Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence

Distinguished Advisors

Accessed November 2007:

• Arik W. Ascherman
• Georgette F. Bennett, Ph.D.
• Robert Coles, L.H.D., M.D.
• William Damon, Ph.D.
• Lama Surya Das
• Leslie J. Francis, Ph.D., Sc.D., D.D.
• Robert Franklin, Jr., Ph.D.
• C. Welton Gaddy, Ph.D.
• John G. Gatu, Ph.D.
• William Grassie, Ph.D.
• Kuldip C. Gupta, Ph.D.
• Byron Johnson, Ph.D.
• Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D.
• Rick R. Little
• Richard J. Mouw, Ph.D.
• Lori Noguchi, Ph.D.
• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
• Michael Shire, Ph.D.
• Sobonfu Some
• Merton P. Strommen, Ph.D.
• Krista Tippett

Scientific Advisors

Accessed November 2007:

• Alexander Astin, Ph.D.
• Linda L. Barnes Ph.D., MTS
• Chris J. Boyatzis, Ph.D.
• W. Andrew Collins, Ph.D.
• Joseph V. Crockett, Ed.D.
• David C. Dollahite, Ph.D.
• Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Ph.D.
• Jane Erricker
• Ronald F. Inglehart, Ph.D.
• Adrian V. Ivakhiv, Ph.D.
• Shiva Khalili, Ph.D.
• Daniel M. Kiminyo, Ph.D.
• Ida Kublikowski, Ph.D.
• Reed Larson, Ph.D.
• Annette Mahoney, Ph.D.
• Rosa Maria Stefanini de Macedo, Ph.D.
• Jacqueline S. Mattis, Ph.D.
• Dan P. McAdams, Ph.D.
• Yoshiharu Nakagawa, Ph.D.
• Rebecca Nye, Ph.D.
• Kenneth I. Pargament, Ph.D.
• Anne C. Petersen, Ph.D.
• Jane Quinn
• Phillip Rankin
• Donald Ratcliff, Ph.D.
• K. Helmut Reich, Ph.D.
• Robert Roeser, Ph.D.
• Graham Rossiter, Ph.D.
• Ashiq Syed Ali Shah, Ph.D.
• Christian Smith, Ph.D.
• Kelly Dean Schwartz, Ph.D.
• Suman Verma, Ph.D.
• Linda M. Wagener, Ph.D.
• John M. Wallace, Ph.D.

Research and Practice Partners

The following organization has joined with the center in an official partnership to further its research goals and projects:

• Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)

Funding Partners

• John Templeton Foundation
• Corporation for National and Community Service