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

2025 Program Committee

Co-Chair: Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé, UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Co-Chair: Erin McCarthy, St Lawrence University

Dr Linda Carlson, Professor, University of Calgary

Julie Deleemans, University of Calgary

Susan Gaylord, UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Tish Jennings, University of Virginia

Fadel Zeidan, UC San Diego