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Dr. Felix M. Bivens

       Felix is the founder and director of Empyrean Research, a community-based research organization dedicated to enhancing the research and learning capacities of social-change organizations and to working with higher education institutions to build better community-university partnerships.
       His professional background is in rural community development, political organizing, service-learning in higher education, university teaching, community university partnerships, monitoring & evaluation, and participatory research and facilitation.

       Felix completed his PhD in International Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies in 2011. He also holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
       From 2011-2012, he served as Acting Assistant Dean of Students at the University of the South. In 2014, he served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research at the Future Generations Graduate School.
       Felix has research, teaching and facilitation experience in the US, Canada, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Central America, South Asia and East Asia.

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Ashlei Laing, MA

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          Ashlei is a co-director of Empyrean Research, a community-based research organization dedicated to enhancing the research and learning capacities of social-change organizations and to working with higher education institutions to build better community-university partnerships.
​         Ashlei directs environmental programs at Empyrean and oversees community outreach, including the Community Works studio.
Ashlei’s background is in art & design, conservation, community development, permaculture, regenerative agriculture and sustainable food systems.
       She completed her MA in Applied Community-Based Conservation at Future Generations University in 2014, where she was a Peace Corps Coverdell Scholar.
She also holds an a BA in Studio Art-Ceramics & Education from the
University of
New Hampshire
,
a degree in Interior Design from Wentworth Institute of
Technology, and a Teacher Certification from the Bulgarian Ministry of Education.

         From 2010-2012, Ashlei was a Peace Corps volunteer based Veliko Tarnovo,
Bulgaria, where she focused on educational development, teachers' leadership 
and women's empowerment activities.
Ashlei has teaching, facilitation and research
​experience in the US, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and South Asia.


Ashlei speaks English and is proficient in Italian, Bulgarian and Spanish.

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