Archive of Past ACMHE Conferences

The Contemplative Campus

The Third Annual ACMHE Conference
November 11-13, 2011 at Amherst College
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Conference Program (.pdf)

The Contemplative Academy

The Second Annual ACMHE Conference
September 24-26, 2010 at Amherst College

130 educators attended 68 presentations, lectures, and poster sessions, plus plenary and keynote addresses, exploring the integration of contemplative approaches in higher education.

Conference Report (.pdf)
by Carrie Bergman, Program Associate
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

Conference Program (.pdf)

2010 Conference Videos

	"Contemplative Practices in the Classroom: Value Added or Changes Everything?" Panel discussion at the 2010 ACMHE Conference featuring Susan Burggraf (Associate Professor of Contemplative Psychology and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Naropa University), Barry Kroll (Professor of English, Lehigh University), Judith Simmer-Brown (Professor of Religious Studies, Naropa University), and Thomas Coburn (Visiting Scholar, Brown University and President Emeritus, Naropa University)..
	"Contemplative Multitasking(?)" David Levy, Professor, The Information School, University of Washington, and Alfred Kaszniak, Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Arizona
	"Student Identification of Salience in Decision-Making" Daniel Barbezat, Professor of Economics, Amherst College
	"Functional and Structural Changes Associated With Meditation" Sara Lazar, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
	Q&A with Sara Lazar, Al Kaszniak, David Levy, and Dan Barbezat
	"Bringing Attention to Mindfulness Research" Amishi Jha, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Miami

The Contemplative Heart of Higher Education

The First Annual ACMHE Conference
April 24-26, 2009 at Amherst College

Our first conference, which brought together 100 educators and administrators from North America and the UK, generated much warmth, energetic engagement, and a clearer focus on the future of contemplative pedagogy and the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education.

Conference Report (.pdf)
by Geri DeLuca
Professor of English, Brooklyn College

Conference Program (.pdf)

2009 Conference Videos

	Head, Heart, and Hand: Cultivating the Contemplative in Higher Education David Levy Professor, The Information School, University of Washington
	Higher Education in a Time of Stress: The Kingdom is Now or Never Diana Chapman Walsh Former President, Wellesley College
	Consumption and the Pursuit of Happiness Daniel Barbezat Professor of Economics, Amherst College
	Cultivating Compassion: Views from Contemplative Practice & Social Neuroscience Alfred Kaszniak Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Arizona
	Contemplation Without Context Renee Hill Associate Professor of Philosophy, Virginia State University
	Conference Closing: Poetry Marilyn Nelson Poet and Professor Emeritus of English, University of Connecticut