Dorothy A. Austin is Associate Minister in The Memorial Church at Harvard University and Chaplain to the University. She is a Lecturer in Psychology and Religion at Harvard Divinity School and is Co-Master of Lowell House. Before returning to Harvard, she was Associate Professor in Religion and Psychology at Drew University and Drew Theological School. Dr. Austin has taught on the Harvard faculties of Divinity and Medicine, and served as Director of the Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson Center, dedicated to interdisciplinary and intergenerational work in psychology, arts, and humanities. She is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church, active in the dialogue between psychoanalysis and meditation, and an experienced meditator and psychotherapist.