Valerie Hardcastle, Ph.D.

Dr. Valerie Hardcastle is an internationally recognized scholar and the author of five books and over 210 essays. Her research has focused primarily on developing an interdisciplinary framework for understanding mental health phenomena responsive to neuroscientific, psychiatric and psychological data. Dr. Hardcastle received a bachelors degree with a double major in philosophy and political science from the University of California, Berkeley, a masters degree in philosophy from the University of Houston and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in cognitive science and philosophy from the University of California, San Diego.

She is the executive director of the Institute for Health Innovation and vice president for Health Innovation at Northern Kentucky University.