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The last update to this bio occurred on July 4, 2009.

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Welcome to Shimmersplash, the LiveJournal Webzine of academic, philosopher, and writer Chris Dubey. Among Dubey’s writings is the social science fiction novel “Assignment Yggdrasil.” This site features numerous written pieces by Dubey, including fiction, nonfiction, essays, news articles, reviews, short stories, and poetry. There are also other features listed later on this page.

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"Biography"

Chris Dubey's experience and accomplishments.

Education:

Major: biotechnology. Middlesex Community College, June 2007 – present

Degree: Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. Majors: English, philosophy. Emphasis: creative writing.
University of Hartford, September 2001 - May 2005, GPA: 3.72

Scores:

Graduate Record Examination General Test, August 18, 2006
+ Analytical Writing Section score: 6.0, score scale: 0.0-6.0
+ Quantitative Reasoning Section score: 630, score scale: 200-800
+ Verbal Reasoning Section score: 610, score scale: 200-800

Honors:

General Honors
+ 1 of 2 winners in University of Hartford’s College of Arts and Sciences awarded Senior Regents’ Honor Award by Board of Regents, 2005
+ 2 University of Hartford Humanities Center Fellowships, 2003 – 2004, 2002 – 2003
+ 1 of 2 winners of Dr. Humphrey Tonkin Endowed Scholarship, 2002
+ University of Hartford Alumni Grant, 2001 - 2005
+ 1 of 2 voted superlative "Shyest" by high school class, 2001
+ Greater Middlesex County NAACP Student Recognition Award, 2001

Writing Honors
+ Phyllis B. Abrahms Fiction Award, Honorable Mention, for the short story “Heather Hills High”, 2004 - 2005
+ Phyllis B. Abrahms Fiction Award, Third Prize, for the short story “The Aquanaut”, 2003 - 2004
+ Joseph Doyle Prize for Nonfiction: Best Personal Essay Not Written in an Introductory Class, Honorable Mention, for the personal essay “Chimera Man”, 2003 – 2004
+ Phyllis B. Abrahms Poetry Award, Second Prize, for the poem “Steven”, 2002 – 2003
+ Phyllis B. Abrahms Poetry Award, Honorable Mention, for the poem “Scavenger Hunt Poem”, 2001 – 2002
+ Joseph Doyle Prize for Nonfiction: Best Critical Essay Written in an Introductory Class (RLC 110, 111, or ENG 140), Honorable Mention, for the essay “God, Descartes, Hume, James, and Me”, 2001 – 2002

Philosophy Honors
+ 1 of 2 winners of Silber-Trachtenberg Prize for Outstanding Junior Philosophy Major, 2003

Biotechnology Honors
+ sole winner of Middlesex Community College Annual Award for Academic Excellence in Biotechnology, May 1, 2009

Other Accomplishments:
+ model for brochure for certificate program in Customer Service Management at Middlesex Community College, 2009
+ actor in television commercial "Excellence," for Middlesex Community College, 2007
+ model for brochure for Honors program at University of Hartford, 2005

Affiliations:
+ member, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, nonprofit organization to support criminal justice professionals against the War on Drugs, 2008 - present
+ member, American Libertarian Party, 2008 - present
+ member, Mad Students Society, student organization for Mad Pride, 2007 - present
+ member, MindFreedom International (MFI), nonprofit coalition to protect human rights in psychiatric treatment, with Non-Governmental Organization Consultative Roster Status in the United Nations, 2007 - 2009
+ President, Pi Psi Chapter, Sigma Tau Delta, English honor society, 2005; member, 2005 - present
+ member, Alpha Lambda Delta, first-year honor society, 2002 - present

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"Frequently Asked Questions"

Web address: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/31002.html.

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"Other Work"

Web address: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/35119.html.

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"Chris Dubey in the News"

Web address: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/30796.html.

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"Favorites"

Web address: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/30641.html.

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"Wildlife Sightings"

Sightings of species for the Middletown Biodiversity Database.

Web address: http://biodiversity.wesleyan.edu/taxweb_list.php?a=search&value=1&SearchFor=c.+dubey&SearchOption=Equals&SearchField=IdentifierID.

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"Elements of Fiction"

Web address: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/40186.html.

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"Endorsements for Political Information, Issues, Campaigns, and Candidates"

Political Information

The Web pages and LiveJournal entries at the subsequent addresses comprise a list of sources that Dubey endorses as political information.

Part 1: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/36797.html.
Part 2: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/36093.html.
Part 3: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/31925.html.
Part 4: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/30092.html.
Part 5: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/27198.html.
Part 6: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/27464.html.
Part 7: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/27810.html.
Part 8: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/27906.html.
Part 9: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/28317.html.
Part 10: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/29108.html.
Part 11: http://shimmersplash.livejournal.com/28793.html.

Support of the subsequent things

Questioning dogma, especially psychiatric dogma.

Countering iatrogenesis, the creation of harm to a patient by a physician, whether intentional or unintentional. Iatrogenesis can take the forms of misinformation, peer pressure, medical malpractice, misdiagnosis, stigma, involuntary medical treatment, and nocebo effect.

neuroatypicality: Atypical mental trait or the condition of possessing such a trait. It is unusual, but can be healthy and good.

Countering psychophobia, fear of people with neuroatypicality and/or mental illness.

Countering saneism or mentalism, prejudice against people with neuroatypicality and/or mental illness.

Recognition of abnormality as not always an condition inferior to normality.

Recognition of a person's emotions usually as indicators of how the environment affects that person.

neurodiversity: Diversity of mental traits.

Mad Pride: Recognition of the importance of people with mental illness. Also, celebration of neuroatypicality, neurodiversity, and freedom of thought.

psychiatric survivors movement; psychiatric survivor movement: Political movement to recognize the harm psychiatry has caused to some patients, the danger it continues to cause, and to protect the wellness and autonomy of patients of the past, present, and future.

antipsychiatry: Alternative philosophy to traditional psychiatry, which questions whether traditional psychiatry is effective at its goals, beneficial, safe, scientific, and/or moral. One of the specific detriments of psychiatry is that it tends to claim that the cause of a person's mental problems is a neurochemical imbalance, despite that this theory is unproven. Psychiatry also often ignores, and sometimes contributes to, the environmental hazards and societal flaws that cause people distress, such as discrimination, oppression, abuse, poverty, peer pressure, and misinformation.

medical ethic of autonomy, also known as the Latin maxim “Voluntas aegroti suprema lex.”: In translation, this maxim states that the will of the patient is supreme. Generally, Dubey supports the use of this medical ethic.

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