Committees
About
ISCR members have the opportunity to serve on committees, task forces and special interest groups to assist the leadership in the development and execution of the Society’s mission, vision, programs and services.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO JOIN A COMMITTEE?
Any member in good standing.
WHAT IS THE COMMITMENT?
Level of involvement is based on your schedule. Generally meetings are held online monthly with in-person meetings at conferences.
Members serve one-year terms from January to December each year.
HOW TO JOIN?
If you’re interested in joining a ISCR committee, contact us indicating which committee you are interested in joining, and we will follow up with you.
Executive Committee
Linda Carlson
Doris F. Chang
Bret W. Davis
Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé
Sahib S. Khalsa
Erin McCarthy
Laura Rendon
Harold D. Roth
David Vago
Fadel Zeidan
Communications Committee
Co-chairs:
Sahib Khalsa
David Vago
Membership Committee
Chair: Linda E Carlson
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (REACH) Committee
Chair: Doris Chang
ISCR is dedicated to developing an organizational culture that embeds considerations of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in everything that we do. Our REACH committee (Re-imagining Equitable and Anti-oppressive approaches to Contemplative research and Healing) consists of ISCR members who collectively work with the Executive Committee to translate our aspirational DEIB principles into concrete institutional practices within ISCR. For more information and to join our committee, visit our REACH page
Education Committee
Chair: Harold Roth
2024 Program Committee
Chair: Harold D. Roth, Brown University
Co-Chair: Chiara Mascarello, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Co-Chair: Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen
Emma Bano, Italian Buddhist Union Research Center
Laura Candiotto, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
Marcello Ghilardi, University of Padova
Anne Heyrman-Hart, Brown University
Gábor Karsai, Dharma Gate Buddhist College, Budapest
Sahib Khalsa, University of Tulsa
Francesco Tormen, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Dave Vago, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Amy Cohen Varela, Mind and Life Europe