2023 Organizing Committee

2023 Conference

CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

MARCH 2-4, 2023

2023 CPHE Organizing Committee

The CPHE Organizing Committee plans and executes all aspects of the annual conference. We hope you will consider joining the committee in a future year!

Alan Forrest (Co-Chair)

Ed.D., LPC, LMFT, Professor of Education, Department of Counselor Education, Radford University

Gini Weisz (Co-Chair)

PhD, WHNP, Associate Professor of Nursing, Radford University

Denise Bernardini

DMA Assistant Professor of Music, Head of Voice & Opera, Radford University

Nandini Bhowmick

EdD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership, Duquesne University

Tricia Easterling

Ed. D., Professor of Science Education, School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Radford University

Maureen P. Hall

PhD, Professor of Education, STEM Education and Teacher Development, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Erin Hopkins

PhD, Associate Professor of Property Management, Virginia Tech

Matthew Komelski

PhD, Advanced Instructor of Human Development & Family Sciences, Director of Adaptive Brain & Behavior Minor, Virginia Tech

Stephanie Sebolt

PhD, Associate Professor of Education, Mary Baldwin University

Ernest Solar

PhD, Associate Professor of Special Education, Mount St. Mary’s University

Mary Ann Taylor

PhD, Assistant Prof. of Psychiatry & Neuro-behavioral Health; Director of Academic Counseling Services, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn University

Juliet Trail

PhD, Founding Director, Courageous Compassion Connection; Contemplative Instructor, InStill Mindfulness

Veronica van Montfrans

PhD, CPACC, Associate Director, Translational Biology, Medicine, & Health; Research Assistant Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute