Dr. Claudia Moutray

I have a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religion with a Concentration in Women's Spirituality. My education is secondary to the role I find most important, I am the mother of two incredible little girls, Kirby four and Ven one.

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My Journey

Motherhood is a role I fought hard to achieve after years of struggling with infertility. My  journey to being a Mama led me down several paths, IVF, IUI, uterine surgeries, donor eggs, adoption talks, several miscarriages, and finally landing on surrogacy. This infertility maze caused me to see how much the world does not know about infertility or even fertility...where do babies come from? How does the world react to infertility? All the inappropriate questions and unsolicited advice! All the heartache and pain! I saw a need and now I’m focused on finding new ways to bring awareness and education to the masses and to the individual about infertility.

Outside of fertility coaching, I am also a swim coach and aquatics program manager for the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco. Aquatics has been a dominant part of my life for over 20 years. I love coaching and mentoring youth and helping them work through their fears of the water, which can build confidence that carries over into all aspects of their lives. 

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Curriculum Vitae                                          

Claudia M. Moutray, Ph.D.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religion - Concentration in Women’s Spirituality          

    • California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA 

    • May 2020

  • Masters in Philosophy and Religion - Concentration in Women’s Spirituality  

    • California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA

    • May 2012                                                                                                              

  • Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism                                                                                                                              

    • Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

    • June 1996

Research and Teaching Interests 

  • Social and Restorative Justice, Gender and Women’s Studies, Conflict Resolution, Religious Studies, Feminist Activism, Women’s Spirituality 

Dissertation

  • Healing, Empathy, and Conflict Resolution: The Ninth Step Amends Process in Alcoholics Anonymous

  • Dissertation Chair, Dr. Alka Arora

  • This research offers insights into the field of conflict resolution through narrative inquiry and feminist research methodology by examining the internal change that happens within offenders when they take responsibility for their actions and make amends to their victims.  

Publications

  • Parent’s Ritual: Healing After Their Child’s Divorce. Ritual Well Website, 2013.

  • Positionality as Knowledge: From Pedagogy to Praxis. Integral Review, 2014.      

Scholarly Presentations

  • Formal Paper: “Finding Reliance on Those We Oppose: Seeing the ‘Other’ Reflected Within Ourselves” at Transformative Activism: How Young Women’s Creativity and Spirituality is Re-Shaping the World at the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois. November 2012. 

  • Formal Paper: “What is the Definition of Agency for Women in Islam: How are Islamic Women Using Their Agency to Transform Their Lives within Their Religion and Their Culture?” at Women and Religion at the American Academy of Religion/Western Region, Tempe, Arizona. March 2013.  

  • Formal Paper: “Transformative Activism” at Women & Spirituality Conference, Mankato, Minnesota. October 2013. 

  • Panel: “New Voices in Women’s Spirituality” at Women & Spirituality Conference, Mankato, Minnesota. October 2013. 

  • Panel: “Positionality as Knowledge: Taking the Pedagogue off the Pedestal” at CIIS Founders Symposium on Integral Consciousness. April 2014. 

  • Panel, Doing Academia Differently: Emotional/Mental Wellness While Dissertating and Beyond at California Institute of Integral Studies. May 2019.

Scholarly Activities                                                                                          

  • Moderator of the Women and Religion Unit at American Academy of Religion/Western Region, Tempe, Arizona March 2013. 

  • Teaching Assistant for Professor Dr. Jacob Sherman. Anima: The Soul In Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Perspective. California Institute of Integral Studies. Spring 2013.  

  • Committee to hire the new department chair of the philosophy and religion program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. 2012-2013.

  • Integral Teaching Fellowship at CIIS School of Undergraduate Studies. Spring 2014.

  • Guest Lecturer, presenting on Theoretical Approaches V: Feminist Theory. California Institute of Integral Studies. October 2014.

  • Teaching Assistant for Dr. May Elewar. Critical Thinking: Introduction to Methods. California Institute of Integral Studies. Spring 2015.

  • Guest Lecturer, presenting on Introduction to Social Justice: Confronting Your Own Biases. California Institute of Integral Studies. January 2018.

  • Guest Lecturer, presenting on Introduction to Social Justice: Confronting Your Own Biases. California Institute of Integral Studies. April 2018.    

  • Teaching Assistant for Dr. Alka Arora. Teaching to Transform. California Institute of Integral Studies. Fall 2018.

  • Moderator of Restoring Sacred Relationship: Visions of Post-Patriarchal Food Systems panel at Women’s Rising Conference, San Francisco, CA October 2018. 

  • Dissertation Committee for Shareena Clark Ascher, The Quookbook: Recipes for Queer Youth Resistance and Liberation, 2017 to Present.

Other Scholarly Activities 

  • Certified in the Victim-Offender Education Group Facilitator Training. Restorative Justice. January 2013.

  • Certified in PAVO Navigation Coaching. June 2021.