DEVIN R. LANDER

Devin R. Lander is an independent historian and author who specializes in post-World War II United States Social, Political and Cultural Movements.  He holds a BA in American History from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and a MA in Public History from the State University of New York at Albany.  He currently works as Deputy Legislative and Policy Director and Committee Clerk for the New York State Assembly Committee on Governmental Operations.  He is the author of "Start Your Own Religion: New York State's Acid Churches" published in the February, 2011 edition of the journal Nova Religion and has consulted on the 2010 Timothy Leary biography Lords of the Revolution: Dr. Timothy Leary which aired on the VH1 network.