Sarina Rodrigues Saturn, PhD, was a faculty member at the University of Portland. She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from New York University under the mentorship of Joseph LeDoux. Her dissertation focused on molecular, cellular, and behavioral studies of the amygdala, the key brain structure for emotional processing. She was a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford …
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Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu is a psychologist at Stanford University, exploring human development through mindfulness, Asian wisdom, science, and compassion. As an author, speaker, and workshop leader, he merges diverse cultural heritages, combining Japanese, Irish-American, Buddhist, Shinto, Celtic, and Catholic influences. With a background in early childhood education, East Asian medicine, and mindfulness, he received his doctorate …
Crystal Fleming
Crystal Fleming is a renowned scholar whose research focuses on the ways in which individuals of African descent conceptualize and respond to racial oppression across various national contexts. Her influential work includes the book “Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France” (Temple University Press, 2017), which applies critical race theory to advance our …
Ramaswami Mahalingam
Ram Mahalingam received his PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. He was originally trained as a civil engineer and held more than 12 different jobs (math tutor, film script writer, children’s theater activist, poet, writer, lecturer, night watchman, dish washer, cook, book stacker and preschool teacher) including being a structural engineer for …
Steven Oliver
Steven Thurston Oliver, Professor and Department Chair: Secondary and Higher Education at Salem State University, is a Sociologist of Education whose research and expertise is focused on using Contemplative Pedagogy in K-12 teacher preparation and higher education programs as a catalyst for cultivating greater capacity among educators to engage across human differences. Steven received a …
Mays Imad
Inspired by the work of the South African Scholar Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Mays Imad is interested in studying the notion of “reparative humanism,” and what it means to become a flourishing human being and to contribute to intergenerational wellbeing. Mays focuses that question on her work within the academy working with students and colleagues to understand …
Cheryl Woods Giscombe
Dr. Cheryl Giscombe is the Melissa and Harry LeVine Family Distinguished Term Professor in the School of Nursing. She is a social and health psychologist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, certified holistic health coach, and Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Giscombe is also the President of the …
Jeffrey Proulx
Dr. Proulx’s work focuses on the development of mindfulness programs in underserved communities and how these programs may be protective for health in those communities. His efforts bridge Native American and African-American traditional contemplative and healing practices and mainstream mindfulness practices and how mindfulness affects resilience and well-being across a person’s developmental trajectory. Dr. Proulx’s …
Laura Rendón
Laura I. Rendón, PhD, is a renowned advocate, scholar, and educator. As a speaker with SpeakOut-The Institute for Democratic Education and Culture, she has addressed audiences worldwide on education and social justice. Raised in a low-income, single-parent home on the U.S.-Mexico Border, Rendón is a dedicated champion for low-income, first-generation students. She authored Sentipensante Pedagogy …
Rhonda Magee
An internationally-sought-after mindfulness teacher and keynote speaker, and a thought and practice innovator of mindfulness-based social justice principles, concepts and practices, Rhonda V. Magee, M.A., J.D., is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco. Rhonda has spent more than 20 years integrating mindfulness into higher education, leadership, and everyday social engagement. Her work …
