Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education: Narratives Toward Wholeness

Contributors share practices and acts of resistance to demonstrate what it means to be a contemplative practitioner attentive to issues of power, racism, and marginalization in higher education today. Chapters feature personal stories and descriptions of contemplative practices for readers to use in their own contexts.

Michelle C. Chatman is Associate Professor of Crime, Justice, and Security Studies, Director of the Violence Prevention and Community Wellness Program, and founding director of the Mindfulness and Contemplative Action (MICA) Lab at The University of the District of Columbia, USA.

LeeRay Costa is Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies/Anthropology, Director of Gender and Women’s Studies, and Director of Faculty Development at Hollins University, USA.

David W. Robinson-Morris is former Executive Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society (CMind) and inaugural Executive Director of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life at Dartmouth College, USA.