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Oliver Markley is Professor Emeritus and the former Chair of the Studies of the Future graduate program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, and the founding Principal of Inward Bound.

Education

Dr. Markley received a B.S. in 1962 and a M.S. in 1963 in design engineering from San Diego State and Stanford University. In 1966 he received a M.A. and in 1968, a Ph.D. in social psychology from Northwestern University.

Professional Career

Markley specialties include interactive guided visioning and enhancement of intuition; enhancement of foresight, creativity, and resilience; and proactive policy analysis. He has consulted and worked with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the U.S. National Institute of Education, NASA Johnson Space Center, Apple, Texas Instruments, Conoco, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and the International Association for Humanistic Psychology.

Dr. Markley is a member of the World Future Society and Association of Professional Futurists, and a fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation.

• 2013 – Present: Senior Fellow, Institute for Alternative Futures
• 2005: Visiting Fellow, Precurve, LLC
• 2003-2004: Founding Coordinator of the Walnut Creek (CA) Integral Transformative Practice (ITP) Community
• 2000 – Present: Founding Principal, Inward Bound
• 2000-Present: Professor Emeritus (Ret.) of Human Sciences, University of Houston-Clear Lake
• 1989 – 2000: Professor Studies of the Future graduate program, University of Houston-Clear Lake
• 1979 – 2000: Chair of the Studies of the Future graduate program, University of Houston-Clear Lake
• 1978 – 1989: Associate Professor Studies of the Future graduate program, University of Houston-Clear Lake
• 1968 – 1978: Senior Policy Analyst, Principal Investigator and Consultant at the Center for Study of Social Policy, Management and Social Systems Group, SRI International
• 1967-68: NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow at the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
• 1958-1964: Design engineer, computer systems programmer, and draftsman at numerous California Aerospace firms (need firm names here)

Bibliography

Changing Images of Man, 1982, ISBN 978-0080243139

Information and the Future: A Handbook of Sources and Strategies, 1988

America Beyond 2001: Opposing Viewpoints, 1995, ISBN 978-1565102927

Twenty First Century Earth: Opposing Viewpoints, 1996, ISBN 978-1565104143