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Katherine V. Masis, M.A.

 

Katherine Masis holds a licentiate degree in philosophy from the Universidad de Costa Rica and a master's degree in clinical psychology from Saint Michael's College, Vermont. Born and raised in San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America, of an American mother and a Costa Rican father, Katherine worked as a bilingual community mental health counselor in Oregon for four years and went back to teaching philosophy at Universidad de Costa Rica. Her current interests are bridging philosophy and psychology, gender issues and the interactions between charisma and power.(katherinemasis@gmail.com)

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Masis, Katherine: "Compassion Betrayed: Spiritual Abuse in an American Zen Center" - abstract
The Great Failure: A Bartender, a Monk, and My Unlikely Path to Truth - book review by Katherine Masis

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