Dr. Proulx’s work focuses on the development of mindfulness programs in underserved communities and how these programs may be protective for health in those communities. His efforts bridge Native American and African-American traditional contemplative and healing practices and mainstream mindfulness practices and how mindfulness affects resilience and well-being across a person’s developmental trajectory. Dr. Proulx’s …
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Véronique Taylor
My main research interests and current endeavours are focused on the neuropsychophysiological mechanisms through which mind-body interventions such as mindfulness impact behavior related to maladaptive emotion regulation. My research background during my graduate studies was centered on studying the neurobiology of mindfulness and emotion regulation using functional MRI, which showed that mindfulness regulates emotion by …
Emily Lindsay
Emily Lindsay is a research professor in psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her theory-driven work shows that mindfulness interventions improve health outcomes via stress buffering pathways and that acceptance training is a key component of mindfulness interventions that drives these effects. Her current work examines whether mindfulness interventions impact stress responding in ways that …
Vivian Valentin
Once a Neuroscientist studying brain systems, I now work to transform social systems like school cultures. I co-created the Kind Mind school program: weekly mindfulness, compassion and nature-connection practices, weaved into social-emotional lessons. We mentor teachers to guide Kind Mind lessons on their own when they are ready. I also create mindful experiences with art …
Kieran Fox
Monika Lohani
I am a fifth year Ph.D. student at Brandeis University in the Social Developmental Psychology program. Currently, I am working with Dr. Derek Isaacowitz in the Lifespan Emotional Development Lab at Northeastern University. The over-arching theme of my research interest so far has been to investigate efficient ways of managing emotional situations and whether there …
Kristina Eichel
Kristina Eichel did her PhD in Psychology at University of Cologne in 2016. She studied error detection and mindfulness with EEG. In 2016, she worked in the Social Cognition Center Cologne on social comparison, envy and mindfulness. From 2017 to 2019, Kristina worked as Postdoc at Brown University researching emotion-, attention- and self-related processing as …
Greta Gaard
Lucy Draper-Clarke
Lucy is an educator, writer and researcher-practitioner, with a doctorate in mindfulness and teacher education. After graduating from Oxford University in 1989, she obtained a PGCE and moved to Botswana to work in education. She also ran an educational publishing company, consulted on educational issues to the United Nations, and wrote many textbooks. In 2005, …
Juliana M Santoyo
Juliana Santoyo (they/them) is a mixed, nonbinary femme who walks the red road, born amongst the sacred mountains and rivers of the Northern Andes Mountains located in so-called Colombia. They are bilingual, being fluent in both English and Spanish. A deep feeler, lover, and systems thinker, their path has involved serving community as a 10+ …
