Please join the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences virtually for a conversation with Cheryl Giles, PsyD, Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling at Harvard University and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her most recent book, Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom (Shambhala Publication, 2020), co-edited with Pamela Ayo Yetunde, can be accessed as an eBook through the Lesley University Library.
This virtual event is free and open to all Lesley University students, faculty and staff. Zoom registration is required.
Sponsored by the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice (EDIJ) at Lesley University.
About the Speaker:
Cheryl A. Giles is the Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling at Harvard Divinity School and a licensed clinical psychologist. She teaches courses on spiritual care, trauma, and contemplative care of the dying.
A core faculty member of the Buddhist Ministry Initiative and Buddhist practitioner, Dr. Giles has received training in end-of-life care from the Being with Dying program and GRACE: Training in Compassion-Based Interactions in the Clinical/Patient Encounter at Upaya Institute and Zen Center. She enjoys mentoring students who are preparing for chaplaincy, racial justice, and healing ministry, as well as students interested in research on trauma psychology and meditation practices.
Dr. Giles is co-editor with Willa Miller of The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work (Wisdom Press, 2012). Her most recent book is Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom (Shambhala Publication, 2020), co-edited with Pamela Ayo Yetunde. For the past two years, Dr. Giles has been a Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Sociology at Brandeis University, where she focused on innovations in chaplaincy training and education.