Adjunct Faculty
James Jordan, Ph.D. (“Dr. J”) is from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and has been with IAIA for 2+ years. He was the former Director of Counseling Services at IAIA (May, 2011), and presently is an Adjunct Faculty teaching Introduction to Psychology through the Distance Education Program.
His background as a psychologist includes over 25 years as a psychotherapist, and in academics he has specialized in multi-cultural psychology, especially with Native American issues (Indigenous Psychology) and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Jordan first began teaching college in 1989, and has taught at Metro State College (Denver); Naropa University (Boulder); University of Denver-University College; University of Maryland-University College-Asia (Japan); Northwestern Polytechnical University (Xi’an, Peoples Republic of China); and the former College of Santa Fe. He has several publications you can download (See below Bibliography).
On Waynu Picchu, overlooking Machu Picchu below (2000)
Bibliography
Jordan (1988) Preventing Adolescent Suicide – Interventions with Native Americans
Jordan (1997) Mental Health Considerations with the Yupik Eskimo
Jordan (2002) The Japanese Ainu and Native Americans
Jordan (2004) The Gupta Period-The Classical Age of Art in India
Jordan (2004) Confucian and Taoist Principles in Chinese Literati Paintings
Jordan (2006) Acupuncture Treatment for Opiate Addiction: A Systematic Review
Jordan (2011) Indigenous Psychology in North America -Lessons Learned from Neo-Colonialism
Jordan (2011) Curriculum Vitae
At the Great Wall, China (2005)
Kyoto, Japan (2003)
