About Me
Sonali Bhatt Marwaha, Ph.D., holds a BSc with a major in child development from University of Mumbai, MA in Clinical Psychology and MPhil in psychology from S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Bombay. She was awarded a PhD by the Dept. of Psychology and Parapsychology, Andhra University, for a theoretical analysis of belief systems, self, and emotions, for which she was awarded the J. B. Rhine Biennial Research Award. She has had brief stints in clinical work and teaching. Presently she is a research associate with the Laboratories for Fundamental Research. Her recent publications include Colors of Truth: Religion, Self and Emotions (2006), and Anomalous Cognition: Remote Viewing Research and Theory (2014), co-edited with Edwin C. May. Her forthcoming works include Extrasensory perception: Support, Skepticism, And Science, Volume I — History, controversy, and research, & Vol. II –Theories. Praeger Publications, co-edited with Edwin C. May.
Educational Qualifications:
1985: B.Sc. Child Development, University of Bombay, India
1987: M.A. Clinical Psychology, S.N.D.T. Women's University, Bombay, India
1990: M.Phil. Psychology, S.N.D.T. Women's University, Bombay, India
2003: Ph.D., Psychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
Books
May, E. C. & Marwaha, S. B. (2015). Extrasensory perception: Support, Skepticism, And Science, Volume I — History, controversy, and research. Praeger Publications.
May, E. C. & Marwaha, S. B. (2015). Extrasensory perception: Support, skepticism, and science, Volume II — THeories of Psi. Praeger Publications.
May, E. C. & S.B. Marwaha, (Eds.). (2014). Anomalous cognition: Remote viewing research and theory. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Marwaha, S. B. (2006). Colors of truth: Religion, self, & emotions. Foreword by Prof. Girishwar Misra. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Co.
Rao, K. R. and Marwaha, S. B. (Eds.) (2005). Towards a spiritual psychology: Essays in Indian psychology. New Delhi: SAMVAD India Foundation.
Selected Papers
May, E. C. & Marwaha, S. B. (2015). The fundamentals of psi. pp. 1-31. In E. C. May, & S. B. Marwaha (Eds.). (2015). Extrasensory perception: Support, skepticism, and science, Volume I — History, controversy, & research. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publications.
Marwaha, S. B., & May, E. C. (2015). A refutation of the dualist perspective in psi research. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 22(5-6), 70-95.
Marwaha, S. B., & May, E. C. (2015). The multiphasic model of precognition: The Rationale. Journal of Parapsychology, 79(1), 5–19.
Marwaha, S. B., & May, E. C. (2015). Rethinking extrasensory perception: Towards a multiphasic model of precognition. SAGE Open, January-March 2015, 1–17. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015576056
Marwaha, S. B. (2013). Roots of Indian materialism in Tantra and pre-classical Sāṃkhya. Asian Philosophy, 23(2), 180-198, April 2013, DOI:10.1080/09552367.2013.777582
May, E. C., Marwaha, S. B., & Chaganti, V. (2014/2011). Anomalous cognition: Two protocols for data collection and analyses. In E.C. May, & S.B. Marwaha, (Eds.). Anomalous cognition: Remote viewing research and theory. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.