Glenn Hartelius, PhD

Education

• Ph.D. in East-West Psychology, at California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA

• Master of Arts in Religion at Loma Linda University, Redlands, CA

• Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA

Biography

Dr. Glenn Hartelius is an internationally known scholar and thought leader in the integral, transpersonal, and positive psychology fields, supporting their development and impact through grant-funded research, editorial roles, and mentorship for the next generation of transpersonal scholars.

As an educator Dr. Hartelius has taught at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Sofia University, Naropa University, Saybrook University, Middlesex University and Alef Trust in the UK, and the California Institute of Integral Studies where he developed and led a highly successful doctoral program. He next brought his experience to CIHS where he created our next generation, inspiring, and academically rigorous doctoral program in Integral, Transpersonal, and Positive Psychology for individuals who want to participate in the development of a psychology of the whole person that includes consciousness, intuition, inspiration, and spirituality alongside the study of cognition and neuroscience.

As Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies (IJTS), Dr. Hartelius has brought a journal with fewer than 100 subscribers into what is today the largest journal and primary publisher of empirical research in the transpersonal area, with more than 150,000 downloads per year by over 50,000 total users spanning nearly every country on the globe. IJTS is the only transpersonal journal listed in Scopus, a top research index with rigorous selection criteria. This is in addition to Dr. Hartelius’ role as co-author of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology, to date the most comprehensive overview of the transpersonal area, and his active promotion of the transpersonal field as Vice-President of the International Transpersonal Association, which he has worked with since its revival in 2008.

As the Director of Attention Strategies Institute, Dr. Hartelius leads grant-funded research into a novel method of measuring states of consciousness through attentional stance analysis, and coaches top business leaders in application of attentional stance to the cultivation of exceptional leadership skills. As a trainer and workshop leader, Dr. Hartelius has taught in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has worked closely with scholars from Fudan University, Shanghai, in support of the founding and development of the Chinese Association of Integral Psychology, where he is a regular keynote speaker. He was also a founding core faculty member for the Zijing-CIIS Master of Arts in Applied Psychology, associated with Tsinghua University, Beijing, and he teaches rapid access to meditative states through the Chinese company Flow Academy.