Monica Mody

Monica Mody is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Women's Spirituality at the School of Consciousness and Transformation, California Institute of Integral Studies. She holds a PhD in East West Psychology, an MFA in Creative Writing, and a law degree. Her research advances earth-based and decolonial feminist worldviews through cross-genre, border-crossing scholarship.

Mody's research focuses on decolonial feminist consciousness, South Asian borderlands, critical hermeneutics, autohistoria/teoría, and poetry as transformative practice. Her work interrogates colonial epistemologies while reclaiming indigenous knowledge systems through creative methodologies.

Mody's publications demonstrate consistent engagement with themes of cultural memory, trauma healing, and spiritual decolonization. Her recent articles explore animistic relationality, arts-based research methods, and visionary poetics, while her poetry collections examine diaspora, language as home, and goddess traditions.

• 2020 Kore Award for Best Dissertation in Women and Mythology
• Cultural Integration Fellowship Integral Scholarship
• Sparks Prize (University of Notre Dame)
• Zora Neale Hurston Award (Naropa University)
• Toto Funds the Arts Award for Creative Writing

Mody mentors emerging scholars through academic programs focused on feminist pedagogies and decolonial methodologies. She collaborates with international literary communities and activist networks advancing cultural transformation.