A discussion with Professor Charlotte María Sáenz about community education, collective responsibility, philosophy and imagining brighter futures for students.
People Spotlight
Nick Blanc ’26 left a fulfilling career in homeless services to pursue undergraduate education at CIIS rooted in ancestral wisdom, indigenous traditions, and community healing.
Film composer Layla Minoui shares how healing from cancer led her to CIIS’ Expressive Arts programs and a new purpose as an emerging coach.
Preschool teacher Linette Illastron returned to school after a decade and rediscovered her voice, her strength, and her passion for learning at CIIS.
CIIS’ East-West Psychology and Transformative Inquiry departments put together a week-long period of celebration of conferences, music, theater, film and food.
An interview with Drama Therapy alumna Grace Walcott about her documentary, “River of Life LGBTQ+”
A Center for Psychedelic Therapies & Research faculty member and student explore the role chaplains are embracing as they provide patients with psychedelic-assisted treatments.
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.
A personal reflection from Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion graduate, Charlie Forbes, in honor of the program's 10-year anniversary
An interview with CIIS Professor Monica Mody about her new book of poetry Bright Parallel, detailing her inspirations as well as her writing and teaching process
CIIS President Brock Blomberg and Provost Kathy Littles are excited to welcome you to a year of learning, connections, and endless possibilities.
Watch CIIS Professor Emeritus Brian Thomas Swimme's Keynote Speech during the 2023 Leadership Conference of Religious Women in Dallas Texas.
CIIS Climate Psychology Professor Leslie Davenport reflects on the emotionally charged psychological effects of climate change with the PBS NewsHour