Carol Sue Pearson

Carol Sue Pearson is an American author, consultant, and college professor and administrator. She is the creator of the Pearson Archetypal System and a series of books and instruments that support its use.
Pearson is executive vice president and provost at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. From January 2011 to May 2011, she served as acting president of Pacifica during the sabbatical of the president, Stephen Aizenstat.
Pearson currently is editing a book, entitled “Being the Change: 21st Century Thinking for Transformational Leaders,” as part of a three-year project, sponsored by the Fetzer Institute, focusing on the theory and practice of leadership for transformation, for which she is principal investigator. It will be published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers in 2012. She also is developing a master’s degree program in Leadership and Organizational Development for Pacifica.
Before moving to Pacifica in September 2009, Pearson was director of the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership and a member of the faculty of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland College Park. Earlier in her academic career, she was a faculty member at the University of Colorado at Boulder and founding director of CU Women Studies Program; a faculty member and first director of the at the University of Maryland College Park; a professor and academic dean and vice president at Goucher College in Towson, MD; a professor and Distinguished Research Scholar in Human and Organizational Development at Mount Vernon College in Washington, DC and dean of the Mount Vernon Institute; and director of the Transformational Leadership Certificate Program in the Center for Professional Development at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She also served as president of Meristem, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering personal, professional, and organizational development, and was a part-time faculty member at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in San Francisco, CA.
In 1980-81, Pearson was a Fellow in Academic Administration at the American Council on Education (ACE). Subsequently, she was a visiting scholar at ACE’s Center for Leadership Development and a Senior Fellow at its Office of Women in Higher Education. She also has been a senior scholar at the National Association of Women in Higher Education.
Pearson was a founding editorial board member of and an editorial board member of the journal Feminist Studies. In addition, she was Senior Editor of a quarterly magazine, The Inner Edge: A Resource for Enlightened Business Practice.
Pearson is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles in the fields of archetypal psychology, leadership, business, literature, and women studies. She has served on a variety of boards and committees, including the board of directors and the executive committee of the International Leadership Association and the board of directors of the .
In 1987, Pearson was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Norwich University in Northfield, VT.
Books
• Maturing the American Dream: Archetypal Narratives Meet the Twenty-First Century, published by The Fetzer Institute (Kalamazoo, MI), 2009.
• Mapping the Organizational Psyche: A Jungian Theory of Organizational Dynamics and Change, co-author, John G. Corlett, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, Florida), 2004. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-935652-69-8 ISBN 0-935652-69-8])
• The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes, co-author, Margaret Mark, published by McGraw-Hill (New York, NY), 2001. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-07-136415-3 ISBN 0-07-136415-3])
• Magic at Work: Camelot, Creative Leadership and Everyday Miracles, co-author, Sharon Seivert, published by Doubleday/Currency (New York, NY), 1995. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-385-41729-2 ISBN 0-385-41729-2])
• Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes To Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World, published by HarperCollins (San Francisco, CA), 1991. Translations: Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-06-250678-1 ISBN 0-06-250678-1])
• The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By, published by HarperCollins (San Francisco, CA), 1986, revised editions 1989, 1998. Translations: Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-06-251555-1 ISBN 0-06-251555-1])
• Educating the Majority: Women Challenge Tradition in Higher Education, co-editors, Donna L. Shavlik and Judith G. Touchton, published by Macmillan Publishing Co. (New York, NY), 1989. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-0292-4810-8 ISBN 0-0292-4810-8])
• The Female Hero in American and British Literature, co-author, Katherine Pope, published by R.R. Bowker Co. (New York, NY, and London), 1981. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-8352-1402-8 ISBN 0-8352-1402-8])
• Who Am I This Time? Female Portraits in British and American Literature, co-editor, Katherine Pope, published by McGraw-Hill Book Co. (New York, NY), 1976. ([http://en. .org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0-0704-9032-5 ISBN 0-0704-9032-5])
Instruments, Manuals, Monographs
• The Kenexa Cultural Insight™ Survey (KCI™), published by Kenexa (Wayne, PA), 2008; first published as the Organizational and Team Culture Indicator™ (OTCI™) by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, FL), 2003.
• Introduction to Archetypes in Organizational Settings: A Client's Guide to the OTCI™ Professional Report, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, FL), 2003.
• Understanding Archetypes in Your Organization: An Introduction to the OTCI™ Basic Report, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, FL), 2003. (ISBN 0935652-73-6)
• OTCI™ Manual: A Guide for Interpreting the Organizational and Team Culture Indicator™ Instrument, co-author, Allen Hammer, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, FL), 2004.
• The Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator™, co-author, Hugh Marr, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, FL), 2002.
• Introduction to Archetypes, co-author, Hugh Marr, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, FL), 2002.
• PMAI™ Manual, co-author, Hugh Marr, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) (Gainesville, FL), 2004.
• What Story Are You Living? A Guide to Interpreting Your PMAI Instrument Results, co-author, Hugh Marr, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT), 2006.
• Thinking About Business Differently: Organizational Systems and Leadership Archetypes, published by InnoVision Communications (Aliso Viejo, CA), 1998.
• The Inner Edge Book of Practices: Things You Can Do to Bring Spirit to Work, editor, published by InnoVision Communications (Aliso Viejo, CA), 1998.
• Invisible Forces II: Harnessing the Power of Archetypes to Improve Your Career and Your Workplace, published by Type and Archetype Press (Gladwyne, PA), 1997.
• The New Agenda of Women for Higher Education, co-authors, Donna L. Shavlik and Judith G. Touchton, published by the American Council on Education (Washington, DC), 1987.
• The ACE Fellows Program: The First Twenty Years, co-author, Harry A. Marmion, published by the American Council on Education (Washington, DC), 1986.

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