Goal(s) in the NOM
Examine NOM practices in a way that connects textual traditions, oral traditions, retreat instructions, phenomenology of meditation, and third person measures. Develop and test hypotheses about the fundamental nature of consciousness.
Education
BA English Literature, Amherst College; MA Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University; PhD Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
Experience
25 years of research in Contemplative Science
Select Publications
- Compendium Selection Committee, Dalai Lama XIV, and Dunne, J.D. (2020)The Mind. Edited by Thupten Jinpa. Introduction by the Dalai Lama XIV. Contextual essays by J.D. Dunne. Translated by J.D. Dunne and D. Rochard. Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 2. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.
- Timmermann, C., Barba, T., Sanders, J., Offort, S., Dunne, J., Erritzoe, D., & Lutz, A. (Under review) “Neural Effects and Phenomenology of Nondual Meditation and 5-Meo-DMT in an Expert Meditation Practitioner.” Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/whqdp_v1.
- Dunne, J.D., Thompson, E. & Schooler, J. (2019) “Mindful Meta-Awareness: Sustained and Non-Propositional.” Current Opinion in Psychology 28: 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.003.
- Dunne, J.D. (2019) “Innate Human Connectivity and Śāntideva’s Cultivation of Compassion.” In Readings of Śāntideva’s Guide to Bodhisattva Practice. Edited by J. Gold and D. Duckworth. New York, NY: Columbia University Press: 235-252.
- Dunne, J.D. (2018) “Reflexivity in Buddhist Epistemology: Implications for Cooperative Cognition.” In Dualities, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizational Life. Edited by W. Smith et al. Perspectives on Process Organization Studies. New York, NY: Oxford University Press: 82-105.
- Lutz, A., Jha, A., Dunne, J.D. & Saron, C. (2015) “Investigating the Phenomenological Matrix of Mindfulness-related Practices from a Neurocognitive Perspective.” American Psychologist 70/7: 632–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0039585.