About Gale

Gale Young, PhD

Gale Young, PhD, brings three decades of experience using contemplative methods in teaching, coaching, mentoring, and consulting. Dr. Young is Professor Emeritus in Communication, California State University, East Bay. She has been a Buddhist meditation practitioner for 25 years. She continues to research, study, write, and facilitate mindfulness-based practices for conflicts and her social justice work. She specializes in interpersonal, intercultural, and interracial relationships and issues, with an emphasis on facilitating difficult dialogues across differences that matter. Dr. Young has consulted with organizations and educational institutions as they cultivate more equitable and inclusive work environments.

Currently, she facilitates a weekly contemplative-based group for residents at Father Alfred’s Recovery Center, in San Francisco, works with individual clients, engages in research, presents at conferences, and is an invited speaker in college classrooms. She has had the good fortune of being a long-time student of Dr. John Welwood for over two decades.