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 * Stephanie Briggs**

Stephanie is an Assistant Professor, English, at the Community College of Baltimore County. She incorporates contemplative practices using art and movement in the classroom, allowing students to explore their life trajectories and diverse histories through compassionate, collaborative processes. She is the designer of the movement based contemplative program Be.Still.Move. She has studied movement and vocalization with director/choreographer Meredith Monk, taken Mudra Theater classes with Elaine Yuen, teacher and student of Chogyam Trungpa, studied the research-to-performance methodology developed by teacher/poet Sekou Sundiata, and his use of storytelling and creative writing to create social engagement around social justice issues developed through his “America Project,” and studied combining arts, play, and mindfulness practice with Thich Nhat Hanh ordained Buddhist nun, Sister Jewel. She currently serves on the Racial Justice and Contemplative Pedagogy Steering Committee for the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, developer of an ongoing collaborative program between her Freshman English Composition I student and graduating seniors from NYC-based university, and is facilitating a year-long faculty learning community on contemplative pedagogy in the classroom at CCBC.

2015 Conference Program