Ronan Hallowell is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Education. As a member of the Learning Sciences Team in the Department of Medical Education at Keck, he works with colleagues to provide a suite of curriculum and instruction services to faculty and administrators that includes instructional design, faculty development and the Keck Next Curriculum Renewal Initiative. He currently serves as a Co-Investigator on a digital health literacy grant funded by the AMA as part of its Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative. Dr. Hallowell also conducts research on physician professional identity formation, curriculum design and cross-cultural perspectives on medicine. His interest in mindfulness stems from his master’s degree which included study of Eastern philosophy and meditation. For several years Dr. Hallowell taught introduction to mindfulness to high school students at New Roads School in Santa Monica. He is a student of the world’s wisdom traditions and a ceremonial singer in the Lakota Native American tradition. Dr. Hallowell earned his EdD in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California, his MA in Philosophy and Religion from the California Institute of Integral Studies and his BA in Economics from Boston College.