Judith Bradley, (MA '97), works as a teacher and has a private practice in Vancouver, Canada. She originally trained as a physical therapist, but over the years has honed her approach as a body worker so as to give greater attention to "spirit, emotions, and subtle energies." Judith explains that, despite her efforts to incorporate emotional aspects of healing into her practice, she found that her clients were still suffering, which led her to "hunger for a bigger perspective." It was this hunger which brought her to CIIS, where classes in Buddhism, Consciousness, and Cosmology became particularly influential in her thinking. Judith has worked in Bosnia, helping to train Physical Therapists in the Community-Based Rehabilitation Projects which were initiated to respond to the compelling need for rehabilitation of war injured.

Christian de Quincey (PhD, ‘00), is Professor of Philosophy and Consciousness Studies at John F. Kennedy University, faculty member at The Graduate Institute, Director of the Center for Interspecies Research, and adjunct faculty at the University of Philosophical Research and the Holmes Institute. He is also cofounder of The Visionary Edge, committed to transforming global consciousness by transforming mass media. Christian is author of the award-winning book Radical Nature: Rediscovering the Soul of Matter and Radical Knowing: Understanding Consciousness through Relationship, as well as the visionary novel Deep Spirit. Samples of his writings on consciousness and cosmology are available at www.deepspirit.com.

Molly Dwyer, M.A., 2002, is a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at CIIS. She is also the vice president of the Satyana Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where she facilitates transformative gender healing work with Will Keepin. She won the 1999 Vickers Award from the International Society for Systems Sciences for her paper, "The Emergent Feminine: A Cosmological Inquiry into the Role of the Feminine in the Evolution of the Universe."

Gwen Gordon (MA, ’01), is a teacher, writer, coach, and consultant. Since graduating, Gwen has taught transpersonal play to graduate students at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, Holy Names University, Saybrook Institute, and New College and teaches regularly at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She co-designed and currently leads the mastery-level coaching course for the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) as well as leading the CTI leadership training. She has had an individual coaching practice for ten years.

Marya Grathwohl (MA ’98) gives lectures, retreats, and workshops integrating reflection on the universe story with spirituality and care of Earth. She serves as Earth Consultant for a Women’s Center in Montana, implementing wind and solar power, geo-thermal heating and cooling, water catchments and greenhouse design, and prairie restoration. Her forthcoming book, After the First Thunder is being published by Riverhead/USA Penguin. Her office, Earth Hope, is in her home in Wyoming.

Hans Gruenig, M.A., 1998, is completing his doctoral degree in philosophy with a focus on Heideggerian, Buddhist, and ecological studies at Tulane University.

Sean Hargens, M.A., 2001, is a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at CIIS. He is a researcher for the Integral Institute, a nonprofit organization devoted to global transformation. He is currently collaborating on a book about integral ecology with the environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman.

Nancy McGinley, M.A., '98, is the executive director of Dovetail, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building sustainable communities, and coordinator for the conference Catalyst 2000: Turning Challenge into Opportunity (also focused on sustainable communities). She recently organized the workshop, "The Natural Step," for the leaders of local business and government.

Rusty Shores (MA, ‘06) lives in Sebastopol, California with his wife, Julia and are expecting their first child in June. Rusty is the administrative coordinator for the Green MBA program at the New College in Santa Rosa. He is excited to be part of the growing movement for sustainable businesses that promote financial viability, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability. He believes the business community can be an important avenue for world transformation, particularly if those businesses are conscious of and accounting for a "triple bottom line" of planet, people, and profit. Rusty also sits on the steering committee for the annual Sustainable Enterprise Conference http://sec2007.com/news/user/110. This 2-day Sonoma County conference in May will offer current information, tools and ideas about developing sustainability practices for leaders in business, government and nonprofits as well as entrepreneurs, consultants, educators and students.

Serena Elize Bear Flores (MA, ‘05) first sought out the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program as a way of deepening the intellectual understanding of her metaphysical musings. She is currently evolving her connectivity between mind, body, and spirit through her dedicated seva with Sophia Project, a non-profit in west Oakland serving children and families at risk of recurring homelessness and its effects. Drawing inspiration and methods from the insights developed by Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher, esotericist, and world-renowned educator and founder of the Waldorf School movement, Sophia Project's objective is to support the physical, emotional, conceptual, spiritual, and social development of the children. By trade Serena Bear is a Reiki Master/Teacher and massage therapist, specializing in a variety of bodywork and energy work modalities. She returned to CIIS in the fall of 2006 for the Sound, Voice, and Music Healing Certification program, while concurrently studying to receive certification as a Depth Hypnosis Practitioner through the Foundation of the Sacred Stream in Oakland.