I am a writer, teacher and activist. I am Director of Saybrook Graduate School's Human Science--Transformative Social Change MA degree specialization and its Social Transformation Concentration. 

I am particularly interested in global-level social change, especially the development of global civil society efforts aimed at realizing values such as universal compassion, social justice and peace. I am writing a book on those themes, to be titled The Politics of Universal Compassion. I publish a blog/website exploring issues of peace, global social justice, human rights, and the environment, at www.topia.net. I also do research and writing in the related areas of violence prevention, media violence, diversity education, and cross-cultural conflict resolution.  I am also interested in exploring ways that new communication technologies can be used in the service of transformative social change.