Thinking of Thinking: An Inquiry of Practical and Reflective Reasoning in a Normative Context

About Richard E. Duus

Richard E. Duus has practiced psychology in the Duluth area of Minnesota USA since 1987. He completed his undergraduate degree in Sioux Falls South Dakota at Augustana College USA after which he spent six years as an officer in the Army. He then attended Eastern Washington University USA and completed a Master's of Science in experimental and clinical psychology in 1975. He went on to complete a PhD at Utah State University USA in 1982. Duus first worked at Brainerd Regional Treatment Center and then took a position at the Northland Mental Health Center in Grand Rapids Minnesota with broad clinical responsibilities. In 1987 he started a position in the Behavioral Health Unit of the Duluth Clinic (which became Essentia Health) inpatient hospital and outpatient clinical practice where he stayed for nine years. In 1996 he founded the Duluth Psychological Clinic a group practice that included several doctoral level psychologists with the usual affiliations with area hospitals. At present Duus does not practice clinically and has pursued research reviewed manuscripts for journals and general publication and published Constituting Selves: Psychology's Pragmatic Horizons in 2020.