Carol Lee Francisco, Ph.D.
Email Address: yeshuascat@gmail.com
Websites: http://clfrancisco.com/, http://mountaingothic.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YeshuasCat/, https://www.facebook.com/MirandaLamden/
Twitter: @yeshuascat, @blair_yeatts
Education
Ph.D. World Religions, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1993. Dissertation: Native American shields: Old symbols for a new spiritual quest in the contemporary women’s movement
M.Div. World Religions, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1984
M.A. Expressive Therapies, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY,1975
B.A. Studio Art, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1970
Professional Accreditation
Registered Art Therapist, American Art Therapy Association, 1976
Clinical Pastoral Education (2 Units), Norton-Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY, 1975, Supervisor, Dr. Wayne E. Oates
Professional Employment
Author, Self-Employed, 2010-2017
Director of Humanities Research and Education, Tapestry (private non-profit), 1998-2009
Adjunct Professor of Religion, Spalding University, Louisville, KY, 1996-1998
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY, 1994-1996
Garrett Fellow, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1985-1991
Adjunct Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 1978-1979
Art Therapist, Louisville General Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry, Louisville, KY, 1976-1980
Related Experience
Exhibit Curator, Online exhibit The Voice of the Horse, Summer 2007
Creator and Director, The Studio: Art and Integrated Knowing , Harrison, NE, 2005-2007
Workshop Leader, Mythic living and the Land, Harrison, NE, Spring 2006
Exhibit Curator, Stories from the circle: Science and Native Wisdom, Dine College, Tsaile, AZ, Summer 2002
Exhibit Curator, The Odyssey: Art and mental health, Louisville, KY, 1979
Coordinator, Women’s spirituality worship series, Crescent Hill Baptist Church, Louisville, KY, 1996-1998
Workshop Leader, Christian women and alternate spirituality series. national, 1992-1998
Publications
Books
This Madness of the Heart, 2nd ed. (Miranda Lamden Mysteries), CreateSpace/Kindle, 2017
Cat Born to the Purple: A Sequel to Yeshua’s Cat, CreateSpace/Kindle, 2016
The Cats of Rekem: A Sequel to Yeshua’s Cat, CreateSpace/Kindle, 2015
A Cat Out of Egypt: The Prequel to Yeshua’s Cat, CreateSpace/Kindle, 2014
The Gospel According to Yeshua’s Cat. CreateSpace/Kindle, 2013
Journals
The Artful Doubter: Redrawing Western Worldview. Online blog, July-December, 2009
“Musings on Culture and Change,” The Loom, Summer Solstice, 2009
“Seasons of the Fertile Earth,” The Loom, Autumn Equinox 2008
“Seeking Winter’s Heart,” The Loom, Winter Solstice 2007,
“Native American Shields: Old Symbols for a New Spiritual Quest.” Oates Journal, Vol 3, 2000
“Touch Me Not”: Women, Abuse, and the Risen Christ, Oates Journal, Vol 2, 1999
“The HTP as a measure of change in dialyzed schizophrenic patients,” Journal of Clinical Psychology 39(3): 448-452, May 1983.
“Art therapy and the hospital chaplaincy: a new partnership,” Journal of Pastoral Care 33(2):120-125, June, 1979
“Art Therapy with a Dialyzed Schizophrenic,” in Creativity and the Art Therapist’s Identity, ed. Shoemaker and Gonick-Barris, 1976.