dobkinderios_m.pdf
Third Annual Conference: Do Psychedelic Drugs have Religious Implications
The Ways of Mankind
Hallucinogenic Drugs Use in Non-Western Cultures
American Psychological Association 97th Annual Convention
Annual Meeting: Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
Higher Consciousness & the Island Group present: The Bridge Conference: Linking the Past, Present, and Future of Psychedelics
Primer Congreso Mundial de Medicina Folklorica
