David Forbes

David Forbes, PhD, is an Emeritus in the Urban Education Doctoral Program at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. He teaches and writes on critical and integral approaches to mindfulness in education and has consulted with New York City schools on developing social mindfulness programs. He recently helped form the CUNY Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies network and develop an upcoming online advanced certificate program on mindfulness through Lehman College/CUNY. David is the author of Mindfulness and its Discontents: Education, Self, and Social Transformation and co-editor of the Handbook of Mindfulness: Culture, Context, and Social Engagement with Ron Purser, with whom he co-produces the podcast, The Mindful Cranks.