ACMHE: Contemplative Mind in Higher Education

Archive of Past Events

The Contemplative Heart of Higher Education conference image

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)

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, 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