Executive Editor – Sean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D., is Professor and Founding Chair of the Integral Theory Program at John F. Kennedy University; Founding Director of the Integral Research Center; and Co-founder and Co-organizer of the biennial Integral Theory Conference. He is co-director of the
Integral Ecology Centerat Integral Institute. Sean is currently the most published author applying the Integral model to a variety of topics: sustainable development, ecology, research, intersubjectivity, science and religion, consciousness studies, and play. His articles have appeared in academic journals such as the
Journal of Consciousness Studies, Journal of Bhutan Studies,
World Futures, and
ReVision. He is co-editor of Ken Wilber’s book,
The Simple Feeling of Being. With environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, Sean is author of the book,
Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World (Integral Books, 2009). He is a practitioner of both Tibetan Buddhism (Shangpa Kagyu lineage) and A.H. Almaas’ the Diamond Approach.