Community Studies Center

Susan Burggraf
BA, Rosemont College
MA, Bryn Mawr College
PhD, Bryn Mawr College

Susan Burggraf, PhD, is a psychologist with a broad background in social, developmental and clinical psychology. Her dissertation was about the appeal of horror movies under the supervision of social psychologist Clark McCauley. Susan taught at Mount Holyoke and Bowdoin Colleges for eleven years before coming to Naropa. Her recent research has been in the area of the effects of various kinds of meditation on empathy, altruism and other social affects and behaviors. During her years at Bowdoin and Mount Holyoke, Susan began to integrate contemplative methods into her traditional Western psychology courses, and she is delighted to now be studying psychology in a community that is steeped in contemplative practice. She is a practitioner in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Contact info: 303-546-3524; sburggraf@naropa.edu.