BetterUp

Research Assistant and published author for the CANDOR Corpus, a large, novel, multimodal corpus of 1,656 recorded conversations in spoken English. This 7+ million word, 850 hour corpus totals over 1TB of audio, video, and transcripts, with moment-to-moment measures of vocal, facial, and semantic expression, along with an extensive survey of speaker post conversation reflections.

Esalen Institute: Big Sur, California

Assistant Teacher in Residence– supported meditation teachers and psychotherapists Bill and Susan Morgan in their month-long residential program. Provided counsel to retreat participants along with assessment of ways to adapt to each student’s optimal learning and mental health needs.

Natural Dharma Fellowship: Cambridge, MA

Teacher in residence at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, Natural Dharma’s first residential retreat center in Springfield, NH. Directed the development of programming, residential staff, community engagement, and volunteer opportunities. Offered pastoral counseling to local community along with meditation programs open to the general public.

Palpung Thubten Choling Monastery: Wappingers Falls, NY

Co-Chair of the Mental Health Committee and founding member of the monastery’s Teacher’s Council. Advocate for mental health screening for incoming seminarians. Created a boundary awareness training for the council and established an ongoing dialogue for harm reduction among the congregants.

Hemera Foundation: Boulder, CO

Mentor– Selected to be a guide to professional artists awarded fellowships to explore the intersection between art and contemplative practice.

Harvard University: Cambridge, MA

Meditation Teacher– Designed and facilitated an introductory curriculum for students to train in mindfulness, including an audio home practice course.

Milarepa Retreat Center: Smoky Mountains, TN

Resident Teacher & Co-Executive Director– Established a residential retreat center and served as a minister to the region including partner communities in Asheville and Greensboro, NC.