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OPUS Archives and Research Center staff can be reached at
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801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara CA 93108

		Safron Rossi, Ph.D. Director of Operations sr@opusarchives.org
		Richard Buchen, MLS Special Collections Librarian rbuchen@pacifica.edu

Staff Bios

Safron Rossi, Ph.D., Director of Operations, is a graduate of Pacifica's Mythological Studies Program. Her dissertation, successfully defended in August of 2009, studies feminine triads in Greek mythology and their implications in re-imagining the feminine and the triad archetype in Depth Psychology through a feminist perspective. Safron is a regular presenter at the National Conference for the Popular Culture Association and has presented at other conferences across the country. She has had articles published in various e-journals including the Aroostook Review (University of Maine at Fort Kent). Originally from New York City, Safron received her B.A. at Hampshire College with a focus on Arthurian Legends.

Richard Buchen, MLS, received his Master's Degree in Library Science with a specialization in Rare Books from UCLA in 1985. Before that he worked in the Department of Special Collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago and at the William Andrews Clark Library, a branch of the UCLA Library System specializing in 17th and 18th Century English books and manuscripts. He has also worked at the Henry E. Huntington Library Art Gallery and Botanic Garden and at the Southwest Museum Library in Los Angeles, which housed a large collection of materials relating to Native Americans. He has been Special Collections Librarian for the Center since 1995, and is also a Reference Librarian for the Graduate Research Library of Pacifica Graduate Institute. He first read Joseph Campbell's book The Hero with a Thousand Faces while in high school.