Arthur Zajonc
Arthur Zajonc is Andrew Mellon professor of physics and interdisciplinary studies at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan. He has been visiting professor and research scientist at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, and the universities of Rochester, and Hannover. He has been Fulbright professor at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. His research has included studies in electron-atom physics, parity violation in atoms, quantum optics, the experimental foundations of quantum physics, and the relationship between science, the humanities and the contemplative traditions. He has written extensively on Goethe's science work. He is author of the book: Catching the Light, co-author of The Quantum Challenge, and co-editor of Goethe's Way of Science. His latest book, Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry: When Knowing becomes Love will be released this month. In 1997 he served as scientific coordinator for the Mind and Life dialogue published as The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama. He again organized the 2002 dialogue with the Dalai Lama, "The Nature of Matter, the Nature of Life," and acted as moderator at MIT for the "Investigating the Mind" Mind and Life dialogue in 2003. The proceedings of the Mind and Life-MIT meeting were published under the title The Dalai Lama at MIT. He currently directs the Academic Program of the Center for Contemplative Mind which supports appropriate inclusion of contemplative practice in higher education. He has also been General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America, a co-founder of the Kira Institute, president of the Lindisfarne Association, and a senior program director at the Fetzer Institute.
Publications
Speakers
- Arthur Zajonc, Professor of Physics at Amherst College and renowned expert in bringing contemplative inquiry into teaching for transformative education;
- Maureen Hall, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, currently co-authoring a book on the use of reflection in writing and education classes;
- Sharon Solloway, Associate Professor of Education at Bloomsburg University, whose research focuses on bringing reflective practices into education for hard to reach student populations;
- Michael Franklin, Director of Art Therapy at Naropa University, who has both practiced and taught the intersection between art therapy and mindfulness in various academic, community, and clinical settings.