William G. Braud

William G. Braud (November 26, 1942 – May 13, 2012) was an American psychologist and parapsychologist.

Braud obtained his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Iowa.^[1] He was director of research in parapsychology at the Mind Science Foundation.^[2] He taught at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (1992–2010).^[3]

During the 1970s and early 1980s he conducted a series of experiments to test for psychokinetic influences upon living systems.^[4] Braud with Charles Honorton were the first to modify the ganzfeld procedure for parapsychological use.^[5]

Selected publications

• Transpersonal Research Methods For the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience (SAGE Publications, 1998) [with Rosemarie Anderson]
• Distant Mental Influence: Its Contributions To Science, Healing, and Human Interactions (Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2003)
• Transforming Self and Others Through Research: Transpersonal Research Methods and Skills for the Human Sciences and Humanities (SUNY Press, 2011)^[6] [with Rosemarie Anderson ]