Board Profile THOMAS E. BACKER, PHD Thomas E. Backer, PhD is President of the nonprofit Human Interaction Research Institute, which has conducted research and provided technical assistance to the nonprofit sector for nearly 50 years. He also is Associate Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at UCLA Medical School. He has been a consultant to many arts and culture organizations, and served on the Board of Directors of Musical Theatre Guild and the Multilcultural Music and Arts Foundation. As a psychologist, he has worked extensively with artists on topics such as stress management (e.g., five years teaching this subject to film directors at the Directors Guild of America) and the psychology of performance (e.g., master classes for opera singers with vocal coaches such as Peter Mark, artistic director of Virginia Opera). He has taught about the psychology of creativity at UCLA, North Carolina School of the Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, California Institute of the Arts and many other academic institutions. He also has written and produced a dozen educational films, and is twice winner of the International Rehabilitation Film Festival's First Prize.
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