People Spotlight

Faculty Interview

Professor Jeanine Canty explores how the Transformative Studies Ph.D. prepares visionary changemakers to address humanity's disconnection from nature and each other.

Faculty Interview

Dr. Janis Phelps founded the world's first academically approved psychedelic therapy training program, preparing clinicians for a transforming field of mental health.

Faculty News

Playwright and activist Alex Burger brings his global experience into the CIIS MFA classroom, teaching art as transformation, and crisis as creative fuel.

Student News

Sibling Directors on Drama, Therapy, and Drama Therapy

Faculty Interview

A discussion with Professor Charlotte María Sáenz about community education, collective responsibility, philosophy and imagining brighter futures for students.

Faculty Interview

CIIS Professor Alfonso Montuori and CIIS alumna Professor Gabrielle Donnelly were curious how to combat the despair and increasingly dystopian expectations of the future, and how creativity specifically could be used to inspire hope and action.