ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Fall 2012-present: Wesleyan University: Innovator and Facilitator, Pathways to Mindfulness: A mindfulness-based coping methodology adapted specifically for the needs of the Wesleyan student community.
2003 – 2013: Adjunct Professor, Division of Social Sciences, Lesley University, College of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Sociology Department, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
2005 – 2008: Internship Coordinator, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Administrative position with faculty rank
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2009—Present: Freelance copyeditor, specializing in ESL MA and Ph.D. theses
1999 – Present: Freelance hatha-yoga and mindfulness meditation clinical instructor, Specializing in therapeutic classes for women, children, and emerging adults.
Farmers’ Market Season 2015: Market manager, North End Farmer’s Market. Middletown, CT. A project of the North End Action Team (NEAT), the farmer’s market provides this low-income, urban neighborhood access to fresh fruit and vegetables. I managed grants that allowed vendors to take and double the money spent using SNAP (food stamps), WIC, and senior vouchers, among other duties.
1998-2004: Clinical educator, McLean Franciscan Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Program, Brighton, Massachusetts
1996-1998: English language instructor, NOVA Intercultural Institute, Tokyo, Japan
EDUCATION
August 2106: Teaching Practicum and Practice Teaching Intensive (PTI) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Center for Mindfulness in Medicine and Society, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. Qualified to teach MBSR.
2014: Ph.D. Lesley University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dissertation: Yoga for women: Discourses of gender and health among pregnant and menstruating Iyengar yoga practitioners. The convergence of yoga in the US with biomedical alternatives in women’s health, adult education and non-formal learning
2003: Master of Education, Creative Arts and Learning, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
1995: Bachelor of Arts English, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
PUBLICATIONS
Tate, A. (2016). Yoga for motherhood: Teaching transformation in a non-formal learning environment. New Directions in Transformative Learning, Edited by Cohen, JB, Gammel, J., and Rutstein-Riley, A.
Tate, A., & Douglass, L.(2010). Scholars of the body: Yoga as a tool for teaching and learning within higher education. AHEA.
Tate, A. (2003) Yoga and mental health: Children and adolescents make space in the system for deeper practices. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, Fall issue.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS
“Gender and yoga in transnational perspective” Lesley University Doctoral Student Conference, April 2011
“The yoga body: Methodology in qualitative research on body oriented practices” Lesley University Doctoral Student Conference, April 2008
“Queering the Dancehall” Marist College, Women and Society Conference, November 2006
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Transnational / Intersectional Feminisms, Contemplative Pedagogy, Adult Learning, Non-formal Learning, Body Politics, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Progressive Education, Education Justice, Women’s Health