Maytha Alhassen, Ph.D. is a historian, journalist, social justice artist, and mending practitioner. Inspired by James Baldiwn declaration of himself a “public witness,” she sees her work in the world as an engaged wit/h/nessing (witness + withness). Dr. alhassen received her Ph.D. in American studies & Ethnicity from USC, training in the disciplines of history, anthropology, media studies, Middle East…
Juliette Shimkin is a trauma-informed Psychotherapist specializing in recovery and transformation, a mystical and medicinal Chef, and a Painter/Visual Artist exploring the subconscious through color and expressionistic realism. Juliette obtained her MSW from the NYU Silver School of Social Work and has received training in several therapeutic modalities, including Psychoanalysis, EMDR, Hypnotherapy and Internal Family Systems Therapy. She is a…
Luke grew up in the rolling hills of southeast Pennsylvania where he developed interests and inclinations that led him on a personal journey of contemplative exploration with himself, his family, and his community. He eventually had the opportunity to discover new interests in healthcare and business at Wesle- yan University where he studied Economics and Psychology. While exploring these academic…
Yuki is an anthropologist studying how mindfulness and compassion practices are being brought into education in various socio-cultural contexts. She is also an educator with 15 years of experience teaching in Japan and the UK, from preschool up to PhD level, currently teaching at Keio Universi- ty, Japan. Yuki grew up crossing borders – born in Singapore, growing up in…
Jessica Mingus, LMSW, is a good ancestor-in-training born in NYC and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is the Co-Executive Director of Lineage Project, a non-profit that teaches trauma-sensitive mindfulness practices to young people and staff inside NYC’s court, foster care, shelter, immigration, suspension and school systems to cultivate embodied awareness and collective care. Jessica has designed dozens of Lineage’s programs…
Dr. Steven Thurston Oliver, Associate Professor of 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 B.A. in International Studies from…
Mindfulness teacher, Community organizer, Author, Activist Shelly Tygielski is a self-care activist and community organizer. Her work has been featured on CNN Heroes, in Forbes Magazine, CBS, ABC, NBC, The New York Times, Washington Post, and numerous other publications and media outlets. After spending almost 20 years immersed in Fortune 1000 organizations in corporate America, and the past decade as…
Copenhagen, Denmark | Researcher (post-traumatic growth and mindfulness). Cand.Psych, Psychologist, Writer, Meditation and Mindfulness Practitioner Selma Quist-Møller is a psychologist educated at UC Berkeley, UCLA, Copenhagen University, and Lund University. She specializes in research within positive health psychology, post-traumatic growth, compassion, and mindfulness, and works through the interdisciplinary approach of Interpersonal Neurobiology. She focuses on bridging science and mindfulness practices…