MLI Affiliation Archives:
Agustina Acosta
Agustina is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a clinical psychologist specialized in cognitive and contemplative therapeutic approaches, and working within a team focused on the treatment of those suffering from substance-abuse and addiction. She is trained in Compassion Focused Therapy and Mindfulness. She is currently participating in a research project in a school in …
Serene Singh
Serene Singh is a Rhodes Scholar pursuing a Doctoral degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Oxford. Her research centers on the experiences of women on death row in the United States, focusing on topics of femininity, gender identity, and life in confinement. With a commitment to understanding their material realities, Singh …
Rahma Mian
Rahma Muhammad Mian is a yogi and academic. She teaches critical media and cultural studies to undergraduates at the Social Sciences and Liberal Arts program at IBA, Karachi. Rahma has over 14 years of experience working in journalism, communications strategy, and media development. From 2003-2012 she was an editor, reporter, and producer for some of Pakistan’s leading …
Ann Friedman
Ann Friedman, Ph.D., a psychologist, is the Director of Curriculum for the Mind Body Spirit Institute of The Jung Center of Houston. Ann received her Certification in Mindfulness Facilitation from the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA in 2015, and her Certification in Cognitively Based Compassion Training from the Center for Contemplative Studies and Compassion …
Jenny Mascaro
Jenny Mascaro is an applied biological anthropologist whose research focuses on investigating the impact of mindfulness and compassion meditation practices on the well-being, compassion, and health of both hospitalized patients and their healthcare providers. Her research approach incorporates a mix of methods, such as ambulatory assessment of linguistic behavior, functional and structural neuroimaging, as well …
Mansi Brat
Mansi Brat is an academic dedicated to promoting social justice and anti-racist action. Her current research lines include mindfulness-based programs, anti-racist scholarship, counselor professional identity and advocacy, postmodernist theories, and contemplative sciences. She is particularly interested in examining how mindfulness-based programs support social justice activism in counseling practitioners, supervisors, and trainees. Mansi is also focused …
Deanna Kaplan
Nirmal Govindaraju
Nirmal Govindaraju led and conducted professional research on nanomaterials and wide bandgap semiconductors for 13 years in the US before moving to India in 2017 to work on science and math education for low-income children and adults. Along the way, he has experienced, first-hand, the critical importance of social-emotional well-being for children to learn and …
Sam Brakarsh
Sam is from Zimbabwe where he co-founded the Chikukwa Research Trust (CRT), which focuses on mindfulness-based trauma healing, regenerative agriculture, and social theatre across twelve villages. Sam is a Theatre of The Oppressed practitioner, establishing a ToTO network in Zimbabwe as well as conducting trainings across Ghana, Kenya, The United States, The Philippines, and occupied …
