Anthony DeMauro

Anthony DeMauro, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Dalai Lama Fellows, an innovative global leadership program designed to help young changemakers integrate personal, relational, and systemic transformation. In this role, Anthony manages many aspects of the program including recruitment and evaluation of prospective fellows, delivery of the Head, Heart, and Hands curriculum, coaching of fellows, and planning and delivery of the yearly global assembly.

Before joining CSC full-time in 2018, Anthony worked part-time for CSC as a Contemplative Instructor for three years, delivering contemplative programming to the University community through drop-in sessions, workshops, and retreats.

As a Ph.D. student in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development from 2014-2018, Anthony worked in the Contemplative Teaching and Learning Lab and taught courses in classroom management and mindfulness for teachers. His dissertation research focused on how K-12 teachers’ personal mindfulness practices influenced their professional teaching practice such as their ability to build relationships with students, manage their classrooms, and meet students’ needs. Anthony’s teaching and scholarly work emerged from his own experiences working in educational settings as a teacher, clinician, coach, and consultant. Throughout his Ph.D. program, Anthony also served as a steering committee member of SEEDS 4 Change, a student group dedicated to creating personal, interpersonal, and systemic change toward equity and inclusivity at the School of Education and Human Development.

In addition to his work with CSC, Anthony delivers mindfulness- and compassion-based professional development programs to K-12 educators through Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) and co-facilitates mindfulness retreats for teenagers with Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme).