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H. Ronald Hulnick

H. Ronald (“Ron”) Hulnick, Ph.D., was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is the President and Co-Director of the University of Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California. Holding this position since 1981, he and his wife, Mary R. Hulnick, Ph.D., are pioneers and innovators in the field of Spiritual Psychology. In 1980, the University Board engaged the services of Dr. H. Ronald Hulnick and Dr. Mary R. Hulnick as President and Academic Vice President, respectively, to implement the University’s first program, now the two-year Master of Arts Program in Spiritual Psychology. Dr. Ron Hulnick currently serves on the Board of Trustees. Along with his wife, Dr. Mary R. Hulnick, they are the founding faculty and designers of the University’s two Graduate Degree Programs in Spiritual Psychology and Consciousness, Health, and Healing. He is actively involved in designing programs and seminars for the University, including USM’s Online Program.

Prior to working at USM, Ron and Mary Hulnick were educating Master’s and Doctoral level students at New Mexico State University to become professional counselors.

Dr. Ron Hulnick holds a Ph.D. in Counseling and Educational Psychology from New Mexico State University and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University. Licensed in the state of California as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Ron Hulnick has been in private practice for over 25 years, working with individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Education

Long Island University – M.S., 1965

New Mexico State University – Ph.D., 1978

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist – California

Published Works & Film

Dr. Ron Hulnick, in partnership with Dr. Mary R. Hulnick, has written Loyalty to Your Soul: The Heart of Spiritual Psychology, published by Hay House in February 2011.

Dr. Hulnick is the founder of USM's Prison Project, a service project conducted by USM graduates at Valley State Women’s Prison in Chowchilla, California, which has been on-going since 2004. Freedom to Choose is co-directed and co-facilitated by the husband-and-wife team [http://www.universityofsantamonica.edu/Graduate_Programs/Bios/David_Paul.html%20%20 Drs. David and Bonnie Paul]. This service project inspired the award-winning documentary Freedom to Choose for which Dr. Hulnick is an Executive Producer. The Freedom to Choose Workshop was nominated for the 2006 "Exemplary Offender Program Award" sponsored by the American Correctional Association (ACA).

Freedom to Choose has won the following awards:

•	Winner - Documentary category, 2009 Very Short Movie Festival, December 31, 2009

•	Winner - Documentary category, 2009 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, May 16, 2009

•	2009 West Chester Film Festival, West Chester, Pennsylvania, April 24-26, 2009

•	2009 White Sands Film Festival, Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 23-26, 2009

•	2009 Ventura Film Festival, Ventura, California, March 26-29, 2009

•	2009 Honolulu International Film Festival, Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, March 13-15, 2009

Personal Quotes

“Spiritual Psychology is about freedom and compassion; not as concepts, but as realities born of our own experience.”

“Every time one person resolves one issue, the whole of humanity moves forward.”

”From the vantage point of Spiritual Psychology, we see that we are Souls who have come here in this lifetime to fulfill spiritual curriculum. As spiritual beings, our primary goal is not to change life on this earth. Rather, life on this earth exists the way it does to provide us with experiences through which we can transform ourselves—meaning learning to express the essence of who we are in full and deeper ways. And the best description of our inherent nature is that we are, at our core, comprised of the energy we call Loving. So spiritual evolution is about becoming more and more aware of our nature as Loving beings.”