Paula Arai
Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California
Earth Awareness Working Group
Paula Arai (Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, Harvard University) holds the Eshinni & Kakushinni Chair of Women and Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California. She is … MORE
Constanza Baquedano, PhD
Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
Earth Awareness Working Group, Grantee
Constanza Baquedano Larraín earned her degree in Biochemistry at the University of Santiago de Chile, her Master’s degree in Neuroscience at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and her dual … MORE
Dekila Chungyalpa
Loka Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Convening Faculty
Dekila Chungyalpa is the Co-Founder and Director of the Loka Initiative, a capacity-building and outreach platform at the University of Wisconsin – Madison for faith leaders and culture keepers of Indigenous … MORE
Erika Diaz-Almeyda, PhD
New College of Florida
Grantee
Erika Díaz-Almeyda is an Assistant Professor of Biology at California State University, San Marcos, where she leads her microbial ecology lab investigating relationships between microbes and their hosts, with a … MORE
Elissa Epel, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Convening Faculty, Fellow, Reviewer
Elissa Epel, Ph.D, is a Professor, and Vice Chair, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at University of California, San Francisco. She studies psychological, social, and behavioral pathways … MORE
David R. Loy
Author, Zen Teacher, Workshop Leader
Earth Awareness Working Group
David Robert Loy is a professor of Buddhist and comparative philosophy (now retired). He is also a Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is … MORE
Jyoti Mishra
University of California–San Diego
Earth Awareness Working Group, Grantee
Dr. Jyoti Mishra is an Associate Professor in the department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego. She is the founder and director of the NEATLabs and the … MORE
Panu Pihkala
University of Helsinki, Finland
Earth Awareness Working Group
Panu Pihkala is an adjunct professor (Title of Docent) of environmental theology at the Faculty of Theology in the University of Helsinki, Finland. Pihkala is the leading Finnish scholar in … MORE
Karen O’ Brien, PhD
University of Oslo
Convening Faculty, Earth Awareness Working Group
Karen O’Brien is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is also co-founder of cCHANGE, a social enterprise that promotes a … MORE
Pooja Sahni, PhD
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Grantee
Pooja Sahni holds a doctorate in contemplative environmental neuroscience from the National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India, and is … MORE
Lucy Schultz
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Earth Awareness Working Group
Lucy Christine Schultz is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of … MORE
