Biography

Rebecca Damien has taught at Inner Mongolia Agricultural University for the College of International Education and is currently teaching for the department of Transformative Inquiry at CIIS. Courses include Integrative Seminars for Transformative Leadership. Courses for Transformative Studies include the Introduction to Consciousness Studies and Archetypes, Movies, & Reality. Her philosophy is based on emerging consciousness from unconscious processes. Her dissertation utilizes Arts-Based Research and Intuitive Inquiry.

Education

Ph.D. in Transformative Studies, California institute of Integral Studies

M.A. in Applied Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Publications

Flickinger, D., & Damien, R. A. (2025). Consciousness Studies in Community: Allan Leslie Combs’s Enduring Vision. Journal of Conscious Evolution, 22(2).

Conference Presentations

Damien, R. (2025). Dreaming Mirrors: The Nightmares of Anne Rice and Stephen King. Presented at the American Anthropological Association Conference. 

Damien, R. (2024). Renewing the Unconscious in Dialogue with the Shadow. Presented at the International Association for Jungian Studies Conference. 

Damien, R., & Wise C. (2024). Creative Drawings for Messy Issues with Rich Pictures that Naturally Shift the Mind. Workshop presented at the International Leadership Association Conference.