The Mind Behind the Magic
Professor, Entrepreneur, and Dream Guide.
Turn your dreams into action!
Dr. Alexander Randall 5th
Alex Randall has taught the Psychology of Dreaming all over the world. Thousands of dreamers in more than 40 countries have turned on their dreaming minds.
Alex is professor of Digital Media Communication at the University of the Virgin Islands. He is the faculty adviser to the communication laboratory and the radio stations WUVI, “The Voice of the University.”
Among other courses, he teaches the Psychology of Sleep and Dreaming and classes in Creative Problem Solving.
His dream work had practical application. He dreamed up the World's first E-commerce business - Boston Computer Exchange – – and the East West Educational Development Foundation, which recycled computers and supported democracy around the world after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He turns dreams into action.
Randall is the author of Dream Wizard Conquers His Knightmare and Dream Wizard ESCAPES, Dream Wizard Pirate Gold and the forthcoming - Dream Wizard at Altered State University among many other publications.
He earned his doctoral degree at Columbia University under the direction of Dr. Margaret Mead, working on the origins of novel ideas, the diffusion of innovation, and the psychology of sleep. His dissertation was a field study among a tribe of dreamers. He holds two additional master’s degrees, also from Columbia, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Princeton, where he studied sleep and dreaming with Dr. Henry Reed and Psychedelics with Dr. Humphry Osmond. His research focuses on the psychology of the visionary experience, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and the edges of insanity.
Curriculum Vitae
| Degree | Institution | Field | Dates | Additional Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed.D. | Teacher’s College Fellow, Columbia University |
Language, Literature, Speech and Theater: Communication, General Systems Research, Psychology, Anthropology |
1978 |
Margaret Mead – Senior Advisor, Dissertation Advisor |
| M.Ed. | Columbia University | International Education Development | 1975 | - |
| M.A. | Columbia University | Educational Technology | 1977 | - |
| B.A. | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
Psychology Thesis: Phenomenology of Schizophrenia |
1973 | - |
Papers in Professional Journals
Transcripts of my interview with J. Presper Eckert on the 60th anniversary of the unveiling of ENIAC. February 14, 2006.
www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,108790,00.html
news.com.com/ENIAC+The+politics+of+invention/2009-1006_3-6038112.html
Quotes in Caring Quotes: A Compendium of Caring Thought, The Brothers Halamandaris, Caring Publishing, Washington, 1994.
Unleashing Creativity, Science Digest Magazine.
Entrepreneurship Science Digest Magazine.
The Aata of D’Nalyram, The European, Journal of the University of Maryland Overseas Division, October, 1979.
Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships
University of the Virgin Islands, President’s Award, WUVI Radio station
University of the Virgin Islands, Small Business Development Center, Community Citizenship Award, 2005
Small Business Administration, Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year, Massachusetts District, 1997
Daily Princetonian Prize, Greatest Contribution to the Princeton University Campus, 1973