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Alumni Notes: Women's Spirituality

Valgerdur Bjarnadottir, M.A., 1996, is from Iceland, where she was instrumental in forming the Women's Alliance, an Icelandic political party. She is currently the director of a women's center for continuing education, and recently ran for mayor in Iceland on the Green Party ticket.

Marilyn Davis, M.A., 1999, is a Franciscan Sister of Mary, a Rosen Method body worker, and a longtime board member of the Sisters of Mary Health Systems, which provides health care in hospitals throughout the Midwest.

Peggy Grove, Ph.D., 1998, researches, writes, and lectures on symbolism, particularly the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages. Her dissertation is titled "An Iconographic and Mythological Convergence: Gender Motifs in Northern Australian Aboriginal Rock Art."

Miri Hunter Haruach (PhD, ’99), is the director of Project Sheba and part owner of the Magdalene Center in Los Angeles CA. She has taught at colleges and universities throughout the country. Her one woman shows include Grandmothers of the Universe, The Queen of Sheba? Yes I Am, and The Pregnancy Diaries. She has two recordings: Harvest of the Heart and The Ways of Love. She tours and lectures on topics related to women's spirituality – www.projectsheba.com

Meg Jordan, M.A., 1996, is a national broadcast and print journalist; a former health commentator for FOX and CNN; author of five books on health and fitness; founder and editor of American Fitness Magazine; and president of the video company Jumpin' Productions. Her latest book, The Fitness Instinct: The Revolutionary New Approach to Healthy Exercise That Is Fun, Natural, and No-Sweat, grew out of her master's thesis, "Worth the Effort: Self-empowerment as the Missing Link in Women's Health and Fitness."

Mari P. Ziolkowski (PhD, ‘03), has worked as a consultant and is presently the Clinical Coordinator at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, where she has also assisted with the Center for the Divine Feminine. She has been able to integrate counseling skills with present spiritual feminist interests and looks forward to teaching and facilitating circles in women's spiritual emergence.

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