Sonya Shah

Dr. Sonya Shah serves as Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies' School of Undergraduate Studies. She founded The Ahimsa Collective, working at the intersection of healing and justice, with particular focus on restorative/transformative justice and preventing gender-based violence.

Her scholarly work emphasizes:

• Community belonging and collective care frameworks
• Compassion-based intervention models
• Survivor-centered justice approaches
• Harm transformation methodologies

She has produced influential documentaries addressing justice reform and healing, including 'The Prison Within' (2019) and 'Healing Justice' (2017). As a Buddhist practitioner and survivor of childhood trauma, she integrates personal experience with academic work. No advising relationships or awards are currently documented.