Brooke is a Doctoral Candidate in the Graduate Division of
Religion at Emory University. Her work focuses on the confluence
of Buddhist contemplative theory and cognitive science, as well
as the cultural contexts that shape the transmission, adaptation
and secularization of Buddhist contemplative practices in the
west. Brooke is also a lead instructor for several studies
examining the efficacy of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training
(CBCT), and has helped to develop and adapt CBCT for school
children as well as adolescents in Atlanta’s foster care system. In
2010 she helped develop the CBCT Teacher Training Program
with Geshe Lobsang Negi, which she now co-leads. Brooke is
also the Program Coordinator for the Emory-Tibet Partnership
and co-led the Emory Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences Summer
Study Abroad program in Dharamsala, India from 2009 to 2011.
Prior to attending Emory, she earned her B.A. in Religion and
Psychology at Barnard College and her M.A. in Religion at
Columbia University.
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