Allan Combs, Ph.D., Neural Psychology, University of Georgia, 1977 •  Integral psychology and philosophy, evolution of consciousness, consciousness and spirituality, transformations of consciousness, dreaming, mind and brain, chaos and complexity.

Urusa Fahim, Ph.D. in Transformative Learning and Change, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2002 • Women’s leadership, inquiry and research methodologies, group process, collaborative creativity, intercultural communication. 

Joanne Gozawa, Ph.D. in Integral Studies with a concentration in Learning and Change in Human Systems, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2000 • Organic Inquiry, Learning Community, Transformative Learning that is inclusive and nonjudgmental, a field of mutuality that gives groups of diverse participants the safety in which to question their deep assumptions.

Constance A. Jones, Ph.D., Sociology, Emory University, 1977; New religious movements; Hinduism and Buddhism in the West; sociology of religion; sociology of knowledge; transdisciplinarity; heuristic methods; teachings of J. Krishnamurti; meeting of East and West in intellectual history.

Bradford Keeney, Ph.D., Family Therapy, Purdue University, 1981 * Uncommon creativity in psychotherapy and the transformative arts; recursive inquiry, cybernetics of cybernetics, complexity of complexity (the intellectual tradition that includes Gregory Bateson, Heinz von Foerster, Francisco Varela, Edgar Morin, among others).

Alfonso Montuori, Ph.D., Human Science, Saybrook Institute, 1991 • Program Director • Creativity and innovation, leadership and personal development, transdisciplinarity, inquiry as a creative process,  culture and cultural epistemology, Edgar Morin's paradigm of complexity.

Shoshana Simons, Ph.D., Human & Organizational Systems, The Fielding Institute, CA • Narrative & relational-constructionist approaches to systems change; integration of expressive arts in transformational work; intercultural communication in groups & organizations; connecting mindfulness/spiritual practice with social change work; social-emotional learning in education and leadership; race, gender, class & sexuality issues.

Allan Hunt Badiner, M.Bud Studies., College of Buddhist Studies, Los Angeles, 1989.  Buddhist Pilgrimage sites in India, Social and Cultural life in Ancient Buddhist India, Buddhism and Modern Social Problems, Digital Dharma- the spread of Buddhist teachings via the World Wide Web, Jewish Life in the Roman Empire, Progressive Business and Socially-purposed Entrepreneurial Development, Consciousness and Cultural Transformation.

Ginger Chih, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Judge Institute of Management Studies • Global strategic leadership and organization development, change management, organization culture integration, global diversity management, executive coaching, and cross-cultural team building.

Byron Dan Crowe, M.Ed. The will to lead • Unleashing the spirit • Transdisciplinarity.

Riane Eisler, Systems Scientist and Macrohistorian • JD. UCLA School of Law, 1965 • President, Center for Partnership Studies • Developed study of relational dynamics, cultural transformation theory, and other new approaches to understanding systems maintenance and transformation • Author of The Chalice & The Blade, Sacred Pleasure, The Power of Partnership, The Real Wealth of Nations, and other works introducing the new social categories of the partnership and domination systems as two underlying possibilities for structuring beliefs, institutions, and relations.

Joel Federman, Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1999 • Political philosophy, social theory, global consciousness, universal compassion, conflict transformation, peace studies, nonviolent social change, violence prevention, global social justice, diversity.

Robert Forte,  AMRS,  The Divinity School, University of Chicago, 1985.  History and Psychology of Religion.  Theravadan and Zen Meditation, Shamanism, Religious and Psychotherapeutic Uses of Sacred Plants and Psychedelic Drugs, (Entheogens), in Ancient and Modern Societies;  Psychology of Political Awareness.