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
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
Chair: Doris Chang
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
Interdisciplinarity Committee
The ISCR Interdisciplinarity Committee aims to (1) to advise the ISCR Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Conference Planning Committee on matters related to interdisciplinarity, and (2) to plan and promote other activities that would foster interdisciplinary dialogue about contemplative research. Activities of the committee with include (a) advising the Conference Planning Committee regarding ways in which interdisciplinary dialogue can be fostered at ISCR conferences, and (b) organizing events such webinars and in-person meetings that entail interdisciplinary dialogue and cooperation. The committee is to consist of ISCR members representing each of the Society’s disciplinary groups: education, humanities, social sciences, neuroscience, and clinical sciences.
Director: Bret W.Davis
Fundraising Committee
The ISCR Fundraising Committee mobilizes the resources that power our shared mission. We forge relationships with individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners; design creative giving campaigns; and develop sponsorships that keep membership dues low while expanding programs, grants, and scholarships for the contemplative research community. Committee members collaborate closely with the Executive Committee to turn bold ideas into sustainable revenue streams and to steward transparency and accountability in every dollar we raise.
Directors : Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé and David Vago
Student Committee
ISCR Student committee is committed to cultivating and supporting the future of young and early-career students, scholars, and researchers dedicated to contemplative science. Our goals are to connect students and early-career researchers to contemplative research networks that are not limited to research opportunities, funding lines, mentorships, and policies that support ISCR’s students and young researchers. Our student committee consists of ISCR members who collectively work with the executive committee to grow our aspirational ideas into concrete support of ISCR.
Representative: Renee L. Ford