Expressive Arts Therapy students offer weekly after-school programs for elementary school children
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Celebrated author and somatic therapist Resmaa Menakem will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters and deliver the commencement address.
Mike Jung, a Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian at the Laurance S. Rockefeller Library at CIIS and noted author of children’s books, discusses his selection as a judge for the 2024 National Book Awards
Dr. Michele DeMarco, CIIS VP for Internal Relations, Integral & Transpersonal Psychology alum, and three-time heart attack survivor, new book offers a transformative new lens for healing from trauma, grief, and loss and building resilience.
Alum Karin von Daler co-developed the Dialectical Behavior Therapy oriented method for working with people struggling with intense emotional dysregulation
Expressive Arts Therapy Alum Suraya Keating directed a production of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" starring male inmates at San Quentin State Prison
Drama Therapy student, Angelica Medina appeared in and helped write the collaborative theater production
Theatre for Change pieces grow out of improvisation, methods of drama therapy, self-revelatory performance, educational theatre, and Theatre of the Oppressed
East-West Psychology Ph.D. alumna Lorell Frysh published the novel, "Jewels in the Nets of Gods"
East-West Psychology Ph.D. alumna initiated a Dreamscape Exploration Group where participants delve deep into the unconscious and uncover the hidden messages of dreams
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion alumni Kia Jones works with No Coal in Oakland campaign to prevent coal exports in the Port of Oakland
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Ph.D. students Laura Reddick and Kimberly Carfore invited to write for Huffington Post
The Religion & Ecology Summit featured leaders in the ecological, religious, and justice fields to bridge the divide between religion and the environment