Planning Committee: Corie Beckermann, Beth Berila, Orn Bodvarsson, Rebecca Crowell, Manijeh Daneshpour, Moncia Devers, John Eggers, Chris Haukos, Steve Hoover, Debra Leigh, Lalita Subrahmanyan, Caryn Thole.
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Daniel Barbezat is Professor of Economics at Amherst College and Executive Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. He has
been a visiting professor at Northwestern University, Yale University
and has taught in the summer program at Harvard University. In 2004, he
won the J. T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History
from the Economic History Association. Over the past decade, he has
become interested in how self-awareness and introspection can be used in
higher education and economic decision-making. He has developed
courses that integrate contemplative exercises designed to enable
students to gain deeper understanding and insight. His approach to
these economic classes has been featured in the Boston Globe, the U.S.
News & World Report, as well as on the NPR program “Here &
Now.” Since 2009, he has been working with the Center for Contemplative
Mind in Society and was, until recently, Treasurer, Board Member, as well as an
Associate Director of the Academic Programs. He is currently writing a
handbook of contemplative practices in higher education with Mirabai
Bush, and a book entitled, “Wanting”.
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