---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jorge Ferrer <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 5:37 PM Subject: About the Integral & Transpersonal Psychology PhD at California Institute of Integral Studies To: Jorge Ferrer <[email protected]> Cc: Marie Thouin <[email protected]>, Glenn Hartelius <[email protected]>
Dear friends and colleagues, I am pleased to announce that CIIS (California Institute of Integral Studies) is now offering a doctoral degree in Integral and Transpersonal Psychology <https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/integral-and-transpersonal-psychology/about-the-program>, and that there are still some available spots for Fall 2018 enrollment. *Please feel free to circulate this letter through your networks or forward it to any person you think they may be interested*. This part-time online PhD program in whole-person approaches has been expressly designed for working professionals seeking to enhance their credentials, cultivate new meaning in their work, deepen their skills, or contribute to shaping their areas of specialization. Both scholars and practitioners are equally encouraged to apply. In addition to a course of study <https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/integral-and-transpersonal-psychology/curriculum> that prepares students for scholarship and research, students can choose to: · Participate in a new research lab for whole-person approaches to neuroscience · Serve as an intern for a peer-reviewed academic journal <https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/ijts-transpersonalstudies/> with more than 35,000 article downloads per year in 170 countries · Collaborate with and be supervised by senior scholars such as Stanley Krippner, Charles Tart, Jorge Ferrer, Jenny Wade, Dean Radin, and many more <https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/integral-and-transpersonal-psychology/faculty>, to further their research in the integral and transpersonal fields This is a research-oriented degree that teaches both rigorous intellectual and embodied approaches to inquiry with high standards of scholarship and critical thinking. Students in the program will be required to complete 36 units of part-time coursework and write a dissertation. For three years, they will meet twice a year to participate in a multi-day residential seminar with the core and associate faculty while completing the remainder of the coursework online. As students are prepared to start thinking and writing about their dissertation from the beginning, the program is designed to be completed in 5 years (3 years of coursework + 2 years of dissertation writing and defense). To watch current ITP students talk about their experience with the program, please watch this video: https://www.dropbox.com /sh/hc10yaok9szexse/AADL0AJIsVfVhcyFnO845_zQa?dl=0 Both Jorge and Glenn would be happy to speak with you personally or via Skype to answer any questions you may have. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact our admissions representative, Lindsay Roth, at [email protected] with the subject line “Integral and Transpersonal Psychology PhD.” We also have diversity scholarships available. The era of whole-person approaches to mental health has arrived. Be the evolution. Apply now <https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/integral-and-transpersonal-psychology/apply> . Sincerely, Jorge N. Ferrer, Core Faculty [email protected] Glenn Hartelius, Director [email protected] *Jorge N. Ferrer, PhD,** is regarded as one of the main contemporary theoreticians of the field of transpersonal psychology. His participatory perspective is widely discussed in the fields of transpersonal studies, integral and contemplative education, and religious studies and comparative mysticism. He is the award-winner author of *Revisioning Transpersonal Theory <http://www.sunypress.edu/p-3470-revisioning-transpersonal-theor.aspx> *and *Participation and the Mystery <http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6388-participation-and-the-mystery.aspx>*, as well as the co-editor of *The Participatory Turn <http://www.sunypress.edu/p-4687-the-participatory-turn.aspx>*. Ferrer is currently writing a book on transpersonal perspectives on sexuality and intimate relationships. **In 2009, he became an advisor to the organization Religions for Peace at the United Nations on a research project aimed at solving global interreligious conflict.* *Glenn Hartelius, PhD**, is an internationally known scholar in transpersonal psychology. Building on his research into developing a comprehensive definition of the transpersonal field, Glenn serves as editor for the *International Journal of Transpersonal Studies <https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/ijts-transpersonalstudies/>*, **which has the largest online circulation of any transpersonal journal. He co-edited *The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology <https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Wiley+Blackwell+Handbook+of+Transpersonal+Psychology-p-9781119967552>*, the first-ever professional handbook for the field. He has taught in a variety of transpersonal programs throughout the United States and in Europe, and is engaged in developing a laboratory for whole-person approaches to neuroscience.* [image: https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif] -- Jorge N. Ferrer, PhD Core faculty Department of East-West Psychology California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco, California http://www.ciis.edu/faculty-and-staff-directory/jorge-n-ferrer-bio -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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