Kelley Raab Mayo
Assistant Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies cross-appointed Psychiatry
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.
Office: Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
1145 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4
Room 2107
Telephone: 613-722-6521, ext. 6308
E-mail: Kelley_Raab@rohcg.on.ca
University degrees
1991 - PhD, Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
1985 - MA, Religious Studies, University of Chicago
1984 - MDiv, Chicago Theological Seminary
1981 - BA, Biology, Colgate University
Fields of interest
- Religion and psychiatry
- Psychology of religion
- Women and religion
Ongoing research
Book project: Imagination as Divine Healer: Exploring the Connections Between Creativity, Religious Experience, and Mental Health.
The use of religion in therapy.
Selected publications
“Manic Depression and Religious Experience: The Use of Religion in Therapy,” Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 10/5 (forthcoming September 2007).
“Mysticism, Creativity, and Psychoanalysis: Learning from Marion Milner,” The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 13/2 (2003): 79-96
When Women Become Priests: The Catholic Women’s Ordination Debate. NY: Columbia University Press, 2000.