Nuria Ciofalo is co-Chair and Professor of the Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, and Ecopsychology specialization at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Born in Mexico, she gained her B.A. and first M.A. in Clinical and Social Psychology in Germany where she specialized in psychoanalytic theories. Her M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning and Ph.D. in Community Psychology at the University of Hawaii immersed her in the Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement and healing practices. She has worked with Indigenous communities in Hawaii, Northern, Central, and Southern Mexico for more than 30 years. She teaches Indigenous psychologies centering Indigenous wisdom, cosmologies, and healing practices in academic curricula.
Indigenous Psychologies: A Contestation for Epistemic Justice.- The Ecological Context and the Methods of Inquiry and Praxes.- Once Upon a River and Ghosts: Jan Kachik Kisin Yoko Ja`.- Uk'Ay K'ax (El Canto De La Selva-Song of the Rainforest).- Environmental Impact Assessment of Deforestation in three Communities of the Lacandon Rainforest.- Jootik Ta Lum Kinal (Mayan Tzeltal)- To'on Yejer Ru'um (Mayan Lacandon)
Nosotros y la Tierra (Spanish)-We and the Earth.- Oral History, Legends, Myths, Poetry, and Images.- Conclusions: Making the Road by Walking 'de Otra Manera' (in a Different Way).