Rhonda Magee

RHONDA V. MAGEE, M.A., J.D., is Professor of Law (Emeritus), the founding Director of the Center for Contemplative Law and Ethics, at the University of San Francisco, Founder of the Mount Iris Meditation Community (2025). She is an internationally-recognized thought-leader on applying mindfulness practices in support of personal and collective wellbeing. She is the author of the The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness(Penguin RandomHouse TarcherPerigee: 2019), which broke new ground on publication as the first book of its kind to integrate mindfulness principles and practices thoroughly into the conversation on addressing race and racism in diverse settings and communities, and helping us heal from the trauma that the legacies of racism causes. Her current work explores how culturally-specific practices – including Black cultural spirituality and the quality of soulfulness -- intersect with mindfulness and may strengthen communities across differences in these challenging times.