Mar 17, 2026
Gurkiran Kaur, BSW, MSW, RSW, EdD Guest Faculty Growing up, frequent moves meant adapting to new places and uncertainty. Throughout those early years, one constant was an ongoing relationship with spirits, expressed through quiet conversations during everyday moments...
Feb 13, 2026
Deanna Graham, BS, BCM Guest Faculty My tribe is Première Nation Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk. This translates to People of the Wahsipekuk (St. Lawrence River). Born into a military family, my early childhood was spent living outside the US in areas abundant with forests...
Feb 4, 2026
Theresa Klepper, MS Guest Faculty My first experiences navigating nonordinary reality were during spine surgeries in my youth. I was in an altered state for days. I know what it feels like to be alone in a darkness far greater than you can imagine. It became clear...
Jan 28, 2026
Silvia Quinteros Guest Faculty, Latin America Silvia has been a shamanic practitioner since 2013. She trained in FSS workshops in Argentina and Chile, as well as in Spain with Gerardo Roemer, Director for Latin America and Spain. She has also received direct knowledge...
Jun 14, 2025
KEN GLOWACKI, DACM, LAc Guest Faculty My path to shamanism began many years ago. As a child, I would travel at night to other dimensions. Most in my family, a religious household, did not understand what I was experiencing. But one of my female elders began to teach...
Feb 2, 2025
Robbie Priestley, PMP Executive Director Greetings! I’m Robbie Priestley, and I'm honored to be the Executive Director of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, reporting to President Susan Mokelke. My academic training was in computer science, business administration,...
