Maia Duerr

Biographical Information

 * 3/08 – Present Principal at Five Directions Consulting
 * 7/07 – 4/08    Director of Communications and Outreach, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Berkeley, CA
 * 6/04 – 6/07   Executive Director, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Berkeley, CA
 * 4/02 – 6/04    Research and Communications Director, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Northampton, MA
 * 1/01 – 3/02   Research Associate II, Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, San Francisco
 * 7/99 – 3/02   Associate Editor / Webmaster, Turning Wheel, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Berkeley
 * 3/99 – 9/99   Research Assistant II, Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, San Francisco
 * 1997 – 2000   Consultant / Research Interviewer
 * 4/96 – 10/97   Managing Editor, Parallax Press / Community of Mindful Living, Berkeley
 * 1994 – 2000   Freelance Editor, Developmental and copyediting, transcribing, and editorial research for non-fiction publications, including:


 * Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix by Steven Roby (2002, Billboard Books)
 * Four Steps to Financial Security for Lesbian and Gay Couples by Harold Lustig (1999, Ballantine)
 * Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice by Gabrielle Roth (1997, Jeremy P. Tarcher)
 * Thinking Green! Essays on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Nonviolence by Petra Kelly (1994, Parallax Press)

Education

 * 1996   Master of Arts in Social and Cultural Anthropology, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California