Chantal Noa
transdisciplinary scholar, storyteller, and educator
RESUME
Academic Experience
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology: Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Randolph-Macon College, Virginia
2024 - 2025
Adjunct Assistant Professor:
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
Randolph-Macon College, Virginia
2022 - 2023
Adjunct Faculty and Assessment Liaison:
Ecology, Spirituality and Religion
Center for Writing and Scholarship
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
2023 - Present
Lecturer and Teaching Assistant:
School of Consciousness and Transformation
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
2021 - 2022
Chair of the Religion, Literature, & Film Unit
American Academy of Religion, Western Region
2020 - 2023
Program Coordinator:
Department of Anthropology and Social Change
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
2018 - 2020
Co-Founder:
Deep Water Initiative
www.dwinitiative.org
San Francisco
2017 - 2023
Public Relations Assistant
Lowy Overseas School, Tel-Aviv University
2006 - 2007
Producing Lecturer
AFDA Motion Picture Film Academy, Cape Town
2005 - 2006
Former Work Experience
Agricultural Writer and Communications Consultant
Independent
Africa, Canada, Europe, USA
2015 - 2018
Agricultural Technology Transfer Lead
Farm Limited Holdings, Farmsecure Holdings
Africa, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, USA
2012- 2015
Content Producer and Co-Founder
Twenty-Two Media
Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, USA
2013 - 2016
Media and Communications Executive
AgriSig, Farm Limited Holdings, Farmsecure Holdings
Africa, Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, USA
2009- 2016
Co-Producer and Communications Manager
CoPro Documentary Marketing Foundation
Israel, Palestine, Europe, UK
2006 - 2009
Graphic Designer and Copywriter
Independent
South Africa
2001 - 2005
Languages
English
(First Language)
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Afrikaans
(Fluent)
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Hebrew
(Proficient)
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Arabic
(Read)
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course offerings
Anthropology of Religion
Visiting Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
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Arts-based Research in Social Studies
Visiting Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
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Cultural Anthropology
Visiting Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
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Environmental Anthropology
Visiting Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
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Epistemological Foundations in Decolonial Methodology
Adjunct Faculty
California Institute of Integral Studies
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Indigenous Lifeways and Ecology
Adjunct Faculty
California Institute of Integral Studies
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Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
Visiting Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
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Rethinking Nature Conservation: An Interspecies Approach
Adjunct Faculty
California Institute of Integral Studies
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Sex and Culture
Visiting Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
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Education
University of Arizona, Arizona, USA
CEC, Indigenous Governance, Law & Policy Program
2024
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California Institute of Integral Studies, California, USA
Ph.D., Philosophy and Religion
2017 - 2021
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Masters of Arts (M.A.), Near and Middle Eastern History
2006 - 2009
AFDA Motion Picture and Live Performance Academy, RSA
BA Honors Degree in Film Production (Producing)
2002 - 2006
Open Window Art Academy, RSA
Certificate in Communications, Brand Management, and Media Design
2000
Pro-Arte Alphen Park High School, RSA
Graduated 1999
Other Qualifications
Advanced PADI Diver
Mozambique
2011
Ashtanga Yoga Instructor
Cape Town
2015
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