Publications

Google Scholar  : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hk75OPoAAAAJ&hl=en
Researchgate (copies of most research) : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melvin-Marsh

 

Books

  1. Marsh, M. S. (2023). Leaving Bacon Behind : A How-to Guide to Jewish Conversion. Manhattan Book Group. (More)

Book Sections

Essays
  1. Mordechai Yisrael. (2012). A journey through slavery : the story of a conversion. In P. Aleph (Ed.), Choosing To Be Chosen: Essays by Converts to Judaism (p. 57-71). Atlanta: PunkTorah. (More)
Monologues
  1. Marsh, M. S. (2025a). An Astronaut’s Helmet Visor Speaks Out. In R. Holbourn (Ed.), Fool’s Gold Anthology ’25: 44 Monologues (pp. 55-57). Dramatic Chaos Productions. (More)
  2. Marsh, M. S. (2025b). Voyager’s Golden Record. In R. Holbourn (Ed.), Fool’s Gold Anthology ’25: 44 Monologues (pp. 220-223). Dramatic Chaos Productions. (More)
  3.  Marsh, M. S. (2023). Ghost Whisperer. In Spooky Anthology ’23: Stage Plays and Monologues (pp. 450-453). Dramatic Chaos Productions. (More)

Journal Articles

  1. Marsh, M. S. (2026). Use of hypnosis to treat chronic somniloquy (sleep talking): a Case Report. Frontiers in Sleep, 5, 1-4. doi:10.3389/frsle.2026.1707583
  2. Marsh, M. S., Locker Jr, L., & Nielsen, M. E. (2024). Trust What I Say: Increasing Cooperation by Suggesting Others are Trustworthy. North American Journal of Psychology, 26(2), 409-416.
  3. Marsh, M. S. (2023). Southwest flight #2452 UAP case study: Unraveling the mystery in American airspace. International Journal of Case Studies, 12(12), 58-62.
  4. Marsh, M. S. (2023). Rethinking Scientific and Clinical Practice Involvement in the Era of UAP Investigations. Review of Contemporary Scientific and Academic Studies, 3(2). 
  5. Grossmann, I., Rotella, A., Hutcherson, C. A., Sharpinskyi, K., Varnum, M. E. W., Achter, S., Dhami, M. K., Guo, X. E., Kara-Yakoubian, M., Mandel, D. R., Raes, L., Tay, L., Vie, A., Wagner, L., Adamkovic, M., Arami, A., Arriaga, P., Bandara, K., Baník, G., Bartoš, F., Baskin, E., Bergmeir, C., Białek, M., Børsting, C. K., Browne, D. T., Caruso, E. M., Chen, R., Chie, B.-T., Chopik, W. J., Collins, R. N., Cong, C. W., Conway, L. G., Davis, M., Day, M. V., Dhaliwal, N. A., Durham, J. D., Dziekan, M., Elbaek, C. T., Shuman, E., Fabrykant, M., Firat, M., Fong, G. T., Frimer, J. A., Gallegos, J. M., Goldberg, S. B., Gollwitzer, A., Goyal, J., Graf-Vlachy, L., Gronlund, S. D., Hafenbrädl, S., Hartanto, A., Hirshberg, M. J., Hornsey, M. J., Howe, P. D. L., Izadi, A., Jaeger, B., Kačmár, P., Kim, Y. J., Krenzler, R., Lannin, D. G., Lin, H.-W., Lou, N. M., Lua, V. Y. Q., Lukaszewski, A. W., Ly, A. L., Madan, C. R., Maier, M., Majeed, N. M., March, D. S., Marsh, A. A., Misiak, M., Myrseth, K. O. R., Napan, J. M., Nicholas, J., Nikolopoulos, K., O, J., Otterbring, T., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Pauer, S., Protzko, J., Raffaelli, Q., Ropovik, I., Ross, R. M., Roth, Y., Røysamb, E., Schnabel, L., Schütz, A., Seifert, M., Sevincer, A. T., Sherman, G. T., Simonsson, O., Sung, M.-C., Tai, C.-C., Talhelm, T., Teachman, B. A., Tetlock, P. E., Thomakos, D., Tse, D. C. K., Twardus, O. J., Tybur, J. M., Ungar, L., Vandermeulen, D., Vaughan Williams, L., Vosgerichian, H. A., Wang, Q., Wang, K., Whiting, M. E., Wollbrant, C. E., Yang, T., Yogeeswaran, K., Yoon, S., Alves, V. R., Andrews-Hanna, J. R., Bloom, P. A., Boyles, A., Charis, L., Choi, M., Darling-Hammond, S., Ferguson, Z. E., Kaiser, C. R., Karg, S. T., Ortega, A. L., Mahoney, L., Marsh, M. S., Martinie, M. F. R. C., Michaels, E. K., Millroth, P., Naqvi, J. B., Ng, W., Rutledge, R. B., Slattery, P., Smiley, A. H., Strijbis, O., Sznycer, D., Tsukayama, E., van Loon, A., Voelkel, J. G., Wienk, M. N. A., Wilkening, T., & The Forecasting Committee. (2023). Insights into the accuracy of social scientists’ forecasts of societal change. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(4), 484-501. 10.1038/s41562-022-01517-1
  6. Delios, A., Clemente, E., Wu, T., Tan, H., Wang, Y., Gordon, M., Viganola, D., Chen, Z., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Generalizability Tests Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2022). Examining the generalizability of research findings from archival data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(30), e2120377119. (Member of Generalizability Testing Forecasting).
  7. Marsh, M. S., Locker Jr, L., & Nielsen, M. E. (2022). The effect of a guided imagery suggestion based intervention on human cooperation in the stag hunt game. North American Journal of Psychology, 24(1), 155-170. 
  8. Marsh, M. S., & Devine, S. M. (2021). Self monitoring among secondary and post-secondary students with intellectual and developmental disabilities : a systematic review. Special Education Research, Policy, & Practice, 5(1), 75-94. 
  9. Tierney, W., Hardy, J. H., III., Ebersole, C., Viganola, D., Clemente, E., Gordon, M., Hoogeveen, S., Haaf, J., Dreber, A.A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Chapman, H., Gantman, A., Vanaman, M., DeMarree, K., Igou, E., Wylie, J., Storbeck J., Andreychik, M.R., McPhetres, J., Vaughn, L.A., Culture and Work Morality Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2021). A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 93, 1-18.  (Member of Forecasting Collaboration). 
  10. Tierney, W., Hardy, J., Ebersole, C. R., Leavitt, K., Viganola, D., Gordon, M., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Hiring Decisions Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2020). Creative Destruction in Science. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 161, 291-309. (Member of the Hiring Decisions Forecasting Collaboration).
  11. Heun, R., Handuleh, J. I. M., Buitrago, J. E. T. G., Marsh, M. S., Klymchuk, V., Gorbunova, V., Friedmann, G., Munsif, A., Gupta, R., Barna, E., Agebeleye, D., Kulhalli, V., Mahasneh, W. H., Ristic, D. I., Singh, S., Moodliar-Rensburg, S. W., Jack, Shorthouse, N. W., Robyn-Jenia, & Bhaumik, U. (2020). High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals from all over the world. Global Psychiatry, 3(2), 119-140.
  12. Marsh, M. S. (2007). The Journey of The Lion King and the Collective Unconscious. Journal for the Academic Study of Magic(4), 252-267.
  13. Marsh, M. S. (2006). Ethical and Medical Dilemmas of Space Tourism. Advances in Space Research 37(9), 1823-1827.
  14. Marsh, M. S. (2004). Magic and Religion in Barbarian Europe. Journal of Germanic Mythology and Folklore(1), 59-76.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Marsh, M. S. (2026). Simulated Astronaut, Real Dilemmas: The Uncanny Ethics of Space Analogue Tourism. In M. Patuleia (Ed.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tourism Research, 598-603.
  2. Marsh, M. S. (2025). Titanic Challenge: Ethical Dilemmas in Deep Sea Exploration. In M. Tunkkari-Eskelinen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tourism Research, 423-427. 
  3. Marsh, M. S. (2024). Ethical and medical dilemmas of extreme tourism. In R. Balkaran & C. Hattingh (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tourism Research, 197-202.
  4. Marsh, M. S. (2010). Ethical Issues Regarding Informed Consent for Minors for Space Tourism. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1208(1), 438-442. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3326273
  5. Marsh, M. S. (2009). Overcoming Challenges: Creating an Astrosociology Curriculum. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1103(1), 369-374. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3115540
  6. Marsh, M. S., Rygalov, V. Y., & Livingston, D. M. (2008). Life Support Systems Functional Stability and Human Control Limitations: an Astrosociological Perspective. SPACE.
  7. Marsh, M. S., & Rygalov, V. (2008). Conceptual Approach for Stress Estimates Among Astronauts and Cosmonauts. SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-2109.

White Papers

  1. Marsh, M. S. (2020). Great Questions Project #20 : What short- and long-term impacts on societies (financial, cultural, other) would result from an undeniable, though non-intrusive ET presence? [White paper]. Mutual UFO Network.
  2. Marsh, M. S. (2020). Great Questions Project #21 : During abduction sequences, human subjects have reported being “out of it” following the placement of an entity’s hand to his/her forehead. Scientifically, what happened? [White paper]. Mutual UFO Network.
  3. Marsh, M. S. (2020). Great Questions Project #22 : What are the best practices to avoid confabulation in hypnotic regressions? [White paper]. Mutual UFO Network.
  4. Marsh, M. S. (2020). Great Questions Project #23 : What if any significance can be placed on memories of childhood abduction? [White paper]. Mutual UFO Network.
  5. Marsh, M. S. (2020). Great Questions Project #25 : Are UFOs paranormal? [White paper]. Mutual UFO Network.

Encyclopedia articles

  1. Marsh, M. S. (2010). Educator Astronaut Program. In S. Johnson (Ed.), Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia (p. 679) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (More)
  2. Marsh, M. S. (2010). Johnson Space Center. In S. Johnson (Ed.), Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia (p. 567) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (More)
  3. Marsh, M. S. (2010). Marshall Space Flight Center. In S. Johnson (Ed.), Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia (p. 570) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (More)
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