Kimberly Mccann

Dr. McCann is a seasoned academic leader and educator with over two decades of experience in higher education, corporate leadership, and military service. Dr. McCann specializes in qualitative research, psychology, and change management. She has an extensive background in mentoring doctoral students, curriculum development, and fostering academic excellence. Her diverse career includes roles as an organizational psychologist at BAE Systems and leadership positions within the National Geo spatial-Intelligence Agency, where she led large teams and managed multi-million-dollar projects.
Dr. McCann holds multiple post-graduate certifications in AI, digital transformation, strategy execution, and change leadership from esteemed institutions like Cornell and Harvard University. An advocate for social change, she has been actively involved in academic boards, curriculum committees, and community outreach programs.
She believes in the power of education to catalyze personal and professional growth, especially through immersive, research-driven approaches. Her educational philosophy centers on creating a supportive, intellectually stimulating environment that empowers learners to push boundaries and achieve holistic growth.

Courses Taught

RSCH 8360 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods

PSYCH 9000 - Dissertation Research

PSYCH 8185 - Write a Quality Prospectus

RSCH 8110 - Research Theory, Design, and Methods

Education

PhD, Capella University

MA, Southern New Hampshire University

MS, Capella University

BA, Morehead State University

Certification , Cornell University

Certification , University of California at Berkeley

Public Service

Assistant editor / resourcer for Journal of Transpersonal Research, Committee Member -

Awards / Honors

Grant Received , , 2018

Faculty Excellence Award, University of Phoenix, 2011

Grant received , , 2017

Leadership Excellence Award, BAE Systems, Inc. and NGA , 2013

NGA Award for Excellence in Service- received 5 separate times , National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2011

Publications

Mccann, K. (2018). Mindfulness and self-efficacy in an online doctoral program: Quantitative investigation.. Journal of Institutional Research.

Mccann, K. (2015). Of man’s search for meaning. [Review of the book Man’s Search for Meaning, by Vicktor Frankl]. .

Mccann, K. (2016). The role of triggers in inducing hypnotic altered states: Perceptions of transpersonal hypnotherapists.. Journal of Transpersonal Research

Mccann, K. Triggers and mystical experience: A function of self-transcendence.. Study in progress (IRB approval obtained)

Mccann, K. (2006). Mindfulness based cognitive therapy techniques as effective treatment measures for depressive and anxiety disorders. .

Mccann, K. (2015). Neuropsychology of the unconscious. [Review of the book Neuropsychology of the Unconscious: Integrating Brain and Mind in Psychotherapy]. .

Mccann, K. Perceptions of self-transcendence and mysticism among American Zen Priests: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Mccann, K. (2014). Strange New World: History, Hypnosis & Trance. .

Mccann, K. (2014). Five Writers Who Suffered Mental Illnesses and The Impact It Had on Their Art. .

Mccann, K. (2014). [Review of the book, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic, by Jonathan Rottenberg]..

McCann, K. M. (2020). “As raw as it can Be: Like vulnerable and unapologetic”: A qualitative study of mystical experience in ordinary life. . International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society

Davis, M., Mccann, K. (2022). Gratitude and self-perceived stress in an online doctoral program. Journal of Instructional Research

Mccann, K., Davis, M. Ego-dissolution and nondual awareness in substance and non-substance induced non-ordinary states. .

Mccann, K. (2018). Mindfulness and self-efficacy in an online doctoral program: Quantitative investigation.. Journal of Institutional Research.

Mccann, K. (2016). The role of triggers in inducing hypnotic altered states: Perceptions of transpersonal hypnotherapists.. Journal of Transpersonal Research

Mccann, K. Triggers and mystical experience: A function of self-transcendence.. Study in progress (IRB approval obtained)

Presentations

Mccann, K. (2018). Mystical experience and self-transcendence.. Science and Nonduality Conference

Mccann, K. (2010). Imprinting the Layered Consciousness: Effective Utilization of Triggers for Altered State Access. Selected for presentation to the Society for Scientific Exploration 29th Annual Conference

Mccann, K. (2010). Imprinting the Layered Consciousness: Effective Utilization of Triggers for Altered State Access. Society for Scientific Exploration 29th Annual Conference:

Mccann, K. (2018). Mystical experience and self-transcendence.. Science and Nonduality Conference

Mccann, K. (2010). National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) capability insertion into NTISR. BAE Systems, INC.