Joe Subbiondo: Featured guest

Joseph Subbiondo, president of the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) since June 1999, has an accomplished background in both administration and academics. He has a distinguished 30-year history of achievement in higher education, including appointments on several international academic committees, and he has been active on numerous accreditation teams for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the Institute’s accrediting body.

Joe has published extensively on the history of linguistics, among his specialties the study of the relation between English words and the evolution of consciousness.

Prior to coming to CIIS, he served as dean of the School of Liberal Arts at St. Mary’s College of California; vice president for academic affairs at the University of the Pacific; dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Santa Clara University; and as tenured faculty at several universities.