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Rose
von Thater-Braan Rose von Thater-Braan has spent most of her adult life exploring the transformative power of communication. She works extensively with traditional Indigenous concepts of the dialogue process. She supports the development of personal mastery through alignment with the natural world. Her method is to nourish self awareness and growth on the logical and intuitive levels to facilitate clarity and health, personal and professional fulfillment. She studies and works in the arts, science, academic and corporate worlds.
From 1989 to 2000 as the Director of Education at U.C. Berkeley's Center for Particle Astrophysics, she led collaborative efforts to increase cultural competency and cultivate a scientific community that values diversity of perception, thought and expression, to provide access to science education for underrepresented groups and to expand graduate training to help doctoral students develop values based career paths. Her work has been presented at the National Academy of Sciences.
She is co-founder of The Native Science Academy, a circle of Indigenous scholars engaged in developing a Center for the study of Native science. She currently is the Director of Silver Buffalo Consulting, a not for profit educational corporation and serves as a consultant in the government, public and private sector advising on educational policy and planning, leadership and diversity at the programmatic and organizational levels
Rose von Thater-Braan uses the process of collaborative program design to develop values-based, interactive learning opportunities. Her method uses the interdependent relationships that are demonstrated in the natural world as a model that translates into productive, creative, collaborative and inclusive educational and business practices. She writes, teaches and speaks on the Native paradigm. Her educational methods reflect and embody the traditional values and practices of her heritage as a Native woman
Prior
to entering the scientific realm, Ms. von Thater-Braan worked extensively
in both the theatrical and corporate worlds. She headed her own production
company serving a list of international clients. She trained and worked
in theater (the American Conservatory Theater) and television (KQED-TV).
She worked with the writer/critic/producer Ralph J. Gleason (co-founder
of Rolling Stone magazine) as liaison and assistant on his film, television
and publishing projects. She has produced shows, events, concerts and
albums. In the course of her career, she has worked with a wide range
of highly respected artists, educators, scientists and business leaders.
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