Syllabi
We have made these syllabi available to assist you in designing your courses and to provide examples of how contemplative practices have been incorporated into the classroom. These syllabi were used in courses designed and taught by ACMHE members, Contemplative Practice Fellowship Recipients, and Summer Session participants.
Judith Fryer Davidov
Professor of American Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Introduction to American Studies: Contemplating Nature
Brad Grant
Professor of Architecture
Hampton University
Architecture and Urban Community Design Studio
Amy Cheng
Professor of Art
SUNY - New Paltz
The Creative Process
Jeffrey Kripal
Associate Professor of Art History
& Marcia Brennan
Professor of Religious Studies
Rice University
The Mystical Arts: On the Theory and Practice of Hermeneutics and Aesthetics
Susan Wegner
Associate Professor of Art History
Bowdoin College
Art and Contemplation in Christian Europe from Hildegard of Bingen to Teresa of Ávila
Joanna Ziegler
Professor of Art History
College of the Holy Cross
Faith and Art
Joanna Ziegler
Professor of Art History
College of the Holy Cross
Contemplation and Devotion: Art and Space
Andre Delbecq
Professor of Organizational Analysis and Management
Santa Clara University
Seminar in Spirituality and Business Leadership
Santiago Colas
Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American and Comparative Literature
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Stopping and Reading: Zen Contemplative Practices and Literary Study
Susan Allen Nan
Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Spirituality and Peacebuilding
Harold D. Roth
Professor of Religious Studies
Brown University
Introduction to Contemplative Studies
Yin Mei Critchell
Associate Professor of Dance
City University of New York, Queens College
Contemplative Practice and Modern Dance Technique
Ann Cooper Albright
Associate Professor of Dance
Oberlin College
Physical Mindfulness: Embodying Contemplative Practice
Vaishali Mamgain
Associate Professor, Economics
University of Southern Maine
Happiness and Economics
David Forbes
Professor of Education
Brooklyn Colleg of CUNY
Contemplative Urban School Counseling
Clifford A. Hill
Professor of Language and Education
Columbia University
Contemplative Practices and Education
Jane Danielewicz
Assistant Professor of English
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Reading and Writing Women’s Lives: Personal Essay, Autobiography, Biography, Autoethnography
Geraldine Deluca
Professor of English
City University of New York, Brooklyn College
Literature and Contemplation
SunHee Kim Gertz
Associate Professor of English Literature
Clark University
Still Spaces: Contemplative Practice in the Classroom
Marilyn Nelson
Visiting Professor of English Literature
U.S. Military Academy
Applying Meditation to the Study and Writing of Poetry
Mary Rose O’Reilley
Professor of English
St. Thomas University
A Contemplative Spirituality of Environmental Writing
Nancy Stork
Associate Professor of Medieval English Literature
San Jose State University
Introduction to Medieval Literature
John D. Lyons
Professor of French Literature
University of Virginia
Advanced Seminar in French Literature
Dalia Judovitz
Professor of French Literature
Emory University
Subjects of Meditation: Spiritual vs. Rationalist Passions
Laurie J. Sears
Professor of History
University of Washington, Seattle
Aesthetics, Mysticism, and the Performing Arts in Postcolonial Indonesia
David Levy
Professor of Information Science
University of Washington
Information and Contemplation
Len Riskin
Professor of Law
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
Understanding Conflict
Jackie St. Joan
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Denver
Learning from Practice: Contemplative Practice & the Practice of Law
Anne Hunsaker Hawkins
Associate Professor of Medical Humanities
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Contemplative Practice and the Art of Medicine
William J. Jackson
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Contemplation and Music
Steven Nuss
Assistant Professor of Music
Colby College
Music and Contemplative Practice
Mitchell Green
Professor of Philosophy
University of Virginia
Know Thyself
Oliver Hill
Professor of Philosophy
Renee Hill
Asst. Professor of Philosophy
Charyl Banks-Smith
Visiting Professor of Dance
Virginia State University
The Path of Inner Experience
David Kahane
Professor of Philosophy
University of Alberta
Equality and Social Justice
Andrew McLaughlin
Professor of Philosophy
Lehman College - City University of New York
Environmental Ethics
Linda Patrik
Professor of Philosophy
Union College
Contemplative Social Justice Ethics
David Rothenberg
Professor of Technlogy
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Technology and Contemplation
David Rothenberg
Professor of Philosophy
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Ethics and the Environment
Allen Stairs
Associate Professor, Philosophy
University of Maryland, College Park
Contemplation, Well-Being, and Personal Identity
Joel R. Primack
Professor of Physics
Nancy Ellen Abrams
Department of Physics
University of California, Santa Cruz
Cosmology and Culture
Judith Shapiro
Assistant Professor of International Relations
American University
Contemplation and Political Change
Paul Wapner
Associate Professor of International Politics
Judith Shapiro
Assistant Professor of International Relations
American University
Contemplation and Political Change
Linda Bell
Professor of Psychology and Director of Training in Family Therapy
University of Houston - Clear Lake
Contemplative Practice and Psychotherapy
Jean Kristeller
Professor of Psychology
Indiana State University
The Psychology of Meditation and Self-Regulation
Jared Kass
Professor of Counseling and Psychology
Lesley College
Spirituality: Integrating Factor in Mental and Physical Health
Dan Holland
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Contemplative Practice, Health Promotion, and Disability: An Experiential Seminar
Georgia A. Frank
Assistant Professor of Religion
Colgate University
Seeing and Believing: Images and the Senses in Christian Spirituality
William J. Jackson
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Contemplation and Music
Anne C. Klein
Professor of Religious Studies
Rice University
Buddhist Wisdom Texts: Philosophies of Contemplation & The Poetics of Learning
Jeffrey Kripal
Associate Professor of Art History
& Marcia Brennan
Professor of Religious Studies
Rice University
Modern Art and Mystical Experience
Stephen R. Prothero
Assistant Professor of American Religion
Boston University
Hinduism in America
Harold D. Roth
Professor of Religious Studies
Brown University
The Theory and Practice of Buddhist Meditation
Sol Miguel-Prendes
Associate Professor of Spanish Literature
Wake Forest University
Contemplative Practices and Literary Creation in Spain
Barbara Sellers-Young
Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance
University of California, Davis
Contemplation, Reflection, Action: A Somatic Approach to Acting