Chelsea Muth, PhD
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Experience

Education


Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. (2019)
Human Development and Family Studies 


The Center for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School 
Qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher (2019)


University of California, Davis
M.A. (2015)
Psychology 

 
New York University
B.A. (2008)
Anthropology & Africana Studies
Minors: Writing


Education abroad
Ayurvedic Retreat Hospital, Coonoor, India 
International Yoga Teaching Certification (2009)


Ashesi University, Ghana 
Anthropology & Africana Studies (2007)


Skills
Teaching: mindfulness, yoga, psychology, quantitative methods for psychology research, piano


Other: Publication, editing, mentoring, project management

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Countries of professional experience
Canada, Ghana, India, Kenya, Tanzania​


Career History


Yoga and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Instructor
2009-Present
Community-based teaching in: Washington DC., Toronto, CA, Davis, CA, State College, PA, Rochester, NY, Richmond, VA

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NIH/NCCIH ​F31 Predoctoral Fellow, Penn State
2018-2019
Principal Investigator for the project: “ Understanding and impacting the processes of psychological well-being in college students”

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Teaching Assistant, Penn State
2015 – 2017
Classes:
The Science and Practice of Mindfulness (Author)
Methods of Research in Human Development 


Teaching Assistant, UC Davis
2013 – 2015 
Classes:
Psychological methods 
General Psychology 
Social Psychology 


Communications Advisor
SCMS (USAID project), Arlington, Virginia
2011 - 2013 
Lead writer/editor and communications advisor to over 25 field offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. 


Journalist 
The Fairfax Connection, Fairfax, Virginia
2010 - 2011 
Researched, interviewed and reported on local current events and politics. 


Writing Instructor
RESPECT International, Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana
2006 - 2007 
Taught Creative Writing to Liberian refugee students. Developed workshops on  personal narratives and storytelling.


Writing Intern
Maasai Girls Education Fund, Kenya
2003 
Wrote and published profiles on young Maasai students, documenting school life in rural Kenya, for MGEF publications.

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