Dr. James B. Maas is Professor and past chairman of the Department of Psychology, and the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. He received his B.A. from Williams College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell. He teaches introductory psychology to 1,500 students each year in the nation's largest single lecture class, and conducts research on the psychophysiology of sleep. Dr. Maas has produced nine national television specials for PBS and his films have won 42 major film festivals. His New York Times bestseller, Power Sleep, is published by Random House (Hardcover) and Harper Collins (Paperback)..

    Dr. Maas has held a Fulbright Senior Professorship to Sweden, has been a visiting professor at Stanford University and past-president of the American Psychological Association's Division on Teaching. He received the Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching at Cornell, and is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Teaching Award.

    Dr. Maas is one of the nation's most sought after speakers. He gives keynote addresses, seminars and workshops on: "Power Sleep: Preparing Your Mind for Peak Performance;" and, "Leadership and The Psychology of Mind Control: Undue Influences on Critical Thinking."

    Dr. Maas' clients include the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), the World Presidents Organization (WPO), IBM, Holiday Inns, Eastman Kodak, Pepsi-Cola, Apple Computer, Caterpillar Tractor, Seagrams, Cunard Line, S.C. Johnson Wax, Tambrands, The American and Canadian Societies of Association Executives, and MCI/Universal Studios. He makes frequent television appearances on such programs as NBC Nightly News, Prime Time Live, Today, Good Morning America, ABC's 20/20, and Oprah.

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