Christian de Quincey, Ph.D.

Christian de Quincey is a professor of philosophy at John F. Kennedy University, where he teaches Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, and is the co-founder of The Visionary Edge—an arts and media company. He is also on the faculty of The Graduate Institute. An international speaker on consciousness, cosmology, and spirituality, Dr. de Quincey has a deep commitment to exploring the mind and the mystery of the cosmos. His books include Radical Knowing: Understanding Consciousness through Relationship, the award-winning Radical Nature: Rediscovering the Soul of Matter, the bestselling e-novel Deep Spirit: Lessons from the Noetic Code, and, with Willis Harman, The Scientific Exploration of Consciousness. Christian is adjunct faculty with Union Institute and University, and the Arthur Young Professor of Philosophy at the University of Philosophical Research. Before moving into academia, he was a professional journalist for national newspapers including The Irish Times, London's Sunday Times, and the science journal Nature. His website is www.deepspirit.com.

Charles Silverstein, M.A.

Charles Silverstein is a practitioner of Integrated Kabbalistic Healing, a compassionate, consciousness-based approach to healing. Currently a PhD candidate at Lancaster University, his research focuses on the efficacy and theoretical basis for the phenomenon of distant healing. Charles holds workshops in Kabbalistic Healing, leads group meditations, and is a practitioner of Sun Do Mountain Taoism. Previously, Charles had a 20-year career as a portfolio manager and quantitative analyst for a large institutional investor, and was an educator in the fields of science and mathematics.

James D. Trifone, Ph.D.

Jim Trifone brings more than twenty years of educational management to this program. He has published and presented research in the United States and abroad on "concept mapping" and "the transformational nature of experience," among other topics. His dedication to the field of consciousness and to the literature of the field adds a valuable dimension to the program. An experienced coordinator in innovative graduate programs at Southern Connecticut State University and Sacred Heart University, Jim has is also the author of several publications, including, Addressing the Needs of the Concrete Reasoner and The Test of Logical Thinking: Applications for Teaching and Placing Science Students.

Duane Elgin, Hon. Ph.D.

• Founder of the Voluntary Simplicity movement
• Author of Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future

Barbara Marx Hubbard, Ph.D.

• President of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution
• Author of Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential and Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence

F. David Peat, Ph.D.

• Physicist
• Director of the Pari Center for New Learning in Pari, Italy
• Author of The Blackwinged Night: Creativity in Nature and Mind, and Science, Order, and Creativity (with David Bohm)

Ervin Laszlo, Ph.D.

• Founder of systems theory
• Author of The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads of Science and The Reenchantment of the Cosmos: The Rise of an Integral Vision of Reality

Karl Pribram, M.D.

• Neuroscientist and theorist
• Author of Brain and Perception

Peter Russell, M.A.

• International consultant
• Author of The Global Brain Awakens and The Consciousness Revolution

Eric Weiss, Ph.D.

• Psychotherapist
• Distinguished scholar at the Esalen Center for Theory and Research