Chantal Noa
transdisciplinary scholar, storyteller, and educator
RESUME
Academic Experience
Adjunct Faculty: School of Consciousness and Transformation
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
2023
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Randolph-Macon College, Virginia
2022 - Present
Teaching Assistant: Department of Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
2021
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 - Present
Public Relations Assistant
Lowy Overseas School, Tel-Aviv University
2006 - 2007
Producing Lecturer
AFDA Motion Picture Film Academy, Cape Town
2005 - 2006
Other 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, Europe, Southeast Asia, Middle East, USA
2009- 2016
Co-Producer and Communications Manager
CoPro Documentary Marketing Foundation
Israel, Palestine, Europe
2006 - 2009
Graphic Designer and Copywriter
Independent
South Africa
2001 - 2005
course offerings
Academic ComPetencies
Anthropology of Religion
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
Cultural Anthropology
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
Epistemological Foundations in Decolonial Methodology
Adjunct Faculty
California Institute of Integral Studies
Indigenous Lifeways and Ecology
Adjunct Faculty
California Institute of Integral Studies
Sex and Culture
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Randolph-Macon College
Departments:
African Studies
Cultural Anthropology
Environmental Humanities
Narrative Studies
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Scholarly themes of interest:
Comparative Cultural and Religious Studies
Decolonial Pedagogies and Research Design
Cultural and Environmental Anthropology
Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Narrative Analysis
New Animism and Animistic Theory
Hunter-Gatherer Cosmology
Posthumanism
Spiritual Ecology
Relational Ontology
Education
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 - 2010
AFDA Motion Picture and Live Performance Academy, RSA
BA Honors Degree in Film Production (Producing)
2002 - 2005
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
Certified Ashtanga Yoga Instructor
Cape Town
2015