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Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Ph.D. is associate professor and founding Chair of the Department of Integral Theory at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California.  He is founder and Executive Editor of The Journal of Integral Theory and Practice (JITP), founding Director of the Integral Ecology Center, and co-founder/co-organizer of the biennial Integral Theory Conference. Sean is a leading scholar-practitioner in Integral Theory with articles appearing in numerous academic journals. He is co-author of Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World (Integral Books, 2009) and editor of Integral Theory in Action (SUNY, 2010).  Sean serves as an integral coach and consultant through his business Rhizome Designs. 

Nick Hedlund, MA is associate researcher and coordinator of the iTEACH Project at the Integral Research Center, adjunct professor in the Integral Theory and Integral Psychology Departments at John F. Kennedy University, associate organizer of the biennial Integral Theory Conference, and associate director of the Integral Ecology Center. Nick was guest editor of the recently published JITP special issue on Integral Research (Vol. 5, No. 2) and is a doctoral student at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Nick is the founder of Integral Synergy Consulting, through which he serves as a psychospiritual coach and integral consultant.

Jordan Luftig, MA is Adjunct Faculty and an administrative assistant in the Integral Studies Department at John F. Kennedy University. His research study on the transformative power of play appears in the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice. Jordan also serves as Managing Director of Bay Area Integral and offers personal coaching grounded in his training with Integral Coaching Canada.

Gail Hochachka, MA is Adjunct Faculty at John F. Kennedy University. As the Program Director of the non-profit organization Drishti - Centre for Integral Action based in British Columbia, she is researching, writing, and building capacity on the use of an Integral Approach to address global issues, with current projects in Peru and El Salvador. She leads the Integral Field Courses for JFKU. She is the author of Developing Sustainability, Developing the Self: An Integral Approach to International and Community Development.

David Zeitler, MA is an assistant professor in the Integral Studies Department at John F. Kennedy University and Adjunct Faculty for Naropa University. David is currently completing a book on Integral Life Practice for Psychotherapists, and is junior author for the official handbook on Integral Psychotherapy with Elliott Ingersoll, PhD. David’s clinical experience comes from a two year stint as a psychotherapist in two 24-bed, locked psychiatric wards. David is an associate editor of the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice (JITP).