Thomas C. Dalton has been at California Polytechnic State University since 1983. He currently holds an appointment as Senior Research Associate in the College of Liberal Arts and Provost's Office and has been a special consultant to the President's Office. Dr. Dalton also has been a visiting fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego since 1999. He has been a member of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness since its founding in 1996, and serves on the Executive Committee of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (2005-2008).