Jordan Quaglia, PhD
Core Associate Professor, Research Director for the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education
BA Psychology, BA Psychology Online
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Jordan Quaglia, PhD, is Associate Professor of Contemplative Psychology, Director of the Cognitive and Affective Science Laboratory (CASL), and Research Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education (CACE) at Naropa University. Jordan has served as Panelist for multiple United Nations Day of Vesak conferences, Fellow and Senior Investigator for Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, and Contemplative Social Justice Scholar for Contemplative Mind in Society. His research, supported by funding from the Mind and Life Institute and John Templeton Foundation, has been featured in leading scientific journals and books, and relies on a range of tools, from neuroscientific measures to virtual reality, to study topics such as mindfulness, compassion, and lucidity.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Goodman, R. J., Quaglia, J. T., & Berry, D. (2024). Uncertainty cues amplify Late Positive Potential responses to aversive emotional stimuli. Social Neuroscience.
- Quaglia, J. T. (2024). The Tricolor Model of Contemplative Practices [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.jordanquaglia.com/tricolormodel
- Quaglia, J. T., & Simmer-Brown, J. (2023). Compassion and skillful means: Diverse views, novel insights, and extended applications for compassion science and training. Mindfulness.
- Quaglia, J. T. (2022). One compassion, many means: A Big Two analysis of compassionate behavior. Mindfulness.
- Quaglia, J. T. (2022). Mindful compassion in the presence of suffering. In S. E. Braun & P. Kinser (Eds.), Delivering Compassionate Care: A Mindfulness Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Health Professionals. NY: Springer.
- Braun, S. E., & Quaglia, J. T. (2022). Compassionate healthcare. In S. E. Braun & P. Kinser (Eds.), Delivering Compassionate Care: A Mindfulness Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Health Professionals. NY: Springer.
- Quaglia, J. T., Cigrand, C., Sallmann, H. (2021). Caring for you, me, and us: The lived experience of compassion in counselors. Psychotherapy.
- Quaglia, J. T., Soisson, A., Simmer-Brown, J. (2020). Compassion for self versus other: A critical review of compassion training research. Journal of Positive Psychology.
- Quaglia, J. T., Zeidan, F., Grossenbacher, P. G., Freeman, S. P., Braun, S. E., Martelli, A., Goodman, R. J., & Brown, K. W. (2019). Brief mindfulness training enhances cognitive control in socioemotional contexts: Behavioral and neural evidence. PLOS ONE.
- For a complete list, see the Cognitive and Affective Science Laboratory website: https://caslaboratory.org/publications
