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Santa Margarita Lake Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453
(805) 438-4088 phone (805) 438-3355 fax cherylgenet@msn.com
Current Professional
Positions and Activities
Orion Institute:
Director, Science and Human Meaning Project Manager
Cuesta College – Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
California State Polytechnic University Osher Institute: Instructor
Collins Family Foundation: Director of the Cultural Evolution in Business
Project
Collins Foundation Press: Managing Editor
Conference Chair: Science, Wisdom, and the Future Conference - California 2009
Conference Facilitator: Galileo’s Legacy – Hawaii 2009
Website designer: Orion Observatory, Orion Institute, Collins Foundation Press,
and
Humanity Participants’ Conference Series
Teaching Experience
Cuesta College – San
Luis Obispo (2007-2008)
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Introduction to
Philosophy
California
Polytechnic State University Osher Institute courses (2004-2006)
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Science and the
Human Spirit in Dialogue: Advances in science, spiritual responses, and
future dialogue.
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Science and
Spirituality in America: Understanding America’s unique science and
spirituality dialogue.
Central
Arizona Community College (Arizona Social Sciences Teaching Certification 2001)
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U.S. History:
Course instruction and development of student experience in preparing and
participating in a history symposium and publishing its proceedings.
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Western
Civilization: Course instruction including the student preparation of an
on-campus symposium with published proceedings.
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Introduction to
Astronomy: Assistant instructor, course development and implementation.
Faculty advisor to the student-formed Superstition Mountains Observatory.
Beatitudes Elementary
School, La Mirada, CA (1978-1987)
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Religious
Education: Certified Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Instructor –
Preschool and Jr. High.
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Physical
Education Instructor and Sports Program Director: Developed the girl’s
physical education. program including course curriculum, skills development,
and after-school sports program.
Jeans & Jodhpurs
Equestrian School, Santa Fe Springs, CA (1975-1989)
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Management,
curriculum development, individual instruction, instructor education, and
clinic direction.
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Equestrian skills
course development for Brownies, Girl Scouts, and La Mirada Parks and
Recreation.
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Certified
Instructor, Regional Occupational Equestrian Program of the La
Mirada-Norwalk School District.
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Regional
Occupational Horsecare site management and student horsecare apprentice
training.
Education
Doctoral Degree:
Interdisciplinary Studies, Science and Theology (2006), Union Institute and
University, Cincinnati.
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Coursework:
history and philosophy of science, theology and doctrinal development,
interfaith relations, cosmology, process theology, global community, current
theories of complex systems dynamics, self-organization, non-equilibrium
thermodynamics, and emergent phenomena.
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Dissertation:
A Comparison of Emergent Complexity and Process Thought: Identifying and
Assessing Areas of Conflict.
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Committee
approved dissertation - Degree pending administrative processing.
Masters Degree:
Interdisciplinary Studies (2001), California State University, Fullerton.
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Coursework:
anthropology, history, American studies, philosophy, philosophy of science,
and religion.
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Thesis:
Science and Theology Interface: A Comparison of Intelligent Design and
Theistic Evolution.
Bachelors Degree:
Psychology (1992), California State University, Fullerton.
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Coursework:
history, philosophy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, math, psychology, and
physiology.
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Research Project:
A Study in Religious Attitudes.
Current
Professional Projects
Orion Institute
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Directing the Institute’s Science and Spirituality project. The project’s
components include courses for life-long learning programs, public presentation,
adult education, and regular college curriculum as well as conferences and
seminars, edited proceedings, and books for both peer and popular audiences.
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Conference facilitation – Evolutionary Epic (Hawaii, 2008) and Galileo’s Legacy
(Hawaii, 2009)
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Scheduled courses for 2007-2008: Science and Spirituality in America,
Science and the Human Spirit, and Comparative Religions and Worldviews:
Maps of Reality.
Collins Family
Foundation
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Directing the foundation’s Cultural Evolution in Business Project. The
project includes the development of exploratory workshops, conferences,
publications, and applications training.
Collins Foundation
Press
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Co-editor of proceedings for The Evolutionary Epic: Science’s Story and
Humanity’s Response – to be published in winter, 2008.
Recently Completed
Professional Projects
Orion Institute
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Conference
Facilitator: Evolutionary Epic Conference – Hawaii (2008)
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Conference
Co-chair – Evolution of Religion (2007)
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Conference
coordinator: Cosmic Evolution and Big History Conference (2004).
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Production and
distribution of Humanity: The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants. Russell
Genet. 2007.
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Co-organizer and
retreat coordinator: Evolutionary Conference – Evolutionary
Directionality, Emergent Complexity, and the Future of Humanity: A
Synergistic Salon. The conference was a joint project of the Orion
Institute and The Great Story Project (2004).
Collins Foundation
Press
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Evolution of
Religion Conference: Co-Editor of the Proceedings
Collins Family
Foundation
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Workshop
Facilitator – Religion and Sustainability (2007)
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Conference
coordinator and proceedings editor: The Profitable Sustainability Project
(developed in cooperation with the Future 500 Foundation). Proceedings:
Profitable Sustainability: Revealing the Hidden Win-Win Potential for the
Industry (2003).
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Raynault
Foundation - Student advisor and project coordinator for the Student World
Assembly (SWA). SWA is a global democratic forum for students around the
globe communicating through Internet, local campus chapters, and a yearly,
in-person, international convention.
Publications
Published Papers
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World Community:
Our Search for a Global Cosmology. Journal of Faith and Science Exchange
(2002).
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Undergraduate
Astronomical Research: Adventures in Photometry. Proceedings of the
Symposium on Telescope Science (2002).
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Community College
Class Devoted to Astronomical Research. The Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society (2002).
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Photoelectric
Photometry of the Bright Cepheid U Aqu. The Bulletin of the Astronomical
Society (2002).
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Learner-Centered
Introductory Astronomy Community College Course. The Bulletin of the
Astronomical Society (2002).
Books under
development (tentative titles)
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Comparative
Religions and Worldviews: Maps of Reality
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Historical
Interfaces between Evolutionary Scientists and Process Philosophy
Professional
Memberships
Center for Theology
and Natural Science
Institute for
Religion in an Age of Science
The Center for
Process Studies
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