Founder and director of The Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) and the Chancellor and CEO of GCAS College Dublin



Creston Davis, (PhD University of Virginia, MTS Duke University) is the founder and director of The Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) and the Chancellor and CEO of GCAS College Dublin. Davis was promoted to Associate Professor at Rollins College (2012) and has published books with The MIT Press, Columbia and Duke University Press.



He is the creator of and co-edits the Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics and Culture series, an academic book series published by Columbia University Press.



He currently researches future consciousness, sustainability, and advanced technologies.



https://gcas.ie/creston-davis

Education

Doctoral

2000 – 2006

Philosophy, Culture, Religion

University of Virginia

Postgraduate

1999 – 2000

Literature, Hermeneutics

Yale University

Postgraduate

1997 – 1999

Critical Theory & Religion

Duke University

Experience

Board Member

GCAS Research Institute Ireland

2017 – Present

Visiting Associate Professor

Colorado College

2015 – 2015

Founder and Chancellor

GCAS College Dublin, Ltd.

2013 – Present

Courses taught

Independent Study in Psychoanalysis

Independent Study in Psychoanalysis

75h

Psychoanalysis Dissertation

Psychoanalysis Dissertation

Figures in Psychoanalysis

Figures in Psychoanalysis

Topics in Psychoanalysis

Topics in Psychoanalysis

75h

The Jungian Tradition: Symbols and Synchronicity

The Jungian Tradition: Symbols and Synchronicity

75h

Psychoanalysis and Eastern Philosophies

Psychoanalysis and Eastern Philosophies

75h

Psychoanalysis and Religion

Psychoanalysis and Religion

75h

Desire and Its Interpretations

Desire and Its Interpretations

75h

Psychoanalysis and Literature

Psychoanalysis and Literature

75h

The Freudian Tradition: Psychoanalysis and the Body

The Freudian Tradition: Psychoanalysis and the Body

75h

Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Introduction to Psychoanalysis

75h

Thesis Completion and Viva Voce Examination

Thesis Completion and Viva Voce Examination

Advanced Research Progress and Progress Review

Advanced Research Progress and Progress Review

Advanced Research Planning and Methodology

Advanced Research Planning and Methodology

1500h

Independent Study in Theology

Independent Study in Theology

150h