Home > United States > San Francisco, CA > CIIS Women's Spirituality

CIIS Women's Spirituality

CIIS Women's Spirituality

Share

Offering two rigorous academic programs at CIIS:
🌀 M.A. Women, Gender, Spirituality and Social Justice
🌀 Ph.D Women’s Spirituality and Ph.D.

The online Women’s Spirituality Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) offers rigorous M.A. degrees located at the intersection of Women/Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, Philosophy, and Religion. Our curriculum incorporates scholarship from women and gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, philosophy, and other related fields. We do not espouse a singular spiritua

06/01/2026

Meet Natalie Hessell, one of our graduating M.A. students in Women, Gender, Spirituality and Social Justice — and soon, a Ph.D. student in Women’s Spirituality at CIIS! Natalie is a lactation consultant and scholarship fellow whose interests center on language, the divine feminine, and equity. Her capstone presentation, Gender, Language, and our Concept of the Divine, discusses how the names we hold for the divine influence what we believe about ourselves. This is how she ends it.

Congratulations, Natalie. Full presentation on YouTube — link in bio.

05/28/2026

Meet Dionne Scott-Boissard, one of our graduating M.A. students in Women, Gender, Spirituality and Social Justice. Dionne is a licensed psychotherapist and the founder of Peace of Mind Mental Wellness Services, committed to helping people heal from generational trauma and step into their own worthiness. Her capstone presentation, Remembering the Divine Mother: An Ancestral Journey from Generational Trauma to Worthiness, follows six years of ancestral work across two continents. This clip is from her experience in Ghana, where she received her ancestral name. Watch her full presentation on YouTube. Link in bio.

Photos from CIIS Women's Spirituality's post 05/26/2026

This weekend, our 2026 MA graduates marked the end of their time in the program. Some traveled to attend our Spring retreat and graduation celebration.

Congratulations to Maury Boswell, Tori Hoffman, Jessica Nunez-LaMarre, Hailey Poarch Morgan, Goddess Queen Jahmela Assata, Natalie Hessell, Ariel Rich, Dionne Scott-Boissard, Maya Stroud, and Samantha Turner — and welcome to the alumnae community. 🎓

05/21/2026

Our M.A. Capstone Colloquium is where graduating students in the Women, Gender, Spirituality and Social Justice program share the work they’ve built across their time in the program. In this clip of Tori Hoffman’s presentation, Sensuality: An Embodied Approach to Healing, Tori draws on Audre Lorde and somatic practice to ask how connecting to the body creates the conditions for healing — and for justice. Tori is a creative marketing professional whose work is rooted in helping people find paths of connection through embodied practice and intuition.

Congratulations, . Watch the full May 5 presentation on YouTube — link in bio.

05/18/2026

The semester has ended, which means different things for different people in our programs — a real rest, a summer intensive, dissertation writing, a breath before fall. Wherever this finds you: well done. 🩷

We will keep sharing from the WSE community all summer, so follow along!

05/04/2026

Meet Natalia, our new social media assistant! She’s a first-year PhD student in the program. Natalia brings 20 years of experience in communications and international development and is a salsa and bachata dancer. She’s getting to know the community and would genuinely love your input — what’s missing from our pages? What would you like to see more of? Send us a DM.

05/01/2026

Our graduating M.A. students are presenting their capstone work — come hear what they’ve been building!

📅 May 5 & 7, 1:00–4:00 p.m. PT 🔗 Zoom links in bio.

Student presenters: Ariel Rich, Dionne Scott-Boissard, Goddess Queen Jahmela, Hailey Hunter, Jessica Nuñez-LaMarre, Logan Soderling, Maya Stroud, Natalie Hessell, Samantha Turner, and Tori Hoffman

Hosted by Dr. Vivien Gibbons

04/14/2026
America’s Best Colleges for Women 2026 | California Institute of Integral Studies 04/05/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/california-institute-of-integral-studies_americas-best-colleges-for-women-2026-activity-7444926170501967874-Sw8w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAO8iKMBiTZ112A6xY4a7ii2_51YMYh4fts

America’s Best Colleges for Women 2026 | California Institute of Integral Studies Great news! Newsweek and Gender Fair: A Public Benefit Corporation named CIIS as one of America's Best Colleges for Women 2026. Our commitment to fostering leadership opportunities, ensuring pay equity, and prioritizing meaningful pathways for women students earned this distinguished achievement and...

12/18/2025

Have any fun holiday plans? Drop them below ⬇️ We hope you have a restful winter break. We’ll see you next semester!

Claim ownership or report listing
Want your school to be the top-listed School/college in San Francisco?

Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.

Location

San Francisco

Category

College & University

Telephone

+14155756255

Website

http://www.ciis.edu/wse

Address


1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
94103